Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href=""></a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/">@</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle"> Kurt Mackey talks with Dave Rael about Fly, family, software, business, and improv </div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Kurt Mackey ran tech for Ars Technica, then left to build compose.io (prev. MongoHQ, YC S11), which was sold to IBM. Now, he's a cofounder of Fly.io. He also does a little improv at Second City in Chicago to keep things interesting.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Kurt Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The context, history, opportunity, and status of fly.io</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Surprising user behavior</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The reasons for open sourcing fly.io</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kurt's experiences with Ars Technica</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The similarities and differences between building systems and building teams</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Humility, business, improv, and technical talks</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The tendencies of developers to undervalue themselves and Fly's equity grants to open source developers</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kurt's story of failure - family difficulties with Kurt's travel, spending time and money of distractions</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kurt's book recommendation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Kurt's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Kurt</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://fly.io/" target="_blank">Fly</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.secondcity.com/" target="_blank">Second City</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal_utility#Diminishing_marginal_utility" target="_blank">Diminishing marginal utility</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network" target="_blank">Content Delivery Network</a></li> <li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/author/kurt/" target="_blank">Kurt on Ars Technica</a></li> <li><a href="http://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-324-obie-fernandez-timing-opportunity" target="_blank">Obie Fernandez on Developer On Fire</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-book-recommendation"> <h6>Kurt's book recommendation:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0671027034/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-tips"> <h6>Kurt's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Get over your pride and get something out there</li> <li>Optimize for success, don't try to prevent failure</li> <li>Build real friendships with people who have common interests</li> </ol> </div> </div>
