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Turn Hard Conversations In To Wins - Week #96 Building a SaaS (...again)

After building a software business (again) for 673 days, I've had to have yet another hard conversation.

Focus on this ONE Metric and Beat Every SaaS

Most founders obsess over revenue and profit while completely ignoring the one true indicator of whether their business will survive or die.

Deployed our new onboarding flow and ad campaign - Week #94 Building a SaaS

I've been building a software business (again) for 659 days. Here are 3 take aways from this week.

Building a Startup (Again) | Episode 1

After selling my last business that I built with my brothers, I'm doing it all again but was the last time just luck?

My 450th Anxiety Attack - Week #95 Building a SaaS

After building a software business (again) for 665 days, I've had my 450th anxiety attack.

Product Roadmaps Will Sink Your SaaS

Everyone says you need a 5-year plan to build a successful business, but I'm here to tell you that's a scam.

Can You 10x Output as a Software Founder?

Is the "10x" mindset just internet hype?

4 Strategies That Helped Build a $180M SaaS

We grew our business from zero to $180 million, starting in a small garage.

Systems and Automation are Getting In Your Way

It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that more systems and tools will solve all your problems

I Used This Trick to Build a $180M Business

You're not broken, you just haven't figured out how to focus yet.

Big Business "Advice" Will Ruin Your Startup

Big business advice doesn’t work for small teams

Use the Unscalable to Your Advantage

If you introduce automation too early, it can quietly kill your business

I Got Let Go From the Company I Started

After spending a decade building a successful business, I was suddenly made redundant.

Does This Rails Structure Actually Scale?

Worried your Rails app’s folder structure won’t scale? In the MVP phase, it doesn’t matter.

Where do your users come from? (Make sure you store this)

This is how we're currently tracking our ads on scale

Why I Stopped Coding

I haven't really written any code for the last 2 months and here's why you probably shouldn't either if you're trying to launch your startup.

How I Structure Our Production Apps

A full walkthrough of our production app - Clipflow

Watch Me Migrate Our Production App Data (High Stress)

We recorded the full process of migrating our production AWS infrastructure from Australia to US East

Why does no one group notifications?

There's a reason no one groups notifications... because it's a nightmare BUT when done right, it can be a super powerful way to manage a lot of tasks and projects.

Verify Webhooks with Hash Signatures in Rails

We're securing our Webhooks with hash signatures in Rails for our platform, Clipflow!

Create a Webhook Frontend Using Inertia in Rails

Today we're building the frontend for our shiny new webhooks in Clipflow

Structured Output Just Landed in RubyLLM

Structured / JSON Output from RubyLLM in Rails

Custom Delievery Methods with Noticed Gem in Rails

Build custom delivery methods into your Rails application with the Noticed Gem.

Create Webhooks in Rails with Noticed Gem (Walkthrough)

Build webhook functionality into your rails application with the Noticed Gem and watch me explore our app, Clipflow.

Become a 10x Programmer with AI

A run through some of the AI tools I am using to increase my productivity.

Using Server Side Rendering with Inertia Rails

Set up server-side rendering (SSR) with Inertia.js and Ruby on Rails using Vite

Forms in React and Inertia Rails

Get the lowdown on building forms in your Inertia.js Rails app using the useForm hook

How to Fix Stale Closures in React

A stale closure occurs when an inner function captures and retains an outdated or no longer valid reference from its outer function's scope.

Typed Routes for Inertia Rails

Set up typed, route helpers in your Inertia.js Rails app using the JS Routes gem

Deferred Props In Inertia Rails for Faster Page Loads

In this video, we’ll explore how to use deferred props with Inertia.js and Rails

Passing Props with Inertia Rails using a Serializer

In this video I will show you how to use OJ Serializer to serialize props and pass them to Inertia Rails.

Inertia Rails with Shadcn UI

In this video I will show you how to use React with Shadcn UI and Tailwind in a Rails project with Inertia.js.

Using React in Rails with Inertia.js

In this video I will show you how to use tools with the RubyLLM gem in a Rails project.

Using AI Tools with RubyLLM

In this video I will show you how to use tools with the RubyLLM gem in a Rails project.

