#8 – Pirijan Ketheswaran: Kinopio, Canvas-based tools, being a solo developer

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May 2, 2024

Pirijan Ketheswaran, creator of Kinopio and co-creator of Glitch, discusses his journey as a solo developer, sharing insights on building offline apps, the importance of a local-first approach, and the collaborative features of Kinopio. He explores the technical architecture of Kinopio, challenges faced in building Canopio, and the benefits of understanding different disciplines in product development.

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Kinopio's Resilience

Kinopio's serverless design proved resilient during a Hacker News traffic surge.
100,000 visitors didn't cause issues because the server wasn't handling client-side interactions.

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Pirijan's Background

Pirijan Ketheswaran, creator of Kinopio, also co-created Glitch.
His background includes time at Fog Creek, alongside Trello and Stack Overflow.

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Fog Creek's Incubator Role

Fog Creek, founded by Joel Spolsky and Michael Pryor, aimed to create an ideal workplace for programmers.
It incubated projects like Stack Overflow, Trello, and Glitch.

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