makers.dev Episodes
130 Job Search Update
2025-03-11
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
129 Looking for a job
2025-02-11
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
128 Catch up 2024: AI, Ruby on Rails, Bluesky, and Puppies
2024-12-06
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
126 10x Developer
2023-10-12
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
2023-09-27
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
2023-09-16
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
2023-08-19
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
2023-08-04
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.
correction at 27:45 NVIDIA doesn't even manufacture their own GPU chips! They rely on 3rd party manufacturers too.
0:00 Fun number fact 122: Ozymandias
8:13 Chris vacation update
13:00 Photography as a hobby
23:42 tinygrad ML framework
28:28 Fileinbox user personas
36:15 Christian consulting
44:36 Home Depot adventure
121 Advantages of Firebase
2023-07-20
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.
