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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 out what he needs to do that, and actually pay them money.

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.

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.

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?

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

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.

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!

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

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.LYhttps://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 :(

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.

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.

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

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.

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/

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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)

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 project for Ali Abdaal  24:01 RailsSaaS conference  29:13 No progress on FileInbox  34:13 Stringing pearls  37:27 Being close to the audience of clips.marketing   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   iFixit toolkit: https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Essential-Electronics-Toolkit/IF145-348?o=5

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 tweet experiment  25:57 Education as marketing  28:04 Low price file sending plan?  34:01 Detecting bots  36:25 Consulting project update  41:47 clips.marketing ideas  48:35 $20k sewer repair   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

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 for certain install paths  15:37 Conversion tracking and SEO  17:32 Google metadata tip  20:23 Filesize vs memory error in Google cloud  25:24 Building file sending in a day  32:28 Consulting tasks and rate  38:53 Tackling a personal email backlog with an EA  46:59 Building cabinet drawers   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

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 underused for SaaS  45:34 File sending feature as a marketing channel  52:11 Serverless transition - using less memory  58:04 Doing more consulting  01:03:51 Making cabinets   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   Twitter recommendations:   Massimo: https://twitter.com/rainmaker1973  WeRateDogs: https://twitter.com/dog_rates  PUNS: https://twitter.com/thepunnyworld

Chris wins $5k from Kaggle! Christian fixes some bugs and picks up woodworking to fix his new organization troubles. 

 00:00 Intro  02:43 Winning $5000 in an AI competition  12:10 The hardest problem in the competition  24:41 AI master's class  32:15 AcornChat: why people switch  38:32 Motivation comes and goes  42:03 FileInbox bugs and features  49:26 SegMetrics Analytics  54:27 Woodworking hobby  58:42 Cleaning and organizing  01:01:39 iPhone vs Android   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

We've reached 10,000 downloads for makers.dev! (a while ago). Chris has started his next master's class and is working on AcornChat. Christian is doing end-to-end testing with Playwright, and is still trying to figure out how to get better metrics for FileInbox. 

 00:00 10,000 downloads  00:54 3 redactions  03:29 Kaggle CTF updates  07:24 Learning things through challenges  10:43 Case studies in Machine Learning  15:33 AcornChat updates  19:59 Violent and original work  28:14 End to end testing  40:13 Metrics and analytics  45:43 Running paid ads?  48:52 How to throw a good party  52:35 Talking to strangers  54:44 CO2 levels indoors   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Christian got married! Chris got his first paying customer for AcornChat. 

 00:00 Intro  01:24 First paying customer  07:32 Heroku is removing the free tier  10:43 Kaggle CTF competition  20:13 Taxes  24:36 Killing grass weeds  30:03 Next marketing thing for acornchat  39:48 💍🎉 Christian got married!  47:15 2nd customer migrated for fileinbox  51:43 Next marketing channel for fileinbox  56:22 Youtube as a search platform  59:57 TikTok for B2B saas?  01:05:36 Smartwatch for kids   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   undefined

Christian is in up state New York so he hasn't done much SaaS stuff this week - but he is preparing his business taxes. Yippee! Chris is recovering from being sick, so he's working on an AI security competition on Kaggle. 

 00:00 Intro  03:19 Kaggle DefCon AI security competition  15:07 DALLE prompts and AI art  22:40 Tricks to make AI art generators output a specific style  24:31 Systems to reduce friction  28:37 Business taxes  37:56 Full sized CNC machine  40:28 Neat wedding gifts with 3d printers  43:41 Manual labor   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris got covid; Christian is in upstate New York, and wonders about a new marketplace project. 

 00:00 Intro  05:09 AcornChat feature requests  12:41 Marketing for acornchat  15:23 What do you use for analytics?  21:20 Outreach strategies  29:59 GPS Gold Medal  32:57 AI driving to the woods  39:28 Weird birthday project with artist commisions  55:15 FileInbox   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

AcornChat has real users now! Christian loves how TDD makes his code bulletproof. 

