Pat Allan's guest appearances

Pat Allan

The Ruby on Rails Podcast

Starting & Sustaining

Ben Curtis

Mike Perham

Steve Robinson

Ryan Singer

Jack Dorsey

Josh Pigford

Tim Lucas

David Heinemeier Hansson

Marty Haught

Dave Thomas

Jason X

Nathan Barry

Kelly Sutton

Matt Goldman

Andrew Mason

OwlTail

Pat Allan turned his open source side project into a profitable Heroku Add-on. We talk about the advantages and disadvantages of building on another company's platforms, doing support for both open source users and paying customers, and some of the trickier parts of parlaying open source success into a profitable business venture.Special Guest: Pat Allan.Sponsored By:Starting &amp; Sustaining: The second edition of Starting &amp; Sustaining will be out in late 2017. Visit the site to get on the list and be the first to know as well as receive a launch discount.Links:Freelancing Gods — Pat's personal web site.Thinking Sphinx — The open source gem for integrating Ruby and the Sphinx search engine.Flying Sphinx — Flying Sphinx is an add-on for Heroku that lets you use Thinking Sphinx (and thus, Sphinx) for all your search needs.Limbr — Limbr is a social impact startup on a mission to make mental health more acceptable and accessible.Drumknott — Drumknott provides hosted searching for your static Jekyll sites. All you need to do is connect things up via Javascript, and upload your page data to Drumknott's API.Full Transcript

Pat Allan turned his open source side project into a profitable Heroku Add-on. We talk about the advantages and disadvantages of building on another company's platforms, doing support for both open source users and paying customers, and some of the trickier parts of parlaying open source success into a profitable business venture.Special Guest: Pat Allan.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://get.startingandsustaining.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Starting &amp; Sustaining</a>: <a href="https://get.startingandsustaining.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The second edition of Starting &amp; Sustaining will be out in late 2017. Visit the site to get on the list and be the first to know as well as receive a launch discount.</a></li></ul>Links:<ul><li><a href="http://freelancing-gods.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freelancing Gods</a> — Pat's personal web site.</li><li><a href="http://freelancing-gods.com/thinking-sphinx/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thinking Sphinx</a> — The open source gem for integrating Ruby and the Sphinx search engine.</li><li><a href="http://info.flying-sphinx.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flying Sphinx</a> — Flying Sphinx is an add-on for Heroku that lets you use Thinking Sphinx (and thus, Sphinx) for all your search needs.</li><li><a href="http://limbr.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Limbr</a> — Limbr is a social impact startup on a mission to make mental health more acceptable and accessible.</li><li><a href="https://drumknottsearch.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drumknott</a> — Drumknott provides hosted searching for your static Jekyll sites. All you need to do is connect things up via Javascript, and upload your page data to Drumknott's API.</li><li><a href="https://startingandsustaining.com/pat-allan-of-thinking-sphinx-and-flying-sphinx-3378a0f3c142#.83qch0523" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full Transcript</a></li></ul>

Pat Allan, Creator of Thinking Sphinx and Flying Sphinx

Jacqui Maher

This episode was originally published on October 24, 2008. Jacqui Maher talks about the technical challenges involved in writing Rails apps for a medical team in Malawi. Pat Allan encourages Rails developers to volunteer their time and skills. Developers from Intridea discuss hacking Rails internals, UI design, and mid-end development. From RailsConf 2008 in Berlin. Also mentioned:  Baobab Health  workonrails.com: Find or post Ruby on Rails jobs. bloc.io: Learn to program with Ruby on Rails. Use code RAILS and save $100.

This episode was originally published on October 24, 2008. <a href="http://brighter.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jacqui Maher</a> talks about the technical challenges involved in writing Rails apps for a medical team in Malawi. <a href="http://freelancing-gods.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pat Allan</a> encourages Rails developers to volunteer their time and skills. Developers from <a href="http://intridea.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intridea</a> discuss hacking Rails internals, UI design, and mid-end development. From RailsConf 2008 in Berlin. <h4>Also mentioned:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.baobabhealth.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baobab Health</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://workonrails.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">workonrails.com</a>: Find or post Ruby on Rails jobs. <a href="http://bloc.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bloc.io</a>: Learn to program with Ruby on Rails. Use code RAILS and save $100.

Episode 124: 126: RailsConf Europe: Jacqui Maher, Pat Allan and Intridea