Ruby Openai
OpenAI API + Ruby! 🤖❤️ GPT-5 & Realtime WebRTC compatible!
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What is Ruby Openai?
InsertRobot is a personal consulting service by Alex Rudall, a Ruby on Rails developer with 10 years of experience, who helps businesses ship AI-powered MVPs in just 1 week. Alex is the creator and maintainer of ruby-openai, the popular Ruby OpenAI SDK with over 18 million downloads. The service focuses on adding any AI feature to Rails applications, including chat, embeddings, fine-tuning, and more.
Key features include personalized full attention with a maximum of 1 client per week, daily Loom status updates, Slack integration for real-time communication, unlimited change requests, and the ability to build to your design with TailwindUI included. The service also offers a full refund if you're not completely satisfied, ensuring client confidence.
InsertRobot is ideal for Ruby on Rails startups and businesses looking to accelerate their AI startup by adding AI features quickly. It's perfect for founders who want to test their ideas fast, get their MVP in front of users, and smash development blockers with expert guidance from someone featured on the Ruby Rogues podcast with experience at top Rails startups.
Ruby Openai pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Pricing details are not explicitly listed on the website. Contact is made via email at [email protected] or by booking a free advice call. The service offers a full refund if not completely satisfied. A free quick advice call is available to book.
Ruby Openai pros
- MVP delivered in just 1 week
- Creator of ruby-openai gem with 18 million downloads
- 10 years Ruby on Rails experience at top startups
- Maximum 1 client per week for full attention
- Daily Loom status updates
- Joins your Slack for real-time communication
- Unlimited change requests included
- Full refund if not completely satisfied
- Builds to your design with TailwindUI included
- Expertise in chat, embeddings, fine-tuning AI features
- Featured on Ruby Rogues podcast
- Built many successful production AI apps
- Uses Ruby, Rails, Stimulus.JS, PostgreSQL, Hotwire, Tailwind
- Accelerates AI startup development
- Helps test ideas quickly instead of delaying
Ruby Openai cons
- Personal service by single developer only
- Maximum 1 client per week limits availability
- No fixed pricing visible on website
- Requires intro call and kick-off call
- Primarily focused on Ruby on Rails stack only
- Need to book free advice call for availability
- No team support, solo developer
- Timeline depends on scheduling availability
Frequently asked questions about Ruby Openai
How does it work?
An intro call to discuss your needs, a kick-off call at the start of the spike or sprint, and then ongoing calls as needed. You monitor tasks via Trello or Github, and Alex is added to your Slack for real-time communications.
What stack do you use?
Alex builds with Ruby, Rails, Stimulus.JS, PostgreSQL, Hotwire and Tailwind, reaching for other tools as needed depending on the project requirements.
What can InsertRobot build for me?
Any AI feature you need to help your business grow - chat, embeddings, fine-tuning, and more. The service is flexible to build whatever AI functionality your business requires.
What is InsertRobot?
InsertRobot is Alex Rudall personally. He's been a Ruby on Rails developer for 10 years, building major production systems at highly successful businesses. He wrote and maintains the ruby-openai gem, which has been downloaded 18 million times, and now builds InsertRobot to help you add AI to your Rails apps.
What is ruby-openai?
ruby-openai is the free Ruby OpenAI SDK that Alex built and maintains. You can use it to easily connect your Rails apps to the OpenAI API. It has been downloaded over 18 million times.
Why Rails?
Alex has been a Rails developer for a decade and considers it the best language/framework for building apps quickly that can scale. The release of Rails 8 just strengthens the case for using Rails.
Can I get quick advice for free?
Yes, you can book a quick call for free advice. Alex will do everything he can to help with quick advice needs.
What if I'm not satisfied with the MVP?
You get a full refund if you're not completely satisfied with the delivered MVP, ensuring your satisfaction is guaranteed.
How do you communicate during the project?
Alex provides a Loom status update every day and joins your Slack for real-time communications, ensuring you're always updated on progress.
How many clients do you take per week?
Alex takes a maximum of 1 client per week to ensure full attention and focus on your project, which enables record-time delivery.