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Episodes
Ship Fam: Return Of The Fam
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! And we're off the cuff.Luke visited me in NYC and we recorded an off the cuff in person episode. It's like we never left!Topic...
Update Episode - Coming Back BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey all! Sorry for the long gap between episodes. This is a quick update letting you know what Luke and I are planning for the pod. Here's the TLDR: W...
Luke's Crack App
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke challenged himself to build an app for his young nieces over a family reunion. Hear about what he built and how it was so addicting his extended ...
Is Flutter Web Viable Now? and Luke's PWA "Vibe Check" Projects
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a Luke update where he talks about the Flutter WASM based PWAs (Progressive Web App) he's been building to "vibe check" ...
Outdoors Apps with Coding Marine
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke and I talk to Mike Jones (AKA CodingMarine) about his set of outdoors focused Flutter apps! https://dontforgetthespoon.com/ https://www.dontforg...
Anatomy of a Banger App (Umax case study)
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke walks through his methodology for analyzing successful consumer apps and applies to the viral multi-million ARR "Umax" looks maxing app...
What Feels "Native"? - Interview With Matan on Flutter Rendering
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We interviewed Matan Lurey-and Engineer working on Impeller on the Flutter team! We talked to him about the decisions and underlying mechanics driving...
Interview With Sebastian, the Indie Hacker Behind HabitKit!
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, we bring on Sebastian and talk about his indie journey from new grad to six figure ARR with HabitKit! Links: https://x.com/Se...
Flutter Leadership and Package Ecosystem
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke and Casey discuss The Dart/Flutter package ecosystem and Flutter's seeming lack of top down leadership or publicly communicated vision. Flut...
Stories From the Trenches: Software Engineering Interviews
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Casey and Luke swap their software engineering interview stories! https://x.com/luke_pighetti https://x.com/caseycrogers
Counterintuitive App Dev Tricks THEY Don't Want You To Know
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke and I discuss why and how engineers are so bad at predicting user behavior and share some counterintuitive tips and tricks we've learned for ...
Casey Is Selling Out (Dribble Game Pt 3, EU/Acc, and the CEO of RIzz)
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One month ago we set goals for Casey's viral NBA trivia app "Dribble Game". Through ASO and funnel optimization, we were going to 5x it ...
"eXtreme Go Horse" and Why Experienced Engineers Do Everything Wrong (TM)
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke and I riff on "eXtreme Go Horse", a Brazilian coding style we discovered through a youtube video by the Primeagen. We discuss how exper...
Luke Solo Ep - Thenics Pro Status update
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Casey is traveling back from Europe to the land of the free and the home of the brave so this week's episode is a solo episode with Luke giving a ...
Luke walks away from his six figure salary
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke talks about: the solar eclipse, quitting his job at tonal, and the "Waffle House" top-of-funnel experiment that he's currently runn...
Dart Code Metrics - Monetizing Client Side Tools and The Downsides of Open Source Software
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We brought on Dmitry Zhifarsky to talk about his premium Dart/Flutter analysis tool "Dart Code Metrics". We focus on the downsides to open s...
Dribble Game and Financial Independence - pt 2.
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a follow up to last week's episode on Dribble Game-Casey's viral NBA trivia app. This week's episode focuses on ASO and paywall o...
A Viral Trivia App and Financial Independence - pt 1.
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Casey talks about Dribble Game Trivia, the viral basketball trivia app he built in Flutter with Taylor Stein. The app reached #23 for Trivia on the Ap...
Building a Privacy First Budgeting App with Brandon Trautmann
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke and Casey talk to Brandon Trautmann, a Flutter engineer at personal finance startup Betterment. Inspired by #buildinpublic on Twitter, Brandon l...