Castro leans into indie (Interview)
from The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
This week we're joined by Dustin Bluck to discuss his acquisition of the well known (and beloved) Castro podcast app to take it indie-focused once again. As previous users of Castro, we were excited to dig into the details behind this popular podcast client to see what's next, how the deal was done, a peek into the code, and where exactly this indie and creator focused podcast app can go.
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- 0:00 Disclaimer.
- 0:09 This week on The Changelog
- 1:18 Sponsor: Sentry
- 2:39 Start the show!
- 3:58 What is Tiny?
- 6:07 Why did Andrew/Tiny sell?
- 8:09 Why buy?
- 10:19 The right time, right moment
- 12:06 How do you value this?
- 14:35 Sponsor: Cloudflare
- 16:56 What is your ambition?
- 21:05 Did you see the source code?
- 22:43 The acquisition process
- 23:51 Are you bleeding users?
- 25:04 Any regrets?
- 25:33 Lean into indie. Tell your story.
- 29:52 The indie roadmap
- 32:38 Sponsor: Notion
- 34:12 Podcasting 2.0
- 39:31 Discoverability / YouTube algorithm
- 41:59 The money path
- 43:17 Serving Android
- 45:02 Will this be open source?
- 46:24 Where is the money?
- 50:28 Selling to the listeners
- 54:11 Closing thoughts
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