Trying to Build Good Things
Trying to Build Good Things
Devin Jameson & John Schoeman
John and Devin, both product designers and developers, talk about trying to build good digital products.
Learning new things
John and Devin discuss strategies for learning all the new things needed for product development, why it's essential to focus on the motivation behind tools as well as understanding the tools themselves, and how not knowing something can bring joy
Jan 4, 2021
34 min
Planning, producing, resting, and cats
John and Devin chat about planning for the Building Habits app, the joy of being productive, and how to set aside time for rest.
Dec 28, 2020
15 min
Rewrite Impressions
Devin and John reflect on rewriting Building Habits with React Native and consider the next steps for the project.
Dec 6, 2020
30 min
Episode 6: The Return of React Native
In the episode, John and Devin discuss rebuilding the Building Habits app in React Native. They also discuss using React Native Navigation and MobX.
Nov 18, 2020
22 min
What should the next feature be?
Devin and John discuss Building Haibit's most recent new feature, a MadLibs style new habit form, what the app's next feature should be, and how they might learn if the app works well for users. If you've used the app and want to help influence the product direction, please let us know your thoughts here: https://forms.gle/zQZcDbqQ7m2J1Gx37 If you'd like to use the app and follow along on its development: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/building-habits/id1534446576
Nov 1, 2020
29 min
Should we build what people ask for?
Devin and John talk about whether they should build features because people ask for them. They also wax poetic about good design, discuss the pain points of making a native mobile app with the browser, and confirm that building a PWA in React would be masochistic.
Oct 21, 2020
27 min
Hey let's use web tools to build a mobile app
The Building Habits app gets published to the App Store. John and Devin reflect on why they chose to make the app using Elm and Capacitor.
Oct 13, 2020
40 min
Hey let's be Designopers
Devin and John submit to the App Store and talk about the relationship between designers and developers, why those labels can be problematic, and what we might do about it.
Oct 4, 2020
23 min
Hey let's make a good Podcast
John and Devin talk about why they're making a podcast, why minimum viable products are a good idea, and their plan for supporting millions of users on the app they started building last week.
Sep 28, 2020
17 min