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    Software How-To

    Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot is joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.

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    219: Rails' Sidekick (Mike Perham) Nov 28, 2016
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    Ben is joined by Mike Perham, author of Sidekiq, to discuss running a business solo, taking a side project from hobby to full time job, and scaling support as an app grows.

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Indie Hackers- Sidekiq
    • Sidekiq
    • Open Core Software Business Model
    • MikePerham.com
    • Kill Your Dependencies

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    218: A Spark of Inspiration Nov 21, 2016
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    On Drip, Derrick launches a free tier, and utilizes credit card anti-fraud measures. Ben publicly launches FormLinter, pauses exploring new product ideas in favor of giving attention to existing ones, and starts to rebuild the product team. They also discuss the merits of remote vs in-person collaboration, the pros and cons of open offices, and dealing with interruptions from notifications and meetings.

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Drip
    • Stripe: Radar
    • Caffeine Effects on Sleep Study
    • The Development Abstraction Layer- Joel Spolsky
    • Announcing FormLinter

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    217: The Object Object Object Nov 14, 2016
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    Ben and Nick get super nerdy this week and chat about Meetspace's architecture using Go, Postgres, and HMAC including custom cookie signing, rendering, error handling, tooling, and more!

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Meetspace- use code GIANTROBOTS30 for 30% off your first month
    • Go Postgres Driver
    • Google's Websocket Driver
    • WebRTC Uniform Interface
    • Secure Signed Cookies- Nick Gauthier
    • HMAC
    • errcheck Go linter
    • Think Like a Software Developer- Geoffrey Grosenbach
    • Tubesock
    • Jeff Casimir on Giant Robots
    • Nick on Twitter

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    216: The One With Laila & Brenda Nov 07, 2016
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    Sadly, Ben is stuck in hammock somewhere, and we are without a new episode this week. However, we would love you all to check out thoughtbot's newest podcast, interviewing inspirational designers, developers, and other makers in tech, The Laila & Brenda Show!

    Give their latest episode a listen here, and if you like it subscribe to their feed however you listen to podcasts!

    • The Laila & Brenda Show

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    215: SaaS is a Marathon, Not a Sprint Oct 31, 2016
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    Ben and Nick chat about ways to pitch your product, working solo as well as sustainably, and the costs of doing business.

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    • FormKeep
    • Meetspace- use code GIANTROBOTS30 for 30% off your first month
    • Staying Motivated While Working Solo
    • Nick on Twitter

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    214: My Cat is VP of Marketing (Nick Gauthier) Oct 24, 2016
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    Ben talks to Nick Gauthier, founder of MeetSpace, about the importance of validating ideas, reading through API documentation, and pricing surveys.

    • Podcast Patreon Survey
    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • MeetSpace- use code GIANTROBOTS30 for 30% off your first month
    • HMAC
    • Random Postgres Docs App
    • Van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Meter
    • How Our Users Picked Our Pricing
    • Go Newsletter
    • SaaSFest
    • Nick on Twitter

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    213: Madness Free Oct 17, 2016
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    Derrick finds some new areas to improve after walking new hires through Drip's architecture, and discusses his custom billing engine. On Hound, Ben delegates the new-pricing project, and validates a new product idea.

    • Podcast Patreon Survey
    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Drip
    • Briefs
    • FullStory
    • Hound
    • techzing podcast
    • The War of Art
    • Content Marketing ROI

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    212: Good Enough, Namaste Oct 10, 2016
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    Derrick brings a few more new hires onto the team, and ships a change to make clients' Javascript snippets more performant. On Hound, Ben does some direct outreach sales, considers bringing on someone to help with marketing, and muses on the balancing act between product manager, developer, and marketing.

    • Podcast Patreon Survey
    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Drip
    • Bootstrapped Web Podcast
    • Greg Pollack Founder's Talk
    • Hound
    • Third-Party JavaScript
    • ZenFounder Podcast
    • Grand Trunk Hammocks

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    211: Battle Hardened Over Time Oct 03, 2016
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    On Hound, Ben sends out announcements for pricing changes, questions when a decision is the "right" decision when it comes to customer feedback, and toys with per-seat pricing model feasibility. Derrick has a successful first week on-boarding the new dev-ops hire, offers Ben some advice on balancing features with price, and discusses some customer acquisition campaigns.

    • Podcast Patreon Survey
    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Drip
    • Schlep Blindness- Paul Graham (Ben meant 'Schlep' rather than 'Slog')
    • Conversion Cast

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    210: s/Walden/Andover Sep 26, 2016
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    Ben plans a camping trip, acquires a new Twitter account, releases his notes on giving great conference talks, and begins to tell users of Hound's new pricing. Derrick reacts to the announcement of Github Projects and what that means for Codetree, ships the new form design on Drip, and muses on the ramifications to Google's announced penalizing of intrusive mobile pop-ups.

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    • FormKeep
    • Drip
    • Ultralight Backpackin' Tips
    • We're on Twitter
    • Projects on GitHub- from GitHub Universe 2016
    • Codetree
    • Om Next- David Nolen, Euroclojure 2015
    • 'Dear Github'
    • How to Scale a Development Team
    • Speaking for Hackers
    • Google Pop-up Guidelines

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