Derrick’s short notice about not co-hosting this episode because of being on a plane, and Ben not knowing or planning what to discuss, who and what’s left?
Updates and reports on Tuple and Tailwind. Welcome back Adam Wathan!
Today’s Topics Include:
- Today’s Trend: Advisor/investor/founder journals and reports of accomplishments
- Serves as a way to stay in touch, build relationships, ask questions, and get feedback
- Three Tuple Reports Later: Things are still going good
- Programming meets Business: Gary Bernhardt commits to being future podcast guest
- Successful Tuple Shipments: Significant use of Webcam feature
- Pricing Options: Ben expresses concern over free trials or pre-paid plans to capture credit cards and emails
- Invite-only vs. Public Launch: Continue as is, or open Tuple up to all
- Tuple Update: Revenue is growing quickly, receiving 70-100 support tickets weekly, and room to add customers
- Tailwind Update: Adam launched first set of videos for Tailwind CSS course
- Tailwind Subscription/Price Structure: Yet to be determined
- Adam’s Prediction: Education and documentation determine open source winner
Links and resources:
Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan and Steve Schoger
David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) on Twitter
Giant Robots Episode 26: Deep into the psyche of Gary Bernhardt
Giant Robots Episode 27: Fabulous new mistakes with Joe Ferris
Giant Robots Episode 28: Farther, further, faster with David Heinemeier Hansson
Derrick Reimer Website
Derrick Reimer on Twitter
Ben Orenstein Website
Ben Orenstein on Twitter