A serial entrepreneur finally embraces open source (Ep. 486)
Serial entrepreneur Arpit Mohan, cofounder and CTO of Appsmith, tells Ben and Cassidy about his path to building Appsmith, an open-source project that makes it easy for engineers to build, ship, and maintain internal tools.
Serial entrepreneur Arpit Mohan, cofounder and CTO of Appsmith, tells Ben and Cassidy about his path to building Appsmith, an open-source project that makes it easy for engineers to build, ship, and maintain internal tools. They cover the “stigma” of low-code and no-code tools, why Appsmith is investing more time and effort in design, and why open-source advocates are excited for Hacktoberfest. Also: Another computing career launched by Tamagotchi.
Episode notes:
Appsmith
is an open-source, low-code platform for building and maintaining internal tools like custom dashboards, admin panels, and, of course,
CRUD apps
.
Watch Arpin’s talk
on how a low-cost, low-tech solution can simplify online payments.
Arpit isn’t the first engineer we’ve talked to whose career was sparked by the digital pets of the 90s. Listen to
Episode #431: Words of wisdom for self-taught developers
.
It’s time to get excited about
Hacktoberfest
, an annual DigitalOcean event that encourages people to contribute to open-source projects throughout the month of October.
Connect with Arpit on
LinkedIn
or
Twitter
.
Last but not least, today’s
Lifeboat badge
goes to user
Belzebub
for their answer to the question
Custom alert dialog with rounded corners and a transparent background
.
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