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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