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Makers.dev
Chris Achard and Christian Genco
130 episodes
4 months ago
Chris and Christian build some software businesses.
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Chris and Christian build some software businesses.
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Entrepreneurship
Business,
Marketing
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Makers.dev
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

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7 months ago
1 hour 3 minutes

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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

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8 months ago
1 hour 52 minutes

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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

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11 months ago
2 hours 3 minutes

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127 Baby!

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

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1 year ago
55 minutes

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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.
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2 years ago
59 minutes

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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.
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2 years ago
57 minutes

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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.
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2 years ago
1 hour 10 minutes

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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.
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2 years ago
1 hour 9 minutes

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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.
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2 years ago
51 minutes

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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.
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2 years ago
1 hour

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120 Estimating how long features are going to take + All the baby gear
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.
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2 years ago
1 hour 12 minutes

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119 Losing 17 pounds + Craft and Commerce takeaways
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.
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2 years ago
1 hour 22 minutes

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118 How to Plan and Get Things Done, and How to Focus
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.
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2 years ago
1 hour 4 minutes

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117 How often should you update dependencies? Also, an update on "Dude, where's my Bitcoin?"
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.
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2 years ago
1 hour 1 minute

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116 Trial to paid conversion rates and Christian's big annoucement
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.
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2 years ago
1 hour 2 minutes

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115 Demystifying the AI Genie + Identifying a SaaS Vision
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?
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2 years ago
52 minutes

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114 Microconf '23 takeaways
We talk about Microconf and how we feel about the things we're doing as a result.
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2 years ago
1 hour 10 minutes

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113 Attaboy.ai gets interesting. Also: TALK TO YOUR USERS.
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.
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2 years ago
59 minutes

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112 We freak out about AI. Also attaboy.ai becomes a thing
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!
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2 years ago
59 minutes

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111 How ChatGPT actually works
Chris tries to explain how ChatGPT works. Christian tries to figure out the next steps for the video clipper.
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2 years ago
1 hour 4 minutes

Makers.dev
Chris and Christian build some software businesses.