86: SavvyCal and Indie SaaS with Derrick Reimer

We talk with Derrick Reimer about his product SavvyCal. He used Elixir as a solo dev to create a service that can take on an 800lb gorilla like Calendly. He shares what competitive advantages he feels he has both from Elixir but also in being more nimble. We also talk about creating a company as an independent, solo developer and how that can work. Derrick shares some tips and resources that were helpful for him on his journey. We feel the PETAL stack positions Elixir developers well for optionally taking that Indie path if desired. Check it out! Lots of nuggets here! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/86 Elixir Community News https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1488640181364273160 – Livebook Kino gets a new Youtube control feature https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1489234959592214531 – Only display LiveView topbar progress animation after a delay https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/commit/22ac99b108a167c324182f22be369aeea9eff346 – Commit showing the topbar changes to add delay https://fly.io/phoenix-files/make-your-liveview-feel-faster/ – Mark's blog post about the topbar progress delay https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1489522409426325504 – Ecto minimal cheatsheet https://twitter.com/innovation_code/status/1490729612892069889 – Grisp2 boards are shipping https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peerstritzinger/grisp-2 – Grisp2 Kickstarter project https://medium.com/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-erlang-elixir-javascript-and-ruby-v1-0-3a0c32e0add4 – OpenTelemetry for Elixir/Erlang reached 1.0 https://hex.pm/orgs/opentelemetry – OpenTelemetry group https://www.germanvelasco.com/blog/starting-elixir-lunch – German Velasco is starting a remote Elixir lunch https://github.com/fly-apps/live_beats – LiveBeats project works great as an example Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at [email protected] Discussion Resources https://twitter.com/derrickreimer https://twitter.com/savvycal https://savvycal.com/ https://twitter.com/frigidcode/status/1477656247772094467 https://artofproductpodcast.com/ – Podcast Derrick co-hosts https://www.drip.com/ https://github.com/whitfin/cachex https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Founder-Painfully-Honest-Startup/dp/0735213321 https://tinyseed.com/ https://microconf.com/ https://www.indiehackers.com/ https://www.derrickreimer.com/books-for-founders – List of books Derrick recommends Guest Information https://twitter.com/derrickreimer – on Twitter https://github.com/derrickreimer/ – on Github http://derrickreimer.com/ – Blog http://savvycal.com/ – SavvyCal website Find us online Message the show - @ThinkingElixir Email the show - [email protected] Mark Ericksen - @brainlid David Bernheisel - @bernheisel Cade Ward - @cadebward Sponsored By:Fly.io: Fly.io is a great place to deploy your next Phoenix application! Check them out!