Life of an Indie App Developer - Computerphile
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- Marco Arment made his name developing Tumblr but is now an independent app developer and technology commentator. He works mainly on web and iPhone software.
More videos from this interview (and more coming): bit.ly/Marco_Videos
Marco's own website: marco.org
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This video was filmed and edited by Brady Haran (with a few tweaks by Sean).
Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: bit.ly/nottscomputer
Computerphile is a sister project to Numberphile. More at www.bradyharan.com
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I admire this guy's humility. He seems like a really nice guy. Probably his character is one of the reasons of his success.
Nothing better than deleting code, or simplifying redundant code. That is what gets me through the '90%' of drudgery, thinking about how I can do this simpler than I did last time, or how can I automate this process to make it quicker from now on. I am definitely a programmer that requires a challenge, and I will invent them if none exist.
This guy is so humble and honest .. outrightly tells others he isn't qualified to manage a team.. here in india you find mostly arrogant nutcases who will never do that.
+gunjeet singh india has shitty programmers
+tenminutetokyo : You are not wrong when you say one can buy a Phd. But those aren't the people who make it to silicon valley. I have some friends working in the valley and i can tell you they can compete with anyone in the world. Its not that easy for indians to make it to Silicon valley.
gunjeet singh cultural differences 😃👍
struggling programmer here. it's always motivating to watch talks with successful guys in the business.
same
I needs MOARRR.
Seriously, I'm an indie developer, Hello Internet and ATP listener on Overcast. I love the work of Marco and yourself Brady. I'm eager to watch what's coming up.
I really like this series with Marco. Looking forward to the release of more videos.
This guy sounds like Big Head in Silicon Valley!
Awesome video. Really dig this sort of stuff.
Would love to see more. Keep it up.
What a cool gent. Thanks, Brady (keep em coming), for another gem.
tumblr's Woz
SJWoz?
"Do not touch the screen. I know what you mean." Love it :)
+Sami what does it mean? I don't get it... :(
He doesn't like when somebody touch his spagh...sorry, screen. And he can get the opponent's point without any pocking his screen. Apology for the late explanation.
You really are a great interviewer, Brady.
Very interesting interview. Gives me a few ideas. Thank you.
Marco is great and so enjoyable to listen to.
overcast is awesome! the standard ios podcast app is crap so I switched to overcast and it's just so much better. great job and thanks!
I have never seen a programmer so happy in their life. I sure as hell am not.
+kubi spice Where do you work?
+kubi spice why? whats wrong with being programmer???
+Shorty4 Nothing wrong with being a programmer as I am a programmer, it is just the job I guess that you get or whom you work for. I personally do not like 12 hour days and short deadlines with threats of being fired if a extremely short deadline is not filled. I know 4 or 5 other programmers at different companies as well and they say the same thing to me. I guess the bigger the company the worse, unless you get the opportunity to work at say Google or Oracle.
+2263275electro I work on backend development at a healthcare company.
+Hanniffy Dinn Not enough time to start up a project and work for myself. To create a great project, you need multiple people with loads of different talents to work on sections of the project. Whether that be security related, CGI, marketing, etc. Most programmers do not create with security in mind, and this is a huge disservice to users of the product (s) that you create .
This video is very good. This is the level of quality we've come to expect from this channel.
This was fascinating, keep 'em coming. Also, why was Brady back to Computerphile?
Nice Schiit Audio gear there.
+Bryn Barker see the playlist link in video description to more Marco videos!!!
+Bryn Barker "That sounds like Schiit"
+Bryn Barker shiiiiiiiiiiiettt he's got schiit
Overcast is my favorite podcast app I have used so far. I recently switched from an iPhone to a Nexus phone and that is the one app I am having the hardest time replacing. It is also the only app I have ever spent money on.(partly because I'm cheap, partly because I'm poor :) I love it, still have it on my iPad.
It feels like it has been ages since this was teased…worth the wait!
