Ventures

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://twitter.com/wclittle) walk through recent updates about the Ceramic Network, specifically the launch of their ComposeDB product (https://ceramic.network/composedb) and why Web3 product managers should know about it. Ceramic is a great example - especially for learning purposes - of the type of Web3 organization that offers tools for entrepreneurs and builders to create valuable products for the world. At the end of this episode I also introduce JavaScript into our code series and where to learn more about it. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-139 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.   0:03 - Introduction to the episode (Ceramic and JavaScript), and you can follow along here https://satchel.works/@wclittle/product-and-code-series 1:15 - About Ceramic https://twitter.com/ceramicnetwork/status/1630569383130189827 // https://ceramic.network/ // and the stack, Lit Protocol (https://litprotocol.com/) // https://ceramic.network/composedb 4:24 - Gitcoin passport → https://passport.gitcoin.co/4:39 - Orbis as a social protocol → https://useorbis.com/5:18 - Learn JavaScript. Check out https://www.codecademy.com/learn/introduction-to-javascript // https://www.w3schools.com/js/ and https://learnjavascript.online/ 

In this episode of Ventures, I introduce https://www.usegalileo.ai/ as a hint of what is coming on the “text to UI design” front (within Generative AI), which will be a game-changer for product designers. On the code front - as we continue our Web2&3 Product & Code Series (https://satchel.works/@wclittle/product-and-code-series) - I introduce CSS and how to begin learning how to style your own HTML. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-138 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.   0:03 - Tee-up for the episode, Galileo AI, Web 2&3 Product and Code Series0:41 - Demo and discussion about Galileo AI (https://www.usegalileo.ai/) 2:33 - CSS demo, adding code to the codebase that we’ve been working with in this series. Check out https://www.w3schools.com/css/ Follow along w/ the Product and Code series here → https://satchel.works/@wclittle/product-and-code-series

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle) walk through a screencast of how to begin learning how to train your own LLMs (like ChatGPT) to be applicable for your own products and customers. On the coding side of things, I also walk through how to begin adding HTML elements to your welcome page in the Rails app that we spun up together in previous episodes of this series (follow along here: https://satchel.works/@wclittle/product-and-code-series). Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-137 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.  0:05 - Tee-up for the episode, continuing the Web 2&3 Product & Code series (which you can follow along with here: https://satchel.works/@wclittle/product-and-code-series) 0:50 - Product: Walking through https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/fine-tuning and how to begin training your own LLM3:38 - Code: adding HTML to your Rails app welcome view, learning and borrowing from https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_basic.asp 

In this episode of Ventures, my guests Joel Fariss (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelfariss/), Mike Anderson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeandersonjr/) and I discuss the topics of our upcoming webinar on the Internet of Places (register here for free → https://www2.gensler.com/se-internet-of-places, it will take place March 7th, 2023 4-5pm PST). We talk about how the Future of Work, cities, real estate, and architectural design will interact with and espouse Web3, NFTs, XR, and other emerging technologies and use-cases to help humans flourish. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-136 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.  2:20 - Tee-up for the episode, talking about the upcoming Internet of Places webinar // https://www2.gensler.com/se-internet-of-places 2:38 - Joel explaining the background and motivation for the conversation6:00 - Mike’s thoughts, exploring the possibilities of the future where the digital and physical are merging8:00 - Will’s thoughts, Tron/Snowcrash/Inception/Snowcrash/Matrix/ReadyPlayerOne - what is “real” and why does it matter? How does this help humans flourish? How do blockchains help?10:43 - Joels’ thoughts about how Web3/Internet of Places can help humanity. Design and Real Estate. 15:02 - Mike’s perspective - based on starting/scaling multiple companies - about this unique moment of history. ChatGPT, city changes, new landscapes, new technologies.17:52 - Details - March 7th, 4-5pm PST - register here to get the calendar invite: https://www2.gensler.com/se-internet-of-places18:33 - Summarize: people who are curious about *what* should tune into this webinar (Future of Work, real estate, cities, technology will continue to transform our future, Web3 and emerging use-cases) 

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle) continue our Product and Code series to talk about Web3 protocol design and Ruby on Rails model/migration construction. I bring up the protocols Farcaster and Lens as examples for product managers to be aware of and learn from when approaching how to build value for the modern web. I also detail how to create a User model in Ruby on Rails, its associated “migration” file, and examples from the Rails Console how to create a user to store in the database.Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-135 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.  0:03 - Intro, Product and Code series tee-up, see the curriculum here → https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mRGdU5JCOl96ywR6sSvAiae7W8sDxFhkih5mdqrGitM/edit#1:09 - Product: Learning from https://www.farcaster.xyz/ and https://www.lens.xyz/ 3:30 - Code: walking through how to build a User model and associated “migration” in Ruby on Rails. 

