October 18, 2018

59: Pros and Cons of Working Alone on a Product

41 minutes

Adam Wathan, a software developer, writer, speaker, and entrepreneur joins Ben and Derrick on this episode. Adam is also the creator of Nitpick CI, author of Refactoring to Collections, and host of the Full Stack Radio podcast.

Usually isolated and working alone, Adam enjoys the opportunity to chat with others about what everyone is working on. It’s like a mastermind session that’s fun and rewarding!

Today’s Topics Include:

Ben launched Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide earlier than expected at learntopair.com

Ben continues to focus on marketing for Tuple, while other team members are developing the product

Derrick feels a sense of guilt when working, but not sharing; once you get out of the habit of working in public, it might be difficult to return to it

Derrick is up against his deadline of having a deliverable by the end of October

Pros and cons of working alone or with partners to handle tasks/responsibilities

Rails vs. Laravel Battle? No, PHP as a language battles with no one

Adam is working on a refactoring UI book/design survival kit; chapters are independent and pricing still needs to be established

What are digital vs. physical perks you could offer to those who purchase a product first?

Derrick has been getting Level ready for alpha users and spending time, more than he wants, to get file uploads to work on it

Links and resources:

Adam Wathan

Nitpick CI

Refactoring to Collections

Full Stack Radio Podcast

Adam Wathan on GitHub

Adam Wathan’s Email

Adam Wathan on Twitter

Derrick Reimer Website

Derrick Reimer on Twitter

Ben Orenstein Website

Ben Orenstein on Twitter

Level

Tuple

Pair Programming Guide

Product Hunt

Extreme Programming Book

Laravel

Ruby on Rails

Steve Schoger

Colorbox by Lyft

Tailwind CSS

...more

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By Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer

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