Build in public
Follow along as I build things in public: processes, mistakes and all.
How do I sell this thing? (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #07)
This is episode #07 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, I'm back from the summer break with three open questions: how to sell the panel, how to price it, and who might want to sponsor it.
Read this essay →The first panel is done (and it looks super cool) (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #06)
This is episode #06 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, I solder the first test panel together, and show you what it looks like!
Read this essay →What have I been cooking this week? (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #05)
In the 5th episode of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, we talk about cutting glass and where impostor syndrome come from.
Read this essay →Let's talk about tools (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #04)
This is episode #04 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, I talk about tools!
Read this essay →Square? Or freeform? (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #03)
This is episode #03 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, I riff on the drawing and ask you which version you prefer!
Read this essay →Ideas are cheap. But glass? Not so much. (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #02)
This is episode #02 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained-glass panel celebrating Ruby. Today, we talk about how to choose glass, and how stained glass windows should follow the open-closed principle too.
Read this essay →This idea cost me an ice cream (Ruby Stained Glass Notes #01)
This is episode #01 of the Ruby Stained Glass Notes, a pop-up newsletter in which I write about the process of building a stained-glass panel celebrating Ruby.
Read this essay →I'm making a collectible limited-edition Ruby stained glass panel
After talking with Jeremy Smith and Jess Brown on the IndieRails podcast about stained glass and how I transitioned to programming in Ruby, I’ve had this crazy idea that I could tie the two together in a weird project. Well, here goes nothing!
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