(these comments though…not so much)
Allot of wise things were said in this short clip. Being in the right place at the right time can get you in the door, but it is the perseverance that will make you grow.
Thanks for honesty! Helps a lot! :)
I, too, love deleting obsolete code.
Awesome video!
I LOVE DELETING CODE.
He didn't mention that he's on a podcast called under the radar. It's a great podcast about independent app development. If you're interested in this video, you should check out that podcast!
Seems like a really independence and fame longing guy that wants to have fun. That's not an easy way to take but a respectable one. Very nice interview.
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nice one thanks for the sharing..
This man is partially responsible for the cancer that is Tumblr but he seems like a cool guy. He just made it work.
It's pretty cool to have a hand in so many successful projects.
+TheSpacecraftX He made a great product. It are the users who made it cancer.
I Wrestle Bears Very true.
+TheSpacecraftX Be thankful the tumblarina's are quarantined there.
***** It's a breeding ground for "special snowflakes" and the extreme left. Like the kind of people who get love to get offended (e.g. shirtstorm). Those people were confined to tumblr for the longest time but they're spilling out into real life and other places online.
+TheSpacecraftX there's cool parts of tumblr. there's also shitty parts. just like reddit, 4chan, facebook, and any other website.
Overcast is the best podcast app by far. But please take out the pause play button sound thing. It isnt big enough to actually see the sound waves so it just looks like half light orange half dark orange.
Okie this is f*ing 7 years but super relatably relevant till this day.
00:07 00:24 00:36 01:11 01:42 02:28 02:34 03:35 04:19 04:27 05:48 07:26 08:23
+Piano Telope He is nervous xD
+Piano Telope You have so much time.
+Piano Telope lol didn't notice that
+Vishwas Chauhan I suppose that's why he is being interviewed and not me. :) But I will not be listening to his podcast or other spoken-word media... jk x
+Piano Telope Wait... Is laughing against the rules now?
i remember the early days of tumblr and how often it was down
ashley thank this guy for that 😂
Inspiring!
The top-right thumbnail at the end of the video titled 'app development' doesn't even exist (yet) ?
Anybody know where I could pick up some of those acoustic panels that he has?
Are there any places where people can give off projects to other people?
I wish I was an iOS dev back in 2008.
Interesting!
Are those Schiit Audio stuff near the speaker on the left?
"When do you let it go?"
Great art is never completed - merely abandoned.
Do one on Siracusa too, please!
Damn... He really had to say "gif" without a trigger warning? I feel offended.
+therealpanse Ich auch - und das schon bevor das Video hochgeladen wurde. Verschwörung? Illuminaten? Freimaurer? Oder doch nur Außerirdische...
+therealpanse Please go easy on him. It's not his fault that it turned out like that.
+therealpanse e d g y
This guys sounds like bighead from silicon valley
When did they change from being programs?
MARCO ARMENT ON TH-cam OMGMGG
why is Agassi making apps ?
03:30 Fed-EX truck!
+Archsinner Brand Placement. lol
thank u :*
Buffer overflow attack annotation link directs to Indie Games & the Fourth Dimension.
Drake Walker It was a buffer overflow app
Marco looks quite different than how I imagined he looks
What programming language do Marco use?
This guy is so modest that I think he has real confidence issues ^^.
2:20 "Do not touch the screen, I know what you mean." Haha I also get crazy when people put their dirty little finger on my screen
Can't wait this guy start streaming, would be cool. Kappa
Why did he say he moved past the stage of his life where he could do something like that?
Overcast is the best podcast app
The next thing is VR. Be ready people!
Been ready for a while 😒
As a software developer, I agree with what he says at about 4:20, you need both of fixing an app and creating something new.
I believe what he meant to say is Brand (tm)
So do you figure VR could be the next wave?
tumblr is a terrible place nowadays
why thank you for it, Marco, thank you!
So essentially he learned about branding and marketing and that helped him succeed.
The "don't touch my screen, I know what you mean" sticker though.
Something about being a co-developer of Tumblr and being called an Indie dev just doesn't sit with me right.
