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  • 129 - Coffee, Cobots, and Coding

    129 - Coffee, Cobots, and Coding
    Feb 18 2025

    Jem & Justin chat Moccamasters, bad millennial design, and coffee snobbery. They cover AirShop updates, YouTube milestones, and a barrel polishing query. Plus, Vention's new sanding cobot, post-processor woes, Cursor coding tips, and the joys of TextExpander. Laura's back on payroll, profit distribution fixed.

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    DISCUSSED:

    ✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option

    • Moccamaster makes better coffee than I used to
    • Hello Linda
    • Thanks for all you that inquired about AirShop
    • Shandy Vention Sanding Robot Turnkey - website
    • 2025 PF spready upgrade ꘎
    • New income goal, new accounts, new fixed distribution amounts, 11 months in. ꘎
    • Added Laura back on the team officially
    • Jonny post-processor gold star!
    • Getting cursor chat to talk to cursor composer? Help
    • Terrible LLM emails this week
    • New prompt tuning to compensate, still crap.
    • PS2 rides shotgun ꘎
    • Slow steppers ꘎
    • PS2 to States in – Tuesday, 13 May 2025
    • Barrel tumbling whelp ꘎


    Chapters

    • 00:00 Jazzy Hands
    • 03:19 Mother-in-law Coffee Experts
    • 07:54 Launching New Ventures and Community Engagement
    • 10:51 YouTube Success and Content Creation
    • 16:34 Automation in Manufacturing and CNC Challenges
    • 22:22 AI Post-maker
    • 27:00 Navigating Post-Issue Challenges
    • 28:07 Understanding Cursor: Chat vs. Composer
    • 30:03 The Importance of Context in Coding
    • 32:03 Dictation and Its Impact on Productivity
    • 34:48 Degradation of AI Models: A Recent Concern
    • 38:01 Managing Memory in AI Agents
    • 39:53 Setting Up a Local Coding Environment
    • 43:00 Progress on the PS2 Project
    • 44:33 Timeline for Production and Shipping
    • 48:35 Spreadsheet Management and Payroll Insights
    • 51:25 Elevator Ding.mp3

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    51 mins
  • 128 - Introducing: AirShop

    128 - Introducing: AirShop
    Feb 11 2025
    Justin unveils AirShop, a new app to streamline inventory & quoting, born from his own shop's needs. Jem's sales are up, he's dipping dowels & using AI coding! They discuss automation, 5-axis machines, and website woes, and celebrate good weeks.Watch on YoutubeDISCUSSED:✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message optionDexArm 😍Oops went live with AI pricing ꘎Bulk Price EditorFirst GeoCities order ꘎ !!!!Within Tolerance EP - 246🟠 AirShopHoly fugggen shit take my money ꘎Quoting, inventory, what makes an ERP?Coding in natural conversation ꘎How do I finish SQ 👉 Shopify migration? ⠄Shopify variant hell is back ꘎Is typing dead ꘎Finally a good week ꘎Sex toy dowel dipper success ꘎Two geocities orders ꘎---Profit First PlaylistClassic Episodes Playlist---SUPPORT THE SHOWBecome a Patreon - Get the Secret ShowReview on Apple Podcast Share with a FriendDiscuss on Show SubredditShow InfoShow WebsiteContact Jem & JustinInstagram | Tiktok | Facebook | YoutubePlease note: Show notes contains affiliate links.HOSTSJem FreemanCastlemaine, Victoria, AustraliaLike Butter | Instagram | More LinksJustin BrouillettePortland, Oregon, USAPDX CNC |
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    45 mins
  • 127 - Robot tour therapy

    127 - Robot tour therapy
    Feb 4 2025

    From nesting software shenanigans to exploring robot-filled shops, Jem and Justin navigate the chaos of running machine businesses. Justin tours a fantastic robot automation shop. They tackle everything from the Bambu firmware mess to pencil sharpener prototypes, while Justin shares his therapy journey. Between testing new productivity tools and fighting cash flow battles, they keep it real about January's challenges and the constant juggle of growth. A classic episode of shop talk meets real life, with a dash of productivity theater and price increase contemplation.

