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Mar 2025

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Chris and Christian build some software businesses.

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March 11, 2025Episode 1301 hr 3 min

130 Job Search Update

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, mastery, purpose 33:45 FileInbox 39:06 AI Agents with MCP: Model Context Protocol 54:40 What I really want 1:01:03 Building games with LLMs

February 11, 2025Episode 1291 hr 52 min

129 Looking for a job

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-founder of Rootabl 1:02:06 Potential benefits of a "real" job 1:07:16 What kind of job would Christian want? 1:18:42 Different work options 1:24:20 Option 1: Consulting 1:31:30 Option 2: Get a job 1:41:47 Option 3: Start another SaaS 1:46:02 Ideal plan 1:48:00 How to look for a non-technical co-founder 1:49:23 Next steps

December 6, 2024Episode 1282 hr 3 min

128 Catch up 2024: AI, Ruby on Rails, Bluesky, and Puppies

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 Consulting for Stacks and paying people 1:10:00 Rootabl and affiliate programs 1:19:37 Ruby on Rails vs Serverless js 1:39:59 Going through the pain to get better 1:46:01 Fileinbox rewrite in Laravel ??? 1:57:46 Bluesky 2:02:32 Outro

February 20, 2024Episode 12755 min

127 Baby!

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

October 12, 2023Episode 12659 min

126 10x Developer

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.

September 27, 2023Episode 12557 min

125 LinkedIn Outreach

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.

September 16, 2023Episode 1241 hr 10 min

124 Outsourcing development and working with people

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

August 19, 2023Episode 1231 hr 9 min

123 Setting aside SaaS for Consulting

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.

August 4, 2023Episode 12251 min

122 Ozymandias

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 update 13:00 Photography as a hobby 23:42 tinygrad ML framework 28:28 Fileinbox user personas 36:15 Christian consulting 44:36 Home Depot adventure

July 20, 2023Episode 1211 hr 0 min

121 Advantages of Firebase

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.