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Ken Greeff

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Software Engineer and Health Enthusiast. Sold our last business for $180M. Currently building Clipflow.

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How to Fix Stale Closures in React
How to Fix Stale Closures in React YouTube video by Ken Greeff

We've probably all faced stale closures when working with React so I made a video about it:

youtu.be/9BIk4ooIZDc

20.06.2025 08:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Setting Up Typed Routes for Inertia Rails
Setting Up Typed Routes for Inertia Rails YouTube video by Ken Greeff

Learn how to set up typed, auto-updating route helpers in your Inertia.js Rails app using the JS Routes gem. This video walks you through installation, configuration, and usage, so you can stop hardcoding URLs and keep your frontend routes in sync with Rails.

youtu.be/SjsA2jX_LuY

13.06.2025 03:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Deferred Props In Inertia Rails for Faster Page Loads
Deferred Props In Inertia Rails for Faster Page Loads YouTube video by Ken Greeff

In this video, we’ll explore how to use deferred props with Inertia.js and Rails to speed up initial page loads and keep your app feeling fast.

We’ll also cover how to use the usePoll function to fetch fresh data in the background without reloading the page.

youtu.be/2oXSWOMSe9k

06.06.2025 05:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Passing Props with Inertia Rails using a Serializer
Passing Props with Inertia Rails using a Serializer YouTube video by Ken Greeff

In this video I will show you how to use OJ Serializer to serialize props and pass them to Inertia Rails.

youtu.be/Q0OIWsGu_sk

30.05.2025 03:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Roasting Our Content Agency's Onboarding (Live Call)
Roasting Our Content Agency's Onboarding (Live Call) YouTube video by Clipflow

We hired his editing agency to help with our content and quickly realised the onboarding process was costing him big time...

youtu.be/YpxkEhBoDtE

30.05.2025 02:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Inertia Rails with Shadcn UI
Inertia Rails with Shadcn UI YouTube video by Ken Greeff

In this video I will show you how to use React with Shadcn UI and Tailwind in a Rails project with Inertia.js.

youtu.be/lTSiqGRvuPo

23.05.2025 03:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Smarter than a 7 year old? Wake up Mom, Claude 4.0 Just Dropped
Smarter than a 7 year old? Wake up Mom, Claude 4.0 Just Dropped YouTube video by Building Clipflow

Smarter than a 7 year old? Wake up Mom, Claude 4.0 Just Dropped

youtu.be/Hn7VvBpk86s

23.05.2025 02:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Progress Update - 23 May - Launching a whole new experience
Progress Update - 23 May - Launching a whole new experience YouTube video by Building Clipflow

We're excited to announce the launch of our new project manager this week!

After lots of testing and fine-tuning, it's now live and already making work easier and more fun. We've also signed a new team member who'll help fuel our content and marketing growth.

youtu.be/psWgeg-0xlM

23.05.2025 02:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
12 Bad Habits to AVOID in 26 Minutes
12 Bad Habits to AVOID in 26 Minutes YouTube video by Building Clipflow

In this episode Darrell and I discuss 12 habits that are destroy productivity.

youtu.be/l-UWMzX3ZhI

21.05.2025 02:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Using React in Rails with Inertia.js
Using React in Rails with Inertia.js YouTube video by Ken Greeff

The best of both worlds - use React in a Rails project with Inertia.js. We have been migrating our frontend to React with Inertia Rails so that we can deliver the best UX possible while still using the tools we love.

youtu.be/IP7FePduHGg

16.05.2025 06:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Progress Update - 16 May - Building a Content Command Center from Scratch - Bring on the Task Lists
Progress Update - 16 May - Building a Content Command Center from Scratch - Bring on the Task Lists YouTube video by Building Clipflow

Meetings and momentum this week. Prepping changes to our internal task systemβ€”turning it into a full-blown project management toolβ€”and laying the foundation for a big leap in content quality.

youtu.be/QNLd28XJPyk

16.05.2025 05:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
What the Fizz is Figma Doing? the strategy of Sites, Buzz, Make, Draw at Config 2025
What the Fizz is Figma Doing? the strategy of Sites, Buzz, Make, Draw at Config 2025 YouTube video by Building Clipflow

In this episode, we break down Figma’s bombshell update: a full-blown website builder (Figma Sites) inside @figma.com
. No more exporting to Webflow. No more plug-ins or hacks. Just pure design-to-web inside the tool you’re already using.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQHw...

10.05.2025 00:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Progress Update - 9 May - Building a SAAS from Scratch - Hiring our first team members
Progress Update - 9 May - Building a SAAS from Scratch - Hiring our first team members YouTube video by Building Clipflow

Big things baking this week. Interviewed our first potential hires while still getting some work in. Darrell and I were in the same room at the same time for once.

youtu.be/ZZdExFM3f9E

09.05.2025 04:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Using AI Tools with RubyLLM
Using AI Tools with RubyLLM YouTube video by Ken Greeff

In this video I will show you how to use tools with the RubyLLM gem in a Rails project.

youtu.be/9CyCXVShX6g

09.05.2025 02:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Why Gaming is the key to being successful in Business
Why Gaming is the key to being successful in Business YouTube video by Building Clipflow

In this episode Darrell and I discuss why gaming is extremely useful when building skills for later on in life.

youtu.be/h-GhmAvt0Qc

07.05.2025 03:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Progress Update - 2 May 2025
Progress Update - 2 May 2025 YouTube video by Building Clipflow

In this week’s update, we dive into the latest progress on Clipflow as we push closer to our upcoming relaunch.

