All Episodes
60: Our biggest client yet
John got star struck on Easter. Daniel got a new couch. We got a big new client. John is working nights and weekends on the Laracon game, and it's awesome. Daniel is w...
59: We lost a client for good reasons
John is locked in, and made a playlist so you can lock in too. We are in silly season, but we have an excellent new PM who will get us through. We lost a client, but f...
58: Finding the real decision maker
John's Macbook air is having problems. We made a bonus episode. We have a new trick for finding the decision maker at a prospective client. Always negotiate. We LOVE A...
Bonus Episode: PHP × NYC Chaos-Cast™
At a PHP x NYC event, we realized we had a critical mass of Laravel podcasters. Apologies for the audio problems.
57: Sunsetting Papercuts
Spring is here. John was on the Over Engineered podcast to discuss running product processes on small teams. We are sunsetting Papercuts. We do a quick retro about why...
56: Chunks of work
John got married. We got paid by a delinquent client. John spoke at PHP x Philly. The client management app is getting really good, which can now invoice clients. Fina...
55: Vertical Slices
You need to build vertically, not horizontally. Also: Point Break is a good movie (Broey Deschanel's analysis). We helped a client dismiss a scammy wordpress agency. S...
54: Building without a blueprint
Why do old special effects look good? Pennsylvania needs better websites. John wants to speak a lot more. We are building our PM business, but don't have an obvious bl...
53: Be a great place to work (empaneling Bossman Chris)
We empanel Bossman Chris. Daniel and Chris survived Philly's Super Bowl celebration. We recap Laracon EU, and give high praise to Amsterdam. Chris counsels us on how t...
52: Coaching clients to have more urgency
We talk retro video games. Daniel is wiring up his whole home. John preps for his Laracon talk. We recap what we learned from an uncomfortable client moment. We finali...
51: John built the client management app 🤫
John built the MVP client app! Daniel watched Survivor. We brainstorm what we want out of our 2025 OKRs.
50: Growing our product team
We talk about how it will work to have another PM around, the paradox of project scoping, good interview questions, and the power of learning from retros. On a less bu...
49: What does success look like in 2025?
We do a little vision casting for what a great year would look like. We have some disagreements about sales, plan to remove ourselves as individual contributors from m...
48: Holiday party
Daniel is moving, and we have some business logistics to figure out. We want to hire a junior PM. We do a roundup of our OKR results. We also talk game of the year, Jo...
47: Killing Harvest
John saw Hamilton. Daniel is moving. We are finally building the client management app that we've long resisted. We talk through the requirements and speak ill of Harv...
46: We want to buy your business (maybe)
We watched good movies this weekend. We re-learn that good management is mostly about un-blocking people. John's journey into React led him back to Livewire and Alpine...
45: The client onboarding checklist
Daniel played Colossi. We make a checklist of all the things that have to happen when we bring on a new client. Thunk wants to buy a small business??
44: Clarifying roles for Silly Season v2
John went jet skiing at the Statue of Liberty. We love Bluesky. Tech bros keep getting one-shot by psychedelics. Business is great right now. We clarify our roles, hea...