 00:00 Intro  06:58 Kaggle GPS update  14:09 AcornChat real users  15:33 Reaching out to users is hard  19:00 Analytics  27:50 MarketingChangelog ?  30:32 FileInbox work time  33:55 New features for fileinbox  35:16 TDD  41:45 Dropbox OAuth  43:09 File uploads and virus scanning  48:32 SEO links  50:03 How to get MRR up faster  52:42 Personal updates   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris had his name and face on a billboard. Christian is pushing forward FileInbox stuff, and is looking for the next marketing task. 

 00:00 Intro  01:40 Face on a billboard  10:10 How to evoke emotion  11:09 Marketing strategies work until they don't  14:38 AcornChat trials  21:17 DALL-E 2  25:21 Kaggle GPS  28:12 Free shirt  30:01 FileInbox SEO  32:08 Live video chat widget  34:46 Next marketing activity  38:14 Next projects for EA  45:23 Paramotoring is dangerous   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris is tired of coding. Christian has too many ideas and should focus on SEO. 

 00:00 Intro  03:53 AcornChat on Slack App Store  06:01 Developer advocate  11:42 Grass is greener  17:38 Three years  21:07 Controversial figures  25:07 Don't break the chain  27:03 Josh Kaufman's personal master plan  30:17 Therapy is great  30:42 SEO  39:44 Sending large files: Hot take  51:20 Rails vs serverless  53:53 Increase revenue   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Christian has been reading the book "Traction" by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares and has 5 marketing hot take ideas that he wants feedback on. 

 00:00 Intro  03:33 Kaggle updates  07:58 AcornChat resubmitted  09:54 Cold call update  12:33 Traction book about marketing  17:56 Marketing hot take #1: Blogs  26:16 #2: Publicity  33:46 #3: Unconventional publicity  41:08 #3a: Live video feed of Christian  43:28 Intermission  45:59 #3b: How Jason Bourne would send files  51:12 #4: Search engine marketing  55:19 #5: Social and display ads  01:03:37 AcornChat in the Slack App Store!   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

We talk with Johnny Tong about how he bought a SaaS and is now struggling to grow it. Should he rebuild it? Dive into marketing? Rework the onboarding flow? Buy a bunch of ads? 

 00:00 Intro  02:47 What Johnny is looking for  10:01 SurveyBot overview  15:29 Buyer's guide  22:00 "The funnel"  28:45 Onboarding friction  33:49 The ups and downs of build vs buy  41:19 Conversion rate  44:19 Marketing vs coding  50:47 The end goal  57:43 Getting professional help  59:00 Deeper understanding   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   Buy Grow Repeat Podcast: https://buygrowrepeat.com/  Find Johnny here: https://twitter.com/johnnytong   Books:   - The War of Art  - The Artist's Way

Christian went to Greece and got a new perspective on how he could be living. Chris resubmitted AcornChat to the Slack app store and finished up a Kaggle competition. 

 00:00 Intro  03:17 AcornChat submitted to the Slack app store  06:40 Kaggle Patent competition  16:51 Reinforcement learning  21:06 Covid (again)  25:40 Building a Second Brain  38:05 On Looking  47:14 FileInbox cold calling  53:24 Consulting update  56:26 Switching to iOS   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   Book recommendations:   Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte  On Looking by Alexandra Horowitz

Chris wants to spend a bunch of money. Christian got advice to do some cold calling, but it sounds spooky 👻. plus 2 bonus hot takes 

 00:00 Intro  01:30 3d printer, camera and gpus  06:52 Kaggle update  15:49 Slack app update  17:52 Advanced Operating Systems  21:28 Rust  23:30 Personal productivity  25:30 FileInbox update  28:09 TDD  33:21 Firebase security rules  38:26 Spooky recommendation to increase MRR  43:16 100 paperclips  52:13 Hot take 1: Finance tracker (again but different)  59:02 Hot take 2: NFT project   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris is prepping for an AI for JS devs course. Christian gets engaged! Also, he wants to get to $20k MRR in 12 months, so we talk about how that would be possible. 

