#318 · how to hit $10k/mo (simplified)
I appreciate it, John Overflow AI, but I know the main channel doesn't do super well, but it kills me because the main channel only gets like 3x the total number of views that the podcast gets at this point. Isn't that crazy? Podcast is over 50 times smaller, which I think is a good segue into strategy.
We don't do news. I hate news. Stop listening to AI news. We mostly get it on X. I'm just going to drink some coffee.
No, I don’t really think that makes sense. I appreciate what you’re saying, but you need to understand that a lot of people are also podcasting this content now. Many of them want the longer‑form stuff. Honestly, what deep topic can I really cover in 9 minutes? Any topic I cover in that time is likely to be superficial. You see countless 9‑minute videos on YouTube where nobody really dives into the logic or the deeper insights—just clickbait viral ideas. Those shallow depths have already been mined. If you want to truly understand what a high‑level operator is doing, you have to sit down and listen to hours of their content, even if it’s messy.
Yes, of course. I recommend refactoring your internal flow that generates these clips. Video processing doesn't need to take 70–90 minutes if you parallelize. For heavy workloads, people often rent a high‑core VPS (not a full supercomputer) with fast network storage, using saved configurations or code that pulls the video quickly. This lets them parallelize, run the jobs, and finish in about 5 minutes instead of 2 hours on a personal computer. To scale, turn this into a real podcast offer that saves time per client—it's easy and simple. Besides that, focus most of your time and energy on outreach, as most people do. Nick notes that there's still an overhang between what people think AI can do and what it actually can't.
I think it’s not a bad idea—I could funnel the Stack podcast into the workflow, although I don’t have many daily deliverables tied to work for it right now. I like to keep things related to my daily deliverables, so I’d only do it if it fit that pattern. Honestly, I’m not sure yet, but I’m open to the possibility.