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- 42 Working from Rome
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.
00:00 Intro00:16 What to do with GPT-3?05:08 C++07:41 Programming video games09:38 CUDA GPU programming13:23 AI loss functions14:20 How Chris learns new things15:34 Reading an ebook like a tree24:43 Releasing an audiobook as a private podcast25:43 Hot Take: visualizing finances with a treemap30:11 Business accounting - do we have to itemize expenses?35:17 Better understanding business expenses37:37 Marketing a finance visualizer41:52 Pricing a financial SaaS42:35 Competition is goodTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgencoš¤ The Killer Combo Of Free Content With Paid Promotionby Jordan Gal: https://microconf.gen.co/jordan-gal/49 min - 41 Christian is in Rome
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.
00:00 Intro00:51 Christian got access to GPT-309:43 C++ threads15:45 Microconf LocalTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco19 min - 40 Is Freemium a Good Idea?
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.
00:00 Intro00:25 We made attaboy.ai01:51 Offline vs online AI06:41 Deploying web apps with Vercel and Netlify08:24 Non-fiction writing tools23:20 Chris starts his masters24:05 AI generated narratives31:38 Is freemium a good idea?43:05 Time tracking project progress51:22 Talk to your customers55:04 Holding office hours for customersTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco59 min - 39 When giving up on a project is actually a good thing
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?
00:00 Intro01:10 attaboy.ai04:58 Chris finishes summer work11:47 0-shot learning14:18 The logistics of an online masters program21:28 Wacky AI experiments24:31 Instagram vs twitter vs tik tok vs youtube26:58 First paying customer!28:55 Give up on gmail integration?29:33 tailwindui31:12 Giving up once you almost get to the finish line34:48 Building camhead in Electron37:37 App Store vs direct release42:23 meta time statistics46:05 Product research as entertainment54:52 Is $100k too much for a SaaS with $600 MRR?Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco1 hr 5 min - 38 Compare yourself to who you were yesterday
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?
00:00 Intro06:25 Using AI for a large variety of problems12:54 Tesla bot18:05 Is Elon Musk a positive or negative role model?21:46 Singular minded focus24:39 Chewing glass and staring into the abyss26:52 Life timeline - Christian's latest project37:09 OpenAI Codex for code creation46:40 Finding motivation48:15 Why is OAuth so hard? (meta point)51:37 Relationship with email55:33 How to reach people like Christian?Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgencoDemeo VR turn based "D&D" style game: https://www.resolutiongames.com/demeoLife Timeline: https://www.lifetimeline.app/1 hr - 37 Generative AI as a Business Model
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
00:00 Intro00:14 Kids back in school05:35 Chris got 5th place in the GPS competition10:03 Learning new things: projects vs classes16:43 Using AI to generate art17:55 AI art web app hot take20:57 NFTs27:03 What would make NFTs interesting?36:32 Generative games40:09 The IKEA Effect41:40 clips.marketing update46:06 Software profit margins are silly good55:15 Sharing family photos (as a business?)01:08:58 TV photo framesTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgencoš¤ robohash.org - generate random robots1 hr 11 min - 36 Show up every day
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).
00:00 Intro00:58 GPS competition update06:29 Olympics data scraping08:41 Chris's summer work with Hidden Door12:38 How to choose a day/time for different timezones29:46 Productivity and the most important work you can be doing35:54 Sometimes you just have to dig the hole39:31 Show up every day44:36 Different kinds of work and timelines50:09 Purpose in life58:52 Updates for next week59:42 AI artTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco1 hr 4 min - 35 Spending Money to Make Money with SaaS
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.
00:00 The Lost Episode01:51 Health is important - take care of it!08:22 The most effective productivity hack10:15 GPS competition update17:51 Chris's new job! (for 2 months)22:43 Are educational games always too contrived?29:22 Christian geeks out about Tesla34:08 Can cars be assets?45:58 SaaS is great50:29 Automating customer support with an assistant54:07 Finally taking SaaS seriously59:37 Spending money to make moneyTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgencoPersonal assistants: https://www.gosquaredaway.com/Support help: https://www.supportshepherd.com/1 hr 3 min - 34 Planning an AI based text bot
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.
00:00 Intro03:46 GPS data competition basics08:04 Time is hard11:56 GPS data formats14:45 The AI Hammer16:43 Christian experiences self driving18:21 Tensorflow.js22:42 Prebuilt AI models25:35 AI business idea progression35:13 Self driving isn't self driving yet. Why?38:40 Why isn't Christian's Roomba smarter?43:50 Twitter OAuth flow50:33 No code works great, until it doesn't53:06 Clippy AI assistant for code54:53 What are humans going to do when AI is good enough?Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco1 hr 1 min - 33 Pushing forward when you feel stuck
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.
00:00 Intro02:20 The ability to take time off03:48 Pushing forward when you feel stuck09:46 Exciting work - buying land16:37 Self driving cars25:29 How AI works40:01 What is the difference between AI and ML?46:04 What is the future of work?50:47 Robotics is hard01:01:05 ffmpeg in the cloudTimestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco1 hr 6 min
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