Stop Think About Investors
Start thinking about customers! The best source of income is, and has always been, from customers.
What Programming Language?
From my YouTube channel So many conflicting lists about top programming languages in 2021, I put together a sensible top 10 that is good for finding a JOB writing software. This may be a channel about being a Tech Entrepreneur, but finding a job is a great way to get practical real world experience on…
Quick Rails Tips – Empty ActiveRecord Association return initialize
Just a quick tip for Ruby on Rails today. I saw a few people (including me some time ago!) struggling with the fact that sometimes you return a valid ActiveRecord association, and sometimes you return nil (or an empty array). That makes things further down the pipe a bit of a hassle. But there is…
Rails: ActiveRecord::Store – What it is and how I use it. (Rails Tutorial)
This time I look at another interesting part of Rails 6 – the ActiveRecord::Store module. It’s a great way to add ‘blob-like’ functionality to your models for those fields you don’t need to search. Some people online just talk – I just do. One of my major SaaS products out there is Zonmaster.com (https://public.zonmaster.com) THE…
Rails 6.1 with ActionCable and Stimulus2 – Real-Time Programming Tutorial
Back again with another Rails talk! Today I do a quick run through of getting Rails 6.1 working with ActionCable and Stimulus (or Stimulus JS, if you prefer). And no, I’m not doing a messaging app, I am doing an app that pushes out object updates to a webpage. I am using the new Stimulus…
First Look: Sharding in Rails 6.1
Rails 6.1 was released as a stable build not so long ago. One of the features I was interested in is the support for sharding. In this video I take my first look at it. 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Setup 02:30 What is Sharding? 06:00 Configure and Create the DBs 08:35 Put data in the database…
What is a Tech Entrepreneur and ARE YOU ONE???
I am back with a vengeance – talking about my passion: Tech Entrepreneurship In today’s video I cover the basic questions – what is a Tech Entrepreneur, and are YOU ONE? What are the traits of a Tech Entrepreneur and what should you know going in? Watch to find out! 🔔 Subscribe for more straight…
20 Years A Tech Entrepreneur
It’s time to get back on track! I’m coming up to 20 years as a tech entrepreneur. That means founding or co-founding startups. Some worked, some didn’t. Watch this into to me and subscribe to get new videos where I will go over the entrepreneurs journey and how you can create your own successful business!…
Your Mother or Your Life
I have been a ‘Permanent Resident’ (at least that’s what my visa says) of Japan for 7 years. I pay tax here, I pay social security here. This is the only country on earth where I have a home and health care. My business is here. But in the eyes of the Japanese government, I…
Why the death of Anthony Bourdain should mean something to you
The last article I wrote on here was about how the death of Anthony Bourdain should mean nothing to you. In a sense I was wrong. The article was written as a (perhaps knee-jerk) reaction to all the posts I was reading about how the death of the TV Chef would leave a hole in…