Best Chris Ferdinandi Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 163 - More myself online 8:53

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In today’s episode, I talk about how I often feel more myself online than IRL.In today’s episode, I talk about how I often feel more myself online than IRL. Show Notes & Transcript → Like this? A Lean Web Club membership is the best way to support my work and help me create more free content.By Chris Ferdinandi

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Episode 537: Userlist with Benedikt Deicke 28:17

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Benedikt used to be a freelance software engineer and co-founded Userlist in 2017 as a side project with his co-founder Jane Portman. They went full-time on it in 2020. Benedikt enjoys database query optimization just as much as pushing around pixels on the front-end Show Notes https://userlist.com/ https://slowandsteadypodcast.com/ https://bsky.ap…

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Episode 162 - The environmental impact of the web we build 6:47

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In today’s episode, I talk about how the web is driving climate change, and what we can do about it.In today’s episode, I talk about how the web is driving climate change, and what we can do about it. Show Notes & Transcript → Like this? A Lean Web Club membership is the best way to support my work and help me create more free content.…

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Episode 536: Better With Becky with Becky Searls 39:20

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Becky Searls is a teacher-turned-trainer, but her true passion is learning and continuous growth. She shares everything she learns through her business, Better with Becky, which recently launched its first product: a strength-training app called Build with Becky (which she built in collaboration with her husband Justin using Ruby on Rails) Show Not…

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Episode 161 - Managing your energy as a developer with ADHD 4:18

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In today’s episode, I talk about the importance of managing your energy (and having control over your tasks) as a developer with ADHD.In today’s episode, I talk about the importance of managing your energy (and having control over your tasks) as a developer with ADHD. Show Notes & Transcript → Like this? A Lean Web Club membership is the best way t…

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Episode 535: Judoscale with Adam McCrea 32:20

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Today we’re continuing our series of highlighting startups building with Rails. Every app eventually runs into scaling requirements. Whether that’s from a spike in traffic or persistent growth. That’s why we have autoscaling. Judoscale is a tool to make autoscaling easy. Adam joins us to talk about building Judoscale with Rails Show Notes https://j…

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Should Whale Clients Be Part Of Your Service Mix Right Now? 10:52

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Conventional advice from pundits says never serve "whales" in your consulting business. But what if they're wrong? (Hint: they are.) A whale model CAN work in the right circumstances, provided it’s a fit with how you like to work and you design and price them correctly. Here’s my advice on whether (and how) to add whale clients to your service mix:…

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Episode 160 - A formula for debugging 3:54

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In today’s episode, I talk about a formula I use for debugging code and asking for help.In today’s episode, I talk about a formula I use for debugging code and asking for help. Show Notes & Transcript → Like this? A Lean Web Club membership is the best way to support my work and help me create more free content.…

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Episode 534: Good Enough with James Adam and Cade Truitt 34:59

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Good Enough is a company that makes Rails apps. They have quite a few products and all of them are built on Rails. Today James and Cade join the show to tell us about building a small software company with Rails. Show Notes letsjelly.com/rails https://goodenough.us/ Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you w…

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Episode 159 - How your tools work 3:33

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In today’s episode, I talk about the importance of understanding how your code works.In today’s episode, I talk about the importance of understanding how your code works. Show Notes & Transcript → Like this? A Lean Web Club membership is the best way to support my work and help me create more free content.…

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Aligning Your Podcast With Your Business Growth with Reuben Swartz 37:36

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Have you noticed that expertise podcasts—even from “celebrities”—tend to have an arc? They grow, they evolve, they might even shrink or pause for awhile and at some point they end. When Sales for Nerds host Reuben Swartz put his highly rated 100-episode podcast on hiatus with an intriguing announcement, I invited him to the show to talk about: Why …

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Episode 158 - Just grab a library 1:38

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In today’s episode, I talk about how not made here syndrome has been replaced by just grab a library, and why they're both bad.In today’s episode, I talk about how not made here syndrome has been replaced by just grab a library, and why they’re both bad. Show Notes & Transcript → Like this? A Lean Web Club membership is the best way to support my w…

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The Tools Are Smarter. Are You? ft. YK Sugi | S02 E12 1:08:12

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Today we welcome YK Sugi—engineer, educator, and the mind behind CSS Dojo—for the final episode of season two. We talk about his journey from YouTube dev tutorials to building one of Sourcegraph’s most-used AI tools, and how the role of DevRel has changed (and in some cases, disappeared). YK also breaks down how senior engineers are actually using …

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Episode 157 - Cool URLs don't change, but they don't have to last forever 3:33

