Marcus Wood

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Hi, I'm Marcus. I build products for people with code.

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Effective Slate Testing Using React Testing Library

November 13th, 2021 / 6 minutes to read

A Brief Background About two years ago, I was consulting for a large client that needed a rich text editor built. I knew I was in store for an adventure, but I had no idea just how far down the rabbit…

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My App Scaled to 46,000 Users Two Weeks After Launch and Made $0. Lessons Learned.

October 7th, 2020 / 2 minutes to read

Last year, I launched Guess the Throne , a Game of Thrones death pool app. I built it with a friend of mine in two weeks and launched a few just before the final season premiered. We had one goal…

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Does your Code Pass the Jeopardy Test?

June 29th, 2020 / 2 minutes to read

We've all heard the quote, "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." While naming something isn't inherently difficult, giving a name that describes…

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We Launched a Product with $150. Here’s what Happened.

April 5th, 2019 / 5 minutes to read

Every so often my team and I set two weeks aside to work on a passion project. The bottom is line is ever important, but feeding the soul with an adventure on the side is as well. We field it as-is at…

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Products

Alcamine

Alcamine

Alcamine reimagines the job search process from the ground up using a special inbox to filter inbound opportunities from job boards, portfolios, and other parts of the web.
Suri

Suri

Suri is an algorithmic trading platform built off of the Alpaca Trading API.
It's a Date

It's a Date

Online dating is flooded with mobile apps that focus on throwing potential matches into "Yes" and "No" bins. It's time for a dating app that encourages human connection through shared experiences.
Guess the Throne

Guess the Throne

Wild about Game of Thrones? Some friends and I decided to build a death pool for the final season of Game of Thrones with great results and adoption.

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