Show Notes: Links: Whirly Board OWASP Top Ten Detectify Kolide WWIV Trade Wars Security Researcher Hall of Fame Full Transcript: Josh: Yeah. It's called a Whirly Board and it's a local... Well, not local. It's a US small business apparently that makes them. I forget where they're located. Not in Washington. It's like a skateboard. There's I've seen other balance boards that are made for standing desks, but none of them have the... This has also side... You can balance on the edges of it as well ...
Aug 14, 2020•38 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast Show notes: Links: Kathy Sierra Seinfield – Vandalay Industries Minnesota Fats Lemonade Stand Phrack Honeybadger Developer Blog Full Transcript: Starr: We are on uncharted ground. We usually record on Fridays, but I was out on Friday, so we're recording on a Monday now. We just had our all hands meeting. I had a meeting before that, which means this is my third Zoom call of the day. I've got another Zoom call after this one. Josh: Wow, that's a lot of meetings. Ben: That's impressive. Starr: I f...
Aug 07, 2020•28 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: Links: TechCrunch Schrems II Full Transcript: Ben: Speaking of town meetings though, we had a streamed event from our local school district last night in which they revealed that our school district will not be having school in person for the first semester of the year. They're going to do a wait and see approach and see if they can have school opening and the next semester, in I guess January, but for now, the kids are going to be at home. Starr: So how do you feel about that? Ben: ...
Jul 31, 2020•31 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: Links: Ghost Octopress Squarespace Tailwind Tyler Tringas Full Transcript: Josh: You're looking chipper, Ben. Ben: I'm feeling chipper, Josh. Josh: I'm glad. Starr: Yeah, there's kind of like ... you have kind of like a glow. Is this the new product glow? Ben: I think it is the new product glow, yes, yes. Starr: Okay. Ben: I pushed out a new feature this morning. Josh: Congratulations. Ben: Thank you, thank you. So, yeah, feeling pretty good. Had a good week, got some stuff built and...
Jul 24, 2020•42 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: Links: Mighty Cal Hook Relay Profitwell Retain Floor Is Lava Ben Curtis Twitter Full Transcript: Starr: So what were you all talking about before I jumped on the call? Ben: We were talking about Derrick's new startup Mighty Cal. Starr: Mighty Cal. Ben: Looking pretty nice. I was telling Josh how I like the virality of it. If you're using Mighty Cal and you share those links with someone, then they're going to be like, "Oh, that's cool. I should use that too." And it's just going to h...
Jul 17, 2020•38 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: Links: Stripe Hey Bye Full Transcript: Josh: I'm the co-pilot today, right? Ben: Co-pilot. Yeah, yeah. So today we're flying without Star. Star is not feeling well, so today is just the two of us. Josh: And I have been on vacation. Well, I am on vacation. Ben: Yeah. Josh: Sticking my head up. Ben: We are so into FounderQuest that we even come in on vacation to record an episode. Josh: Yeah. I don't know. It's nice to keep the schedule. I don't know. I've been trying to take a lot of ...
Jul 03, 2020•36 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: Links: Hey Worldwide Developers Conference David Heinemeier Hansson Jason Fried Heroku Andrey Butov Configuring Fastmail to act like Hey Full Transcript: Starr: Okay. Now we can talk about how terrible the world is. No. Ben: So speaking of Apple. Yeah, it's been interesting. So I've been watching all the hubbub over the past few days about Hey and Apple. Starr: So what is Hey? Ben: So Hey is this new email service from our friends at Basecamp. Starr: I still call them 37signals, beca...
Jun 26, 2020•36 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: Links: Justin Jackson Twitter 12 Monkeys Kingkiller Chronicles Full Transcript: Ben: As I was getting this morning and reading Twitter and just... Twitter. Something that's come up lately, and Justin Jackson has talked about this, and there's a couple other people who have talked about this. On Twitter this morning, it was being talked about. But that's the idea of staying in your lane. Ben: If you're a technologist, and typically your podcast is all about business or whatever. I'm j...
