Rankpic!! rankpic.app

Email us: [email protected]

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3iZ4EAqK6TM4olrpjAeVq1?si=ce12ddcd3c7e407c

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moon-tea-podcast/id1579239741

Google Podcasts:https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82NTlkMTJlMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/moon-tea

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

1:15 - Ben describes Rankpic and his own intro

2:15 - How did Ben end up here ??

3:26 - What was the journey to becoming a software engineer and building an app?

6:14 - Dating apps pain point and a description of Rankpic

10:20 - Coding bootcamp chat

11:10 - What is Ben trying to build this into?

14:30 - How to just keep working on things

15:29 - Tech stack! React Native, serverless, and why mobile over web?

18:40 - Competitor! And the French newspaper story

24:00 - Ben cares about this project! + Ben's experience with working on automated drones

27:50 - Travel trips and stories

30:50 - Ben's getting fired in Bolivia story

33:30 - Coding bootcamp and how Hugh got his first job

37:05 - Ben is losing money and Evan Bacon + Expo tribute

42:30 - Jon is inviting people to join the podcast

44:30 - Ben called the guy who wrote the book

45:40 - Why would anyone rank other people's photos?

47:00 - Is Pho a breakfast food? + Ben loves Asian food

50:20 - Hanoi is a lovely city and why is Ben in New Zealand in February?

54:50 - Be open and kind!