TechZing

Justin and Jason discuss Math Academy, Playstrong, Justin's new band, and Jack's burgeoning interest in coding. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss how Jason solved his slow Internet problem, their recent COVID experience, Jason's reaction to intense stress, the challenge of working with other coders, creating a new technical foundation for an existing project, Jason's contrarian opinion on code comments, why clean, correctly abstracted code is the key to maximizing productivity, Math Academy's current MRR and how to address the churn issue, the shows Sunny and Brooklyn 99, and the web series Red vs. Blue. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason talk about how Justin thought it was Independence Day for real, his early life as a struggling musician, and the story of how he hustled his way into the technology industry, Math Academy's Twitter/X push, recent growth and future goals, Colby the intern and the possibility of bringing on a freelance developer, Ray Kurzweil's new book The Singularity Is Nearer, the show Time Trap, season 3 of The The Bear, and the movie No Hard Feelings, why Jason couldn't stand watching the series Palm Royale, the 30 for 30 documentary on Lance Armstrong, and the series Tour de France Unchained. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss Math Academy, Lightwave, PlayStrong, and other stuff. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss Izzy's high-school graduation, the new Math Academy robot character and the upcoming math facts functionality, the Methods of Proof course, and why Jason isn't impressed by LLM tutors, the recent development work on Lightwave and thoughts on the permissions system, why creating anything of value takes years and the importance of doing things that don't scale, health and fitness updates, why Justin likes Star Trek so much, the Netflix series Bodkin, the documentaries Bad Vegan and The Jinx, and the shows Better Call Saul, Dance Monsters, Is It Cake, and Conan Must Go.  Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's design choices and roadmap for Lightwave, the latest with Math Academy, including the technology beyond the proofs course and the plan for drilling math facts, the primacy of winning, the future of search in the age of LLMs, fitness updates, and the shows Residents Alien, The Jinx, Allen vs. Farrow, and Shogun. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss Math Academy's churn analysis and retention roadmap, Justin's decision to use Laravel's Reverb for Lightwave's real-time collaboration, why he's mocking up the entire new phase of UI development, and what was wrong with his initial weight-lifting plan, the effects of writing on less sleep, brain activity after death, the prospect of AI-generated video, girlfriends, music, and drip emails, how Jason is attempting to train around his tendinitis and why blood-flow restriction might provide an answer, the streaming series Winning Time, Shogun Fallout, and Foundation, and why Jason recommends the Pilgrim Pass YouTube channel. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss how Justin is transitioning PlayStrong's backend to Laravel's Vapor framework and how long it will be before he'll get back to working on Lightwave again, how Jason reduced his AWS footprint, and some preliminary numbers from Math Academy's churn analysis, Justin's realization about his fitness routine, and the shows 3 Body Problem and Winning Time. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss some performance improvements made to the Math Academy service, an embarrassing email debacle, Jason's self-diagnosed ADHD, Justin's newly established workout habbit, Jason's gout flair up, the most important things that effect health, why Jason recommends The Gentlemen and Justin recommends Mythic Quest, the difficulty with general advice and best practices, and the idea of hosting online Math Academy competitions. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss the current state of Lightwave, why Justin is implementing the backend in Node.js, his experience hiring a contractor to pair code with, and plans for the future, the latest with Justin's fitness journey and why he decided to stop taking Metformin, Math Academy's upcoming Methods of Proof course, a major code refactoring, whether there will ever be a Math Academy Discord server, and customer support challenges, Jason's pending race with his kids, how he tweaked his quad, and why no one likes to do back squats, and finally the shows Slow Horses and Mythic Quest. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8