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle) continue my Product and Code series to discuss first - on the product side - why and how blockchains can be used to create digital products. I also show - on the code side - how to instantiate a variable in a Ruby on Rails controller to display it in an associated view file. In the product section I discuss Yuga Labs’ https://mdvmm.xyz/ and explain why you - as a Web3 product manager - should be following Yuga’s strategies carefully to learn how to apply similar principles for your own products.Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-134 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.  0:03 - Tee-up for the episode, product and code things, curriculum doc → https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mRGdU5JCOl96ywR6sSvAiae7W8sDxFhkih5mdqrGitM/edit# 0:27 - Product: What product managers need to know about Web3 - why build on a blockchain? Difference between Yuga Labs and an airline (e.g. NFTs vs. airline miles)  3:11 - Code: Ruby on Rails controllers, setting a variable in a method, adding it in a index.html.erb view to change our “Hello World” to “Hello, World”

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle) continue the Product and Code series that I started in Episode 128 to talk about how to best collect feedback on your initial idea and what the application.html.erb file is in a Ruby on Rails app. I walk through the head tag, briefly discuss the Content Security Policy (CSP) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) tags, and then showcase different parts of how the application layout file constructs the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to be sent to a requesting browser.Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-133 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.   0:00 - Recap the series that started back with Episode 128 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/learn-web2-web3-product-management-and-software/id1523559862?i=1000590794177) 0:40 - Product tip - get feedback from friends of friends that fit your target customer2:20 - Walk through the application.html.erb file in a Ruby on Rails app. Talking through Content Security Policy (https://www.stackhawk.com/blog/rails-content-security-policy-guide-what-it-is-and-how-to-enable-it/) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (https://samuelmullen.com/articles/csrf-protection-and-ruby-on-rails) 5:12 - Walking through the “View Source” that the application.html.erb file outputs to the browser. 

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.reddit.com/user/wclittle) walk through - as a screencast - the concept of creating an “Overview Story” for your digital product and I also dive into creating a simple “Hello World” with Ruby on Rails. In this “Product and Code” series this year - in each episode - I’ll be introducing a simple product thing and code thing and then pointing people to our curriculum doc (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mRGdU5JCOl96ywR6sSvAiae7W8sDxFhkih5mdqrGitM/edit# ) for further reading and study. Join us within BanyanDAO’s Discord server to follow along: https://discord.gg/95JRuPaTP8. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-132 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.   0:05 - Intro, Product and Code Series, going to be touching on both product and code things for each episode. Jump into Discord to join us: https://discord.gg/95JRuPaTP8 Outline of the curriculum doc → https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mRGdU5JCOl96ywR6sSvAiae7W8sDxFhkih5mdqrGitM/edit# 2:22 - Product: Overview Story // https://www.startuprocket.com/articles/how-to-create-grow-and-fund-a-tech-startup-an-operational-framework  // https://www.startuprocket.com/articles/building-a-new-web-product-how-to-best-setup-engineers-and-creatives-for-a-win 6:08 - Code: Walking through a Ruby on Rails “App” folder and doing a quick “Hello World” by creating a controller, a view, and a route. 

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle/) walk through the initial curriculum doc (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mRGdU5JCOl96ywR6sSvAiae7W8sDxFhkih5mdqrGitM/edit# ) for the free Product and Code cohort I’m leading this quarter. I talk about how the cohort is setup, what we’ll be covering in terms of building Web2/2.5/3 products, writing code to bring things to life, how to get involved (https://discord.gg/95JRuPaTP8), and what to expect moving forward.Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-131 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.   0:05 - Introduction to the Product and Code cohort for Q1 here. Jump into Discord to join us: https://discord.gg/95JRuPaTP8 0:50 - Outline of the curriculum doc → https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mRGdU5JCOl96ywR6sSvAiae7W8sDxFhkih5mdqrGitM/edit# 1:15 - Web1/2/3 from a product perspective2:19 - Article series on starting digital startups https://www.startuprocket.com/articles/how-to-create-grow-and-fund-a-tech-startup-an-operational-framework 3:07 - Product things 4:45 - Code things, starting with the GoRails page6:35 - Office hours, peer learning 

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.reddit.com/user/wclittle) discuss both a Reddit conversation I posted recently about Low-Code/No-Code vs. ChatGPT-assisted code-from-scratch, and an overview of the curriculum we’re planning to walk through in our Product and Code cohort (learn more and apply here: https://forms.gle/dtVA1bQ9xATRrPW29). I talk about Rails vs. Bubble, learning with LLMs, and a wide range of web developer topics - from installing necessary software on your computer to caching strategies - that anyone needs to know in order to become a proficient engineer for the modern web. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-130 for more information. You can watch this episode via video here.   0:06 - Tee-up for the conversation, teaching product and code (Learn more and apply here → https://forms.gle/dtVA1bQ9xATRrPW29) 0:20 - Low-code/no-code vs. build from scratch w/ ChatGPT – https://www.reddit.com/r/rails/comments/zv2xdx/reflections_since_my_rails_journey_began_in_2005/ // Episode w/ Josh from Bubble → https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-63 2:50 -  Product and Code cohort → https://www.reddit.com/r/rails/comments/zyjiq0/what_is_the_best_way_to_teach_ruby_on_rails/ // Apply: https://forms.gle/dtVA1bQ9xATRrPW29 4:36 - Curriculum overview walk-throughKnow your computer/OS well enough to install and run Ruby/Rails/Postgres/Redis/etc... locally (e.g. w/ Homebrew for MacOS)Shell / command lineIDE (VSC, Rubymine, etc..)Git / Github (PR & code review etiquette and such)Linting / PrettierCI / CDBasic DevOps w/ a cloud provider (like AWS + Relay or Heroku)Monitoring (Sentry/Scout/etc..)RubyCore HTML / CSS / JavaScript things of courseCore Rails things (routing, controllers, models, views, etc...)Testing w/ RspecStimulusViewComponentTurboA go-to CSS framework (I'm suggesting new devs quickly learn enough CSS to jump into Tailwind vs. Bootstrap these days, but ideally both and knowledge of BEM/SMACSS/OSS/ACSS)DockerCachingHow to best look up things w/ Google and ChatGPT (and others?) when you are stuck