95: What Really Happened to Screenhero The Art of Product

While Derrick is away, Ben welcomes Don Goodman-Wilson, who was the first hire at Screenhero in 2013.


Don shares his version of Screenhero’s incredible journey, its migration to Slack, and Tuple coming to the rescue. Better late than never!


Today’s Topics Include:



Work Ethic/Culture: Doctorate in philosophy requires logic and dedication
Engineering Challenges: Learning low-level C/C++ code in Screenhero product
Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac: Harmonizing code bases
Web Application Programming: User interface (UI), reliability, latency, quality, and billing
Product/Market Fit: Quick growth, adoption, and implementation of Screenhero
Pair Programming: Personal and professional sharing and collaboration
Second Day at First Expo: Atlassian’s interest, followed by Slack’s acquisition
Platform of Choice: Who’s the best partner to work with to achieve Screenhero’s goals?
In and Out of the Sandbox: Screenhero’s prone to crashing and uses private APIs
Slack destroyed Screenhero: Expectations and compromises created culture clash
Heartbreaking, Rational Reality: Removal of remote screen control in Slack calls
Maintainerati’s Mission: Understand challenges and offer solutions for maintaining open source software


Links and resources:


Don Goodman-Wilson 


Don Goodman-Wilson on LinkedIn


Maintainerati


Screenhero


Y Combinator


Slack


The Screenhero Story - The Screenhero Blog


Removal of remote screen control in Slack calls


Atlassian


HipChat


WebRTC


Redis


Python


Stripe


Ractive.js


Ruby-Grape Rack


Ruby on Rails


Dropbox


Google Hangouts


Art of Product on Twitter


Derrick Reimer Website


Derrick Reimer on Twitter


Ben Orenstein Website


Ben Orenstein on Twitter


Maintainerati on Twitter


Tuple


Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide


StaticKit


Level


Level Retrospective


Level Manifesto