Episode 28.2: Interview with Charles Watson of The GG App

Welcome back to another episode of the Online Warriors Podcast!

This week, to give our cast some time to celebrate the holidays with their families, we'll be revisiting a special guest interview featuring Charles Watson, solo-developer of GG, a backlog tracking app considered by some to be the Goodreads for Games! Charles came on the show today to chat about all things GG and gaming! Some quick hits from our interview:

• Charles' background and start in software development (0:40)
• A little background about GG and the inspiration behind the app (1:13)
• The origin story of the GG name (2:40)
• The exponential growth of GG (3:56)
• How the growth of the user base has impacted development (5:29)
• The trick to balancing work, family, and app development (6:33)
• How the GG user interface came to reach the current state (8:48)
• The future of the GG app (11:55)
• A hot tip for any developers looking to start an app or site (13:06)
• Charles' personal backlog (13:57)
• Charles answers: "If you could be a superhero, what would be your superpower?" (17:35)

Special shoutout to our Patreon Producer: Steven Keller

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As always, we appreciate you tuning in, and look forward to seeing you next week! Stay safe and healthy everyone!

Thanks again to Charles Watson! Check him out at:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/sircharlesw 
• GG App on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheGGApp 
• GG App: https://ggapp.io/ 

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