Episode description

We got the whole band together: Helen and Jason join Jon and Justin to talk about what it's really like to work at Transistor

Helen, Jason, Jon, Justin, all squeezed into the podcasting closet to make an episode

• 0:55 Jason's first podcast ever
• 1:12 Helen's been on other podcasts: Startups for the Rest of Us, Indie Bites, Indie Worldwide
• 3:06 Should we invest in the "auto publish to YouTube" feature?
  • Tom Webster: why would people listen to podcasts on YouTube?
• 13:32 The best features the ones that feel like "magic" when a customer uses them
• 18:46 The "wait and see" product development philosophy
• 20:15 A new podcast website builder CMS and website designs
• 23:34 Writing a new templating language in Liquid (Shopify)
• 26:23 Our new CLI tool: receiver (built with Go)
• 31:30 Making a few new podcast website themes
• 31:57 Adding language localization for podcast websites (English, French, Spanish)
• 34:30 How we run our weekly team meetings
• 35:44 New podcast website themes are out! (YouTube demo)
• 40:39 For next week: what questions do you have for @jsonpearl and @helenryles?
• 42:16 Patreon shout outs

What should we talk about next?

• Twitter: @buildyoursaas, @mijustin, @jonbuda, @jsonpearl, and @helenryles
• Leave a review/comment on Podchaser; it's like Reddit, but for podcasts.
• Email us: support@transistor.fm

• Pascal from sharpen.page
• Rewardful.com
• Greg Park
• Mitchell Davis from RecruitKit.com.au
• Marcel Fahle, wearebold.af
• Bill Condo (@mavrck)
• Ward from MemberSpace.com
• Evandro Sasse
• Austin Loveless
• Michael Sitver
• Colin Gray
• Dave Giunta

Want to start a podcast on Transistor? Justin has a special coupon for you: get 15% off your first year of hosting: transistor.fm/justin