Talking Businessly

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.

78: Empaneling Matt Stauffer

Matt runs Tighten [https://tighten.com/], and is a kind of big brother to us. We ask him about running agencies, building teams, hiring senior developers, and a lot more. Watch his new Laracast series "How to Build a Dev Team [https://laracasts.com/series/how-to-build-a-dev-team]" now.

77: Silly season takes no prisoners

Our biggest client had a problem. We tried to get out in front of it, with mixed success. Here's what we learned. Join the new social game here [https://thesocialgame.gg/games/370174136659824640/pre-game-lobby]. Listen to John's clickbait episode about it here [https://notesonplay.transistor.fm/episodes/10-a-board-game-with-hundreds-of-players].