Makers.dev

Mar 11 2025 130 ep. 57 mins 18
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Chris and Christian build some software businesses.

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130 Job Search Update

Mar 11 2025 63 mins  
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 Intro3:11 Dust blowers5:12 Allergy testing10:55 Drawing SVGs with LLMs Kaggle competition18:42 Christian's job path forward26:30 Consulting updates28:28 Another SaaS30:14 Autonomy, mastery, purpose33:45 FileInbox39:06 AI Agent

129 Looking for a job

Feb 11 2025 112 mins  
Chris finished his CS masters! Christian tries to figure out if he wants a "real" job, and what that might look like.0:00 Intro2:10 Chris finished his masters4:50 Santa Kaggle competition9:30 NVIDIA Blackwell15:45 Smart vs dumb light bulbs19:30 Christian had a rough month21:20 How to better manage consulting projects39:42 No longer a co-founder of Rootabl1:02:06 Potential benefits

128 Catch up 2024: AI, Ruby on Rails, Bluesky, and Puppies

Dec 06 2024 123 mins  
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 Intro1:24 Chris got a puppy5:20 Why do people like pets?11:59 Are AI coding assistants worth it?42:07 How Chris' job is going47:14 Finishing up a CS masters54:20 Fatherhood1:03:07 Consulting for Stacks and paying people1:10:00

127 Baby!

Feb 20 2024 55 mins  
Christian had a baby! and Chris is now a Kaggle Grandmaster.

126 10x Developer

Oct 12 2023 59 mins  
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.

125 LinkedIn Outreach

Sep 27 2023 57 mins  
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.

124 Outsourcing development and working with people

Sep 16 2023 70 mins  
Christian tries to outsource some development tasks. Chris built a photo frame and is getting ready for a trip to Iceland.

123 Setting aside SaaS for Consulting

Aug 19 2023 69 mins  
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.

122 Ozymandias

Aug 04 2023 51 mins  
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.

121 Advantages of Firebase

Jul 20 2023 60 mins  
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.