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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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    209: Playlist Driven Development Sep 19, 2016
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    On Drip, Derrick deals with a high-bandwidth customer and hires a new devops team member. Meanwhile, Ben brainstorms new pricing structures for Hound.

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Drip
    • Lessons From the Saas Metrics of 1500 Companies- Patrick Campbell MicroConf Session Overview (video not currently available)

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    208: Efficiency Starts With a Haircut Sep 12, 2016
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    Derrick switches domains from getdrip.com to drip.co, begins to update the design of the Drip widget, and tries to find balance in his varying roles as CTO. Ben hands off the reigns of Upcase, switches to a low-tech project management solution, and mixes work and personal todos.

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Drip
    • Implementing a Strong Code-Review Culture- Derek Prior
    • Seeking Wisdom Podcast
    • 16Personalities
    • Momentum Chrome Extension

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    207: Database & Queue are Dirty Words (Derrick Reimer) Sep 06, 2016
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    Ben welcomes guest co-host Derrick Reimer, co-founder of Drip, getting to know his background and products for our first outside-thoughtbot view on SaaS strategy (as well as Ben's arm-twisty methods for getting him on the podcast in the first place)!

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Drip
    • MicroConf
    • Sidekiq
    • Codetree
    • Drip Workflows
    • Derrick on Twitter

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    206: I'm Glad We Talked About This (Chad Pytel) Aug 22, 2016
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    thoughtbot CEO Chad Pytel joins Ben to discuss our recent office closings and reasons necessitating this decision, what this means for the product team, and the future of thoughtbot. Also, a teaser of what to expect next from Giant Robots Podcast.

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Hound
    • Chad on Giant Robots from last year
    • Chad on Twitter

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    205: Bottling Calm Aug 08, 2016
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    Fresh back from vacation, Ben shifts his attention to a Hound project, adding in tiered plans and pricing. Chris begins to build out a drip sequence for content recommendations, prepares to roll off to return to client work, and leaves us with some final reflections, takeaways, and lessons learned while on Upcase.

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Hound
    • ./bin/setup
    • Warren Buffett's 2-List System

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    204: Disinclined, For Simplicity's Sake Aug 01, 2016
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    Chris delves into marketing mode for the TDD course, removes more client-side analytics code, and starts redesigning the information architecture on Upcase. On FormKeep, Ben alerts users to site down-time, removes all pay-per-form logic from the codebase, and begins to set up trials sans credit-card.

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Netflix Culture Deck
    • Fundamentals of TDD on Upcase
    • Fundamentals of TDD Blog Post
    • Pingdom
    • Sandi Metz on Bike Shed

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    203: Worry Beads on Business Chains Jul 25, 2016
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    Ben receives some insight on customer referrals for FormKeep, applies his pricing philosophy to Hound, and realizes a personal blind-spot when it comes to customer satisfaction. On Upcase, Chris patches an automated follow-up messaging bug leading to enhanced focus on server-side analytics, welcomes Tyson to the team to begin work on trail mapping course content, and soft launches the Fundamentals of TDD trail.

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • Age Motivation extension
    • The Laila & Brenda Show
    • .fm wiki
    • Amplitude
    • HitTail
    • Hound
    • Fundamentals of TDD

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    202: A Full 360 Jul 18, 2016
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    Ben rants about bad jokes on twitter, doesn't ship any improved activation features on FormKeep this week, irons out some bugs on FormLinter, and begins an ad campaign. Chris contemplates shifting Upcase's business model, and walks through the impetus driving this decision.

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • John Carmack Twitter
    • Fan-In
    • FormLinter
    • The Weekly Iteration

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    201: The Difficulty is in Focusing Jul 11, 2016
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    Ben encounters a downed FormKeep and enables a monitoring service, completes the un-grandfathering process for accounts on old tiers, and begins work on improving activation flow. Chris sends out a survey to users and discovers a shift in the Upcase demographics.

    • Upcase
    • FormKeep
    • pingdom
    • FormLinter

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    200: Summertime Sadness Jul 04, 2016
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    Chris digs into the causes for a MRR drop, discovering usage trends with seasonality; and in the process gets a clearer picture of Upcase's user base. Also, he welcome Geoff to the project, and begins a new marketing initiative driven by user testimonials. Ben welcomes Tyson onto team Formkeep to begin redesigning on boarding, and continues FormLinter improvements / marketing.

    • Upcase
    • Formkeep
    • Typeform
    • Hiten Shah on Giant Robots
    • ChefSteps
    • FullStory
    • FormLinter

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