Jun 05, 2020•37 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Show notes: Links: Build Your SaaS by Justin Jackson Basecamp Hill Charts Scrooge McDuck Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software Darkpatterns.org Honeybadger.io Full Transcription: Starr: So, how have you all been doing this week? I've been on vacation. Ben: This week has been an interesting week in the Curtis household, we discovered a water leak in our house, in the bathroom. Starr: Oh, my gosh. So when you say interesting, you're using it in the sort of like British way...
May 29, 2020•38 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: Links: Mike Perham Full United Flight Sidekiq Faktory Heya Patrick McKenzie Techstars TinySeed Roy/SAC Honeybadger Full Transcript: Starr: What's on your wall behind you? You've got like a autographed jersey like a hockey jersey. Mike: Yeah, I'm I'm a soccer fan. Starr: Oh, a soccer jersey. I'm sorry. Mike: It's the Portland Timbers. Yes. Josh: The timbers, yeah. Mike: And it's not looking good for us playing in 2020. Josh: Yeah. Starr: It's looking good for anybody? Mike: Some peopl...
May 22, 2020•43 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: Links: Amethyst PopClip Alfred shortcuts Hacker New Ubuntu 20.04 Thread Ansible Josh's dotfiles Mathias Shell Scripts UltraFine Bartender Transcript: Starr: I'm the type of tiling Window manager user that never changes any of their layout, basically. I'm the type of tiling Window manager that like has all applications open full screen except for like my terminals, which I have a vertical split. And so, I've got two of those open on a single screen. I actually don't know any shortcuts...
May 15, 2020•36 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: Links: Stripe Spam Nation by Brian Krebs Bad To The Bone by George Thorogood Grammarly Egghead.io Udemy Chris Oliver Jumpstart Heya Lamby StimulusReflex Andrew Mason Remote Ruby podcast Honeybadger Full Transcript: Josh: So I'm sitting in my chair with this laptop and the thing literally crashes in my lap. And when I turn it back on, it gives me that blinking folder. The blinking folder. I don't know if you've ever seen the blinking folder, Ben says he hasn't. Starr: I've never seen ...
May 08, 2020•32 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: Links: Voltron Transformers Gobots Thundercats Animal Crossing Stardw Valley Factorio Dependabot Gumroad Shopify Stripe Pinky and the Brain Full Transcript: Starr: Did you prefer Voltron over Transformers? Which team were you on? Ben: I guess I did, because I don't remember watching much in the way of Transformers, but I did watch a lot of Voltron, so. Starr: Oh really? That's a shame. Transformers were great. Ben: I'll take your word for... Josh: I like the name Voltron better. Volt...
May 01, 2020•29 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast This week Ben, Starr, and Josh break down Heya, their freshly shipped open source email campaign mailer for Rails developers. Learn how Heya works, how it can help with GDPR and Soc 2 compliance, and how it saves Honeybadger $$$ in Intercom and Segment costs. Plus, don't miss the hot thermometer takes! Show Notes: Links: Heya Ruby Weekly Action Mailer Intercom Customer.io Segment GDPR Mixpanel Soc 2 Prosperity Public License MailCatcher Ginsu Flex Tape Honeybadger Full Transcript: Starr: I saw s...
Apr 24, 2020•37 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: Links: Tuple Google Hangouts Jitsi WebRTC Notion Epictetus Sphere Andromeda Strain Stillness is the Key Chopin Honeybadger Full Transcript: Josh: I see we've got doom and gloom on the agenda today. Starr: Oh yeah. I put doom and gloom on the agenda. Ben: It's a good thing you had that reminder that there is doom and gloom, because otherwise we'd forget. Starr: I mean, we do tend to be a little bit flip. Or, by we, I mean me. So, you know- Josh: It's just my way, the jokes are my way ...
