Ernesto Tagwerker - OmbuLabs on AI

After more than two years, Ernesto Tagwerker returns to IndieRails to chat about the changing industry landscape and running an agency in the age of AI. Ernesto is the founder of OmbuLabs, makers of FastRuby.io, and maintainers of many open source projects in Ruby and Rails. We talk about upgrading Rails apps with the help of LLMs, their fixed-cost maintenance service Bonsai, new AI-related offerings (from assessments to greenfield buildouts), and championing DX (developer experience).

Mentioned in the Episode

Stanford research on dev productivity w/ AI tooling (video)

The Automated Roadmap

Bonsai Service

A Tech Debt Fighting Champion For Developers

Get DX

Philly.rb

Canopy