Team Roc8 is expanding. Swapnil shares his playbook of going all-in on writing and that we should keep things clear instead of clever. We discuss the end of an era with Heroku sunsetting its free tier. Mukul talks about the activities he joined

Knowledge Workers

Sep 3rd, 2022 26m 14s

Swapnil is internalizing that putting others ahead of yourself is not a sustainable strategy. Mukul released the mobile app of Appointo and currently exploring different types of dives. We have a discussion on knowledge workers.

Travel Routine and SaaS Acquisitions

Aug 7th, 2022 45m 2s

We discuss our travel routines and things we consider while traveling. We also discuss SaaS acquisitions and share our thoughts from the buyer’s as well as seller’s point of view.

Moving Goalposts

Jul 12th, 2022 41m 20s

Mukul is iterating by applying learnings from his last trip and staying in one place in Phuket for 2 months. We touch on the socializing aspect of traveling solo as introverts. We then go into a rant on our passport strength and brain drain and

Felix's Consistency and Deep Work Weekly

Jul 4th, 2022 32m 35s

We start with patting ourselves on our back for getting back on track. Staying consistent is hard and satisfying like a dopamine hit. We touch on how our college friends are at different paths with different priorities. We then discuss a websit

Handling Rejections and Activity-Based Travel

Jun 24th, 2022 31m 56s

It's placement season at Roc8. We talk about how people are not well-equipped to deal with rejection and ways to solve this at scale. Mukul is looking forward to trying out more new things in business and in life. We discuss ideas around hostin

Settling Down in a City and Making New Friends

Jun 14th, 2022 47m 26s

Roc8 team had their first offsite which was pending for a long time and hosted a fun public meetup on a 90s nostalgia theme with games like pen fight. Mukul is going to a 3-day F1 racing event. He also met people who have been traveling for mor

Slow Nomad

May 16th, 2022 47m 28s

We discuss the traditional notion while traveling that you have to do something every day, but do you really need to? How about if you rent out a place for a month or so? You can relax the way you want to. If you can't get to your normal lifest

Broadening Perspectives and Copycats

Apr 22nd, 2022 43m 33s

Mukul talks about his Airbnb experiences which is a good way to get a local authentic taste of the city. Placement season has started at Roc8, wherein companies are coming to talk about their culture. Retention is a big problem in the tech indu

Async Work And Incentives Gone Wrong

Mar 25th, 2022 44m 2s

Mukul moved to Lisbon and is figuring out a balance between work and travel. We talk about how being a solo traveler is analogous to life without a job. Then we move to challenges while working in different time zones. We end with a rant on bad

Sloth Philosophy

Mar 4th, 2022 34m 52s

We talk about the four pillars of sloth philosophy, challenges in writing fiction vs non-fiction, our music tastes, and end with a section on what's the rush, anyway?

Digital Nomad Lifestyle and Influencer Marketing

Feb 27th, 2022 33m 39s

We talk about Mukul's plans to try out a digital nomad lifestyle over the next 2 months, a user journey for a Shopify subscription analytics app, the importance of taking a step back from time to time and seeing the bigger picture, influencer m

Roc8 Tech Stack and Time Travel Shows

Feb 16th, 2022 33m 43s

We discuss how Roc8 is entirely run on no-code tools and Appointo didn't have a landing page for the first 6 months. Tech is not our USP; our USP is iterating fast on the solution and not going after shiny things. We also touch upon Audiobooks,

Relationship with Money and Attack on Titan

Feb 6th, 2022 42m 25s

We talk about remote work hacks, optimizing learnings vs earnings, our relationship with money, treating this podcast as therapy, and end with a nice newsletter recommendation and a review of Attack on Titan.

All About Board Games

Jan 30th, 2022 28m 36s

We nerd out on board games, covering the different versions of Catan, Dungeon Mayhem card game, Blitz where everyone plays at once instead of the regular turn-based method, Clans of Caledonia, Dungeons & Dragons, etc. We end with talking about

Celebrating New Hire at Roc8 and SidePanda Crossing $200K ARR

Jan 23rd, 2022 48m 35s

We discuss the work of a manager in the context of a new hire at Roc8, see a demo of Mukul's new mic to induce FOMO in Swapnil to get one too, and celebrate SidePanda hitting the $200k ARR milestone!

Going Slow with Yatharth

Jan 17th, 2022 56m 44s

In our 10th episode, we got a surprise guest for you. Yatharth worked as a frontend engineer for over 5 years before going indie in 2020. He is currently exploring systems and is now in love with the Rust language. He talks about we should be o

Signpanda in Review and Value Systems

Jan 8th, 2022 33m 44s

We start with the Shopify review process, their webhook architecture, and the GDPR compliant endpoints. Then we discuss the pros and cons of doubling down on existing products vs exploring new ones. We also reminisce about "the talk" with our f

New Year Resolutions

Jan 4th, 2022 33m 16s

We discuss how Goa has so much untapped potential and the issues preventing us to work from there over a longer duration, second-order effects of movies and TV shows, and our new year resolutions.

New Experiments at Roc8 and Hedging Bets

Dec 18th, 2021 35m 46s

We discuss the new experiments at Roc8, challenges in the non-tech hiring space, hedging bets as a time investor, the addiction of the 0-to-1 journey, our college hackathon experiences, and some SaaS ideas you can start with.

Signpanda and 12 Favorite Problems

Dec 12th, 2021 36m 40s

We start with discussing a digital signature solution for Shopify and then reflect on the changes in us from last year. We also appreciate that our work is play now. We then move on to our need to sustain our child-like curiosity about everythi

Life is a Role-Playing Game

Dec 3rd, 2021 42m 20s

We discuss the AppSumo deal, Pronoia, the fact that grownups like numbers, some deep thoughts like you are who you choose to be and there's no real need for anger, and how we see life as an RPG where your experiences are what makes you unique a

Pricing and Reademy

Nov 27th, 2021 39m 58s

We discuss the pros and cons of monthly vs annual pricing, the upcoming version of Appointo which is platform-independent, recreating school library period vibes via Reademy, and geek out on Brandon Sanderson's consistency in building the Cosme

Plato's Cave and Antireads

Nov 20th, 2021 26m 48s

We talk about The Mom's Test in action at Appointo, how we can get out of our bubbles, Plato's Allegory of the Cave, and follow up on the lowlights project discussed last time. @appointo_app, @goingslowpod, @mukul_chaware, @SwapAgarwal