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    DISCUSSED:

    ✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option

    • Nesting stories
    • OpenNest
    • BlockEdit
    • Rhinonest / Rhinocam
    • The sickness
    • Share Cart link
    • 80/20 Ideabuilder Extrusion config
    • Youtube – I toured a robot workshop (😍)
    • First Cuts on PS2 Pencil Sharpener
    • Bambu Firmware fiasco
    • DeepSeek R1
    • Productivity Theatre Quote Register Nonsense ꘎
    • Justin gets a therapist
    • Update Shottr ?! - annoying fellow
    • Raycast
    • Bonkers good Jan
    • Short Week, Still Behind
    • Cash Flow Struggles
    • Considering a Weekend Sale
    • Upcoming Price Increases
    • Auto Tape machines

    Chapters

    • 00:00 New Year Vibes
    • 01:38 Design Software Chat
    • 04:27 Cool Configurators
    • 07:22 Work-Life Balance
    • 09:41 Sick Days
    • 12:22 Workflow Tools
    • 15:06 Online Product Setup
    • 17:39 Extrusion Builds
    • 20:10 First Cuts
    • 21:38 3D Print Talk
    • 22:42 Bambu Drama
    • 25:32 AI & Sim Theory
    • 29:33 Business Talk
    • 30:58 January Numbers
    • 34:44 Marketing Tips
    • 37:07 Productivity Tools
    • 41:25 Therapy Real Talk
    • 43:52 Raycast


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  • 126 - Llama shall have what it demands

    126 - Llama shall have what it demands
    Jan 28 2025
    Jem and Justin chat about robot training, viral videos, nesting software woes, and inspired dowel finishing methods. Features shop talk about CNC automation, Fusion 360 pains, and label printing solutions.Watch on YoutubeDISCUSSED:✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message optionNew youtube upcoming, tourUR Playtime UR Cobots and RobotsPeople are so scared of new ideas (dumb white men) ⠄Millions more views, mostly hate commentsMillions all round.Oligarch eyes, vendor lock-in ꘎Jem's new museNesting in FusionMore scripts to fix Fusion's massive flawsLabel printing out of AirtablePool cue dipping rig success ꘎Dust boot recommended by Multicam New PDX Airport killeth99pi PDX Carpet EpisodeConfigurator re-skinsPlain Jane HTML hosting within ShopifyRaycast.com - 10% off with link---Profit First PlaylistClassic Episodes Playlist---SUPPORT THE SHOWBecome a Patreon - Get the Secret ShowReview on Apple Podcast Share with a FriendDiscuss on Show SubredditShow InfoShow WebsiteContact Jem & JustinInstagram | Tiktok | Facebook | YoutubePlease note: Show notes contains affiliate links.HOSTSJem FreemanCastlemaine, Victoria, AustraliaLike Butter | Instagram | More LinksJustin BrouillettePortland, Oregon, USA
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    43 mins
  • 125 - Inappropriate drill pressing

    125 - Inappropriate drill pressing
    Jan 20 2025

    Jem and Justin discuss 3D printing technicalities, coding with AI agents as amateur software developers, barrel finishing of timber components, the value of long form video, Jem is reading profit first again, Notebook LM from Google, the fatigue of the hustle.

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    DISCUSSED:

    ✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option

    • BBL Ideal Printing steps, 0.04mm
    • Superb Yoda Model
    • Configurator circles
    • Cursor coding, AI code workflow
    • Dedicated Drilling
    • Barrel finishing
    • Long term value of long form video
    • Linus interview with Colin and Samir
    • Profit first, third time lucky
    • Notebook LM
    • Shopify API check out authentication
    • Hustle fatigue
    • IG popping orf
    • Retrospective journalling value

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    HOSTS

    Jem Freeman

    Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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    Justin Brouillette

    Portland, Oregon, USA

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    54 mins
  • 124 - Cat palace for kids

