We reflect on a problem with a client. Then we discuss the importance of learning new patterns, adopting new tools, and sticking to conventions.

After a scheduling snafu, we needed to use our recording slot to have our weekly check-in with Jacob. This is our regular roundup of clients, plus some pleasantries and goofs.

Daniel is jetlagged after returning from Sydney, where he launched Verbs at Laracon AU.

We talk about the launch, talk about John's Kickstarter for Colossi, and do a quick catchup on our OKRs.

You can buy John's game on Kickstarter right now! 

Daniel's new event sourcing package Verbs is nearly complete, and John loves it. Join us as we spend 40 minutes gassing each other up.

We do some bits. We talk about good practices while pair programming. Then we wonder if product development processes primarily exist to compensate for trust issues. High trust environments are the only ones we want to work in.

• John is tanking a lot of bureaucracy
• Daniel is writing a LOT of code
• Daniel is going to Laracon Australia
• We discuss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgV6M1LyfNY

According to ChatGPT we discussed:

• Mentoring and meetings
• Age discussion
• Product management
• Splitting time between two companies
• Home inspector conference in Atlantic City
• Billing strategies
• Different pricing models (hourly, project-based, retainer)
• Composite team approach (offering product management, engineering, design)
• Value proposition for small companies
• Communicating and marketing the value proposition for Sunk

We catch up as usual, and check in on the state of all our goals.

On this episode we dig deep and do a post-mortem on a messy wrap-up to a client engagement.
Our key takeaways:

• Overcommunicate
• Overcommunicate some more

This episode is late because of an interesting process breakdown.

• Verbs Vacation
• A New "vision-mission-value"
• The Pre-Mortem