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Castro leans into indie (Interview)
May 1, 2024 · 56 min · 54.2 MB
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This week we’re joined by Dustin Bluck to discuss his acquisition of the well known (and beloved) Castro podcast app to take it indie-focused once again. As previous users of Castro, we were excited to dig into the details behind this popular podcast client to see what’s next, how the deal was done, a peek into the code, and where exactly this indie and creator focused podcast app can go.
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Featuring:
- Dustin Bluck – Website, GitHub
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- A Fresh Start for Castro
- Podcast app Castro now owned by indie developer Bluck Apps
- I am the owner of Castro Podcasts. Ask me anything!
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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- 0:00Disclaimer.
- 0:09This week on The Changelog
- 1:18Sponsor: Sentry
- 2:39Start the show!
- 3:58What is Tiny?
- 6:07Why did Andrew/Tiny sell?
- 8:09Why buy?
- 10:19The right time, right moment
- 12:06How do you value this?
- 14:35Sponsor: Cloudflare
- 16:56What is your ambition?
- 21:05Did you see the source code?
- 22:43The acquisition process
- 23:51Are you bleeding users?
- 25:04Any regrets?
- 25:33Lean into indie. Tell your story.
- 29:52The indie roadmap
- 32:38Sponsor: Notion
- 34:12Podcasting 2.0
- 39:31Discoverability / YouTube algorithm
- 41:59The money path
- 43:17Serving Android
- 45:02Will this be open source?
- 46:24Where is the money?
- 50:28Selling to the listeners
- 54:11Closing thoughts