Summary: <p>Derrick continues to code to make progress on things he will need to build at some point for his product, Level. Also, he spent a lot of time in Elm land for refactoring and additions. Will Elm code work for scaling necessary for Level? Derrick is still trying to decide.</p> <p>Ben’s team at Tuple has transitioned from C++ to Swift, a newer and friendlier language. Also, Tuple hired a consultant as a sanity check and to be pointed in the right direction for building a native app on Mac. Initially, the consultant will help step up and build with dependencies needed. </p> <p><strong>Today’s Topics Include:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Level App: There’s a lot of work to do and time is flying by; not sure when it’s going to be ready, but every day, make progress</li> <li>More than 800 people have signed up for Ben’s Code Quality Challenge; people engaged in it are getting value, doing useful things, and improving their apps</li> <li>Advantages of building your network up online; they share and inquire about info you post</li> <li>Types of tips that spread fast, including bash, shell, and git</li> <li>Ben plans to reach out to people to make podcast appearances to promote Tuple</li> <li>Ben stepped away from sales, but now plans to make money for the company his #1 priority; difference between self-funding and bootstrapping</li> <li>Being in a constant state of push-and-pull; when to do this/that and change directions</li> <li>If you’re interested in entrepreneurship, read Shoe Dog by Phil Knight; jumping through hoops and funding a company</li> <li>Check out Founder to CEO by Matt Mochary, who coaches tech startup CEOs in Silicon Valley; what do you need to know to grow? </li> <li>Friendly reminder if you’re going camping this summer, remember to take mosquito repellent with you! </li> </ul> <p><strong>Links and resources:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.derrickreimer.com/" rel="nofollow">Derrick Reimer Website</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/derrickreimer" rel="nofollow">Derrick Reimer on Twitter</a><br> <a href="http://www.benorenstein.com/" rel="nofollow">Ben Orenstein Website</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k" rel="nofollow">Ben Orenstein on Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://level.app/" rel="nofollow">Level</a><br> <a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow">Tuple</a><br> <a href="http://elm-lang.org/" rel="nofollow">Elm</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=richard+feldman+elm" rel="nofollow">Richard Feldman on YouTube</a><br> <a href="https://developer.apple.com/swift/" rel="nofollow">Swift</a><br> <a href="https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-399-how-derrick-reimer-is-validating-his-ambitious-third-saas-application" rel="nofollow">Derrick Reimer on Startups for the Rest of Us</a><br> <a href="http://www.fullstackradio.com/92" rel="nofollow">Derrick Reimer on Full Stack Radio</a><br> <a href="https://www.codequalitychallenge.com/" rel="nofollow">Ben Orenstein’s Code Quality Challenge</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/r00k/status/1013970705229197317" rel="nofollow">Ben Orenstein’s Shell Tricks Post</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Phil-Knight/dp/1508211809" rel="nofollow">Shoe Dog</a><br> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZJZbv4J6FZ8Dnb0JuMhJxTnwl-dwqx5xl0s65DE3wO8/preview" rel="nofollow">Founder to CEO</a></p>