Apr 17, 2020•40 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: This week on FounderQuest, it's a cutting room floor clips episode. Hear vintage, unreleased clips of episodes that you weren't supposed to hear. Discussions include: 90's software stores, Alan Turing, water heaters, buying top quality spyware dongles from China and even FounderQuest itself! Links: Wish Apple Arcade Bear Day One Babbage’s Usenet Spencer’s Gifts Charles Babbage Alan Turing Naive Bayes What The Golf Nintendo Switch Full Transcript: Ben Findley: Hello there. This is Ben...
Apr 10, 2020•17 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Show Notes: The world is burning, yet we find ourselves settling into our weird new daily routines. This week Josh, Starr, and Ben discuss the importance of company transparency during a crisis, Tiger King, and, political trigger warning, separating health coverage from employment. Bring your marshmallows, chocolate and crackers! Links: The Witcher 3 Scribendi The Office - Micheal's casual jeans Tiger King Disney+ Animal Crossing – Tom Nook Justin Jackson – Good Businesses Have Margin Obamacare ...
Apr 03, 2020•38 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast This week on PandemicQuest Josh, Starr and Ben share insider trading tips via the dark web, explain why aliens haven't attacked yet, and their thoughts around starting a SaaS company for hand sanitizer. The truth isn't out there, it's in here! Can you handle it? Links: Kodak Calendar Josh's Investing Blog Post Daddy Daycare Kindergarten Cop Animal Crossing Doom Jack Bogle Full Transcript: Starr: What's today, March 20th? Josh: Yeah. Starr: It stays March 20th for the next two months. Josh: So th...
Mar 27, 2020•29 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Glove up, mask on, and tune in to this week’s FounderQuest! Starr, Ben and Josh talk hot investing tips now that our 401(k)s are gone, plans for the “Honey Bunker,” pivoting away from remote and back to co-located working, Animal Crossing, hoarding Mucinex, and the Corona vs. Pacifico beer debate is finally settled. Show Notes: Links: Daniel Kahneman Mucinex Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch Jeff Bezos' Regret Minimization Framework Basecamp Splatoon Squad Ground Kontrol RailsConf Nero Jim Kramer ...
Mar 20, 2020•29 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Ben, Josh and Starr are transmitting...err...broadcasting from deep within the COVID-19 epicenter on this week's FounderQuest. They talk about life in our brave new COVID-19 World, Tailwind CSS, and reminisce about the old freelancing days in the time of Big Mouth Billy Bass! Show Notes Links: The Social Network Tailwind CSS Themeforest Morpheus Reddit Covid 19 Basecamp Ruby Central Comic-Con Tornado Alley Second Life Team Fortress 2 Tobi at Shopify Stardew Valley Bill Lumbergh Big Mouth Billy B...
Mar 13, 2020•39 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Join Ben, Starr, and Josh on this week's FounderQuest for a look at our dystopian future. Ben shares the most interesting questions he received while interviewing and the discussion results in the creation of an onboarding manual for time traveling job candidates. Also, Discover which host, like, bought a totally rad pager, like, this month. Beep Beep! Show Notes Links: Pagersdirect.net Pagerduty O’Reilly Safari Full Transcription: Josh: So I think I mentioned a little while ago that I've been k...
Mar 06, 2020•27 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast This week on FounderQuest, Josh, Starr, and Ben hypothesize how long Honeybadger could keep going if they went off the grid given the current pace of tech churn. They also discuss going all-in on COBOL and whether framework trends are actually any different than fashion trends. Get lost in this week's FounderQuest! Show Notes Links: How to Build a Blog in 15 Minutes with Rails Lindy Effect Programming is a Pop Culture Laugh Factory Star Trek Next Generation Bigelow Tea Wallace and Gromit & W...