Smarter Rails apps with AI using RubyLLM

How to add the RubyLLM gem to a Rails project so that you can integrate AI/LLM calls

Tanstack Query, Intertia.js and Rails

In this video I will show you how to add Tanstack Query to a Rails project that is running Inertia.js

Migrating to Vite from JSBundling & CSSBundling in Rails

In this video I will show you how to swap out JSBundling and CSSBundling to the Vite Rails gem in a mature Rails project

How to Quickly Contribute to Open Source

In this video I will show you how to quickly contribute to an open source

Build Pages Automatically with Programmatic SEO in Rails

In this video I will show you how to add Programatic SEO to a Rails app

Sorting Images with Sortable.js and Stimulus in Rails

Drag and drop sort with Sortable.js, ViewComponent & Stimulus in Rails.

Custom Fields (Similar to a CMS) in Rails

In this video we will setup Custom Fields and Values and then seed them.

Image Gallery using a Masonry Grid with Tailwind & Rails

In this episode we will add a masonry grid image gallery to the listing page using Tailwind, View Components and Rails.

Creating View Components for Place Detail Page in Rails

In this episode we will setup the place detail page

Setting up a Custom Domain for Fly.io with Namecheap & Route53

In this video we will setup the custom domain name in Fly.io

Deploying Rails Accommodation Directory to Fly.io, Supabase and S3

In this video we will deploy the app to Fly.io and setup all the services required

How We Fixed our AWS Bill Blow Out

A follow up to show how we fixed our S3 cost blow out

Tracking Link Clicks for Outbound Analytics - Part 11

In this video we will add attributes and links to the listing page

AWS Data Transfer Costs Can Bankrupt You

After receiving quite a shock from an AWS billing notification we jumped in to the console to determine what was going on

Adding Full Text Search to Rails Directory - Part 10

Adding full text search to our Rails directory so that we can search listings

Creating View Components for Listing Detail Page in Rails

In this episode we will setup the listing detail page where we will show the main image, gallery and details about the listing.

Image Uploads with Uppy & ActiveStorage in Rails - Part 8

Adding image upload functionality using Uppy and ActiveStorage

Adding Listings to Home Page in Rails Directory - Part 7

Adding CRUD (Create, Read, Update & Destroy) endpoints for listings

Setting up secure CRUD endpoints for Places in Rails Directory - Part 6

Adding CRUD endpoints for Places as well as locking them down to prevent unauthorised access using pundit policies.

Seeding Data and Creating Dashboard Components for Rails Directory (From Scratch) - Part 5

Seeding entities and setting up new components required for the authenticated user dashboard.

Management Dashboard for Rails Directory (From Scratch) - Part 4

Setting up the management dashboard to allow authenticated users to add listings.

Rails Directory (From Scratch) - Components & Landing Page - Part 3

In this episode we will setup View Components and build the landing page skeleton.

Rails Directory (From Scratch) - Part 2 - Authentication + Authorization

In this series I will build a new directory for a luxury accommodation website. We are going to use Rails + Hotwire + ViewComponents + Stimulus.

Luxury Accommodation Directory with Rails (From Scratch) - Part 1

In this series I will build a new directory for a luxury accommodation website. We are going to use Rails + Hotwire + ViewComponents + Stimulus.

Getting Started with Stimulus in Rails (The Basics)

In this video I will walk through how to use Stimulus in a Rails application. I talk about some of the differences in the mental model when you have come from a javascript framework like React.

Setup View Components in a Rails App

In this video I will walk through setting up View Components in a new Rails app and show you how to create custom components with variants so that you can build your own UI library.

Integrating Third Party APIs in Rails

In this video I will show you how I like to setup third party integrations in Rails applications so that it scales well.

Google OAuth2 with Omniauth in Rails

In this video I will show you how to setup OAuth2 login with Google using the omniauth gem in a Rails app.

Tamagui is dead. Long live One, a new React framework

In this episode we will take a look at the newest React framework on the block, One.js.

Using GitHub Actions to deploy Next.js & Rails API

In this episode I will show you how to setup CI/CD using GitHub Actions.

Endpoints for Multipart Uploads in Rails, Uppy & S3

In this episode I add multipart uploads in Clipflow, a Rails app, so that we can upload large video files to S3 efficiently.

File Uploads with UploadThing V7 in Next.js

In this video I will create a new Next.js app and integrate the new version (Version 7) of UploadThing to see if it really makes uploads better for developers.

How to Build an RSS Feed Parser with Next.js

In this episode I will add a RSS Feed Parser to my personal portfolio website built in Next.js with the Pages router.

