Talking Businessly

83: Do a good job ™

Our goal for 2026 is to do a good job. John wants to start doing some serious, long term business development.

82: AI fatigue

We gave ourselves raises. John is weary of AI. Daniel is using Claude skills.

81: We set up pay bands

We hired someone. We set up standardized pay bands. We discuss how we use AI, and what makes a bad AI-driven pull request. We like Three Body Problem. John sang in choir.

80: Late fees are unenforceable

Marketing works. Late fees don't. John is speaking at Laracon EU! We review our OKRs and cash situation. John has more mic issues.

79: The wire:live retro (empaneling Caleb Porzio)

Our dear friend Caleb Porzio [https://x.com/calebporzio] drops by for some laughs, and a retrospective on Wire:live. We discuss what went well, what could improve, and what we'll do differently next time.