Chris gets a new little toy. Christian gives a job search update. Then we talk about what Christian is really interested in right now: AI Agents and MCP. 0:00 Intro 3:11 Dust blowers 5:12 Allergy testing 10:55 Drawing SVGs with LLMs Kaggle competition 18:42 Christian's job path forward 26:30 Consulting updates 28:28 Another SaaS 30:14 Autonomy, mas…

Chris finished his CS masters! Christian tries to figure out if he wants a "real" job, and what that might look like. 0:00 Intro 2:10 Chris finished his masters 4:50 Santa Kaggle competition 9:30 NVIDIA Blackwell 15:45 Smart vs dumb light bulbs 19:30 Christian had a rough month 21:20 How to better manage consulting projects 39:42 No longer a co-fou…

In this episode, Christian Genco and I do a deep dive on indoor air quality, including extremely practical advice that anyone can implement immediately to make their home/office/whatever a healthier place to breathe in. Stuff mentioned: Air Quality Monitors & Equipment - Awair Air Quality Monitors - AirGradient DIY Air Quality Monitor - Panasonic W…

Stuff mentioned: Friday Deployment Spirits Force Push Gin Generative A Rye Bevy's Liquor Store Ghost Wars by Steve Coll Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Incident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser Friday Deployment on LinkedIn Friday Deployment on InstagramBy Travis Northcutt

Chris got a puppy and is almost done with his masters. Christian switches back to Ruby on Rails, and tries to convince Chris to use more AI to write code. 0:00 Intro 1:24 Chris got a puppy 5:20 Why do people like pets? 11:59 Are AI coding assistants worth it? 42:07 How Chris' job is going 47:14 Finishing up a CS masters 54:20 Fatherhood 1:03:07 Con…

Links: https://briancasel.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/briancasel.com https://x.com/casjamBy Travis Northcutt

John and I dive deep into game design, going on a journey from a remote mountain village in West Papua to a bag of cash at a software conference. Stuff mentioned: Codenames Heat Bloodborne Journey Cormac McCarthy The Sopranos The Simpsons Perfect Days The Americans Husky WorkbenchBy Travis Northcutt

Stuff mentioned: https://eurovision.tv/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix) https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/ https://twitter.com/seannaughton_ https://www.instagram.com/seannaileditBy Travis Northcutt

Ben Borowski and I talk about music, books, firefighting, mountain biking, feelings, emotions, personal growth, Japanese, learning systems, uncertainty, games, movies, and more. Find Ben: https://typeoneerror.com/ https://x.com/typeoneerror https://notionmastery.com/ Stuff mentioned: Cynefin Framework High Weirdness Balatro Art of Accomplishment Ru…

Christian had a baby! and Chris is now a Kaggle Grandmaster.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Muppets Treasure Island is the best movie ever. Chris just got back from Iceland and just re-started his masters classes. He's also considering getting a 3d printer (which Christian is definitely in favor of). Christian's experiments to find new customers aren't going great. Pricing is hard. Christian expands his consulting practice.…

Christian continues to try to reach target customers for FileInbox. He's also still full steam ahead on the serverless transition before his baby gets here. Chris is prepping for a trip to Iceland.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian tries to outsource some development tasks. Chris built a photo frame and is getting ready for a trip to Iceland.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Chris is prepping for a couple of photo trips. Christian is trying to figure out how to talk to his ideal FileInbox customer. He's also wondering how much consulting to do and what that means for his time working on his own SaaS.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Chris and Christian both went on vacation. Chris is getting back into Photography. Christian is creating user personas for FileInbox, and is getting more consulting gigs too. correction at 27:45 NVIDIA doesn't even manufacture their own GPU chips! They rely on 3rd party manufacturers too. 0:00 Fun number fact 122: Ozymandias 8:13 Chris vacation upd…

Chris is prepping for a trip to Iceland. Christian is trying to figure out exactly who is the target customer for fileinbox. Christian then tries to convince Chris that Firebase is the best platform on which to build a SaaS.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian has been looking at ALL THE BABY GEAR and has opinions. Also, he's working on the serverless transition for FileInbox and is struggling with estimating how long features will take.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Chris totally switches his diet and loses 17 pounds in 3 weeks. Christian went to Craft and Commerce and and takeaways for his business. He also figured out that his time estimates for FileInbox were way off.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Chris finished the StableDiffusion Image competition, but realized he was seriously outmatched in GPU power. Christian has renewed energy for FileInbox after talking with Asia Orangio. We both walk through how to plan to get things done, and how to actually follow through on those plans. Christian is trying to hire an assistant and tries to figure …

Christian wants to update Ruby and Rails, but has run into frustrating issues. Should he just... not upgrade? Chris gives up on the latest Kaggle competition, and is already eyeing another one. Also, Christian gets an update on the Bitcoin he lost.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian has a big announcement! (@ 36 minutes). Chris is done with Linear Algebra, working on Kaggle, and thinking about what type of AI course to make. Christian discovers that FileInbox already has a lot of traffic, but his trial to paid conversion rate is too low.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Chris tries to figure out which AI course he should make first; i.e., what skills would give developers superpowers? Christian starts talking to Asia Orangio about FileInbox to see where it can improve. What is his backwards plan?By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

(sorry about the weird jumpy video). We talk about Microconf and how we feel about the things we're doing as a result.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Attaboy.ai gets a bunch of users, and Christian is wondering how to charge for it. Chris tells Christian to talk to users of the video clipper in order to see what is valuable to them.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Chris and Christian talk about using AI for therapy, and re-ignite attaboy.ai (which is now a thing! visit it and send it some texts). Also: AI coaches, the Pope in a puffer jacket, AI doctors, and how AI is coming for all of us. Also: a reminder to TALK TO CUSTOMERS!By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Chris tries to explain how ChatGPT works. Christian tries to figure out the next steps for the video clipper.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