 00:00 Intro  01:28 AI for JS devs course  19:33 Too many Kaggle competitions  26:00 Christian gets engaged!!!  31:19 Parable of the pottery class  39:25 $20k MRR in 12 months  44:04 Do you really want that?  46:42 Is it better for customers?  50:08 Chris is mean and hypocritical  51:32 Personal life is all over the place   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Christian makes an easy way to send email templates from FileInbox. Chris got a response from the Slack App Store, and is wasted a bunch of time on an ML bug. 

 00:00 Intro  02:47 Chris's week  04:21 Slack app store  11:18 Working on things that don't go anywhere  16:36 Christian did a bunch of stuff  21:31 Fileinbox email system  24:03 What sells well  28:57 ffmpeg  32:18 Free Fileinbox for marketing?  37:40 3D printing bezier curves  45:24 Tick Tock development (again)  51:44 Just do stuff (again)  53:32 Tinnitus  57:59 How to read a paper   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   pubmed.gov  https://arxiv.org/

Chris is in 3 different AI competitions (anyone want to know how GPS works?) and Christian was gone and describes how it feels to get back to work. He's also selling a paramotor, so hopefully that goes well 😆 

 00:00 Intro  01:07 Life and death reflections  07:00 Give yourself some leeway  12:10 Work is hard until it's easy  16:00 Kaggle competitions  18:17 Objective measures of learning  27:39 Christian wants Black Mirror 🤨  29:24 Different types of AI problems  31:15 How GPS works  41:46 Patent competition (NLP)  44:57 Bird Call competition (audio)  49:26 Slack app store  49:53 MarketingChangelog.com  53:14 Christian's week  54:53 Getting started is the hardest part  57:02 Other tasks and projects   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Chris was on a trip, and Christian fell off the co-working wagon. Also, focus on authenticity (on YouTube, but everywhere too) 

 00:00 Intro  04:06 Tests  08:57 Having a beginner's mind  10:32 Fileinbox bugs  16:21 Consulting  18:52 SaaS math is bananas  23:50 Talking to customers  24:31 Focus is fickle  27:20 Makers.dev early episodes  34:54 Youtube as a reliable source of information  36:17 Prioritize authenticity  50:18 Attaboy  54:13 Hot Take #1: personal private podcast host  56:49 Hot Take #2: ffmpeg as a service (again)  01:02:21 How to start working with other people   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   undefined

Chris created his buyer's guide for acornchat. Christian gets another contracting job and wonders how to leverage that or if he should try to get more similar contracts. 

 00:00 Intro  00:50 SaaS buyer's guide  11:20 Look at all these salad dressings!  14:00 Machine learning theory and math  19:01 Fileinbox updates  24:37 Errands and engagement rings  32:09 Face follower contracting job  39:16 Making an automated Fiverr service  42:58 Modularizing code   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

Christian calculates his consulting rate per hour. Chris soft launched saastips.com and was immediately overwhelmed by email bot signups. After fixing that problem, it led to three new SaaS ideas. 

 00:00 Intro  02:57 Launching saastips.com  12:25 Fixing fake bot email signups  18:54 Hot take #1: email signup saas  23:55 Hot take #1.5: better newsletter sending UI  32:29 Hot take #2: Marketing Changelog  39:11 $183.60 per hour  51:45 Back to SaaS  57:14 Hot take #3: Face follower   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco 

We chat with Tim Leland who runs a link shortener (t.ly) and a weather extension. We cover how he came up with the ideas, how he developed and marketed them, and where he sees the future of his products and Chrome extensions in general.

We both share our takeaways from Microconf.

Chris almost has Acorn Chat feature complete and ready to submit to the Slack app store. Christian is getting close to finishing the serverless FileInbox v1. Also we talk about RSI and using voice commands as a potential way to limit injury.

