Makers.dev

Chris and Christian build some software businesses.

Makers.dev is a business podcast hosted by Chris Achard and Christian Genco, with 130 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Chris Achard and Christian Genco hosts Makers.dev, a business show with 130 episodes published.

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  Episode #130

  130 Job Search Update

  Mar 11, 20251h 3mS0

  <p>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.</p><p>0:00 Intro<br>3:11 Dust blowers<br>5:12 Allergy testing<br>10:55 Drawing SVGs with LLMs Kaggle competition<br>18:42 Christian's job path forward<br>26:30 Consulting updates<br>28:28 Another SaaS<br>30:14 Autonomy, mastery, purpose<br>33:45 FileInbox<br>39:06 AI Agents with MCP: Model Context Protocol<br>54:40 What I really want<br>1:01:03 Building games with LLMs</p>

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  Episode #129

  129 Looking for a job

  Feb 11, 20251h 52mS0

  <p>Chris finished his CS masters! Christian tries to figure out if he wants a "real" job, and what that might look like.</p><p>0:00 Intro<br>2:10 Chris finished his masters<br>4:50 Santa Kaggle competition<br>9:30 NVIDIA Blackwell<br>15:45 Smart vs dumb light bulbs<br>19:30 Christian had a rough month<br>21:20 How to better manage consulting projects<br>39:42 No longer a co-founder of Rootabl<br>1:02:06 Potential benefits of a "real" job<br>1:07:16 What kind of job would Christian want?<br>1:18:42 Different work options<br>1:24:20 Option 1: Consulting<br>1:31:30 Option 2: Get a job<br>1:41:47 Option 3: Start another SaaS<br>1:46:02 Ideal plan<br>1:48:00...

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  Episode #128

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

  Dec 6, 20242h 4mS0

  <p>Chris got a puppy and is almost done with his masters.<br>Christian switches back to Ruby on Rails, and tries to convince Chris to use more AI to write code.</p><p>0:00 Intro<br>1:24 Chris got a puppy<br>5:20 Why do people like pets?<br>11:59 Are AI coding assistants worth it?<br>42:07 How Chris' job is going<br>47:14 Finishing up a CS masters<br>54:20 Fatherhood<br>1:03:07 Consulting for Stacks and paying people<br>1:10:00 Rootabl and affiliate programs<br>1:19:37 Ruby on Rails vs Serverless js<br>1:39:59 Going through the pain to get better<br>1:46:01 Fileinbox rewrite in Laravel ???<br>1:57:46...

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  Episode #127

  127 Baby!

  Feb 20, 202455 minS0

  <p>Christian had a baby! and Chris is now a Kaggle Grandmaster.</p>

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  Episode #126

  126 10x Developer

  Oct 12, 202359 minS0

  <p>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.</p>

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