413: TZ Discussion - The Deadline

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's progress on Lightwave, the features and functionality he's working on, and when he's planning on releasing it, the new Math Academy podcast, Izzy's short film, and the status of Arelis's collegiate gymnastics recruitment process. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's plan for the launch of Lightwave, the latest with Math Academy, and what Jason struggles with the most on a day-to-day basis, why Richard Sutton thinks LLMs are a dead end, and thoughts about what to expect from AI in the near term. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss the future of LLMs, AI, and the S-curve, eschewing investment, maintaining control, and focusing on product and profit over growth, how Justin implemented real-time collaboration for Lightwave and his plans for launch and growth, the latest with Math Academy and what Jason has been working on, a database meltdown, Colby as intern, Areli's quest to earn a spot in collegiate gymnastics, and Izzy's short film, the movie KPop Demon Hunters, the series, The Movies That Made Us, and the documentary series Star Wars Icons Unearthed. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss how gluten might be Justin's new nemesis and why it might be causing his brain buzzing, Jack's adventures in programming, how Justin went all in on AI coding and turned out to be a failure and why he wants to see a rant off between Jason and ThePrimeTime (formerly ThePrimegen), The Copilot Delusion, why Silicon Valley’s ‘Tiny Team’ Era is Here (or maybe has been for a while), the only thing Jason r cares about when it comes to Math Academy, the future of software Justin's fear that Lightwave mayeend up being irrelavant, Colby's powerlifting win, Izzy's filmmaking "internship", and Areli's summer of gymnastics camps, and finally, the series Murderbot. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's three recent debacles, how he learned to stop suffocating himself, and how he became the main character on X for a day (and ... not in a good way), how Jason is working to reduce product friction, customer support and churn at Math Academy, Justin's progress on Lightwave and why he put his budding digital music career on temporary hold, how to get the most out of AI when coding, Areli's success at the Western Nationals, the series The Studio, and Bad Thoughts, the video We Are Not PROMPTS! and how generative AI will likely impact filmmaking in the future.

Justin and Jason discuss how Justin has been helping out with the new Math Academy designs, why Jason finally pulled the trigger on buying his dream car, the latest progress on Lightwave and thoughts on future usage models, the upcoming Math Academy machine learning course, plans for 2025, and the challenge of developing talent while scaling. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss the possibility of Jason starting a Math Academy podcast or YouTube channel, ideas on how to solve Math Academy's latency issues in China, what tool to use for creating mockups, Justin's health update, finding a workout schedule that works, how the PlayStrong SEO is starting to show results, Jason's project superhero update and how less has turned out to be more, the surprising benefits of taking a magnesium supplement, the struggles of young men and dating in the current version of society, how humans eventually adapt to technologies that initially show negative consequences, Lightwave and the importance of not giving up, Justin's music aspirations and his struggle with working (and working out) alone, the shows Arcane and The Franchise and the movies Caddy Shack, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, The Fall Guy, and The Hit Man, Math Academy's upcoming machine learning course and the plans to integrate coding into all (or at least most) math courses, Jason's bias towards maximizing information gain, and how he's learning to focus on one fire at a time no matter how many are burning, and finally the simultaneous exhilaration and misery of running a startup that's realized product-market fit. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

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