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In today’s episode, I talk about why a website doesn't have to be a lifetime commitment.In today’s episode, I talk about why a website doesn’t have to be a lifetime commitment. Show Notes & Transcript → Like this? A Lean Web Club membership is the best way to support my work and help me create more free content.…

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How to Win at Learning ft. Quincy Larson | S02 E11 1:13:54

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In this episode, we sit down with Quincy Larson, founder of Free Code Camp, to explore his incredible path from high school dropout to influential tech educator. Quincy shares his unconventional journey — from living in his car and working fast food jobs to building one of the most impactful coding education platforms in the world. We discuss the p…

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How To Scale From $200K (Without A Single Hire) 15:45

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When you’re building a Soloist expertise business, it’s pretty common to plateau around $200K or so in revenue. Typically at that point, you’ve found your groove and can reliably hit that number—but if you want to scale beyond that, conventional wisdom screams that it’s time to hire employees. Uh, no. You’ve got plenty of faster, easier and safer c…

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Episode 156 - Structuring functions 1:55

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In today’s episode, I talk about when to to break functions into smaller pieces, and how to avoid over-engineering.In today’s episode, I talk about when to to break functions into smaller pieces, and how to avoid over-engineering. Show Notes & Transcript → Like this? A Lean Web Club membership is the best way to support my work and help me create m…

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Mitchell Hashimoto: From Terraform to Ghostty | S02 E10 1:04:29

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Today we welcome Mitchell Hashimoto, co-founder of HashiCorp and creator of Ghostty, a new terminal emulator built in Zig. In this episode, Mitchell shares the story behind Ghostty, how his curiosity about terminals evolved into a full-fledged project, and why Zig became his language of choice. We also dive into Ghostty’s unique features, the role …

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Episode 155 - Durable websites 3:17

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In today’s episode, I talk about building web things that are made to last.In today’s episode, I talk about building web things that are made to last. Show Notes & Transcript → Like this? A Lean Web Club membership is the best way to support my work and help me create more free content.By Chris Ferdinandi

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Vercel’s Big AI Bet. ft. Malte Ubl | S02 E09 47:58

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Today we welcome Malte Ubl, CTO of Vercel, to discuss the evolution of frontend development and the role of AI in shaping modern engineering workflows. Malte dives into V0, Vercel's innovative tool for generating frontend code using AI, and explains how it empowers developers—especially backend engineers—to build full-stack applications. We also ex…

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Founders with Kids…Building A Paid Community with Sarah K. Peck 51:39

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Maybe you’ve toyed with building a paid community as part of your business model. Or you gave it a shot and later shelved it because you just couldn’t make it work. Start-up Parent Founder Sarah K. Peck goes deep on how she built three paid communities: How she chose the initial idea that morphed into her company and multiple highly engaged (paid) …

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Episode 533: Catching Up With Nick Schwaderer 30:15

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Nick dropped by the (virtual) studio to talk about how things have been going in the ruby community. Sponsors Hosting for The Ruby on Rails Podcast is provided by Fireside.fm. If you want to start a podcast and are looking for hosting, visit fireside.fm/rails to get started. Alright, let’s talk about deploying code without having a full-blown panic…

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Episode 154 - Spaghetti code is a people problem 4:31

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In today’s episode, I talk about why more tech won't fix your spaghetti code.In today’s episode, I talk about why more tech won’t fix your spaghetti code. Show Notes & Transcript → Like this? A Lean Web Club membership is the best way to support my work and help me create more free content.By Chris Ferdinandi

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Build skills, not degrees. ft. Madison Kanna | S02 E08 54:02

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Today we welcome Madison Kana—a self-taught dev who defied the traditional path. From dropping out and navigating a world of homeschooling to launching the Code Book Club, Madison transformed her unconventional journey into a thriving community of coders. In this episode, she shares how bypassing the typical education route fueled her passion, the …

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Episode 26 - Digital Gardens 1:17

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In today’s episode, I talk about digital gardens, and merging my various websites together. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Episode 153 - Alienating the right people 2:32

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In today’s episode, I talk about why its ok to alienate some people, and the importance of owning your content.In today’s episode, I talk about why its ok to alienate some people, and the importance of owning your content. Show Notes & Transcript → Like this? A Lean Web Club membership is the best way to support my work and help me create more free…

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Roll your own auth or you’re ngmi. ft. Dreams of Code | S02 E07 1:13:59

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This time Elliot from @dreamsofcode joins us to talk about building his own course platform we dive into why he chose to go custom, the tech stack behind his platform, and the philosophy of building vs. buying in software. We also discuss the challenges of teaching programming, the role of AI in development, and what it really takes to create a gre…