Builders Gonna Build

Builders Gonna Build

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  • 2. 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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                  • 55 min
                • 1. 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
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                        • Get in touch!

                        • Send us an email at [email protected]
                        • Ilya's LinkedIn
                        • Arnab's LinkedIn
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                        About Builders Gonna Build

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