Episode 178

178 - A popup worth thousands

Jem powers through a sick week and sales slump while Justin accidentally nukes his revenue with a premature sale popup. They swap stories about migrating to Obsidian, testing Parakeet voice dictation, and rant about industrial e-commerce still living in 2005. Also: Allbirds going full GPU, Cursor buyout fears, and why keeping credit cards on scrap paper is a bad idea.

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DISCUSSED:

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  • UMC shop organization
  • Sick Daddy
  • I killed our sales
  • Buy now, think later
  • Internet debris
  • TypeWhisper free / MacWhisper
  • Obsidian
  • Back to the Cloud 2.0
  • AllBirds -> AI
  • Cursor to
  • Lack of grip will do that
  • Pumpkin Plan

Justin's rant: State of Ecommerce in MFG industry

  • Approved to order 🤦‍♂️
  • Prices not public 🤦‍♂️
  • Added addresses prior to approval🤦‍♂️
  • "wait up to next hour till addresses live"
  • No idea what shipping costs 🤦‍♂️
I might as well send in a telegram for an order and wait a fortnight for a response

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Jem Freeman

Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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Justin Brouillette

Portland, Oregon, USA

PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links

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Justin Brouillette (Portland CNC) and Jem Freeman (Like Butter) discuss CNC machines, their product design and manufacturing businesses, and every kind of tool that they fancy.

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Jem Freeman

Co-founder and director of Like Butter, a CNC focussed timber design and manufacturing business in their purpose-built solar-powered workshop. Castlemaine, VIC, Australia.
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Justin Brouillette

Owner of PDX CNC