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Make Great Software with Chris & Gina

Build better software with industry veterans Chris LoSacco and Gina Trapani.

Our podcast Make Great Software offers practical principles from firsthand experience making software, apps, and digital platforms people love to use. These ideas aren't theoretical. They come from real projects, real clients, and real mistakes. Let's go make great software.

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Episode 5 · 41 min

Keep It Fast

Speed is a feature. Maybe the most important one. If users have time to wonder what's going on, your software is broken.

Episode 4 · 33 min

Embrace Constraints

What if the deadline is the best thing that ever happened to your project? A hard deadline, a small team, or a tiny screen makes you find the 20 percent that matters.

Episode 3 · 36 min

Build One Inch at a Time

What's the smallest thing you can ship today? Make it smaller, point the frame at the right thing, and get that one piece right before you move on.

Episode 2 · 36 min

Solve Real Customer Problems

Customers will lie to you. They just don't want to hurt your feelings. We take on a principle that sounds obvious and is hard to practice.

Episode 1 · 28 min

Let's Get to Work

Most software is bad. In our debut episode, we dig into the gap between software that fights you and software that feels like magic.

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