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From Side Project to Viral Sensation: Meet the Engineer Behind the Flying Poop-Scooper 🚁
Plus: Building Thriving Communities
Brent Peterson
February 19, 2025
The Talk Commerce Podcast Newsletter
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From Dog Poop Detection to Aerial Innovation: How Caleb Olson's Poop Copter Took Flight  | This software engineer who turned his dog waste problem into viral gold. Using machine learning, computer vision, and a custom-built drone, Caleb created the Poop Copter - an autonomous flying robot that detects and collects dog waste. What started as a backyard experiment with a security camera evolved over 2.5 years into a breakthrough that's captured global attention. Despite viral fame, Caleb remains focused on innovation over commercialization, balancing his passion for building with practical applications that could revolutionize pet care. |
By Brent Peterson
As Hyvä celebrates four years of transforming Magento development, our community faces three core challenges: maintaining momentum, converting enthusiasm into action, and balancing individual interests with collective growth. Through examples from MinneSTAR, EO, and Hyvä, we discover how successful tech communities solve these challenges. The most resilient communities aren't built around products - they're built around people. It's time for Magento to embrace this lesson and write its next chapter. Read the Full Article
E-commerce news of the week
Merchants using Shopify recorded their "most successful Black Friday-Cyber Monday selling period ever, generating $11.5 billion in GMV," president Harley Finkelstein told investors on the platform provider's year-end earnings call. - Digital Commerce 360
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