@justin7282@jkylemann The tricky part about 3's is dodging the crossfit people walking across your side of the court (in 2026 it's probably pickleball people).
@JoshuaEbner @MIAviationKing Does central Texas have the water to support the expected growth? I don't know enough about it. Seems like Texas will be in a strong spot from an energy cost perspective while I hear MI may be located near lake of some import.
@NickHorob On the agency side we've been handling this shift for the past 5-6 months. Building out client specific tools (advanced predictive lead models, content analysis, etc.). It's pretty cool to see the shift away from one size fits all SaaS.
Any folks in Western Kansas looking for product, brand or video work? @6screative will be around next week. They had a spot open up
He's also the host of @humblegroundag for those who listen.
@BillDA What happens to businesses who have core systems ingrained with these platforms when the VC subsidies run out. The vakue may still be there but the math likely changes. Like AWS slowly raising rates after becoming foundational.
I know Silicon Valley startups don't want to hear this.....
But the combination of someone in the trades with deep domain expertise and Claude Code will run circles around your generic software.
I talked to Cory LaChance this morning, a mechanical engineer in industrial piping construction in Houston. He normally works with chemical plants and refineries, but now he also works with the terminal
He reached out in a DM a few days ago and I was so fired up by his story, I asked him if we could record the conversation and share it.
He built a full application that industrial contractors are using every day. It reads piping isometric drawings and automatically extracts every weld count, every material spec, every commodity code.
Work that took 10 minutes per drawing now takes 60 seconds. It can do 100 drawings in five minutes, saving days of time.
His co-workers are all mind blown, and when he talks to them, it's like they are speaking different languages.
His fabrication shop uses it daily, and he built the entire thing in 8 weeks. During those 8 weeks he also had to learn everything about Claude Code, the terminal, VS Code, everything.
My favorite quote from him was when he said, "I literally did this with zero outside help other than the AI. My favorite tools are screenshots, step by step instructions and asking Claude to explain things like I'm five."
Every trades worker with deep expertise and a willingness to sit down with Claude Code for a few weekends is now a potential software founder.
I can't wait to meet more people like Cory.
FBFM is now serving Texas farmers and ranchers.
For over 100 years, we’ve helped farm families make stronger financial decisions through recordkeeping, tax planning, and business consulting. Now, we’re bringing that expertise to operations across Texas.
Think about the power Hegseth is asserting here. He is claiming that the DoD can force all contractors to stop doing business of any kind with arbitrary other companies.
In other words, every operating system vendor, every manufacturer of hardware, every hyperscaler, every type of firm the DoD contracts with—all their services and products can be denied to any economic actor at will by the Secretary of War.
This is obviously a psychotic power grab. It is almost surely illegal, but the message it sends is that the United States Government is a completely unreliable partner for any kind of business. The damage done to our business environment is profound. No amount of deregulatory vibes sent by this administration matters compared to this arson.
Looking for trucks to haul hay from Northeast Kansas to the Ashland area. Hay and fuel will be donated, just need trucks. Coordinated effort with cattlemen in the affected area – please reach out if you can help.