Adam Wathan joins me again to talk about what it's like to run a massively popular open source software (TailwindCSS)—the good, the bad, and everything in between.

“I literally don't need to make another dollar for the rest of my life. And the only reason to do what I do is that I want to make really good things, and I want it to be fun.” - Adam Wathan

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In this conversation:

Adam Wathan:

Adam's company, Tailwind CSS

Adam on Twitter: @adamwathan
Adam's personal site

Brian Casel:

Brian’s company, ZipMessage

Brian on Twitter: @casjam

Thanks to ZipMessage

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Quotes:

“This would make more money, you do that this is a guaranteed success! That's like, that's not the point. You know, what's the point of doing something that you don't derive a sort of innate joy from for 40 years, and then being able to, you know, go play basketball when you're 70 and your body doesn't work anymore?”

“When you hit like the product-market fit on anything, the natural gravity of the universe is pulling you towards growth.”