Don't fall in love with your idea, fall in love with the problem!
I know it sounds harsh but is your idea worthless? It depends. It's the initial fuel and motivation to start building. You shouldn't fall in love with it though. Instead, fall in love with the people and the problem you're solving. Can't bring yourself to do that? Your idea might've been worthless after all!
3 Kesä 202111min
Two Founders, Honest Talk | Bootstrap vs VC Funding
I sat with Heiki Riesenkampf of Acapela (https://acape.la/) for the first time to have an honest talk about business. We discussed why Welder didn't take off, his competing with Slack, or the difference between US and European engineers.
11 Touko 202124min
LiveView, HotWire, LiveWire - Server Rendered Interactive Web Apps in 2021 | Behind The Product
We’ve gone through the most popular ones for Elixir (LiveView), Ruby (HotWire), PHP (LiveWire), and Python (Unicorn, Reactor, Sockpuppet) and also some language-independent choices (htmx).
4 Touko 202124min
Server-Side Rendering Is Coming Back in 2021 | Behind The Product
Server-side rendering is getting better with modern libraries, you can have just a single codebase (let's say in Django or Rails) and add similar interactivity that you would get with frameworks like React!
4 Touko 202121min
Dealing With Your Unproductive Days | Work and Be Happy
We discussed our experience with unproductive days and how we feel when they happen. We also talked about how rituals and habits help us to stay productive and get back to being productive after unproductivity happens.
4 Touko 202119min
When To Kill Your Product Idea | Behind The Product
Should you keep going or is time to let it go? There is no simple answer, but there are some variables to take into account when thinking about killing your idea. Oh, and context matters. More than anything.
4 Touko 202118min
Does Working in Weekly Sprints Make Sense For a Bootstrap Team? | Behind the Product
Why does working in weekly sprints work for a small bootstrap product team like ours? There are multiple reasons. We tried the same approach before but it had its flaws. A lot of them. We learned our lessons the hard way and want to share them with you.
4 Touko 202120min
No-Code vs Code. When To Use What? | Behind the Product
We explored many different approaches to see when to use no-code tools. And also when not since the tradeoffs might be huge. We learned that no-code is a no-brainer for validation and MVP building if you are a solo non-technical founder. It's also handy when you want to do something outside of the core competency of your company and you don't want to spend your development budget on these efforts. Let's say connecting your product to some analytics or building an MVP to validate a new direction of your company. But if your entire software business is based on no-code, you need to make sure that it can be built with it. You'll have to adjust your product expectations to fit the 'green path' that the no-code tools provide.
4 Touko 202116min
