{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"State of Play","title":"Basement Studio: They Used Wine to Build a Website. Here's How.","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/dac65647\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2077,"description":"Facundo Santana and José Rago run Basement Studio - 35 people in Argentina, working with Vercel, Mr. Beast, and Kid Super. They poured actual wine on a surface to get a WebGL texture right. That detail tells you everything about how this shop operates.This conversation covers how they protect quality as they scale, the R&D lab that spun out BasHub and XMP, why they open-source everything, how 30 people pile into a single Slack channel before anything ships, and why Basement Ventures is quietly becoming a real VC fund.Get the UX Tools Newsletter (written by me)Join 100,000+ designers for weekly insights on creative software and the people shaping it: https://uxtools.coCHAPTERS:0:00 — They used actual wine to build a website0:24 — Who is Basement Studio?1:36 — From a Buenos Aires apartment to 35 people5:17 — The Kid Super World project7:19 — \"Would you show it to your mom?\"9:49 — Working with Vercel on Geist and v013:20 — How 30 people review work in one Slack channel16:05 — Open source: BasHub, XMP, and giving back18:06 — The lab that becomes real products21:32 — How AI is changing creative studios24:49 — Basement Ventures: from studio to microfund28:43 — Investing in the tools you actually use31:14 — Building a studio that outlasts its foundersLINKS:Basement Studio: https://basement.studioFacundo on X: https://x.com/falanfantanaJosé on X: https://x.com/ragojoseWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nv7M79lMEnUFOLLOW ME:Newsletter: https://uxtools.coX / Twitter: https://x.com/tommygeocoLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tommygeoco","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Q4goNjMCyLVJblsVd-hc65Y9xpTGIkbjq5L00Huluhg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kZTM4/NTdjYjhlYmI5NzU0/YjRlNDNkMjFiNDgy/NTRhNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}