All Episodes
036 — Pedal to the Metal
Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rLRNnlzIOQMI connected with Vercel this past week to discuss how I could both optimize and try to control the costs that h...
035 — $800 Gorilla in the Room
Unfortunately I missed my milestone of getting an early release of https://www.skylounge.social deployed during Release Day. But, it wasn’t for a lack of trying. It’s ...
034 — Who’s ready to Jam!?
A quick update on this glorious hump day, just in time before I head out to the Atlanta PHP meetup (https://phpxatl.com).Tomorrow, May 21st at 11:30am EDT I’ll be chat...
033 — Just Oil the Chair
I listened to a podcast episode back on January 30, 2025, and there are 3 little words that have been bouncing around in the back of my head ever since whenever I turn...
032 — Streaming Developments: Breaking ground on skylounge.social
Some quick updates on the status of https://www.starterpacks.net and announcing the new project that I am working on!Since the last update, the crawlers have been craw...
031 — Appeasing the SEO Gods
You can also watch the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ENFM-pQK5iMA quick update about some recent updates I pushed out on https://www.starterpacks.net. In the...
030 — New Starter Packs Features
After a few weeks away I am back with some fresh updates that have been deployed to Starter Packs (https://www.starterpacks.net). The first—and best feature, imho—is t...
029 — Wrestling with SaaS Pricing: Building Value to Justify Prices
Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WNmupzrWcAAWhat goes into setting and justifying your SaaS (Software as a Service) pricing? I had the goal of getting subs...
028 — Racing the Queues
The queues are up and running on Starter Packs and I have roughly 2 days before they are done, so my goal is to get all the pricing and subscriptions integrated into t...
027 — Overcoming Obstacles
While I was working on some updates for Starter Packs, I ran into an authentication bug that I wanted to fix. As I was working through the bug, and deploying the updat...
026 — Starter Packs Updates
After last week’s Jam Session with Brian Casel, I was on the fence on which project I wanted to commit to in 2025. After that conversation, and a little reflection, I ...
025 — Welcome to 2025
Welcome to 2025! I have been kind of having mixed emotions going into the new year, doing a lot of reflecting and projecting what I want to achieve this year. Definite...
024 — Perfecting My Reflecting
Tis’ the season for introspection, self reflection, and projections for what the New Year will hold. Today I share some background into my process of reflecting and pr...
023 — Hacking the Starter Packs
So, what do you do when you start to run into walls, or slow downs, on the project you’re working on? I feel like I am at, or approaching one of those slow downs, and ...
022 — Just Getting Starter’d
Wow, it’s been over a month since my last episode. That’s not due to me being too lazy, if anything just the opposite. I have been thrashing around on projects, but I ...
021 — Reserving Fuel
How do you apply and reserve your fuel for the things you are working? That’s what I am wrestling with today. Typically, I reserve these early morning sessions for my ...
020 — Keeping Momentum
A quick, long one about trying to maintain momentum as challenges and inconsistencies present themselves.To follow along, you can find me at ryanhefner.com, follow me ...
019 — Announcing, Jam Sessions: Public Edition
Since today is International Podcast Day, I figured it was only fitting to try to get an episode out today. Thankfully I have something very topical to announce today ...
018 — Building Spiral Staircases
During my run this morning I was thinking about all the different projects I have up in the air, and how some of those can help to provide a foundation, or utility, to...
017 — Flow like water
Giving into the flow. I feel like I have been getting frustrated with myself for not fully focusing on a single project. After all, that's the only way to build a succ...
016 — No, FOMO. Just, LOSE.
With all the conferences happening over the past couple of months, it has really got me thinking about the lack of socializing I have had since moving down to Atlanta....
015 — Fixed It!
I did it! I was able to fix LinkCards and stabilize the service. And, to my surprise, it actually looked like some of the traffic was actually legitimate open graph im...
014 — Jam Sessions: Private Edition on ripple.fm
I just wanted to give a quick update on a new, private podcast that I am starting on ripple.fm. The show is called Jam Session: Private Edition, and it’s going to be a...
013 — Maintenance Modes
Trying to keep the spirits high in this otherwise kind of low week, littered with some Summer sickness and a lot of client work. As much as I had hoped to work some mo...
012 — Transmits Is Getting a Pod
As I have been working on building Transmits, I started reading Rob Walling’s (@robwalling) book, Start Small, Stay Small. I was originally reading his latest book, Th...
011 — Transmits Goes Mobile
After recording the last episode via Transmits, I mentioned that I needed to test recording on playback on mobile, specifically Mobile Safari (since I am an iPhone use...
010 — Recording from Transmits
A milestone has been reached! This is the first episode to be recorded in Transmits!! Obviously, these are early days (the official second recording made in the app wa...
009 — Introducing, Transmits
I have finally settled on the project that I will be documenting on this podcast. I would like to introduce you to, Transmits. transmits.io is domain I have been sitti...