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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 zero people asked for. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow...

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 channel on YouTube. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners!...

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 of Math Academy's annual plan, the problem with pausing accounts, and why they've decided to...

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 our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

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 speech, Lightwave's features and usability and whether it would make sense to build in the open, creating a...

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 and bad AI agents, Justin's recent progress on Lightwave, Jason's opinion on the recent respiratory outbreak in...

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 documentary It Ain't Over.. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and...

Justin and Jason discuss how Justin has been listening to The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy audiobook, their respective project superhero updates and the latest with Lightwave and Math Academy, the problem with mobile-first web development, what makes a great student, and the movies Donny Darko and Friday Night at Freddy's. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss how emotion fuels Justin's process and why that may ultimately be to the detriment of long-term progress, Justin's thoughts on the Steve Job biography, the latest with Lightwave, project superhero updates, why Jason believes de-optimizing our lives could lead to better health, Math Academy's upcoming Methods of Proof course and how to build a cheat-detection system, the audiobooks Control Freak and Sid Meiers Memoir, and the shows Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Winning...

Justin and Jason discuss Jason's birthday, reactions and takeaways from the Elon Musk biography, the new Ray- Ban smart glasses, Lex Friedman's metaverse interview of Musk Zuckerberg, the latest project superhero updates, how Justin got excited about List again, and John Romero's Doom Guy.. Artwork by https://sonsofcrypto.com. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8

Justin and Jason discuss walking as a weight-loss strategy and Justin's health-journey hiccups, Isaacson's Elon Musk biography, why Justin changed his Discord photo, the latest with Math Academy, why Justin hasn't been working on List/Nitro and whether he's planning to continue with the project, Balaji's latest Gray Tribe ideas, what Colby accomplished over the summer with Galactic Conquerors and how he's been preparing to take some advanced, for-credit math exams, and Apple's...

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new morning walk/run, Jason's college track career, Justin's diet regime, and Jason's new focus on lowering fructose intake and uric acid, the latest with Galatic Conquerors, and technical limitations of a web-based game, and how struggle is an integral part of the learning process, the prospect of the emergence of human-level AGI within 3 to 7 years, how the LK99 team is not giving up, Elon's plan to strip headlines and other metadata from Twitter/X posts,...

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's plan to integrate daily physical exercise, how excess fructose could be the primary driver for elevated levels of uric acid and metabolic diseases generally, the million-dollar prize for a solution to the Riemann hypothesis, Justin's idea for a website called AmISheeple.com, the non-replication of the room-temperature superconductor, whether AI is a solution in search of a problem or the exact opposite, Elon Musk's response to the anti-Tesla ETF closing its...

Justin and Jason discuss the rise in criminal activity and related factors that have led to the reduction in commercial activity and the general downward spiral of San Francisco, whether there's an agenda to end remote work, why people are avoiding the news, and how subscription-news outlets are eventually captured by their audience, thoughts on the TechZing Discord, what Justin and Jason do and don't enjoy about their work, thoughts on marketing Math Academy, various lifting strategies and...