The Internet Broke; Why There's No Episode This Week
There's no episode of FounderQuest this week. However, if you want to hear WHY there's no episode, Ben takes some time out of fighting fires to explain in 34 seconds.
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ActiveSupport's #descendants Method: A Deep Dive
The #descendants method is part of Rails. It returns all subclasses that inherit from a given class. In this article, Jonathan Miles shows us how to use this method and how it's implemented. It's a great lesson in the ins and outs of Ruby's object model.
Everyone Says It's a Bad Idea; Should You Do It Anyway?
It's a special edition episode this week as Ben chats with Felix Livni of Schedulista to talk startups. There are plenty of hot takes to go around such as ignoring good advice when starting a business, how boostrappers should do the exact opposite things that a venture funded company does, and why you may consider direct mail for a SaaS business. Grab your pitchforks and tune in!
Announcing Hook Relay
If you're a developer working with web hooks, you should definitely check out our new product, Hook Relay.
Multi-Factor Authentication for Rails With WebAuthn and Devise
If someone steals your password, they can pretend to be you. That's why many companies provide two-factor or multi-factor authentication via a fingerprint scan, a YubiKey, an authenticator app, or SMS. In this article, Petr Hlavicka will give you a solid foundation of knowledge about multi-factor authentication and will walk you through implementation with Rails, Webauthn, and Devise
Our Outbound Sales Autopsy
This week The Founders talk about integrations and the fact they're spending more and more time updating Honeybadger because of partners' app changes. They also conduct an autopsy on the outbound sales initiative, discuss creating a fictional employee for customers to focus their ire, and decide whether to tweak Hook Relay's site or just ship it!
Building a Real-Time Chat App in Rails Using ActionCable and Turbo
Turbo and ActionCable make it a snap to create Rails applications that respond to user behavior in real-time. In this article, Abiodun shows us how to use them together to create a full-featured chat application in Rails.
Honeybadger
Zero-instrumentation, 360 degree coverage of errors, outages and service degradation. Deploy with confidence and be your team's devops hero.
Currency Calculations in JavaScript
When you do calculations with money, every penny needs to be accounted for. Unfortunately, JS's Number type isn't up to the task. In this article, Julio Sampaio shows us why and teaches us how to do currency calculations the right way in JavaScript.
Hook Relay Is Livin' That FULL Duplex Lyfe!
This week on FounderQuest, the hosts go over some features of Hook Relay, share some research on broadcast email solutions, and discuss operational security tips for compliance (get a guard dog). Plus, Goatse is remembered as the original Rick Roll (NSW - Do NOT Google it).