Building Liminal
A short, weekly podcast where Jeremy shares his progress on building an MVP of Liminal, a fresh take on old-school forums, due out November 1, 2024..
Jeremy Smith
Show overview
Building Liminal has published 9 episodes during 2024. That works out to roughly 3 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 19 min and 22 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.5 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by Jeremy Smith.
From the publisher
A short, weekly podcast where Jeremy shares his progress on building an MVP of Liminal, a fresh take on old-school forums, due out November 1, 2024.
Latest Episodes
Ep 9The MVP Launch
Ep 8Responding to Feedback
Ep 7Technically, Week 10
Ep 6Week 6 - Hitting a Wall
Ep 5Week 5 - Riffing on Topic Subscriptions
Ep 4Week 4 - Revisiting Level
Ep 3Week 3 - Pipelining that HTML
Jeremy provides an update on his progress with building Liminal, a new take on old school forums. He discusses his work on Markdown rendering and processing, including helping to fix a bug in a gem. He also talks about implementing Markdown previews and an emoji picker. Jeremy shares his thoughts on using view components and the importance of extracting components from existing views. He explores the concept of direct messages (DMs) and how they can be used as ad hoc liminal spaces. He reflects on the challenges of building an MVP and the need to create a facade that conveys the potential of the product. Jeremy also mentions the launch of a podcast and the possibility of using Ripple.fm for discussions.https://liminal.transistor.fm/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tPz5_iXK38
Ep 2Week 2 - Why Not Open Source?
Jeremy provides an update on his progress with Liminal, an app he is working on. He discusses the idea of open sourcing the app and explains why he decided against it. He also talks about the market positioning of Liminal as an alternative to Slack and Discord, and the importance of features like easy forum switching and affordable pricing. Jeremy shares his thoughts on technical aspects such as namespacing, form objects, and the use of a guest user null object pattern. He explores the idea of allowing users to bring their own file storage and discusses the potential inclusion of direct messaging in the app. Jeremy reflects on the progress he has made and the importance of taking breaks to gain fresh perspective. He also provides an update on his time tracking and acknowledges that his workload may be unsustainable in the coming weeks.
Ep 1Week 1 - Not Actually 5 Minutes
Jeremy provides an update on his progress in building Liminal, a forum platform. He discusses the feedback he received on his product and the challenges he is facing. One challenge is the need for users to check multiple platforms for discussions, and he sees an opportunity to create a unified platform for forums. Another challenge is the lack of clear incentives for users to post on a new platform like forums compared to social media. Jeremy also talks about the progress he made on the thread page and his decision to use Markdown for post bodies. He shares his time tracking and commitment to working on Liminal in his spare time.