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We (John and Daniel) are co-founders of a small software development agency. This is a recording of our weekly "state of the company" call where we discuss the nitty gritty details of running our business day-to-day. Want to work with us? Reach out at thunk.dev

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100: Daniel fires himself

2026/08/12

Daniel took a job! John built the write-only tool of his dreams. We wonder if $1T AI valuations are real. We briefly broach Altman's wafer.

99: Cosmetically holed

2026/08/04

We're back from Laracon (and Gen Con).

98: John fires himself

2026/07/23

No, seriously.

97: Introducing Crux

2026/07/14

Daniel built something very cool. Try Crux here.

96: Neither great, nor drunk

2026/07/09

John is back from his honeymoon. Daniel played in a poker tournament. We talk about a wide range of topics, none of which have anything to do with running a web development agency.

95: We get hired to resolve unpleasantness

2026/06/10

We have a new client. We have so many topics we can't discuss. So we talk about fun things instead.

94: How to get paid

2026/05/12

We got $40k that was owed to use months ago.

93: Be a good guy

2026/04/28

We talk about BJJ, but I promise it's actually interesting. We plead with a former client to be a good guy.

92: The trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead

2026/04/21

We're learning a lot from early Tidy users. We're sending a cease and desist.

91: The agency's agency

2026/04/16

We have an idea to do Thunk marketing and Tidy marketing at the same time. And it feels like a breakthrough.

90: You have to pre-launch before you launch

2026/04/02

Tidy marketing is in full swing. Please join our mailing list to support the launch! tidyup.agnecy

89: The zero risk agency (empaneling Justin Jackson)

2026/03/19

After hemming and hawing for 20 minutes, we are joined by the inimitable Justin Jackson. He gives us an absolute treasure trove of good advice for launching and marketing Tidy.

88: Setting pass/fail criteria on our projects

2026/03/14

Laracon.EU was a blast. We continue to develop the sales funnel. We need to know whether our growth plans are actually working. So we set some simple goals for the next 6 weeks.

87: tidyup.agency

2026/02/24

We have quietly launched our client management app. It has invoices, agreements, schedules, time sheets, reports, and more. We'll be doing a full marketing blitz soon. Daniel has been cooking up an extremely cool AI feature.

86: Holacracy, if you can keep it

2026/02/18

John went on a Claude frenzy, and Kapow is nearly here. We reach out to bankers and learn a little bit about how their world works. John believes in benevolent dictatorships more than "flat organizations."