Speaking
Now and again I do conference talks or podcast appearances. Here's a selection.
IndieRails: One Person Wishlist - Rails World Roundtable
I appeared on the Indie Rails podcast in September 2025, talking about Rails as a one-person developer. It was recorded at Rails World 2025.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/57sOTYmbgmPCjxIUObzlgJ?si=32a747d154c14423
Stop overthinking and go create things
Haggis Ruby. Edinburgh. October 2024
Friendly.rb. Bucharest, September 2024
A talk for everyone who ever thought about creating something themselves. It was the closing keynote for a popular Ruby conference in Bucharest, Romania. I delivered the talk again a month later at a fresh new Ruby conference in Edinburgh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsvJKG3uzpU&t=41
The CTO Eras
SaaS CTO Conference. London, September 2024
An opening keynote, all about how the role of how the CTO evolves over time in the startup world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPL1IFtNkh4
Cloud Migration, Server Costs, and CDN Challenges
Ruby Rogues, September 2024
I was on the Ruby Rogues podcast in September 2024, talking about technical history of FreeAgent, running servers, The Cloud, front-end/React, adopting new tech, that sort of thing.
Ruby On Rails As A Career Choice with Olly Headey
The Ruby on Rails Podcast, October 2023
I joined the popular Ruby on Rails podcast to talk about Ruby on Rails as a career choice in 2023.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1COjG71TXNfUeOENy0qpnT?si=0daeaa3bc6de4a7b
How To Eat A Burrito
Turing Fest, 2019
You can watch the video via the Turing Fest website.
Security for CTOs
SaaStock. Dublin, 2017
Myself and Jean-Baptiste Aviat, CTO at Sqreen, took part on a panel hosted by Rodrigo Martinez from Point Nine Capital at SaaStock in Dublin.
Talks that are not online 😢
- Lose the body fat: Why keeping your company lean makes it more attractive. Point Nine Founders Summit, Lisbon 2022 🇵🇹
- Running a high-availability SaaS infrastructure (without breaking the bank). Point Nine Founders Meetup, San Francisco 2017 🇺🇸
- Building your own fast, reliable cloud from bare metal. Point Nine SaaS Meetup, San Francisco 2013 🇺🇸