0:30 - Steven reports in on the job search.
6:45 - Musings about why the job market is why it is right now.
14:35 - Where DO product ideas come from, anyway?
17:50 - We're all so very tired, and just don't have the spoons.
18:50 - Dan did indeed release Teams last week!  And more info about upcoming plans.
24:00 - Dan's thinks he's going to make a game in August.  But why?
26:15 - The viability of doing "alternate weeks" for product/marketing when you're burnt out and/or busy.
29:20 - A complicating factor...

0:20 - On getting back into exercising, and the perils that come with.
5:20 - Jobs, jobs, everywhere!
11:10 - The much-awaited kombucha update.
18:30 - Vaccination celebration!
30:00 - The Nodewood Teams release is live!
36:25 - Podcast recommendation: Slow & Steady

Links:

- https://www.slowandsteadypodcast.com/
- https://userlist.com/
- https://www.usepow.app/
- https://brianrhea.com/

0:20 - Dan gets on a Soapbox about Amazon propagandizing to children.
8:50 - Making sacrifices to stick to your principles.
13:10 - Dan talks about his plans for the first version of the Nodewood production deploy system.
17:20 - Dan gets some good news and gives updates for the final push towards the next release of Nodewood.
23:25 - Steven reports in about his journey into machine learning and data science!
25:50 - The trials and tribulations of making kombucha.
40:40 - Podcast Shoutout: FounderQuest

Links:

- https://www.pulumi.com/
- https://www.founderquestpodcast.com/
- https://www.honeybadger.io/

0:30 - Dan is way too easily influenced by videogames.
5:20 - Trying out a new schedule, to try to improve productivity.
11:00 - A little bit of a Nodewood progress report.
14:25 - Steven has been planning for the summer and rebuilding his personal site.
18:50 - Should you take the "published at" date off of articles?
24:45 - The temptation to turn hobbies into side hustles and why it happens.
55:05 - Podcast shoutout.

Links

- Steven's personal site: https://stevenabadie.com/
- The Art of Product podcast: https://artofproductpodcast.com/
- Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots: https://www.giantrobots.fm/

0:30 - "Almost Post-COVID"
1:50 - Building an AI portfolio and finding good data
11:48 - Nodewood Teams progress and scope creep
15:13 - Taxes and VAT in particular
31:10 - We introduce our email address!  hello@modprodpod.com
31:50 - Podcast shout-out: https://softwaresocial.dev/

0:30 - We're back!
2:30 - Browse Me Later goes on hold indefinitely.
8:20 - Machine Learning involves a whole bunch of math, it turns out!
13:30 - Finding data science portfolio projects.
19:35 - The ins and outs of building a modern AI portfolio site.
24:00 - Dan talks a bit about burnout, recovery, and everything in the way.
26:50 - Business ideas via Shower Thoughts.
33:33 - A recap of The Basecamp Situation.
38:50 - Bill & Ted talk about Basecamp.  (This gets political.)
53:00 - We cannot help but talk about why "no politics at work" is awful.
59:20 - How "no politics" kills diversity and why this matters.
1:05:10 - Some news about our plans for episode releases going forward.

Links:

- https://www.kaggle.com/
- https://latex-project.org
- https://katex.org
- https://notion.so
- https://www.reform.app/
- https://usesummit.com/
- https://stackingthebricks.com/
- https://softwaresocial.dev/

0:20 - A break from the break!
1:50 - Steven introduces his hydroponics inventory control SaaS idea
4:50 - Problem #1: Distribution
7:15 - Problem #2: Custom development
8:30 - Problem #3: Significant setup & support
11:00 - Problem #4: Market not ready for off-the-shelf software
16:05 - Some clarifications on scope and distribution
18:45 - Problem #5: Too early to build as a solo founder, would need a team to market & grow
21:00 - Dan introduces his apartment buzzer password service
23:30 - Problem #1: Can't dogfood it anymore!
24:00 - Problem #2: It's a B2C product
24:40 - Problem #3: Downtime is CATASTROPHIC.
28:50 - Problem #4: May not provide enough value to convince people to pay for it.
34:00 - Wrap-up!

We're taking a short break!  As we evaluate new business ideas, we wanted to give those ideas some room to breathe without trying to force them into easily-digestible podcast bites each week.  We hope to be back in early May with fresh ideas, topics, and conversation!