Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

Father of 3. Founder of https://t.co/erKlLqUMBW. Sometimes I like to argue with people online about software, licensing, startups, bootstrapping, among other things. SGF Joined July 2024

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Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

12 hours ago

The upgrade from Rails 7 to Rails 8 was by far the easiest major version upgrade in Rails history, at least since I started with Rails 4. Bravo. 🤘

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4 days ago

ICYMI: closed 2 enterprise deals in the last week over email this way.

Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

9 months ago

ICYMI: closed 2 enterprise deals in the last week over email this way. https://t.co/1infU1WLEN

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Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

6 days ago

I have a ghost notification on @github and it's driving me insane

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Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

a week ago

I am once again reminding you that free users are not customers, and conflating the two is dangerous.

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Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

2 weeks ago

Wow em' with speed (and also with direct Slack support)

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Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

2 weeks ago

TIL that Active Record treats zero differently for generated attribute predicate methods: github.com/rails/rails/bl…

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Do you feel bad because your startup is growing linearly, not “exponentially” as breathless TechCrunch-readers yearn to see? Actually, even Facebook and Slack weren’t exponential. Here’s the data, and how growth works: longform.asmartbear.com/exponential-gr…

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Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

3 weeks ago

On changing tools, and why human expression will endure: keygen.sh/blog/expressio…

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Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

3 weeks ago

Maybe we need @GoRails on the `rails new` splash screen.

David Hill @iamdavidhill

3 weeks ago

Maybe we need @GoRails on the `rails new` splash screen.

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Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

3 weeks ago

When your DELETE query doesn't return immediately.

Adith @Adityapandeydev

3 weeks ago

When your DELETE query doesn't return immediately.

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Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

3 weeks ago

@theandreboso It's ideal to let your median time-to-convert inform your trial length, otherwise your trial can do more harm than good. This is actually why I got rid of my trial and started moving to a limited free tier as well — trials just added unnecessary friction! x.com/_m27e/status/1…

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3 weeks ago

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Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

3 weeks ago

Working through SOC2 compliance is really starting to change my mind about gating my own report behind Ent tiers. I'm having such a hard time getting SOC2 reports from some vendors without a sizeable price increase, which is blocking my own audit.

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Chris Frantz @frantzfries

3 weeks ago

things you’re concerned about before building a company: - competitors - your idea - company name - branding - frameworks - fundraising after: - find users - find hires - retain users - retain hires - don’t die

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Zeke Gabrielse @_m27e

3 weeks ago

In Stripe, is there a way to apply an invoice payment to an account's balance for use in future subscriptions? Larger companies pay via PO, which I accomplish through one-off invoices so as not to change the existing subscription's cycle dates, and I find it annoying to have to…

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DHH @dhh

3 weeks ago

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” was always one of my favorite quotes. So many people give up before they've even begun. The world is far more malleable than most believe. But you have to show up, believe in the mission, and push like hell.