Oct 13, 20261h 18m
Kelsey and Zack Gilbert-Kreiling are a husband-and-wife team from Chicago and the founders of Eventually , an event ticketing and commerce platform built natively for Squarespace. Kelsey shares how a fashion...
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IndieRails
Hosted by Jess Brown & Jeremy Smith · business · EN
About this Podcast:
Jeremy and Jess interview indie developers who have a passion for the Rails framework and bring their hustle and creativity to building a business. They strive to understand the challenges these developers face and how they are overcoming them to create successful businesses.
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Booking probability
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Guest openness
Selective
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What is IndieRails about?
Jeremy and Jess interview indie developers who have a passion for the Rails framework and bring their hustle and creativity to building a business. They strive to understand the challenges these developers face and how they are overcoming them to create successful businesses.
Who hosts IndieRails?
IndieRails is hosted by Jess Brown & Jeremy Smith. The show has published 77 episodes to date.
What has IndieRails covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Kelsey & Zack Gilbert-Kreiling - Eventually, Someone Had to Build It" (13 October 2026, 78 minutes), "A Random Tuesday" (25 August 2026, 67 minutes), and "John Nunemaker - The Conductor" (18 March 2026, 86 minutes).
How often does IndieRails publish?
IndieRails publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 75 minutes across 77 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on IndieRails?
Booking probability for IndieRails is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. IndieRails requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. IndieRails's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch IndieRails?
The strongest fits for IndieRails are IT Services & Software Development and Business & Management Consulting. IndieRails has a business audience.
About the host
Jess Brown & Jeremy Smith hosts IndieRails, a business podcast with 77 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Episode #76
A Random Tuesday
Aug 25, 20261h 7mAfter a 6-month hiatus, Jess and Jeremy return on a random Tuesday.
Episode #75
John Nunemaker - The Conductor
Mar 18, 20261h 26mJohn Nunemaker is a Rails developer, entrepreneur, and indie hacker behind Flipper Cloud, Boxout, and Fireside. He joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about managing a portfolio of products at different stages of...
Episode #74
Rémi Mercier - The Stained-Glass Master
Mar 3, 20261h 12mRémi is a former stained-glass master turned freelance Ruby on Rails developer. He writes extensively on software topics on his blog, and he recently wrote a reflection on his return to freelancing this past year. Rémi...
Feb 10, 20261h 12mIn this episode, Jared Norman joins us to talk about his journey from aspiring game developer to founder of Super Good Software, an agency specializing in e-commerce and Solidus. Jared shares the story of how Spree...
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Episode #72
John Athayde - Guiding Design in Software
Jan 21, 20261h 50mIn this episode, John Athayde joins us to chat about how a student of architecture ends up in software, finding the Ruby and Rails community, working at the intersection of design and development, consulting in user...
Episode #71
Turning the Corner (Unedited)
Jan 6, 202641 minJeremy and Jess turn the corner on a new year with an unedited one-on-one discussion, reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead at 2026.
Dec 23, 20251h 5mIn this episode of IndieRails , Jess and Jeremy interviewed Jared Brown , co-founder and CEO of Hubstaff . The conversation began with a serendipitous meeting at XO Ruby , where an early-morning parking deck encounter...
Episode #69
Ernesto Tagwerker - OmbuLabs on AI
Dec 9, 20251h 31mAfter more than two years, Ernesto Tagwerker returns to IndieRails to chat about the changing industry landscape and running an agency in the age of AI. Ernesto is the founder of OmbuLabs , makers of FastRuby.io , and...
Episode #68
Brian Casel - Teaching Devs to Build with AI
Nov 26, 20251h 32mIn this episode, Brian Casel joins IndieRails to talk about how AI is reshaping the day-to-day reality of software development and why full-stack Rails developers might be uniquely positioned to thrive in this new...
Episode #67
Wale Olaleye - Helping Founders with Tech
Nov 11, 20251h 2mWale Olaleye of Rails Fever joins IndieRails to talk about what it really takes to build a consulting business. The conversation spans everything from refining your message and brand, “I help founders with tech so they...
Episode #66
The Obligatory AI Episode
Oct 28, 20251h 6mIn this episode, Jess and Jeremy catch up on life and work, and have a chat about the everyone's favorite topic these days.
Episode #65
Anthony Eden - Making Business Look Simple
Oct 14, 20251h 8mIn this episode we’re excited to be talking with Anthony Eden , founder & CEO of DNSimple . For those who haven’t come across it yet, DNSimple is a service that makes managing domains and DNS simple and...
Episode #64
One Person Wishlist - Rails World Roundtable
Sep 30, 202546 minThis special episode was recorded from the Buzzsprout podcast booth on Day 2 of Rails World 2025 in Amsterdam. Our guests (and fellow Rails World attendees) are Jesper Christiansen, Olly Headey, and Andreas Wagner...
Episode #63
Mariusz Kozieł - Wizards and Kings
Sep 16, 202552 minThis special episode was recorded from the Buzzsprout podcast booth on Day 1 of Rails World 2025 in Amsterdam. Our guest, Mariusz Kozieł , is the CEO of Visuality , a Ruby on Rails agency based in Poland. We chat about...
Sep 5, 20251h 36mdocs.search("indie, founder, rails, successful") => Jason Bosco / Typesense In this episode, Jeremy and Jess sit down with Jason Bosco, co-founder of Typesense , an open source, typo-tolerant search engine. Jason shares...
Episode #61
Matt Swanson - The Product Engineer
Jul 8, 20251h 11mIn this episode, Jess and Jeremy chat with Matt Swanson, CTO of Arrows, author of Boring Rails, and host of the YAGNI podcast. In addition to his blog, Matt shares a lot of his knowledge about product development on...
Jun 24, 20251h 45mRhiannon Payne and Justin Bowen are one of the very few couples working together in the Ruby and Rails ecosystem. Justin is a long-time Rails developer, consultant, and AI and computer vision specialist. Rhiannon runs...
Jun 11, 20251h 16mIn this episode we talk to Zeke Gabrielse, solo founder and owner of Keygen , a licensing and distribution API. We get deep in the weeds of running a solo business (much can be applied to any solo-type career working on...
May 27, 20251h 28mIn this special crossover episode, we make a slight departure from our typical format to chat with Adrian and Yaro from the Friendly Show and Jason from the Code with Jason podcast about a topic near and dear to our...
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