I had no idea how board game distribution worked until I started calling retailers and distributors. Here's what I learned about margins, street dates, and consolidators.

We have an idea to do Thunk marketing and Tidy marketing at the same time. And it feels like a breakthrough.

Replace Harvest and Bonsai with Tidy. All-in-one agency management with time tracking, invoicing, scheduling, e-signatures, and a client portal.

Replace Harvest and Bonsai with Tidy. All-in-one agency management with time tracking, invoicing, scheduling, e-signatures, and a client portal.

After hemming and hawing for 20 minutes, we are joined by the inimitable Justin Jackson. He gives us an absolute treasure trove of good advice for launching and marketing Tidy.

We have quietly launched our client management app. It has invoices, agreements, schedules, time sheets, reports, and more. We'll be doing a full marketing blitz soon. Daniel has been cooking up an...

It feels like there's a dark cloud over web development right now. So where does Thunk fit into the future, and how do we win? We lay it all out here.

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Our goal for 2026 is to do a good job. John wants to start doing some serious, long term business development.

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We hired someone. We set up standardized pay bands. We discuss how we use AI, and what makes a bad AI-driven pull request. We like Three Body Problem. John sang in choir.

Most games simulate some real world scenario. So how do you decide which parts of the real world to represent in game mechanisms? This is where the real artistry of game design comes to light.

Our dear friend Caleb Porzio drops by for some laughs, and a retrospective on Wire:live. We discuss what went well, what could improve, and what we'll do differently next time.

Between each iteration of my game, I'll have dozens of ideas. But which do I actually implement? I find it extremely helpful to break my ideas down into problem statements, and then focus on just s...

Matt runs Tighten, and is a kind of big brother to us. We ask him about running agencies, building teams, hiring senior developers, and a lot more. Watch his new Laracast series

Livewire v4 beta release ⚡️ We’re excited to announce the first beta release of Livewire v4! This version brings major improvements, internal rewrites, and new features. Things are still in progres...

I've got a great game with great reviews. So how the heck do I get it onto shelves? Here's everything I've tried.

Our biggest client had a problem. We tried to get out in front of it, with mixed success. Here's what we learned. Join the new social game here. Listen to John's clickbait episode about it here.

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