Porter Haney

Avid skier, weather enthusiast & CEO @codingscape

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Hey Twitter! I’m looking to post more on here, so I thought I’d reintroduce myself.

I’m Porter Haney — CEO of @Codingscape, the software consultancy @jimmyjacobson, @makenai, and I started in 2018. If you’re my friend IRL, you’ll also know me as that guy building his own house in Vermont, or one of the most obsessive skiers you’ve ever met (more on both in the future).

Jimmy and I go way back. Five years ago, we sold our company Wedgies, a social polling platform used by orgs like The Obama White House, The Wall Street Journal, Crunchbase, and more.

We had such a good time building it and learning from it that we knew we had to work on something together again — but what?

As we thought about what’s next, we realized a few things:

- We wanted to keep the Wedgies team together
- We wanted to run a services business, rather than a product business
- We wanted to be cash flow positive, rather than relying on venture capital

Codingscape was born, but there wasn’t a clear direction yet. Not long after our genesis, we started generating some buzz, and tech companies came to us looking to work with our team.

We started out doing custom development work for these cos to address their varied needs. It took a lot of experimentation in the beginning to figure out our client base, how to run a consultancy, and how to operate on cash flow.

Codingscape is now a team of 80 and has worked with a wide range of exceptional companies to help them exceed their software delivery goals.

As we continue to evolve, I’ll be sharing more about:

• Codingscape’s mission, values, and culture
• What it’s like building a remote-first, cash flow-positive company
• How to create a culture of trust and accountability
• How to build a durable business in an uncertain market
• And other tidbits and learnings as a founder, CEO, and dad

Feel free to follow me on LinkedIn — I’ll be posting more there as well 💪

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@EpsilonTheory @TokyoDeepValue must have been a real threat to get a half day with the CEO

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@TylerJankoski This is interesting! Just 1 mile apart, on either side of 17 in Starksboro, is a 13 degree temp difference between

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@TylerJankoski Can see it from our spot in South Starksboro

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@TylerJankoski Wish they’d do the GMX first - it’s always broken. Summit works well as a fixed grip. Can ski the whole hill with those two lifts where a new north ridge doesn’t fix the core issue that the 8am lift from the base doesn’t operate every other day.

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@TylerJankoski loving the zoom in on my neighborhood, thanks!

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@SurfSkiWeather Isn’t that the truth

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@pbeanVT FIS is such a crazy trail - I wish they'd run a ski race from the top of it! So beautiful on these clear sunny days.

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@TylerJankoski Light winds. Cold enough before Tuesday’s warm up. I think it’s going to happen.

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@SurfSkiWeather Good for the chic chocs

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@SurfSkiWeather a horizon of stacking lenticulars always feels like a good snow omen as a skier

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@SurfSkiWeather Back to snow here at 1500 ft just a few miles west of MRG

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@SurfSkiWeather The whole green mountain spine from Lincoln gap north has had an amazing month

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@SurfSkiWeather Nope

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@TylerJankoski Loving these hyper local views

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@themgmtconsult MC - Got to run this post through the same process :)

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@vrexec Americans don’t realize how much old money is in these European cities

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@TylerJankoski Love this zoom in - hope you do this all season?

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@TylerJankoski App Gap too!

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@SurfSkiWeather Going to rip on the west slope of the greens

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@SurfSkiWeather There will be some thankful snowmaking ponds