Pod Hunt and Side Projects with Mubashar Iqbal

Mubs is an amazingly prolific creator. He's built 85 side projects which are all listed on his website and was Product Hunt's Maker of the Year in 2016. His output is inspiring and he offers great advice on how to approach building side projects of your own.Mubashar IqbalPersonal Site@mubashariqbalProjectsProjectsPod HuntHacker News DayWill Robots Take My Job?Pod Hunt StackLaravelLaravel ForgeTailwind CSSVueJSMySQLTimestamps01:14 - What's Pod Hunt?03:42 - How are people using Pod Hunt?08:42 - Why Pod Hunt isn't a native app yet11:25 - How long to build the prototype?15:50 - Pod Hunt's Stack16:55 - Why Pod Hunt isn't a Single Page Application22:18 - No CDN yet23:24 - MySQL as the datastore24:24 - Laravel Forge for hosting28:13 - What's Hacker News Day?34:06 - Choose a side project that solves your own problem40:43 - The difference between projects for fun vs money50:20 - Will Robots Take My Job?