IndieRails

Zeke Gabrielse - Build for Your Users Without Obeying Them


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In 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 the same project), how he handled the worst day(s) of his professional life, and much more!

Zeke's Links
Zeke on X

Keygen on X 

Keygen website: https://keygen.sh/


Jeremy's Notable Blog Posts

How to Build a Webhook System in Rails Using Sidekiq

That one time Keygen went down for 5 hours (twice)

Keygen is now Fair Source

No calls

In defense of linear

Self-promotion
Steering the ship

...more
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