Chris and Daniel discuss seeing Hamilton, the end of Game of Thrones, and side project updates. Chris shares more details about Chipper CI and the process of building a continuous integration app focused on Laravel. Daniel shares about updating Shop Plugins to a new ecommerce WordPress theme and doing SEO content updates. Find us on Twitter at at: …

Chris and Daniel return after a few month hiatus with updates and more opinions! Chris talks about shutting down back ops and a new project in the works Chipper CI. Daniel gives some updates on his projects. Find us on Twitter at at: @growdev - Daniel @fideloper - ChrisBy Chris Fidao and Daniel Espinoza

In the last episode of 2018 Chris and Daniel talk about how 2018 went and some goals for 2019. Daniel mentions his book podcast: The Book Alliance. In 2019 Chris wants to get back to putting out free content. He also wants to work more on https://backops.app/ Daniel wants to "default to action", keep going on buildszn.com, and ship more. Email ques…

Chris and Daniel talk about how Black Friday sales went and give updates on their side projects. Chris gave an update on mysqlbackups.tv and previews backops.app Daniel gave an update on #BUILDSZN and how sales went for shopplugins.com. Daniel also talks about a marketing audit report he got from Get Ellipsis. Email questions and comments to hosts@…

Today Chris and Daniel talk about what it's like around the holidays when you're a developer. How do you have a good holiday as a developer? Deploy code the day before a holiday? No! Code freeze a week before a holiday? Yes! Chris gave an update on mysqlbackups.tv Daniel gave an update on #BUILDSZN Email questions and comments to hosts@hasopinions.…

Today Chris and Daniel talk about the process of choosing which product idea to work on next. When choosing an idea to work on for a side hustle what is the best way to choose an idea? Daniel saw this tweet by Justin Sainton and responded with his answer: Go with whichever sounds more fun and that you can get fast traction on. Get something in fron…

Today Chris and Daniel talk about more home stuff. Chris is getting some remodeling done and Daniel is building a house. Chris shares a humorous story about his time living in an apartment. After discussing all of these home expenses we ask "How do we pay for this stuff?" Is the answer "build an app"? Or maybe start a business outside of digital li…

Today Chris and Daniel talk about tech conferences and our opinions about them. Daniel was a presenter at a free online conference before recording the podcast. So both Daniel and Chris share about the first conference they went to, traveling to conferences, and going to conferences with and without family members. Chris made progress on mysqlbacku…

Today Chris and Daniel chat with Andrey Butov from bootstrapped.fm! Andrey is the owner and developer at Antair. We talk about shipping apps, side projects, weightlifting, life with kids, and ignoring the iPhone 😱. Email questions and comments to [email protected] Find us on Twitter at at: @growdev - Daniel @fideloper - Chris Our side projects:…

Today Chris and Daniel give updates on the week and talk about the hardware we use to do our remote jobs. Daily Drive Desktop Computer Apple iMac 27 inch Sit Stand Desk: IKEA Bekant, Jarvis Bamboo Second Monitor Mistel Barocco Mobile Setup Apple MacBook Pro Apple iPhone X Audio Gear Heil PR40 Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Email questions and comments to h…

Today Chris and Daniel talk about building a closet recording studio, a do nothing weekend, and an example of a Computer Science Degree vs a coding bootcamp. This week the struggle is real for Chris trying to build a studio in a closet to have a quiet place to record. Mics, tables, and legs, oh my! Daniel spent the past weekend summoning the gig ec…

Today Chris and Daniel talk about kid free trips with our spouses and the book Deep Work. Both of us had kid-free trips this past weekend. It's hard to do, but so very needed. We spent most of the episode discussing the book Deep Work by Cal Newport. If you ascribe to "Deep Work" how do you choose what work to work deeply on if you're a founder? Ex…

Today Chris and Daniel have opinions on health care in the USA as a self-employed person. We are each heading out of town this weekend with our spouse on trips without kids! We describe the health care Marketplace which is where people in the United States can purchase health insurance when they do not get access to it through their employer. Danie…

Today Chris and Daniel give updates on their side businesses and share their opinions about what a terrible financial decision cars can be. Chris shares updates about mysqlbackups.tv and talks about updating an RDS server in production 😱. Daniel shares about doing that content dance for growdevelopment.com. Chris shares about his new project of rem…

Today Chris and Daniel give updates on their side businesses and share their opinions about what a terrible financial decision cars can be. Chris shares updates about mysqlbackups.tv. Daniel shares some back story along with updates on shopplugins.com. Cars are a necessity while living in a suburb like both hosts do. Cars can be a tool, or they can…

Today Chris and Daniel talk about Laracon 2018, our side projects, #dadops, and how social media sucks. It's summertime so we have both been traveling. Chris flew to Chicago to attend Laracon 2018 and was rewarded with a case of plague. (He's all healed up!) We talked about our side projects. Chris shared a new course he's working on https://mysqlb…

Today Chris and Daniel talk about Time, Money, and Freedom. We both got fired up about Tropical MBA episode 448 "The Cult of Early Retirement" so we wanted to share a bit about how we feel would answer the question of "What should you do after you get out of debt and get a handle on your income?" We then talk about the different types of income str…

Our first episode of the Has Opinions podcast where we discuss starting to play World of Warcraft after a many year hiatus. We're just figuring out our audio setup in this episode.By Chris Fidao and Daniel Espinoza