Chris is almost ready to submit his Slack app to the Slack app directory. Christian tries to figure out how to charge for work he wants to do for a friend. Christian also has ideas about home automation. 

 00:00 Intro  01:08 Kaggle essay competition  08:16 Building a Slack app  09:32 The amount of time things take to get done  17:09 Administrative poms  20:12 Home automation  37:50 Doing work for friends: paid or free?  52:48 Fileinbox update  55:36 Naming things is hard   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

MeetingPlace is sold, so Chris is working on his next SaaS. Christian keeps getting stuff done on FileInbox, and wonders when he can actually fly with his paramotor.

Chris finalizes the sale of MeetingPlace. Christian worries that he's getting too productive.

Chris sells a SaaS! Christian tries to figure out what makes him productive. [Sorry for the audio quality! - it gets better next week]

Microconf is in 40 days! We talk about what we want to accomplish before then, and come up with a strategy to hold each other accountable and get stuff done.

Chris has to relearn a bunch of math and tries to figure out how to teach it as well. Christian has a new way to try to get things done by delaying work on his fun projects.

Chris tries to figure out how to learn the math he needs for ML by teaching it. Christian buys a new domain name, then works on another project for 16 hours and tries to figure out how to deliver it.

Christian had a really productive week and would like to figure out how to have more weeks like that. Chris is doing well in a Kaggle competition and had to learn a bunch of math for ML this week.

Christian's executive assistant experiment is going great. Chris has to learn a lot more math to do his ML class. Christian has great LEGO aspirations.

Christian finally gets an executive assistant! Chris finishes the pet kaggle competition and prepares to start the next semester of his masters program.

Can we only get a lot accomplished if we have something more important to do that we are ignoring? Both Chris and Christian had productive weeks, but only by ignoring other things that we were supposed to do...

Chris re-learns that to go fast you have to slow down. Christian rediscovers who his best customers are and tries to focus on getting more like them. Then he tries to sell a laptop...

We talk to Brian Casel about launching ZipMessage and growing a SaaS business (vs a productize service). We talk to him about his previous business successes, how he got started programming, and how he's thinking about growing ZipMessage.

The exciting finale of "Dude, Where's my Car???"; plus we talk about crypto: is it gambling? or is there a way to make money with it?

SaaS is complicated... Christian has FileInbox go down and has to figure out what that means. Chris works on his final lab and runs into issues. Also: what would you do if your car got stolen?

Chris finished his final lab using MPI (used in supercomputers). Christian tries to get his car back, and then we both ask: do you have to be kind of a terrible person to be a billionaire? 

 00:00 Intro  01:47 MPI to solve the n-body problem  12:40 Dude where's my car?  17:02 Spending money to make money is hard  21:25 Road trip in a Tesla  30:11 The relaxed pace of Barbados  33:54 Steve Jobs was kind of a terrible person   Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco   Brains: Talking Money with Anthony Pompliano and Sam Parr: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/bonus-brains

Chris builds an AI to play virtual go kart icy hockey. Christian wants to track his mood and talk to customers.

00:00 Intro01:29 SuperTuxKart AI Control13:51 Kittens idle game20:06 Kaggle Superpermutations27:22 Youtube good? Youtube bad?34:50 The formula for retention36:45 Christian's projects41:10 Mood tracking46:40 Theranos51:23 Deploy Empathy54:47 Talking to customers

Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco

This was supposed to be an interview with Michele Hansen, co-founder of Geocodio and author of "Deploy Empathy", but due to interview issues that part was lost :(. Instead, Chris and Christian talk about the book and do a customer interview exercise from it - which worked way better than either of us thought it was!

Chris has been learning Rust and has thoughts about strongly typed languages. Christian has been building "Treebooks" - a new way to read ebooks - and is wondering how to get customers and authors onto this new format. Also and update about Christian's passive income experiment of renting out his card

Chris is learning Rust for his next lab. Christian has been renting out his old car to someone who uses it to drive for Uber, and it makes us think about wealth inequality. Also: what actually is the metaverse?

