The Bootstrapped Experience Podcast

The Bootstrapped Experience Podcast

By Jack Kowalsky & Bjorn ForsbergBusinessEntrepreneurshipTechnology
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The Bootstrapped Experience Podcast episodes

  • Episode 18: Planning for 2022
    • @JustSteveKing - Laravel programmer with great tutorials: https://twitter.com/JustSteveKing
    • App Store Redesign AMA: https://twitter.com/ShopifyDevs/status/1479091995389878273
    • Gov UK view component library: https://design-system.service.gov.uk/components/
    33 min
  • Episode 16: Welcome to Season 2
    • Translate.ci: https://www.translate.ci
    • FORSBERG+two blog: https://www.forsbergplustwo.com/blogs/news
    • Github Marketplace: https://github.com/marketplace
    • Laravel Shift: https://laravelshift.com
    • Migration to Shopify App Bridge 2.0: https://shopify.dev/apps/tools/app-bridge/migrating-legacy
    • Vishwesh Shetty's Shopify AppStore Marketing Consultation: https://vishshet.gumroad.com/l/ykcTQD

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    45 min
  • Episode 14: Voice & tone, hiring developers and new app store categories
    • FORSBERG+two's new app logos: https://twitter.com/FORSBERGtwo/status/1398208344310038531
    • Shopify Voice & Tone style guide: https://polaris.shopify.com/content/voice-and-tone
    • Mailchimp Voice & Tone style guide: https://styleguide.mailchimp.com/voice-and-tone
    • New Shopify App Store categories: https://shopify.dev/concepts/app-store/getting-your-app-approved/app-categories


    43 min
  • Episode 13: Mexican vacation catchup, and a suspicious negative review story
    • Jekyll for static sites and emails: https://jekyllrb.com/
    • Amazon EventBridge: https://aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
    • Shoryuken for Ruby: https://github.com/ruby-shoryuken/shoryuken
    • Twitter thread on negative reviews: https://twitter.com/benfkennedy/status/1389329279708585985
    • The Support Heroes: https://www.thesupportheroes.com/
    • Shopify Plus Certified Apps: https://apps.shopify.com/collections/plus-certified-apps
    • New Shopify App Store design
    • Finding motivation
    • Worst bug experiences
    38 min
  • Episode 12: Activity based emails, webhook processing and hosting
    • View Components: https://viewcomponents.org
    • Partner Metrics Ideas: https://partnermetrics.io/overview
    • Webhooks: De-duping via hash signature
    • Amazon event-bridge, a better alternative? https://shopify.dev/tutorials/manage-webhook-events-with-eventbridge
    • Laravel Vapour (AWS helper): https://vapor.laravel.com/
    • Hatchbox for Ruby on Rails: https://www.hatchbox.io/
    • What’s the reason for the slowdown in Shopify app installs?


    45 min
  • Jack has an exciting update
    • App Store Ads Attribution and Optimization. Recommend this video series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho1ax1CloS0
    • Playing with Rails Turbo Frames: https://boringrails.com/tips/turboframe-lazy-load-skeleton
    • Deprecation of EASDK and migrating to App Bridge 2.0: https://shopify.dev/changelog/easdk-being-removed-and-embedded-apps-must-migrate-to-app-bridge
    • Google Adwords Tip: Make sure the ad text (not target keywords) contains ”Shopify App”. Increases quality of clicks (and thereby optimizes your budget)


    30 min

About The Bootstrapped Experience Podcast

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Two bootstrappers building SaaS apps on Shopify, sharing their experiences along the way. TBX is a weekly podcast by Jack Kowalski of NeatShift and Bjorn Forsberg of FORSBERG+two.