But generally, I probably err too far on the side of using what works as opposed to trying new things. I’m primarily motivated by getting stuff up and working, and if the tools I already know and use will adequately do the job, then I’ll stick with them. Clearly, this probably isn’t the right strategy a technologist in the job market looking to optimize their resume, but that’s never been my focus.

I also found the late-adopter part very interesting! I’d kind of assumed the opposite for someone who pushed for Node ten years ago. Then again, he’s still using JS for the backend instead of something shinier like Elixir or even TypeScript, which would have a lot of his old friendly OO patterns from C#.

@Justin, FWIW, I started Alchemist Camp when I was super broke and only had about 90 minutes a day to devote to it and it’s freemium. You haven’t revealed much about the nature of your app, but unless it requires a TON computing/human resources compared to most apps, 1000 free users shouldn’t hurt a bit. Also, being “an Altavista” would be a solid win!

Please include your old time listeners in Justin’s free trial tier batch zero 🙂

How would you know if we really listened all the shows ?
Just ask us about all the different business ideas, diets and exercise regimes Justing tried. Answers should be something like: “Lift heavy, slow for only couple seconds three times a week.”, “I’m gonna swim every day”, Deliver food on bikes etc 😉

ps. Was also surprised Jason didn’t know about indie hackers… Bunch of interesting stories about startups in there.

Thank you for constant inspiration and good fun !
Vladimir

Still digging myself out of a mountain of avoided work due to an every two year trade show we were preparing for, so I’ll be looking for some good content to fertilize my mind since it’s been scavenged for nutrients these past few weeks.