Chris gets a list of all 160 million registered .com domain names and tries to figure out what to do with them. Christian has been looking into Solidity programming and has some hot take ideas.

What makes a tweet thread either go viral or go to zero? Christian talks about his recent tweet thread that didn't get any likes, and Chris talks about some of the ways he's used tweet threads in the past. Also: is twitter really the best medium for what we want to share anyway?

We both took a road trip and was able to do some thinking about what he should focus on. We talk about if you should or shouldn't worry about competitors, and some good ways to focus. Then we delete twitter and youtube from our phones in an effort to regain some wasted time.

Christian goes through a list of 20 potential marketing channels and we think about ways to make those work for Fileinbox. We also try to figure out what to focus on and how to frame the work we're doing as "experiments": with a hypothesis, success and failure criteria, and a completion timeframe.

We talk about MicroConf Local Austin and MicroConf Europe: Do we need to be focusing on just one thing? We also come up with a framework for doing small experiments with post mortems as a way to push us forward.

Christian has an idea for a financial visualization app and we talk about how to market it. Chris has been doing C++ recently, and has just started GPU programming.

A short episode this week: Christian is in Europe! He just got access to GPT-3 so he's really itching to play with that. Chris does his first big project for his masters, and is going to Austin in a few weeks.

Chris explores how a non-fiction writing buddy app might work. Christian ponders if freemium is a good fit for his app or not and talks about progress on his time tracking app.

Christian gives up on a project and Chris convinces him that it's actually a big win. Chris is about to finish his summer work and start his masters. Also: How much is a SaaS worth? Is $100k too much to pay for a SaaS that only makes $600 per month?

Who wants to take bets about when Tesla Bot will be ready? Chris is finishing up his summer consulting project and getting ready to start his CS Masters program. Christian spent 0 hours on fileinbox last week, and instead created a mini web app to show people's "life timelines"... was that time well spent?

How do you feel about NFTs? Chris has finished his GPS competition and is now using his fancy GPU to generate AI art. Christian got clips.marketing past his internal goal line! Now he has to figure out the next steps. We also talk about a potential business idea for sharing family photos

How do you decide what to work on every day when there's no one really telling you what to do? Christian thinks about ways to keep himself on track, and Chris talks about what motivates him to do Kaggle competitions (hint: it's not money).

Christian gets back from New York with an unwelcome update, but is plowing ahead by taking care of himself first. Chris has a new contract for the summer - his first AI position! Then we talk about how great SaaS is compared to other assets.

Learning AI is like learning to program all over again. Christian tries to plan what an AI based text-bot business would look like. Chris talks about an AI coding assistant (we recorded this before GitHub copilot was released :0 ), and we both marvel as self driving cars.

Chris gets stuck on his kaggle competition and when trying to figure out how to move forward, started researching how to buy a farm :). Christian asks about how AI works and also talks about how he got ffmpeg working in the cloud.

Christian gets advice about how to focus to make more money... but is that what he wants? We also talk about how to start and maintain programming projects as a solo dev.

If you could just spend money to save time - would you do it? Where is that line? Christian explores a personal assistant and Chris finally gets his new computer.

Even if you don't have ADHD, learning about your brain and how it works will pay dividends for your entire life. We chat with Jesse J. Anderson about his journey with ADHD, what symptoms to look for if you think you might have it, and some processes and systems you can try to get a handle on it. If you want to hear more, check out Jesse on twitter! https://twitter.com/jessejanderson

Competition isn't bad, it's good! If you target a narrow market and tell your story, then people will buy your product just for that. This week, Christian figures out who to hire first and Chris preps for his CS masters to start.

Chris has big news about the next few years. Christian thinks about how and who to hire. Also, we talk about ADHD again: how to handle it, and what it means.