Show DescriptionWhat is a home cooked app? Blake Watson is on this episode to talk all about the kinds of apps that make a good home cooked app, tips and advice he has for making them, resisting the urge to monetize or growth hack them, and a few CodePen v2 thoughts sprinkled in at the end.
Listen on Website →GuestsBlake WatsonGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterCurrently a member of the frontend dev team at MRI Technologies, working on projects for NASA.
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609: Blake Watson on Home Cooked Apps

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609: Blake Watson on Home Cooked Apps

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