68. Q1 Update: new features, struggles, hope
68. Q1 Update: new features, struggles, hopeUpdate: 2025-04-17
Description
In this episode we recap our Q1: what we shipped, distribution challenges, siloing engineering workstreams + a bunch of tangential topics.
Download the Metacast podcast app for free:
- iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/metacast/id6462012536
- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.metacast.podcast.player
Segments
- [00:00 ] Opening
- [02:09 ] New feature: Chapters
- [05:27 ] New feature: Following a.k.a. Podcast Inbox
- [06:17 ] Feedback from Grumpy Old Geeks
- [08:10 ] Ilya turning into full-time engineer
- [12:02 ] We don't vibe code!
- [14:49 ] AI summaries in the web app
- [16:52 ] Full transcripts in the web app
- [18:39 ] Web is the innovation platform
- [19:45 ] Better sharing images
- [21:01 ] New blogging framework
- [24:08 ] Restarting marketing
- [26:05 ] The distribution challenge
- [27:13 ] Discoverability on App Store
- [28:34 ] The cold start problem
- [30:04 ] 1000 fans
- [30:56 ] Distractions in Q1
- [31:15 ] Spiking GCP costs
- [33:52 ] LLM bots update
- [34:28 ] Taxes
- [37:55 ] Siloing
- [39:20 ] Working in person again!
- [40:11 ] What we're listening to
- [48:20 ] Where people can find us
Show notes
Blog posts
- Metacast: Q1 2025 Retrospective
- Our biggest struggle — distribution
- Episode chapters now available in Metacast podcast app
- Podcast Inbox now available in Metacast podcast app
- LLM bots + Next.js image optimization = recipe for bankruptcy (post-mortem)
- DIY Delaware C-Corp taxes for a new startup with no funding, no payroll and no assets
Podcasts
- 661: The Nightmare Before Overcast on Grumpy Old Geeks
- Everything Everywhere Daily
- Do trade deficits matter? on Planet Money
- Josh Waitzkin on The Joe Rogan Experience
- #792: Seth Godin on Playing the Right Game and Strategy as a Superpower
Books
- The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
Get in touch
- 🚀 Get the Metacast podcast app: https://metacast.app
- 👥 Join our subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/metacastapp/
- ✉️ Subscribe to Metacast newsletter: https://www.metacastpodcast.com
- 👋 Send feedback or say hi: hello@metacastpodcast.com
Comments
In Channel
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States00:00
00:00
x
