John Nunemaker

yeah exactly yep i'm i'm kind of almost back in speaker deck as well again so it's like that's the in and out for the fourth time or whatever so how do you get back in on speaker deck where so my what where is in well uh equity sorry just equity so like my friend ownership yeah so my friend i sold it to my friend and so he's been running it and then every so often i come in and i help on it because it's a you know it gets a lot of traffic and a lot of scale so not just anyone can work on it people can work on it and build things but eventually it's going to struggle

yeah exactly yep i'm i'm kind of almost back in speaker deck as well again so it's like that's the in and out for the fourth time or whatever so how do you get back in on speaker deck where so my what where is in well uh equity sorry just equity so like my friend ownership yeah so my friend i sold it to my friend and so he's been running it and then every so often i come in and i help on it because it's a you know it gets a lot of traffic and a lot of scale so not just anyone can work on it people can work on it and build things but eventually it's going to struggle

I've got a lot of experience from GitHub, from words of friends, things like that in the past of large scale Rails apps. And so I'm able to come in and a week or two and kind of fix things up. And I was like, why don't we just come up with something? You can pay me if you want, or I can just maybe we can just hammer out some kind of equity thing.

I've got a lot of experience from GitHub, from words of friends, things like that in the past of large scale Rails apps. And so I'm able to come in and a week or two and kind of fix things up. And I was like, why don't we just come up with something? You can pay me if you want, or I can just maybe we can just hammer out some kind of equity thing.

And then Fireside dropped in and we're like, OK, let's figure out Fireside first. And he is also in on fireside. He's one of the people that joined on that. So, and he'll be doing the marketing and stuff. And so that's where it was kind of like, okay, like let's figure this one out first and then we'll figure out the other one after that. You built words with friends. Is that what you said?

And then Fireside dropped in and we're like, OK, let's figure out Fireside first. And he is also in on fireside. He's one of the people that joined on that. So, and he'll be doing the marketing and stuff. And so that's where it was kind of like, okay, like let's figure this one out first and then we'll figure out the other one after that. You built words with friends. Is that what you said?

So I didn't, I built, I scale, help scale it. So when I started, it was maybe, I don't remember like 60, 70,000 requests a minute and it was going down every night. And then I had some friends who were working on it. And one, one friend in particular, Jesse Newland. And he was like, I think, you know, noon's can help us. And so I was like, sure, I'll try.

So I didn't, I built, I scale, help scale it. So when I started, it was maybe, I don't remember like 60, 70,000 requests a minute and it was going down every night. And then I had some friends who were working on it. And one, one friend in particular, Jesse Newland. And he was like, I think, you know, noon's can help us. And so I was like, sure, I'll try.

And it was the first and only time in my life. I think I've had imposter syndrome where I was like, I don't think I can actually help you. But I was like, let's try it, you know? And between the two of us, we were able to help get it away as I brought on some other friends who are much smarter than me. That was really my value in that.

And it was the first and only time in my life. I think I've had imposter syndrome where I was like, I don't think I can actually help you. But I was like, let's try it, you know? And between the two of us, we were able to help get it away as I brought on some other friends who are much smarter than me. That was really my value in that.

And so when I left, yeah, it was millions of requests a minute in Rails, all in Rails, and just basically wrote Memcache for like two years, a year and a half or so. And so we helped him launch on Facebook and all that kind of stuff as well. That was ordered list days before we got acquired by GitHub. Before you were acquired. Yep.

And so when I left, yeah, it was millions of requests a minute in Rails, all in Rails, and just basically wrote Memcache for like two years, a year and a half or so. And so we helped him launch on Facebook and all that kind of stuff as well. That was ordered list days before we got acquired by GitHub. Before you were acquired. Yep.

Yep. Just like SaaS apps. And it is like my mom still, she still plays on it. I haven't, I kind of dropped games, but yeah. I dropped off as well, yeah. I think there's still a lot of activity. So I don't even know who owns it anymore, if it's still Zynga or not. Because they bought them at some point.

Yep. Just like SaaS apps. And it is like my mom still, she still plays on it. I haven't, I kind of dropped games, but yeah. I dropped off as well, yeah. I think there's still a lot of activity. So I don't even know who owns it anymore, if it's still Zynga or not. Because they bought them at some point.

They had all kinds of stuff that were all with friends. Yeah, it was smart. Right.

They had all kinds of stuff that were all with friends. Yeah, it was smart. Right.

And I, I think that happens with everything. It happens with SAS apps, like anything that, you know, has stickiness is going to have that same kind of like, I guess like tail, a long tail of like, where it's just going to go like that for quite a while. I mean, just again, just since fireside, I think I've had three or four or five people, uh,

And I, I think that happens with everything. It happens with SAS apps, like anything that, you know, has stickiness is going to have that same kind of like, I guess like tail, a long tail of like, where it's just going to go like that for quite a while. I mean, just again, just since fireside, I think I've had three or four or five people, uh,

come up to me we're kind of in a similar boat and it's really fascinating to me because on one hand it's like the first i remember the first time i talked about it with anybody they're like dude that's that's a lot of money like what if it goes to zero and i'm like they don't go to zero they just don't like think about all these apps on the internet actually i talked to adam i forgot about that we we talked and he was like well what if it goes to zero you said that adam he said that

come up to me we're kind of in a similar boat and it's really fascinating to me because on one hand it's like the first i remember the first time i talked about it with anybody they're like dude that's that's a lot of money like what if it goes to zero and i'm like they don't go to zero they just don't like think about all these apps on the internet actually i talked to adam i forgot about that we we talked and he was like well what if it goes to zero you said that adam he said that