TechZing is an informal bi-weekly chat show aimed at entreprenures and hackers interested in creating their own web app startup. The show is both educational (with practical advice) and conversational.
E1 361: TZ Discussion - Back It Up
Justin and Jason discuss Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, why Justin thinks he's finally found the right project with List, and Math Academy's current growth trajectory. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
360: TZ Discussion - Black Screen of Death
Justin and Jason discuss Math Academy since the Washington Post article, Ben Boyter's code analysis tool, and Justin's failed attempt to onboard Jason to List. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
359: TZ Discussion - ListyMcListface
Justin and Jason discuss Justin's progress on List (formerly known as TaskFlow), Jason's idea that List should be renamed to ListyMcListface, the Washington Post article about Math Academy, the subsequent traffic, and the emotional rollercoaster of it all. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
358: TZ Discussion - Today's Special: Hacker News Surprise
Justin & Jason talk about TaskFlow's rebranding to List, Colby's TechZing interview, Jason's thoughts about Colby going to college, and Math Academy's surprise launch on Hacker News. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
357: TZ Interview - Colby Roberts / Galactic Conquerors
Justin talks with Colby Roberts about his game Galactic Conquerors, and asks various questions submitted by TechZing listeners. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
356: TZ Discussion - Bear in a Chair
Justin and Jason discuss the latest with Taskflow, Colby's game, and Math Academy, as well as the movies American Sniper, Wrath of Man, Crisis, the documentary House of Hammer, and the series Invincible. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
355: TZ Discussion - Content Impossible
Justin and Jason discuss the latest progress on TaskFlow, Math Academy, and Colby's video game. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
354: TZ Discussion - This Is Not The Div You're Looking For
Justin and Jason discuss how Justin's return to music after a long break and without proper equipment seems to have unleashed a new level of creativity, his recent challenges with TaskFlow and specifically the hand-to-hand combat he's been engaged in with contentEditable, how Colby's internship has been progressing and the YC-inspired project/venture that Jason has set up for him, the latest with Math Academy and how Jason resolved the Stripe custom-payments integration issue, and finally the movie The Gray Man and the streaming series The Terminal List.
353: TZ Discussion - With Some Interruption
Justin and Jason discuss why Justin had to take some time off from working on TaskFlow, the importance of momentum and the performance improvements that have resulted from the simplified FastNode data model, the latest with Math Academy, the problem with large updates, and the resulting communication problems they incur, how Colby's internship is working out, the problems with Jason's MacBook Pro and the how Jason and Sandy binged 10 episodes of The Offer.
352: TZ Discussion - Thought Bomb
Justin and Jason discuss Jason's recent trip to Belize, Jason's literature review of SEO and CRO, Justin's work on the TaskFlow DOM and how to make it work in a real-time collaborative context, the latest with Math Academy, Jason's sleepy feet, and a little bit about various tv shows.
351: TZ Discussion - Nodsey
Justin and Jason discuss the reasons why Justin feels his past startup efforts fell short, the user interface, data model and future use cases of TaskFlow, the new gamification model for Math Academy and how the system has been made more responsive and efficient, and the shows Stranger Things, The Boys, and Severance.
350: TZ Discussion - The Virtual Irish Pub 2.0
Justin and Jason discuss why Justin is having so much fun working on TaskFlow and some potential features and functionality, the importance of refining the inner loop of a product and making the experience customizable, Mark's top three frustrations with his Math Academy experience, how Jason is making the system more efficient and responsive, why Justin is simultaneously skeptical about whether Math Academy will ever be released and why he thinks it's going to be HUGE, why Justin thinks it should be debuted on Product Hunt (if it's ever done), Jason's idea for creating user-story videos, why he's held out so long on releasing Math Academy publicly, and why he prefers Stanger Things to Severance, and finally, why Justin doesn't watch anything anymore.
349: TZ Discussion - Death by Mockup
Justin and Jason discuss the TechZing Discord server, the rebirth of TaskFlow, why Justin loves Laravel, Jason's approach to designing UI, why he wants to grow Math Academy without hring a lot of people and the latest improvements to the software, the series WeCrashed and Severance, and the heatmap software HotJar.Episode Notes
348: TZ Discussion - The Great College Wipeout
Episode Notes Justin and Jason discuss Areli's push to be a division I gymnast, why Justin is moving back to London, what he's doing with Georgie's online course and how his trainer is too busy trading crypto to train him anymore, the latest with Math Academy, how Jason hacked together a math expression parser and evaluator, how to keep students motivated and making progress, the disaster that was this year's college admission's process, the shows Slow Burn, Fyre, We Crashed, Contact, Erin Brokovich, The Dropout, Super Pumped, and Severance, and why Jason STILL hasn't managed to set up his new MacBook Pro.
347: TZ Interview - Brett Kennedy / Head of Robotics, JPL
Jason talks with Brett Kennedy, head of robotics at JPL