β€’ Major work on the Media Reviewer.
β€’ The new Overview Screen designs are underway.
β€’ We've got thumbnail/packaging screens all good to go.

youtu.be/Yn8QRgRtysU

02.05.2025 07:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Smarter Rails apps with AI using RubyLLM
Smarter Rails apps with AI using RubyLLM YouTube video by Ken Greeff

Smarter Rails apps with AI using RubyLLM

In this video I will show you how to add the RubyLLM gem to a Rails project so that you can integrate AI/LLM calls in to the app with very little effort.

youtu.be/fpR2LgbdG90

02.05.2025 03:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Clipflow Just Got a Major Upgrade
Clipflow Just Got a Major Upgrade YouTube video by Initium Clips

Clipflow Just Got a Major Upgrade πŸš€

We’ve rebuilt the front-end in React, moved infrastructure to the US, and re-imagined ideation with a sleek new interface and collaborative chat that includes AI agents like Flow.

youtu.be/aos_GqSHC0U

30.04.2025 02:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tanstack Query, Intertia.js and Rails
Tanstack Query, Intertia.js and Rails YouTube video by Ken Greeff

In this video I will show you how to add Tanstack Query to a Rails project that is running Inertia.js. We did this so that we could fetch pieces of data that was required in modals and not the page itself.

youtu.be/B2Pr5ckVwkU

25.04.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Why Doesnt Your Product Feel Good?
Why Doesnt Your Product Feel Good? YouTube video by Initium Clips

In this episode Darrell and I discuss what makes products feel good and the things products do that ultimately make them feel subpar.

youtu.be/HSxgUQDFrD0

23.04.2025 02:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Migrating to Vite from JSBundling & CSSBundling in Rails
Migrating to Vite from JSBundling & CSSBundling in Rails YouTube video by Ken Greeff

In this video I will show you how to swap out JSBundling and CSSBundling to the Vite Rails gem in a mature Rails project. This makes the process a bit more complex and I found it hard to find documentation for this process so wanted to record it in case it helped someone out.

youtu.be/3TlCqb4XrFg

18.04.2025 02:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Where is Clipflow Going? A Ground Up rethinking of Creator Patterns
Where is Clipflow Going? A Ground Up rethinking of Creator Patterns YouTube video by Initium Clips

In this one, we open up a raw, internal product session to share how we’re rethinking the β€œIdea” stage inside Clipflow β€” the part that quietly makes or breaks how content actually gets made.

youtu.be/eQkwpglN3Hg

16.04.2025 02:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
How to Quickly Contribute to Open Source
How to Quickly Contribute to Open Source YouTube video by Ken Greeff

Make sure you give back to the community that supports your efforts and makes coding so easy these days. Without open source all the fancy new Cursor's of the world would not exist. Here's a video on how to contribute to open source to show how easy it is!

youtu.be/WvE6G9HO090

11.04.2025 02:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Progress Update - 11 Apr 2025
Progress Update - 11 Apr 2025 YouTube video by Initium Clips

Take a sneak peek at what we've been working on. Super happy with how it is shaping up.

We've been working on Comment Mentions, Real time updates, url unfurling and summaries.

youtu.be/hu4h7jcAxsA

11.04.2025 02:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Invisible Enemies Entrepreneurs Fight (And how to weaponise them)
Invisible Enemies Entrepreneurs Fight (And how to weaponise them) YouTube video by Initium Clips

In this episode Darrell and I discuss how to use the paranoia you face as an entrepreneur as fuel to keep you going instead of crushing you.

youtu.be/Bex9gAP3inI

09.04.2025 02:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Build Pages Automatically with Programmatic SEO in Rails
Build Pages Automatically with Programmatic SEO in Rails YouTube video by Ken Greeff

In this video I will show you how to add Programatic SEO to a Rails app. Programmatic SEO is a strategy that allows us to automatically create links to custom pages using data in the system without having to manually define each one.

youtu.be/gLmmLhNoV_c

05.04.2025 01:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Progress Update - Fri 4 Apr
Progress Update - Fri 4 Apr YouTube video by Initium Clips

This week we have been hard at working building our new "Idea" experience. There are a lot of new concepts and polish that takes more time that usual to implement but we are confident it will be worthwhile!

youtu.be/U1TXuFJPzUA

04.04.2025 00:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Chuck it all in the Bin and Start Again?
Chuck it all in the Bin and Start Again? YouTube video by Initium Clips

In this episode Darrell and I discuss when is it a good idea to throw your current product or process in the bin and start again.

youtu.be/UiQmD4q0In0

02.04.2025 02:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sorting Images with Sortable.js and Stimulus in Rails
Sorting Images with Sortable.js and Stimulus in Rails YouTube video by Ken Greeff

Implement drag and drop sort with Sortable.js, ViewComponent & Stimulus in Rails.

youtu.be/ocF01Ow-TjI

28.03.2025 03:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Progress Update - Fri 28 March
Progress Update - Fri 28 March YouTube video by Initium Clips

This week we rebuilt the ideas list, including an entirely new tidier layout, and a whole bunch of changes that will make Clipflow faster, no matter where you are, and enable us to make the big changes we've got planned to make it even more powerful.

youtu.be/GmdDylBi_BU

28.03.2025 03:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0