Startups For the Rest of Us

Episode 699 | How to Build Elegant, Scalable Software Products with Derrick Reimer


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In episode 699, Rob Walling chats with fan favorite Derrick Reimer, the founder of SavvyCal, about scaling products tastefully. Derrick offers his perspective on maintaining a tidy UX and deciding which features to implement. They also cover best practices for maintaining knowledge bases, changelogs, and documentation. As a bonus, Rob and Derrick offer podcasting advice to their past selves.

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Topics we cover: 
  • 2:35 – Establish design systems and language as you scale your product
  • 8:36 – Building out a front-end directory to maintain consistency
  • 10:17 – Truly understand how customers are moving through your product
  • 16:28 – Naming convention dilemmas, industry norms vs. accuracy
  • 19:22 – Hiding product features with feature flags
  • 23:04 – Scaling new products that serve different verticals
  • 31:12 – Best practices for maintaining a product knowledge base
  • 37:11 – Bonus: What advice would you give to your prior self starting a podcast?
  • Links from the Show: 
    • Register for MicroConf US in Atlanta, April 2024
    • The SaaS Playbook
    • Derrick Reimer (@derrickreimer) I X
    • SavvyCal 
    • Allen D King (@allendking) | X
    • FunJoin
    • FullStory
    • Episode 681 | Why Launching a Second Product is Usually a Bad Idea
    • Help Scout Knowledge Base
    • Headway Changelog
    • CleanShot X
    • If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you!

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