85: The Hype Is Real

The hype about Tuple is real! Ben’s been busy adding a bunch of new customers. He’s selling and delivering the dream. Derrick is back after mentally struggling in the midst of moving, which meant a week of zero productivity on Level. Now, he’s in a better place, mentally and literally. Today’s Topics Include: Ludicrous Mode: Full-resolution, uncompressed video stream option added to Tuple Tuple’s lack of scaling challenges due to peer-to-peer connections Tuple’s conversion rate for email list Ben’s “I’m bad at sales” email message and demo video Things to do and features to add in the future for Tuple Tuple achieves semi-milestone of customer renewals Ben’s fear of public availability to post Tuple’s pricing Bandwidth forces AoP podcast back to one episode per week Derrick ships fun and addictive emoji reactions feature in Level Inviting more people to increase Level’s sample size and address skepticism Links and resources: Art of Product on Twitter Derrick Reimer Website Derrick Reimer on Twitter Ben Orenstein Website Ben Orenstein on Twitter Level Tuple Heroku Dynos Spaceballs Adam Wathan on Twitter Ruby on Rails Action Cable Server Technical Debt - Our Approach to Building Cool Tech Profitably Steve Schoger - Refactoring UI: Tuple    Drip Soapbox from Wistia Superhuman Jason Fried