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February 2024

#13: How we launched the beta of Metacast
...spoiler alert - most things went right, but we managed to break the app just before launching
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#12: We've launched open beta of Metacast!
We’d like to share some exciting news! We’ve just launched our podcast app Metacast in open beta on iOS and Android!
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Ilya Bezdelev
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January 2024

#11: Post-vacation guilt & case study on making decisions
...and also our new podcast - Builders Gonna Build!
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Introducing Builders Gonna Build;
...an emergency newsletter wee-oo/wee-oo/wee-oo 🚨
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Ilya Bezdelev
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#10: The overdue update on 2023 & plans for 2024
This newsletter and our podcast are our diary of building Metacast, a podcast app that reimagines what listening to podcasts could be like. We’re…
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Ilya Bezdelev
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November 2023

#9: Good stuff takes time to build
...and also the power of serendipity in the age of social media
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Ilya Bezdelev
Behind the scenes #8: Anti-hardcore startup culture
...and also raw honesty of building in public and 2x-ing our engineering team!
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Ilya Bezdelev

October 2023

Behind the scenes #7: What we learned from launching an MVP
...also instrumenting metrics, new podcast episodes and free access to our book for podcasters for a limited time
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Ilya Bezdelev
Behind the scenes #6: First hire, chaos engineering, landing page
In this issue: Big news — our first hire! A former senior engineer from AWS has joined our team as the first hire! Read on for the backstory, the…
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Ilya Bezdelev

September 2023

Behind the scenes #5: Async communication in a tech startup
...and also Google shutting down their podcasts app
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Ilya Bezdelev
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