Builders Gonna Build

By Metacast

Interviews with people who build awesome products. Hosted by Metacast co-founders Ilya Bezdelev and Arnab Deka.

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Builders Gonna Build episodes:

January 31, 20242. Justin Frankel, creator of Winamp and Reaper
Justin shares how he created Winamp and sold it to AOL at age 20 and tells us about his current project, digital audio workstation (DAW) Reaper.
Chapters
03:16 - The genesis of Winamp
11:07 - Winamp whips the llama's ass
14:06 - Nullsoft
16:27 - Winamp as a platform
23:16 - The business side of Winamp
24:11 - What was it like to work at AOL?
27:06 - Why Justin doesn't use streaming services
30:03 - Justin's website
32:06 - Why Justin created Reaper
35:48 - Shipping v1 of Reaper
37:02 - Reaper is built by just a few people
38:53 - Cross-platform codebase
40:48 - Reaper as a platform
43:42 - Future of Reaper
44:40 - AI in Reaper
47:09 - Questions lightning round
53:36 - Book recommendations
Show notes
Where to find Justin
Mastodon — [email protected]
Justin’s website
Ask Justin Frankel
Books
Masters of Doom by David Kushner
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott
Podcasts
Interview with Justin on the Internet History Podcast
Software
Winamp
Reaper
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Ilya's LinkedIn
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January 30, 20241. Christian Selig, creator of Apollo Reddit app and Pixel Pals
Christian tells a story of how Apollo got started, grew and eventually had to shut down following Reddit's API pricing decision.
Chapters
00:46 - Introduction of Christian
01:58 - How Christian got into app development
03:36 - Internship at Apple
06:38 - The origin of the name for Apollo
07:49 - Launching v1 of Apollo
13:12 - Pricing the app
17:46 - Apollo t-shirts and custom app icons
21:38 - Adding notifications and being rejected by Apple
26:15 - Initial reception of Apollo and building a community
31:32 - Apollo's growth
39:39 - Challenges with Reddit API
41:51 - The demise of Apollo
47:11 - Apollo in metrics
54:14 - PixelPals
56:05 - Advice for app developers
57:26 - Podcast and book recommendations
Show notes
Christian on Twitter/X: @ChristianSelig
Pixel Pals Widget Pet Game on Apple App Store
Apollo app subreddit r/apolloapp
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Metacast, a podcast app with transcripts: metacast.app
Builders Gonna Build on Metacast
Metacast: Behind the Scenes on Metacast
Get in touch!
Send us an email at [email protected]
Ilya's LinkedIn
Arnab's LinkedIn
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FAQs about Builders Gonna Build:

How many episodes does Builders Gonna Build have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.