Regardless of if Tumblr was indie or not while he was there (it stopped being indie when he left by the sounds of things), his current job is "indie developer" so that's what he calls himself.
+certee You're right, he wasn't an indie dev working at Tumblr. But now he's self employed working on projects like Instapaper and Overcast.
He's an indie iOS app developer, not necessarily an indie developer in a general sense.
+EyePodX Indie to me invokes a sense of a game developer versus the scary corporate world. He practically founded a corporation. His resume will allow him into many doors. That isn't Indie to me.
Oi! back-end is where fun is! It's way more interesting than insane a-new-framework-trend-every-month front-end.
"waste some time with..." subtle
"Being in the market when it's taking off is a huge advantage" So, gotta learn all about VR. App stores and such are already flooded.
What's that keyboard? :D
Overcast is still not on Android.
Happy to be early!
Sir I have a idea to create a great apps sir plz help me
I'm a +2 (higher secondary) student from Kerala, India. I have a billion usd app idea but i don't know how to build an app. What could i do for accomplishing my idea. Can anyone help me..
thank you!!
Bibin Zacharia lol
This is exactly what I want to do in life.
+daniel crooks You will regret it.
+Dataacid why?
+Dataacid LOL, why would he?
+Dataacid Why? If you get the gist of it, it's really quite fun.
If you can handle stress very well, then you could possibly love it. If you cant, then look elsewhere.
I can't figure out why he doesn't sound the same. I barely recognize his voice and I hear it all the time in podcasts.
Different microphone, it makes a surprisingly big difference
Spring cleaning is the best :)
"Controller : [Logic]"...any number of players take turns with the same basic rule set of shapes pieces to mix...then...the entire set the players create is shifted by 1 person over to challenge them with the other person's arrangement...its timed...whoever's in the top 50% gets a slightly tougher starting basis...the grind continues by 50% of cutting the players...until...1...remains...
he said sometimes it's just luck, sometimes it's just being at the right place at the right time (and some other one), but these 2 are the same !? aren't they both luck!!
We may spent lifetime searching for an opportunity like tumbler, and you just walked away?
I hope that you kept some options to keep you funded.
+Amr ElAdawy He's buying a Tesla, I think he's got plenty of money :)
+Brandon Butler I don't know. I wonder if he requested a payout. I know he said he left before they blew up, but exactly how big the platform was when he left is still unanswered.
+kubi spice
Yes, this is my question also
kubi spice I wasn't implying he bought it with funds from Tesla. I think he gets a lot of money from selling Overcast.
Brandon Butler
All software people deserve better life with more money and appreciation
This is perfect for CGPGrey.....
I'm an indie developer too :P
Is he seriously younger than me? We both have similar careers, I think he's really cool. :D
Edit: He's 5 years older than me, I just checked. He just started a few years later than I did.
Too bad instapaper is now useless cuz of apple news app. but I still love overcast though. Really smart guy, I can see he wants to be the next Mark Zukerberg
Programmer here, deleting code is easily the most satisfying part of my job. All those potential problems, gone! Nasty spaghetti code, gone! Copy pasted garbage, gone!
Hey Marco, I just watched your video. I'm looking for a developer. I have an amazing app idea. I'm not sure how to protect my idea before speaking to a developer so they cant steal my idea. Do you have any pointers for me?
Let the camera sit.
He's only 33 too... dang.
Hey Dude are you a app developer? I Want to start my business can you help me to develope my business android app?
It's always a bit disconcerting somehow seeing the faces of all these people whose voices you are so familiar with.
This dude must be Stefan Molyneux's blood brother.
*sigh* Wish I was smart enough to come up with stuff like Mr. Arment. Ah, well.
Wow. Early. Also, love this video.
Twitter? ¿??
Instapaper 👍🏼
that "indy" in the thumbnail
+meanwhile It's a dog's name.
I don't get the dislikes o_O
I connected very well, the boring 90% stuff
and now .... framework in 10 seconds lol