This episode features Ken Jones, his side project Birdables that's he's turned into an NFT and printed actual trading cards. Ken also runs a small web agency and builds websites in various technologies.
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Show Notes
- 0:00 Introduction
- 1:36 Introducing Ken Jones
- 1:57 Birdables
- 3:14 Process of Creating the Cards
- 5:48 Getting the Cards Printed
- 9:12 NFTs and Minting the Cards
- 13:09 Working with SvelteKit
- 17:29 Sponsor: Hashnode
- 18:15 No Code / Low Code Tools
- 27:29 Sponsor: Daily.dev
- 28:29 Determining which tech stack is best for a specific project
- 30:42 Niche Marketing and Tracking Users
- 35:45 Client Process
- 38:48 Wrapping Up
