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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

S7 E2: Marie Ng, Llama Life

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

Tech News, News, Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.6216 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Marie Ng was born in Malaysia but grew up in Australia. She has lived and worked in London and New York City, so you could say she has been all over. At one point, she decided to teach herself how to code, which led her into her current venture. She has a dog named Homer, and ensures that he maintains his celebrity status on social media. While she was learning how to code for the third time, she changed the learning method to working on an actual project. After she completed an early version of a to do list, she got great feedback from her following on Twitter. Though she didn't plan to turn it into a business, people started following and supporting the project. This is the creation story of Llama Life. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

In terms of trade-offs now, because there's more customers, because there's more feature requests,

0:07.1

there definitely are a lot of trade-offs to be made. I guess at some point I want to improve the database

0:13.8

and try and make it a bit more scalable. But right now, nobody has ever complained about the

0:20.0

speed of the product,, how fast it loads,

0:23.0

or there's no one saying, oh, this is so slow.

0:25.7

So right now, we're just going to stick to Firebase.

0:30.2

For now, it's still really, really capable.

0:33.2

But I think sometime in the future, there's going to be a switch where, you know, it changes.

0:39.5

I'm Marie Ong and I'm the founder of Lama Life.

0:47.7

This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and leave.

0:59.5

A team that has your back.

1:02.4

I'm your host, Noel Apar.

1:03.9

And today how Marie Ung built the best platform for you to say goodbye to those never-ending lists in Hello Today with Bliss.

1:13.5

All this and more on Coat Story.

1:20.3

Marie Ung was born in Malaysia, but grew up in Australia. She's lived and worked in London and New York

1:26.6

City, so you could say she's been all over.

1:29.2

She has a dog named Homer and ensures that he maintains his celebrity status on social media.

1:35.4

While she was learning how to code for the third time, she changed the learning method to

1:39.6

working on an actual project. After she completed an early version of a to-do list, she got great feedback

1:45.5

from her following on Twitter. Though she didn't plan to turn it into a business, people

1:50.1

started supporting the project. This is the creation story of Lama Life.

1:59.5

So Lama Life is a productivity tool and it is all about helping people increase their focus and their

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