chad fowler
@chadfowler
programmer, general partner @blueyard + music at @chadfowlermusic. prev @wunderlist, @microsoft, @rubycentral, @rubyconf @railsconf @rubygems @pragprog
Most of what good management consists of can be boiled down to this simple idea: a manager's job is to create a context in which each team member is inspired and empowered to do their best work. It's shocking out far from reach this is for many managers.
Can we easily replicate the android Point of Sale @timjrobinson made on iOS? Any iOS nerds want to take a shot?
Building an Open Source Crypto Payments Terminal x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Building an Open Source Crypto Payments Terminal x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
“AI can fake all kinds of things, but it cannot fake a cryptographic signature” – Gordon Brander Watch the full conversation with @chadfowler on censorship-resistant data archiving with SZDT: youtube.com/live/ZRh79JQs2… github.com/gordonbrander/…
Join @chadfowler for a livestream with @timjrobinson as he walks us through the motivation and architecture behind FreePay - the worlds first open source, fee-free payment terminal. 🗓️ Wednesday, July 23rd | 10am ET 🎬 youtube.com/live/eaqPCXqOY…
I was sick of seeing all these crypto debit cards for wallets, we're supposed to be replacing TradFi not joining them! How hard could it be to do it crypto native anyway? So I created this - FreePay - the worlds first open source, fee-free payment terminal.
My cat just sent this to me on telegram. I wonder what he’s trying to convey: 0.3+0.2144444444444444444444444444442
Honored to participate in @cosmos_inst's philosopher-builder conversation. We must garden emergence, not dictate structure--vital in the AI era. Human flourishing means breaking from defaults: instead of systems that harvest engagement, we need tech that helps people grow.
This will be a good one. If you're interested in stablecoins, chain-agnostic applications, crypto consumer use cases, or just nerding out, join in and ask questions
Join @chadfowler for a livestream with @timjrobinson as he walks us through the motivation and architecture behind FreePay - the worlds first open source, fee-free payment terminal. 🗓️ Wednesday, July 23rd | 10am ET 🎬 youtube.com/live/eaqPCXqOY…
Dear #RubyFriends , save the date! The first edition of #RubyConfAT is taking place on 29-31th of May in 2026 in Das MuTh theatre in Vienna, Austria. 🙌 Check out our website and subscribe to the newsletter for news about tickets and speakers to come. #Ruby #Rails #Vienna
Excited to be speaking at rubyconf.at next year! This is likely to be my last Ruby conference talk ever. Go submit a talk and let's meet in person!
Looks like @chadfowler and I will both be a rubyconf.at next May. Wish it were sooner, but Vienna in May sounds like it will be delightful.
If I don’t see this during a trip now I must assume the @Delta app is broken.
Announcing Workshop Labs, a public benefit company.
I took a Rails tutorial with @pragdave and Mike Clark just before RailsConf 2007, and I’ve been doing Rails ever since! Thank you, everyone.
OG @rubycentralorg founders reunited at the final @railsconf ❤️ @rich_kilmer & David A Black
When I wrote the first edition of The Passionate Programmer (my first book), I didn't know how to start, so I imposed the constraint that the entire thing should be based on The Four Noble Truths from Buddhism. I forgot to thank the Buddha in the acknowledgements. Oops.
The LLM just responded to my suggested course correction with: “hell yes.” I think I might have just leveled up.