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Makers.dev episodes

  • 61 Like a Boss

    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.



    00:00 Intro

    03:38 Benefits of taking a break

    08:28 How to teach math?

    12:52 Am I a web dev or actually shifting to AI?

    14:07 Snow water equivalent competition

    19:23 Doge wordle

    26:50 Feeling like a BOSS

    34:45 Nerdle solver

    38:31 Magic robot arm

    43:10 Some people are controversial

    52:17 Don't make work for other people


    Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco
    1 hr
  • 60 Having a Really Productive Week

    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.



    00:00 Intro

    02:11 ML math is like coding

    08:45 How Kaggle promotes code and idea sharing

    18:12 Balancing family life and work

    27:20 Christian's super productive week

    33:04 Stripe extension vs coding your own

    35:36 How to handle feature flags

    37:20 What can an executive assistant do?

    43:10 Attaboy

    49:07 Making SaaS videos (as a service?)

    52:10 Wordle solver

    53:32 Make more videos


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    57 min
  • 59 Baby's First Employee

    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.



    00:00 Intro

    00:42 LaTeX

    06:44 How to learn by teaching

    13:28 ML for essay classification

    19:39 Folding data into bins

    25:22 Christian's executive assistant is great

    38:13 FileInbox Stripe integration

    46:33 Harry Potter LEGO


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    Correction: 59 is prime 😆
    56 min
  • 58 Christian gets an Executive Assistant

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



    00:00 Intro

    02:47 Chris cleans up

    07:13 Adam Savage's rules for putting things away

    13:16 Kaggle top 6%

    18:34 Overcoming futile feelings

    21:08 Public and private leader boards are different

    27:13 Crypto trading is still gambling

    28:46 AcornChat Slack App Store

    30:48 Morning pages

    34:33 Executive assistant for Christian

    41:44 Stripe integration with Firebase

    43:40 Whole house humidifier

    46:31 Dude, where's my heart?


    Timestamps created with https://clips.marketing by @cgenco
    55 min
  • 57 Productive Procrastination

    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...



    00:00 Intro

    01:07 Getting stuck on features

    07:25 Why features feel good

    10:03 Next steps for AcornChat

    11:04 Frustrated at Kaggle competition

    17:21 Difference between cats and dogs

    18:13 Applying AI to business

    21:09 MeetingPlace features

    22:18 Best way to do HTML embedding

    23:15 Productive procrastination

    24:21 Wordle solver

    29:59 Getting things done only if you have something more important to do

    32:34 Won't you be my boss goals

    37:45 Dude, where's my Chipotle?

    43:31 YC now offers $500k

    49:51 We only get one life

    54:13 Reading books gives you multiple lives


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    56 min
  • 56 Dude, where's my laptop?
    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...
    52 min
  • 56 Dude, where's my laptop?

    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...



    00:00 Intro

    00:27 Chris did nothing

    01:26 Go slow to go fast

    05:55 Software is magic

    11:04 Dropbox api upgrade

    19:01 Won't you be my boss?

    31:16 Dude, where's my laptop?


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    52 min
  • 55 Brian Casel - Launching and growing a SaaS

    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.



    00:00 Intro

    01:08 Brian's backstory

    05:35 Scaling by hiring more people

    09:40 ZipMessage

    12:22 Audience Ops

    13:14 Move towards software businesses

    18:14 Christian's backstory

    20:42 Chris's backstory

    21:38 Tech stack: Rails vs React vs Laravel

    28:24 ZipMessage company structure

    30:26 Business structure: selling just part of an LLC

    33:13 What to spending money on

    38:18 Freemium

    42:44 Buying a Tesla

    48:01 Reading books

    49:29 Investing thoughts

    54:23 Outro


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    https://zipmessage.com/

    https://twitter.com/casjam
    56 min
  • 54 The finale of "Dude, Where's my Car?" + is buying Bitcoin basically gambling?

    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?



    00:00 Intro

    00:25 The Matrix Resurrections

    03:49 VR Movies

    08:29 AcornChat next steps

    12:38 Work time vs vacation time

    13:45 AI competitions

    24:04 Crypto Trading Compeition

    30:03 Efficient vs inefficient markets

    32:01 Why you can't make money trading crypto

    34:16 Markets and crypto

    38:27 Crypto breads discipline in normal markets

    40:53 FileInbox Dropbox deadline

    43:31 Dude, where's my car?


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    56 min
  • 53 Is Ruby on Rails still good for SaaS?

    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?



    00:00 Intro

    00:46 SuperTuxKart AI

    13:05 Acorn Chat

    17:47 FileInbox was Down!

    21:06 SaaS is... complicated

    28:25 Programming languages for SaaS

    32:49 Dude Where's my Car?

    43:28 How to deal with a car thief?

    48:54 Health issues are like cold taffy


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    53 min

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