In episode 632, join Rob Walling and Einar Vollset for Hot Take Tuesday, where they analyze and discuss some of the latest news. Some topics covered include the Figma exit, side project distractions, no-code apps, and more.

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Topics we cover: 

• 2:35 - Adobe acquires Figma
• 8:20 - Growing one product to $20k MRR vs. launching a bunch of side projects
• 18:43 - Apple’s anti-ad tracking crackdown
• 25:58 - Building no-code apps
• 31:12 - Watching movies at 1.5x speed

Links from the Show:

• Einar Vollset (@einarvollset) I Twitter 
• MicroConf Remote 
• Adobe snaps up Figma for $20 billion 
• Pierre de Wulf’s tweet 
• Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own anti-tracking crackdown 
• Hana’s tweet 
• Ruben’s tweet 

If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you.

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