Trying to Build Good Things

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John and Devin, both product designers and developers, talk about trying to build good digital products.

Devin Jameson & John Schoeman


    • Mar 9, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 11 EPISODES


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    A Chat With Dani

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 32:01


    While Devin is away on a Product Design Sprint, Daniel (Dani) Sandoval joins John to discuss product team communication, Svelte, and how to contribute to opensource sustainably.

    How to make an LLC and a native module

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 22:04


    In this episode, Devin and John discuss creating an LLC, building an iOS native module to fix a bug, and the future of the podcast.

    Learning new things

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 34:11


    John and Devin discuss strategies for learning all the new things needed for product development, why it's essential to focus on the motivation behind tools as well as understanding the tools themselves, and how not knowing something can bring joy

    Planning, producing, resting, and cats

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 15:07


    John and Devin chat about planning for the Building Habits app, the joy of being productive, and how to set aside time for rest.

    Rewrite Impressions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 30:37


    Devin and John reflect on rewriting Building Habits with React Native and consider the next steps for the project.

    Episode 6: The Return of React Native

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 22:02


    In the episode, John and Devin discuss rebuilding the Building Habits app in React Native. They also discuss using React Native Navigation and MobX.

    What should the next feature be?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 29:51


    Devin and John discuss Building Haibit's most recent new feature, a MadLibs style new habit form, what the app's next feature should be, and how they might learn if the app works well for users. If you've used the app and want to help influence the product direction, please let us know your thoughts here: https://forms.gle/zQZcDbqQ7m2J1Gx37 If you'd like to use the app and follow along on its development: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/building-habits/id1534446576

    Should we build what people ask for?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 27:18


    Devin and John talk about whether they should build features because people ask for them. They also wax poetic about good design, discuss the pain points of making a native mobile app with the browser, and confirm that building a PWA in React would be masochistic.

    Hey let's use web tools to build a mobile app

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 40:26


    The Building Habits app gets published to the App Store. John and Devin reflect on why they chose to make the app using Elm and Capacitor.

    Hey let's be Designopers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 23:21


    Devin and John submit to the App Store and talk about the relationship between designers and developers, why those labels can be problematic, and what we might do about it.

    Hey let's make a good Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 17:22


    John and Devin talk about why they're making a podcast, why minimum viable products are a good idea, and their plan for supporting millions of users on the app they started building last week.

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