Valentino Stoll

Ali, I'm curious, like, you have a lot of experience in, like, product development and, like, the business-focused aspect of, like, building things, right? So I'm curious, like, what your thoughts are on, like, you know, where... the technology is most helpful in the process, in the business side or developing the product?

Ali, I'm curious, like, you have a lot of experience in, like, product development and, like, the business-focused aspect of, like, building things, right? So I'm curious, like, what your thoughts are on, like, you know, where... the technology is most helpful in the process, in the business side or developing the product?

And why are you still sticking with Rails at this point with all of the other stuff that's available? Is it familiarity? Or where do you see the technology really aligning with that aspect?

And why are you still sticking with Rails at this point with all of the other stuff that's available? Is it familiarity? Or where do you see the technology really aligning with that aspect?

Is there an example in Rails where you found that feature being there just saved you a ton of effort if you had gone with something else in the moment?

Is there an example in Rails where you found that feature being there just saved you a ton of effort if you had gone with something else in the moment?

It's funny because we talk about your PDFs example as being a great use case for Rails. I feel like files in general, if you want to just get a file upload working, Rails is great for that. But, like, if you want to cache it the right way, it's very complicated. But I feel like that's also true of anything, right? Like, getting CloudFront hooked up to any app in any language is a complex process.

It's funny because we talk about your PDFs example as being a great use case for Rails. I feel like files in general, if you want to just get a file upload working, Rails is great for that. But, like, if you want to cache it the right way, it's very complicated. But I feel like that's also true of anything, right? Like, getting CloudFront hooked up to any app in any language is a complex process.

Yeah. And then how do you, like, you know, what is the famous saying? Cache and validation is, like, one of the hardest, you know, naming and cache and validation. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Is there even a way to simplify this? Like...

Yeah. And then how do you, like, you know, what is the famous saying? Cache and validation is, like, one of the hardest, you know, naming and cache and validation. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Is there even a way to simplify this? Like...

I've been working on this fun project called Podcast Buddy. He's actually listening right now. It's an AI companion that just lives in the terminal. And I can ask him questions right now, but I don't know what he'll respond with. So I'm gonna...

I've been working on this fun project called Podcast Buddy. He's actually listening right now. It's an AI companion that just lives in the terminal. And I can ask him questions right now, but I don't know what he'll respond with. So I'm gonna...

It's not polished, but at the end of the episode here, he'll create some show notes for us on what everybody's been talking about in a nice organized format with links. So it's really fun. I use it for meetings too. Another version of it, I have a meeting buddy. And it's just so much fun playing with Whisper and doing things locally with all these LLMs and audio. It's a lot of fun.

It's not polished, but at the end of the episode here, he'll create some show notes for us on what everybody's been talking about in a nice organized format with links. So it's really fun. I use it for meetings too. Another version of it, I have a meeting buddy. And it's just so much fun playing with Whisper and doing things locally with all these LLMs and audio. It's a lot of fun.

So check that out, Podcast Buddy. And then I've been... I found this... Somebody has this project called LeRobot where they're building a robot arm that... has like a trainable robot arm that comes with that you can build with it to train it to do different things. And so somebody created a tutorial on how to do it all. And so I printed, downloaded all the files and printed out all the parts.

So check that out, Podcast Buddy. And then I've been... I found this... Somebody has this project called LeRobot where they're building a robot arm that... has like a trainable robot arm that comes with that you can build with it to train it to do different things. And so somebody created a tutorial on how to do it all. And so I printed, downloaded all the files and printed out all the parts.

And I'll be building that just for kind of for fun, train a robot arm to do different things in my office. So we'll see how it goes.

And I'll be building that just for kind of for fun, train a robot arm to do different things in my office. So we'll see how it goes.

This looks incredible. Thank you.

This looks incredible. Thank you.