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Episode 60: Jumpstarting Your Side Project With Dicko Sow


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Jumpstarting Your Side Project With Dicko Sow

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Guest

Dicko Sow: Founder of Yodi Naturals.

Summary

Our guest this week is Dicko Sow. Dicko is a software developer at a technical consultancy, but recently she has been spending her time building out a side project called Yodi Naturals. We talk about how she chose the project, how important it was to plan the project, the technical decisions, and what Dicko learned putting together the launch page. If you’re trying to decide whether to try a side project, this episode has some good information about how to put that together.

Notes

01:58 - Wanting to do a Side Project; Deciding on Said Side Project

  • Jumpstart your sideproject! -- Dicko Sow
  • PearConf
  • 03:59 - Yodi Naturals

    05:56 - Getting Started (Mentally)

    07:50 - Planning and Prioritization of Minimum Viable Product Features

    13:25 - Name Origin

    16:08 - Getting Started (Technically)

    18:45 - Using React

    20:26 - Working with AWS

    22:24 - Decoupling React and Rails and Releasing Features

    23:51 - Design

    • MailChimp
    • Google Analytics
    • 26:31 - Learning as the Project Comes Together

      27:29 - Managing Search and Tag Functionality

      • Elasticsearch
      • 31:18 - Recipe Curation

        31:52 - Launching the Launch Page; Shipping Things

        Special Guest: Dicko Sow.

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