Above Board, the official Fathom Analytics podcast
A podcast exploring running an independent + bootstrapped software (SaaS) company. Follow along as we share the journey of building and growing Fathom Analytics.
The podcast is currently taking a hiatus whilst we plan what we're doing next.
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Episodes
Paul has retired
In this episode of the Fathom Analytics Above Board podcast, hosts Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis dive into a significant transition—Paul's retirement from the company.'
Why Google search is failing us
In the latest episode of the Aboveboard Podcast, hosts Paul Jarvis and Jack Ellis discuss the decline of Google as an effective search engine, particularly in light of its increasing reliance on AI-generated content.'
Fathom updates and WP drama
Jack and Paul discuss what’s new at Fathom Analytics recently, like the ongoing refactor project. This paves the way for great new features, including entry and exit pages. They also give their opinions on the recent drama in the WordPress (WP) community between Automattic and WPEngine.
Jack and Paul talk politics
The hosts debate the complexities of freedom of speech, censorship, and the role of government and corporations in regulating discourse, emphasizing the importance of allowing open discussions to foster understanding and informed opinions.
Small updates, big progress
Things are humming along at Fathom Analytics - we’ve released several new features, have more in the pipeline coming soon, and the redoing of our internal processes is going quite well.
New Fathom UI, who dis?
Jack and Paul get into updating the application’s interface design and how that paves the way for new features coming soon.
Exploring the Ethics and privacy implications of AI
Jack and Paul discuss AI ethics, privacy, data protection, and the challenges of using AI reliably in software development.
The problem with big projects
Jack and Paul discuss why large projects stall and plan smaller, regular releases to move the next version of Fathom Analytics forward.
The art of progress
Software is complex. This episode goes into the pros and cons of how Jack (developer) and Paul (designer) work in terms of how they each make progress in huge projects, start and execute tasks, and deal with analysis paralysis that comes with complicated things.
The road to version 4
A new marketing site was launched, we’re still a small team navigating focus, we’re working on a brand new version of our software, and we’ve prototyped a new ingest to be the fastest analytics ingest in the world.