Feb 28, 2020•32 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast This week Josh, Ben, and Starr talk vintage console games and announce details about Honeybadger's upcoming RailsConf blow out. The episode then pinballs over to dismissing FU money, insights on hiring and more. Hold on to your headphones! Show Notes Links: RailsConf Waza Remus & Romulus SAML DHH Tableau Calendly M Night Syamalan Full Transcription: Josh: It all started with Remus and Romulus, am I right, Ben? Ben: Oh, yes. Josh: Yeah. Starr: Oh my gosh, Remus and Romulus, those were the nam...
Feb 21, 2020•48 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast The honeybadgers have been busy this week! Ben, Josh and Starr each have work that shipped this week that they want to brag on. This episode strides over vast expanses, covering issues like compliance, open-source marketing and content marketing. It all builds up to a big reveal at the end, where we finally announce a new Honeybadger effort: the RailsConf Indie Lounge. Full Transcript: Starr: Can I tell you the nerdiest thing that has ever happened to me, that I've ever done? The nerdiest, most ...
Feb 14, 2020•44 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode the Badgers talk about their predictions for the future of work. They also discuss some of the pros and cons to working remotely and how to prevent loneliness. Conveniently enough, Honeybadger is also hiring a JS developer. Learn the secrets of becoming a Honeybadger! Show Links: Job Listing Code[ish] Podcast Buddhism - No Mind Justserve.org Full Transcription: Josh : Speaking of remote controls, I told you about the ridiculous garage door I put on my home gym. Ben: I am jealous ...
Feb 07, 2020•36 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Ben and Starr have an informal fireside chat about recent tax changes and how to navigate them when running a SaaS company with nationwide sales. Learn about some of the surprising rules some states have around business classifications and why you might have to pay sales tax in one state but not another. Uncle Sam is crashing the internet party, listen and make sure you're prepared! Links: Justin Jackson South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc Avalara Stripe Ian Landsman Write for Honeybadger Full Transcri...
Jan 31, 2020•14 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast History is made this week as FounderQuest welcomes its first ever guest, Justin Jackson, co-founder of Transistor.fm! A debate ensues around whether it's better to build a product for a niche market or target the larger market as a whole. Also, the next time Jeff Bezos corners you with unsolicited advice for your bootstrapped startup, just ignore him. Listen to find out why. Show Notes: Justin Jackson Transistor.fm Mitch Hedberg RightMessage Product Journey podcast Kevin Kelly - 1,000 True Fans ...
Jan 24, 2020•54 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast This week Josh reveals his super secret project that he's been working on and it will...BLOW...YOU...AWAY!!! Just kidding, you and your surroundings are most likely safe but it's pretty darn cool! Want more? The Founders get contrarian and talk about why they sometimes go to the trouble of building tools instead of buying ones that are readily available. They also make a case for using separate apps rather than an all-in-one solution. Ancient viral video fans rejoice and get ready for some remin...
Jan 17, 2020•40 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode Josh, Starr, and Ben talk about each of their results from taking the CliftonStrengths assessment and debate the validity of the results. They also discuss if having differing strengths and weaknesses has helped or hindered them working as a team. Show Notes: Links: Macklemore 5 Minute Dungeon Common Sense With Dan Carlin StrengthsFinder StrenghtsFinder 2.0 (book) Cliff Clavin Comparative Advantage Mike Perham Fieldstone Method Myers Briggs What Color is Your Parachute Harry Pott...
Jan 10, 2020•33 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast The trio is morphing into a duo on this week's episode of FounderQuest, Fireside Chat edition. Ben and Josh talk about their 2020 resolutions, upping their serverless usage, side projects, and holiday plans. Ben also drops a major update from a previous episode. Links: Cliff Mass Weather Blog Continuous Integration (CI) Unicorn Project Phoenix Project Dependabot Jenkins GitHub Actions Buildkite Full transcript: 00:15 This is our first fireside chat with the two of us, right? 00:18 So you're read...
Dec 27, 2019•28 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast 
