Building Liminal Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/building-liminal A short, weekly podcast where Jeremy shares his progress on building an MVP of Liminal, a fresh take on old-school forums, due out November 1, 2024. © 2025 Jeremy Smith 02aad662-aa00-551c-8206-d4061a14c97d no en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:36:49 -0400 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:40:09 -0500 https://liminal.forum/ https://img.transistor.fm/ou5OCo9ygY0m_1f2x3s8u8q_IfRtQnhpus6zr4fTiSg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZjM0/ODk5Njc0MjA5OWVm/MTUwOTZjZDdkODE0/YjZhYS5wbmc.jpg Building Liminal https://liminal.forum/ episodic Jeremy Smith A short, weekly podcast where Jeremy shares his progress on building an MVP of Liminal, a fresh take on old-school forums, due out November 1, 2024. A short, weekly podcast where Jeremy shares his progress on building an MVP of Liminal, a fresh take on old-school forums, due out November 1, 2024.. Jeremy Smith No No The MVP Launch 9 9 The MVP Launch full 17eb0e40-5aa3-48e6-adf9-6ac6745f6b9a https://share.transistor.fm/s/457bb5d2 Sat, 02 Nov 2024 15:07:10 -0400 Jeremy Smith Jeremy Smith 1658 No Responding to Feedback 8 8 Responding to Feedback full d6c8f955-d7a9-4e63-b318-678be552a76b https://share.transistor.fm/s/7078f6b6 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:40:35 -0400 Jeremy Smith Jeremy Smith 971 No Technically, Week 10 7 7 Technically, Week 10 full 2fd10661-1d6e-4b3f-961d-d0fcbab2e7e4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b4a658ed Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:51:21 -0400 Jeremy Smith Jeremy Smith 1342 No Week 6 - Hitting a Wall 6 6 Week 6 - Hitting a Wall full 78328ebc-c7c1-4711-8ce7-eff6bbe2b0ea https://share.transistor.fm/s/935ec63f Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:45:42 -0400 Jeremy Smith Jeremy Smith 1143 No Week 5 - Riffing on Topic Subscriptions 5 5 Week 5 - Riffing on Topic Subscriptions full 9608b241-ecda-4ffa-87b8-752d1c10ef8b https://share.transistor.fm/s/cf312828 Fri, 06 Sep 2024 11:22:50 -0400 Jeremy Smith Jeremy Smith 1618 No Week 4 - Revisiting Level 4 4 Week 4 - Revisiting Level full ead56794-b370-4406-9733-82a09131e6a4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2e086b9f Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:01:50 -0400 Jeremy Smith Jeremy Smith 1278 No Jeremy Smith Week 3 - Pipelining that HTML 3 3 Week 3 - Pipelining that HTML full 5b9842ca-f4c7-4401-88a0-751c565fef23 https://share.transistor.fm/s/af361c60 Jeremy provides an update on his progress with building Liminal, a new take on old school forums. He discusses his work on Markdown rendering and processing, including helping to fix a bug in a gem. He also talks about implementing Markdown previews and an emoji picker. Jeremy shares his thoughts on using view components and the importance of extracting components from existing views. He explores the concept of direct messages (DMs) and how they can be used as ad hoc liminal spaces. He reflects on the challenges of building an MVP and the need to create a facade that conveys the potential of the product. Jeremy also mentions the launch of a podcast and the possibility of using Ripple.fm for discussions.


https://liminal.transistor.fm/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tPz5_iXK38

]]> Jeremy provides an update on his progress with building Liminal, a new take on old school forums. He discusses his work on Markdown rendering and processing, including helping to fix a bug in a gem. He also talks about implementing Markdown previews and an emoji picker. Jeremy shares his thoughts on using view components and the importance of extracting components from existing views. He explores the concept of direct messages (DMs) and how they can be used as ad hoc liminal spaces. He reflects on the challenges of building an MVP and the need to create a facade that conveys the potential of the product. Jeremy also mentions the launch of a podcast and the possibility of using Ripple.fm for discussions.


https://liminal.transistor.fm/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tPz5_iXK38

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https://liminal.transistor.fm/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tPz5_iXK38

]]> No Jeremy Smith Week 2 - Why Not Open Source? 2 2 Week 2 - Why Not Open Source? full 57a4b879-588a-4674-80bd-4c878a69b3f4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/04c6162b Jeremy provides an update on his progress with Liminal, an app he is working on. He discusses the idea of open sourcing the app and explains why he decided against it. He also talks about the market positioning of Liminal as an alternative to Slack and Discord, and the importance of features like easy forum switching and affordable pricing. Jeremy shares his thoughts on technical aspects such as namespacing, form objects, and the use of a guest user null object pattern. He explores the idea of allowing users to bring their own file storage and discusses the potential inclusion of direct messaging in the app. Jeremy reflects on the progress he has made and the importance of taking breaks to gain fresh perspective. He also provides an update on his time tracking and acknowledges that his workload may be unsustainable in the coming weeks.

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]]> No Jeremy Smith Week 1 - Not Actually 5 Minutes 1 1 Week 1 - Not Actually 5 Minutes full 36d297e5-2cef-493a-84ae-57733098c7db https://share.transistor.fm/s/22ddec7b Jeremy provides an update on his progress in building Liminal, a forum platform. He discusses the feedback he received on his product and the challenges he is facing. One challenge is the need for users to check multiple platforms for discussions, and he sees an opportunity to create a unified platform for forums. Another challenge is the lack of clear incentives for users to post on a new platform like forums compared to social media. Jeremy also talks about the progress he made on the thread page and his decision to use Markdown for post bodies. He shares his time tracking and commitment to working on Liminal in his spare time.

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