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πŸ’Œ Tiny Improvements

πŸ’Œ Tiny Improvements

Hosted by Mike Bifulco

Episodes

19

Latest episode

Aug 2024

Language

EN

About the show

This is the audio version of πŸ’Œ Tiny Improvements: my weekly newsletter sharing one small yet impactful idea for product builders, startup founders, and indiehackers. It's your cheat code for building products your customers will love. Learn from the CTO of a Y Combinator-backed startup, with past experience at Google, Stripe, and Microsoft. About me: I'm Mike Bifulco. I live in Charlotte, North Carolina, where I work as the CTO and co-founder of Craftwork. I'm also a developer advocate, writer, podcaster and serial startup founder. In the past I've worked for Google, Stripe, Microsoft, and Gymnasium. I'm cofounder of APIs You Won't Hate, a the largest community for API Developers on the web.

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August 14, 2024Episode 204 min

How to source and use expert knowledge for your work

One of the most effective ways to grow as a developer is by tapping into the vast pool of knowledge available in the developer community.Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

April 23, 2024Episode 194 min

Simple habits for a happier team

Small changes and management techniques can transform your team's dynamics and boost morale. Explore practices like expressing gratitude, weekly reflections, and eliminating negative behaviors to foster a positive, growing team.Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

April 15, 2024Episode 185 min

BECOME UNREASONABLE: Designing for Hospitality

Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara outlines how to making customers feel exceptionally special. Let's bring these hospitality principles to tech, by creating memorable experiences, and using hospitality to elevate customer satisfaction in product design, engaging with the people using our products.Get yourself a copy of Unreasonable Hospitality here(00:00) - Designing for Hospitality (00:09) - Introduction (00:37) - Unreasonable Hospitality (02:23) - How We Feel Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

April 12, 2024Episode 173 min

Keep your tools sharp

The tools we use to get our work done are incredibly important, and taking the time to tune them to work just right can make a huge difference in our productivity and happiness.Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

March 29, 2024Episode 166 min

Gestalt: Design principles every developer should know

Ever felt that you've seen a design that just makes sense to you, but you couldn't quite put your finger on why? There's rules for that. Let's talk about Gestalt...Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

March 28, 2024Episode 154 min

Why your weekend projects help you level up

A look at the cognitive science behind the Hierarchy of Competence, and how dabbling with new frameworks and tools can make you a better developer.Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

March 26, 2024Episode 145 min

Take my money! Some of my favorite tools, and why I pay for them

I'm a huge fan of products that use their a free tier to prove their value, and then convert me to a paying customer. Here are a few tools I pay for, and why I think they're worth it.(00:00) - Take my money! Some of my favorite tools, and why I pay for them (00:09) - Introduction (00:50) - Transistor.fm (01:07) - Transistor's Killer Features (02:19) - Descript (03:26) - Backblaze Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

March 26, 2024Episode 136 min

Tiny Tips for better SEO

I hear from a lot of devs that they don't know where to start with SEO. Here are 3 tiny tips about to get you started.More from me on SEOI wrote a tutorial on setting up Self-healing URLs on your Next.js site that you might find useful.Ever wonder how to correctly add subtitles to your h1 tags? I've got you covered.These are the SEO tools I use to grow my sites to 20k+ vistors/month.Creators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

March 14, 2024Episode 125 min

Reflecting on the first year of Craftwork

Reflecting on my first year as CTO of Craftwork, and the many things I've learned along the way. β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

February 29, 2024Episode 114 min

I hate Tailwind CSS. Here's why I use it.

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that I've come to love. Here's why I use it, and why I think you should too.Have thoughts on this episode? Drop me a line on Threads @irreverentmikeCreators & Guests Mike Bifulco - Host β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

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