Ben recently had a Tuple team retreat. He is still in hiring mode. The Tuple product team is progressing on their Linux integration. Derrick ran a product-market fit survey for SavvyCal, and the results are... tune in to find out. He's ponder

199: Keeping Up With Courtland

Feb 9th, 2022 52m 1s

Ben & Derrick chat with Courtland Allen from Indie Hackers. They discuss the challenges of building a community and finding fulfillment in work, among a variety of other topics.Resources:Indie Hackers (https://www.indiehackers.com/) SavvyCa

197: Growth Mindset

Jan 12th, 2022 32m 51s

Derrick & Ben catch up after a few weeks away for the holidays. Ben is still in hiring mode. He's considering ways to do more teaching (something he used to do a lot when he was a programmer by trade). Derrick is planning to be more intentional

192: This Is Not A Fire Drill

Nov 10th, 2021 44m 49s

Ben tells the story about a recent Tuple incident in production. The guys discuss how they're putting planning into action after last week's chat with Adam about Shape Up. Derrick gives an update about growth efforts for SavvyCal.

191: Shaping Up with Adam Wathan

1 Nov 3rd, 2021 1h 6m

Ben and Derrick talk to Adam about how to effectively plan and organize work.

184: Delete Your Backlog?

1 Aug 25th, 2021 47m 28s

Ben and Derrick have been recharging with some vacation time the last few weeks. Ben is excited to onboard his new sales hire. Derrick shipped a Fastmail calendar integration and released a Zapier integration. The guys discuss the merits of hav

217: Half a Job You Love

Jul 27th, 2022 51m 14s

Aaron Francis (Tuple's Marketing Engineer) drops by for advice on his non-Tuple project, a query builder for Rails and Laravel called Refine.

213: Powered by Debt

Jun 29th, 2022 37m 34s

Tuple launched a new marketing experiment this week. Derrick is continuing work on migrating SavvyCal to new hosting infrastructure.

210: Talk To Your Customers

May 25th, 2022 40m 26s

Derrick is launching a bunch of SavvyCal features this month, including a Close integration and meeting polls. Ben has had good experiences lately talking to customers.

209: Penelope Again-ope

May 11th, 2022 50m 33s

Stripe's Technical Advisor to the CTO, Penelope Phippen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/penelope-phippen-4103142b/) stops by and Ben tries to get her to divulge company secrets.

208: Prime Foot-Shooting Material

May 4th, 2022 39m 27s

Ben and Derrick chat through a cool new feature Tuple (https://tuple.app/) is shaping up. They also discuss Tuple's ambitious marketing bets.

207: Musings on Advice

Apr 20th, 2022 38m 23s

Ben and the Tuple team have hit a good shipping stride lately. Derrick and team are nearing completion on a few large SavvyCal initiatives. The guys reflect on MicroConf and the nature of dispensing advice.

206: IRL at MicroConf

Apr 6th, 2022 27m 32s

Derrick and Ben share updates from the Castos recording booth at MicroConf Growth.

205: Wathan Stops By

Mar 30th, 2022 55m 36s

Our favorite Canadian drops by to talk mobility, fancy A/V setups, what's next for Tailwind UI, and how we'll never find peace of mind.

204: Miscellanea

Mar 23rd, 2022 38m 1s

Ben and Derrick riff on a variety of topics, including coffee brewing, retreats, MicroConf, design, finding business ideas, and interesting subreddits.Links:Sweet Maria's (https://www.sweetmarias.com/)MicroConf (https://microconf.com/)Findi

173: Shreyas Doshi on Product Management

May 12th, 2021 25m 14s

Shreyas Doshi (Stripe, Twitter, Google) joins Ben and Derrick for a wide-ranging discussion on product management.

220: Ben and Adam Wrap The Year

Dec 23rd, 2022 1h 13m

The Code Quality Challenge (https://tuple.app/code-quality-challenge)Tuple's open CTO position (https://tuple.app/jobs/cto)Kevin Shen's Dream Studio Course (https://dreamstudiocourse.com/)

219: Ben's Friend Ben

Nov 3rd, 2022 41m 11s

Ben Kuhn drops by the pod.Check out his great blog! https://www.benkuhn.net/

218: Building a $1M/Year Dev Ed Business (with Adam Wathan)

Oct 26th, 2022 1h 18m

216: Penelopers, Penelopers, Penelopers

Jul 20th, 2022 52m 10s

Penelope Phippen drops by and encourages Ben to set, like, even a single goal.

215: Mental Health with Dr. Sherry Walling

Jul 11th, 2022 35m 13s

Talking with Dr. Sherry Walling about dealing with mental health personally and how to help people around you who may be struggling.

214: Another week, another Wathan

Jul 6th, 2022 55m 26s

212: Tuple Goes Hollywood

Jun 22nd, 2022 38m 19s

The Tuple team had their first filming session for the meta-documentary about their marketing experiments. Derrick is awaiting results from the latest SavvyCal funnel experiments.

211: This Is Not A Bad Reality

Jun 15th, 2022 24m 56s

Ben and Derrick catch up on all things Tuple (https://tuple.app/) and SavvyCal (https://savvycal.com). Ben recently raised prices for Tuple. Derrick is experimenting with major funnel changes for SavvyCal.