Episode description
Justin shares how he created Winamp and sold it to AOL at age 20 and tells us about his current project, digital audio workstation (DAW) Reaper.
Segments
[03:16] The genesis of Winamp
[11:07] Winamp whips the llama's ass
[14:06] Nullsoft
[16:27] Winamp as a platform
[23:16] The business side of Winamp
[24:11] What was it like to work at AOL?
[27:06] Why Justin doesn't use streaming services
[30:03] Justin's website
[32:06] Why Justin created Reaper
[35:48] Shipping v1 of Reaper
[37:02] Reaper is built by just a few people
[38:53] Cross-platform codebase
[40:48] Reaper as a platform
[43:42] Future of Reaper
[44:40] AI in Reaper
[47:09] Questions lightning round
[53:36] Book recommendations
Show notes
Where to find Justin
Books
Masters of Doom by David Kushner
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott
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