    124 - Cat palace for kids
    Jan 14 2025
    Jem and Justin return from holiday breaks and to discuss building cat palaces, AI scripts with Claude. They discuss shop improvements, Gridfinity strategy, and share thoughts on QR codes and self-centering drill jigs. Plus, thoughts on reading habits and notebook psychology.Watch on YoutubeDISCUSSED:✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message optionJem's instas serie (shelves), spouse appreciationExpensive weeks off! ꘎Cat palace for kids ꘎Hot Wheels ꘎Preorder Fiasco - 8 hrs with ClaudeEven more Cursor enthusiasmKitta Scam Product ꘎Mercury bankingScripts, scripts, scripts! – Nack fixes, Label Print on repeatNick Cave ꘎Fresh eyes, new resolutions, bad habits ꘎Notebook is a place - Verge 2:34:32 (Book) The Notebook - Roland AllenSlow to make but rewarding ꘎Where do your QR code labels go to? ⠄Veritasium QR CodeDrill Jig for DB - awesome suggestionsCheap Self-Centering ViseShirts we gotOp shop = Thrift ShopBluey Rabbit in space Sleepytime episode---Profit First PlaylistClassic Episodes Playlist---SUPPORT THE SHOWBecome a Patreon - Get the Secret ShowReview on Apple Podcast Share with a FriendDiscuss on Show SubredditShow InfoShow WebsiteContact Jem & JustinInstagram | Tiktok | Facebook | YoutubePlease note: Show notes contains affiliate...
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    54 mins
  • 123 - Christmas Special

    123 - Christmas Special
    Dec 24 2024

    An extra special/long episode for doing dishes as you collapse into the holiday season. Thanks for listening this year! Jem and Justin.

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    DISCUSSED:

    ✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option

    Year Review - Justin

    Biggest things or impacts

    • Profit First
    • Printed product expansion
    • Now have 4ct - X1
    • CNC tooling
    • Understated impact of new child

    Year Review - Jem
    • Looking forward
    • Covid down time and reading profit first
    • Sense of ownership

    Justin Mantra/Theme 2025
    • Flow
    • Following 2024 lesson, do the obvious thing
    • Simplify software stack
    • Double revenue
    • Outsource and delegate
    • Fiverr, Upwork
    • Virtual assistant?
    • AI Agents!?!
    • Robots, automation?
    • CS offloading - disconnect
    • Meditating

    Jem Mantra/Theme 2025
    • OPEX creep
    • DIY Config Launch
    • Increase product % mix
    • Get back on the tools (not too much)
    • Default diary

    Other

    • Eric Larson's - Within Tolerance 5⭐️'s
    • ChatGPT swings and roundabouts ꘎
    • Discovered second battery
    • JUSTIN - make video of offsets on YCM
    • Another power outage, options
    • Lean day upcoming
    • Gemini 2?
    • CNC Feeds & Speeds Calculator
    • Cursor.com

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    HOSTS

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    Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • 122 - Blue Unicorns & Task List Trauma

    122 - Blue Unicorns & Task List Trauma
    Dec 17 2024

    Jem and Justin discuss Mac hardware trends in machining, share their perpetual task management struggles, and explore workshop innovations. A bike-fluencer emerges, they debate Shopify's AI assistant, and using smart lighting for production notifications.

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    DISCUSSED:

    Next: Year Wrap Episode - Send in here!

    Your Themes / Plans for next year!

    • M4 Mac Mini
    • Fusion Benchmark
    • Japanese Wooden Satellite ⠄

    Decommissioned satellites must re-enter the atmosphere to avoid becoming space debris. Conventional metal satellites create aluminium oxide particles during re-entry, but wooden ones would just burn up with less pollution, Doi said.
    • Something wrong with me, latest note taking saga
    • Negative or normal
    • Getting Things Done
    • Day Plan - Nack
    • Best AI Tool Ever - I grow weary, and her time is perilously short 🤣
    • First brand deal - Tern Orox
    • Parenting is hard AF sometimes ꘎
    • 3D Print tip - slice by object ⠄
    • GPT-o1 tries to escape ⠄

    When the model was led to believe it would be "shut down" while working toward its goals in these tests, it quietly attempted to deactivate the oversight mechanism 5% of the time, OpenAI said. At one point after the AI found documentation saying it would be replaced by a new model, it tried to abandon ship by copying its data to a new server entirely. To avoid being deleted, some AI models would even pretend to be later versions of their models to trick their developers, what I assume is the equivalent of slapping on a fake moustache and saying "he went that-a-way."
    • Shopify Sidekick ⠄
    • PS2 modular milling machine


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    48 mins