#2: Lollipop Sticks

Download this episode, in which Ian and Andrey talk about software version numbers, SaaS apps, hiring, modern web application development, server hosting, what to do with old servers, monitors and hard drives, doing what it takes to fund your business, Andrey’s psychological state, physical world products vs software.

Links:

Eric Barnes – Laracon 2013 talk
Laravel – The awesome PHP framework
CodeIgniter
BackBone – JS front end framework
Coffeescript – A little language that compiles to JavaScript
LESS – The only way to write CSS
EngineHosting – Sweet VPS based hosting solution
Linode – Linux VPS provider
Hard drive station – Find a use for those old hard drives
Are You Serious About Starting a Business – Ian’s blog post on selling his car to fund UserScape
Creating a Business Logo – Ian’s blog post on creating the UserScape and HelpSpot logo’s
Impostor Syndrome – A psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments
Antair Spam Filter – Andrey’s spam filter product
Interview with Jason Cohen – talks about tons of useful things including cancellations we reference in the podcast
QLab – Live show controls for OSX
FogBugz – Bug tracking
The Business of Software Forums – Joel Spolsky forum site where a lot of us got our start
Lollipop Sticks – Andrey on physical products
Swamp Loggers
Snappy – Ian’s latest product.
Uberdeck – the product Andrey is currently working on.