Why Indie Devs Fail: The Truth About Execution

In this video I discuss why most indie developers ultimately fail when building businesses and how I almost fell in to the same trap.

Building a Dashboard with View Components in Rails

In this episode we will build a new dashboard screen in Clipflow and I walk you through how we are using ViewComponents in Rails.

Why soft deletes are EVIL and what to do instead

I react to an article by James Halsall and provide our experience in production with soft deletes and my opinion on how to work with them.

Reacting to the Evil Martians Gemfile

In this episode I review the current (2024) version of the Evil Martians Gemfile to see if there are any worth recommending for new Rails projects.

Building a CRUD App with Next.js & Rails API

We continue working on our repo we setup last time that contains a Rails app running in API mode as well as a Next.js app for the frontend.

Data Driven Decisions using A/B tests in Rails

In this episode we will setup the Split gem in our Rails app so that we can use A/B tests to help us make data driven decisions to determine which headline we should use on our landing page.

Background Jobs in Rails with SolidQueue

In this episode we will setup SolidQueue in our Rails app. So that we can use our database as a job queue for our background workers.

Fetch data from Rails API with Next.js

In this episode we will setup a repo that contains a Rails app running in API mode as well as a Next.js app for the frontend.

EASY Image Uploads in Rails with ActiveStorage

In this episode we will setup ActiveStorage in Rails so that we can upload project thumbnails.

Authorizing Rails Endpoints with Pundit

In this episode we will setup Pundit to add authorization to our controller endpoints in Rails.

Fix Sign Up with Tailwind & ViewComponents in Rails

In this episode we will work on styling the Sign Up screenin Rails using Tailwind and ViewComponents.

How to close modal after save in Rails (Turbo & Stimulus)

In this episode we will work on closing a modal after saving a form in Rails using Turbo & Stimulus.

How to Select App Feature Requests to Build

We have just received some great feedback from one of our users so I have decided to walk you through them

Modal Dark Mode and Form Field Components - Clipflow - Part 11

In this episode we will setup add support for dark mode to the sidebar modal component.

Introducing Clipflow Beta - Feature Walkthrough

We are proud to announce the official launch of the Clipflow Beta.

Adding Sidebar Modal Component - Clipflow - Part 10

In this episode we will setup a Sidebar Modal Component in Rails.

Setting up the Project Ideas Screen - Clipflow - Part 9

In this episode we setup the Project Ideas Screen.

Using Slugs to Filter Projects in Rails - Clipflow - Part 8

In this episode we will add slugs to the urls so that we can filter/scope records by organizations and channels.

Persisting Stream Mode Value in the Database - Clipflow - Part 7

In this episode we will store the stream mode value against the user in a jsonb options column in the database.

Toggle Stream Mode w/ Stimulus & Rails - Clipflow - Part 6

In this episode we will use Stimulus and Tailwind to create a component that allows the user to toggle "stream mode".

Full Stack Ruby on Rails Tutorial - Construction Project Management App

A walkthrough of the full stack rails tutorial for our construction manager app

Laying Out the Nav Bar - Clipflow - Part 4

In this episode we will setup the navigation bar for the Clipflow app using Tailwind for styling.

Setting up the Models - Clipflow - Part 3

In this episode we setup the initial models required for the YouTube project management app.

Building the Landing Page - Clipflow - Part 2

Join us as we kick off the Clipflow project by building the landing page.

Starting from Scratch Again? New project management app in 2024

Join us as we discuss our new project Clipflow.

Construction Manager - Part 13

In this video we will walk through deploying the app to production using Fly.io

Construction Manager - Part 12

In this video we will walk through the app and add small changes to make the app feel more polished while squashing some bugs.

Construction Manager - Part 11

In this video we will walk through uploading Quotes and Invoices to the Project using ActiveStorage.

Construction Manager - Part 10

In this video I will add the ability to comment on Project Items. This allows multiple users to discuss items and potential changes.

Construction Manager - Part 9

In this video I will add the ability to upload images to Project Items using ActiveStorage

Construction Manager - Part 8

In this video I will add the ability to edit Project Items and update the styling for the list screen page.

Construction Manager - Part 7

In this video I will setup the controllers and form required for creating project items.

Construction Manager - Part 6

In this video I will setup the controllers and views for the view project space screen.

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