93: Stuff — Austin Blake

93: Stuff — Austin Blake

From Launched by RevenueCat by Charlie Chapman

June 3, 2026 · 1h 6m · Episode 93

About this episode

Austin Blake discusses his journey in creating the task management app Stuff and shares insights on competing in crowded markets and enhancing user experience.

On the podcast: Austin Blake shares his journey from film student and Apple superfan to the creator of Stuff, a task management app built for people who care deeply about design and productivity. He explains the challenge of competing in crowded markets, building software that “feels right,” and what it’s like getting featured by Apple. Top Takeaways: 🛠️ Out-persist the crowded market You do not need to reinvent the wheel to succeed; you can stand out in a saturated space simply by committing to continuous development and polishing the user experience over several years. 🤖 Let AI agents review each other When learning a new platform, you can accelerate development by using AI to generate code and setting up multiple AI agents to review and refine each other's plans before you inspect the final code. ⏱️ Shorten your trial to find the magic number A month-long free trial is often too much time for users to feel the urgency to upgrade; reducing your trial to seven days can significantly increase your trial-to-paid conversion rate. 📦 Rethink native paradigms from scratch Porting an app to a new platform requires more than stretching the UI; you must implement the platform-specific…

People in this episode

Host: Charlie Chapman

Guest: Austin Blake

Topics covered

  • task management
  • design
  • productivity
  • software development
  • AI
  • market competition

Keywords

  • task management
  • design
  • productivity
  • AI agents
  • App Store
  • software development
  • user experience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple

Products: Stuff

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