86: SavvyCal and Indie SaaS with Derrick Reimer

We talk with Derrick Reimer about his product SavvyCal. He used Elixir as a solo dev to create a service that can take on an 800lb gorilla like Calendly. He shares what competitive advantages he feels he has both from Elixir but also in being more nimble. We also talk about creating a company as an independent, solo developer and how that can work. Derrick shares some tips and resources that were helpful for him on his journey. We feel the PETAL stack positions Elixir developers well for optionally taking that Indie path if desired. Check it out! Lots of nuggets here!

Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/86

Elixir Community News

• https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1488640181364273160 – Livebook Kino gets a new Youtube control feature
• https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1489234959592214531 – Only display LiveView topbar progress animation after a delay
• https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/commit/22ac99b108a167c324182f22be369aeea9eff346 – Commit showing the topbar changes to add delay
• https://fly.io/phoenix-files/make-your-liveview-feel-faster/ – Mark's blog post about the topbar progress delay
• https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1489522409426325504 – Ecto minimal cheatsheet
• https://twitter.com/innovation_code/status/1490729612892069889 – Grisp2 boards are shipping
• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peerstritzinger/grisp-2 – Grisp2 Kickstarter project
• https://medium.com/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-erlang-elixir-javascript-and-ruby-v1-0-3a0c32e0add4 – OpenTelemetry for Elixir/Erlang reached 1.0
• https://hex.pm/orgs/opentelemetry – OpenTelemetry group
• https://www.germanvelasco.com/blog/starting-elixir-lunch – German Velasco is starting a remote Elixir lunch
• https://github.com/fly-apps/live_beats – LiveBeats project works great as an example

Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com

Discussion Resources

• https://twitter.com/derrickreimer
• https://twitter.com/savvycal
• https://savvycal.com/
• https://twitter.com/frigidcode/status/1477656247772094467
• https://artofproductpodcast.com/ – Podcast Derrick co-hosts
• https://www.drip.com/
• https://github.com/whitfin/cachex
• https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Founder-Painfully-Honest-Startup/dp/0735213321
• https://tinyseed.com/
• https://microconf.com/
• https://www.indiehackers.com/
• https://www.derrickreimer.com/books-for-founders – List of books Derrick recommends

Guest Information

• https://twitter.com/derrickreimer – on Twitter
• https://github.com/derrickreimer/ – on Github
• http://derrickreimer.com/ – Blog
• http://savvycal.com/ – SavvyCal website

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