An update from Tim Leland (originally on episode 70) about his link shortener t.ly, and his journey creating a potentially new API for detecting malicious links. T.LY https://linkshieldapi.com/ Highlights: - How to launch a new API service - Doubling MRR in 6 months! - 5 ideas for how to use a malicious link API to create a new business…

Christian just got back from Social Media Marketing World and has LOTS of ideas. Chris gets a new computer but it arrived broken :(By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian continues to build the video clipper with Remotion and is experimenting with using ChatGPT to create good clips. We also talk about what it would take for him to sell FileInbox. Chris is considering buying another GPU for Kaggle.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Chris starts a new Kaggle competition using stable diffusion. Christian makes progress on how to use AI to automatically suggest clips for the video clipper.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian launched thevideoclipper and got it to $80 MRR! Chris comes up with another justification for buying his gpu.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian is about to launch thevideoclipper.com, but is feeling "The Resistance". Chris is learning linear algebra for his master's, and is trying to learn it by creating a plan to teach it. We talk about just "doing it badly" for both: and adjusting as we go.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian and Shai help Kelsey choose which side project to focus on, and then dig deep into the fear of not being seen as an authority, and just how minimal you can make a Minimum Viable Product. Links: Kelsey's blog Kelsey on Twitter Other formats: Episode 3 transcript Episode 3 video Schedule your own What's Stopping You session by DMing @cgenco…

Google did a 12k layoff. Chris started a new master's class about advanced linear algebra. Christian was on vacation, and was wondering the best way to learn AI in order to keep up with all the recent advances. He also helped his wife launch https://gymnastcode.com/By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian is trying to find a few consulting clients to make some extra money. He's also made progress on the video clipper, and signed a new $99/mo account for file inbox! Chris just started a new linear algebra class and finished the gravity waves kaggle competition.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Hide identifies fear of commitment when looking for a business problem to solve. The group talk about core needs and what happens when your business isn't fulfilling them. Links: The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick Deploy Empathy by Michele Hansen Hide Shidara on Twitter Other formats: Episode 2 transcript Episode 2 video Schedule your own What's Stopp…

Christian launches a new podcast! He also got a first customer for the video clipper! AND he's also thinking about making more course content, so we talk about how much money can be made with technical courses. Chris is almost done with the gravity wave Kaggle competition. Also: How long is the coastline of England?…

Chris talks about how work at Google is different than a small project or company. He's also working on the gravity waves kaggle competition. Christian tries to figure out how to backup all of his projects and files, and how to promote the video clipper.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Drew identifies fear in reaching out to talk to customers for registered.dev before he has a sellable product. Links: Y Combinator video: How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas Deploy Empathy by Michele Hansen Drew Bredvick on Twitter Other formats: Episode 1 transcript Episode 1 video Schedule your own What's Stopping You session by DMing @cgenco o…

Chris is still getting used to his job at Google. Christian may have (or not?) lost his email list when a service went down.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian has some bad news about crypto. Chris is still working on the gravity competition.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian renames clips.marketing to thevideoclipper.com and is trying to figure out what he wants it to be. He also wonders if he should hire someone else to run fileinbox while he builds the video clipper. Chris is still working on the Kaggle gravity waves competition.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Chris found out that the person who bought MeetingPlace shut it down :/. Christian is evaluating whether or not he should go all in on clips.marketing, or what to do about it vs FileInbox.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian has a potential customer conversation for clips.marketing that didn't feel very great. Chris joins a kaggle competition about gravity waves.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Chris has his first full week of Google, and also got his prize money from the Kaggle competition! Christian wonders if he should focus more on clips.marketing as a consultancy, or as a service, or just focus on FileInbox.By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Christian tries to figure out where his customers are coming from, and how to get more signups for FileInbox. He also is trying to figure out what freemium features are best for clips.marketing. Chris starts his first week at Google. (timestamps coming later)By Chris Achard and Christian Genco

Chris is prepping to start his new job. Christian got $157.126 per hour on his latest consulting project for Ali Abdall, and is now wondering if he should spend a lot more time on clips.marketing instead of FileInbox. 00:00 Intro 01:07 Prepping to start a job 07:51 Acornchat changes 13:20 Marketing ideas outside an app store 17:34 Consulting projec…

Chris gets a job! Christian talks about his latest marketing experiments, and wonders if he should start working on clips.marketing again. 00:00 Intro 01:28 Google Photos DevRel role 03:52 What about acornchat? 05:20 Compensation at FAANG companies 09:03 Salary negotiation 11:34 Hiring freeze 12:33 Using Google ads for FileInbox 23:13 Promoted twee…

Christian quickly bought a google ad for Chris (for acornchat), but there were some unexpected results that required a lot more tweaking. Christian is doing a consulting project and enjoying it, and is wondering how to get more projects like that one. 00:00 Intro 02:15 Dedicated marketing days 03:07 Buying google ads 08:45 Adding more documentation…

Chris gets another customer for acornchat, which is 100% user growth! Christian is thinking about marketing for FileInbox using SEO, youtube, a new feature, and more. 00:00 Intro 05:55 2nd Acorn Chat user 09:18 Buying Google ads seems hard 16:35 Winning $5k from Kaggle 21:54 Twitter recommendations 30:09 FileInbox SEO changes 38:04 Youtube is under…