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Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new house, Jack's new school, and his budding interest in modding computers, how Jason manages his ADHD, Izzy's short film  The Very Best One , and their plans to write a feature-length film over the summer, the latest with Math Academy, Justin's AI-coding demo, the latest with Lightwave,  The Martian , and  Project Hail Mary . https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 surpr...

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...

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...

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 fi...

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...

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, m...

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,...

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 i...

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 s...

Justin and Jason discuss their recent health and fitness escapades, the latest with  Math Academy and Lightwave, the pointlessness of GDPR, why we may have to kick Justin out of the country, a bunch of stuff Sam Altman  wishes someone had told him , why Jason recommends the series  Gaslit  and the YouTube channel  Clownfish TV , and Justin's much-belated review of  Ready Player One  that exactly z...

Justin and Jason discuss the fallout of Gabe's  blog post  about Math Academy and other company issues, Lightwave's formalized roadmap, Justin's new workout equipment and routine, Jason's project-superhero progress, the importance of having concrete goals, the shows  Loudermilk ,  Bye, Bye Barry ,  Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records , and  Killer Robots , and the  Kosmo channe...

Justin and Jason discuss Areli's recent gymnastics struggles, Colby's go-kart project, how Justin has been organizing a conference for his day job and his new idea for implementing styling palettes in Lightwave, Jason's project superhero updates, his new back rehab program, and why he's interested in sprinting again, how and why Justin has fallen off the weight-loss/workout wagon, the development...

Justin and Jason review and grade the progress they made over the past year on their respective health, fitness, and startups, detail their goals for 2024, discuss the shows  Only Murders in the Building ,  Band of Brothers ,  Breaking Bad , and  Better Call Saul , and Jason explains how he thinks Hollywood will adjust its strategy in the coming years. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com . Join ou...

Justin and Jason discuss how Justin and his family had to leave town to avoid a forest fire, the show  Welcome to Wrexham , how Justin is tiptoeing into his new  diet program , the latest on Project Superhero, the  professional dunker  who increased his vertical from 25 to 45 inches and then later to 50 inches, Justin's reaction to Alex Jones being allowed back on X and some thoughts on free speec...

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new weight-loss  coaching service , why Jason got a  coronary heart scan  and his experience so far with the  ATG program , the series  Welcome to Wrexham , why Justin is wary of Sam Altman not least of which because of  World Coin , a  recap  of the recent Open AI coup and counter-coup, and some  speculation  around  Q* , the coming battle between swarms of good...

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's progress on Lightwave (nee List) and the near-term development roadmap, why Jason thinks Justin would benefit from a diet coach , and why he believes the hype around Hoka running shoes is entirely justified, the latest with Math Academy including the prospect of building a distraction detector, and the shows Generation V , Welcome to Wrexham , and the Yogi Berra d...