Logbot (Apr 23 2025 at 19:10): Logbot (Apr 23 2025 at 19:10):Kendall Miller is a bubbly extrovert who sticks his fingers in a lot of pies. He advises tech companies like FusionAuth, positions tech products like Civo & Tensorlake, organizes tech networks like CTO Lunches, and even sells whiskey & gin to tech people like us via his Friday Deployment Spirits brand. Kendall has learned a lot since he first entered the industry and he's eager to share what he knows, and who he knows, with the world. :link: https://changelog.fm/638
| Ch | Start | Title | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 00:00 | This week on The Changelog | 01:10 |
| 02 | 01:10 | Sponsor: Depot | 02:14 |
| 03 | 03:24 | Start the show! | 01:33 |
| 04 | 04:57 | From tech product to tech business | 04:22 |
| 05 | 09:19 | How Kendall helps | 04:47 |
| 06 | 14:06 | Charge a lot, build a little | 04:16 |
| 07 | 18:23 | Kendall's background | 08:17 |
| 08 | 26:39 | What kind of guy? | 04:22 |
| 09 | 31:01 | Sponsor: Notion | 01:42 |
| 10 | 32:44 | Why the spirits pie? | 05:25 |
| 11 | 38:09 | Sales tactics | 05:16 |
| 12 | 43:25 | Hanging in the cloud | 05:26 |
| 13 | 48:51 | Why AI security is different | 06:01 |
| 14 | 54:52 | Personal AI use | 04:42 |
| 15 | 59:34 | WIP product names | 02:38 |
| 16 | 1:02:13 | Jerod sells Kendall | 00:54 |
| 17 | 1:03:06 | Jerod closes the sale | 02:18 |
| 18 | 1:05:24 | Wrapping up | 00:51 |
| 19 | 1:06:16 | Closing thoughts | 01:53 |
Don MacKinnon (Apr 25 2025 at 14:24):Chatting with Kendall is never dull, I attend the Denver CTO lunch semi-regularly so I get to see him fairly often. I also have bottler number 99 of Generative A Rye that I've been sitting on for awhile, we've been waiting for a special Occassion (or bad friday deployment) to pop it open
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Dunno how it actually tastes since I haven't opened it so I'm looking forward to your tasting episode.
Tim Uckun (Apr 25 2025 at 22:18):I had a friend visiting me from the USA and we decided to go a little off the beaten path. During our travels we ended up in Oamaru where we went to a local distiller where they had a whisky tasting menu. I ended up buying a couple of bottles of limited edition whiskies and they have sat in my cupboard for years now. I keep saying they are for a special occasion but so far I guess no occasion has been special enough. Maybe I should crack them open just because but I don't think that much or that often so maybe I should just gift them to somebody who will drink the whole bottle.
If you ever visit New Zealand there are a couple of distillers in the south island. We went to two of them.
This is the one I bought the bottles from https://www.thenzwhisky.com/cellar-door/
Jamie Tanna (Apr 26 2025 at 09:03):Oof that was such a fun episode! Dripping with charisma and top tips :fire:
Matthew Sanabria (Apr 26 2025 at 16:58):This was a fun episode overall. Purposefully misspelling people's names is scummy in my opinion but I can understand why they would choose to do that when an email lands in a sea of other cold outreach in an inbox.
Matthew Sanabria (Apr 26 2025 at 16:59):Obviously me replying here to talk about this proves the point that it generates replies but I guess I'm exonerated because I'm not replying to his email.
Jerod Santo (Apr 26 2025 at 17:01):Not something I would do, personally
Don MacKinnon (Apr 26 2025 at 19:22):I am too much of a perfectionist to intentionally misspell words.
Matthew Sanabria (Apr 26 2025 at 21:37):Haha. Me too. I enjoy punctuation and grammar.
AJ Kerrigan (Apr 28 2025 at 15:33):It was a nice balance to point out "you don't _have_ to be scummy to get value out of this stuff" while also being real and noting some scummy stuff that works :laughing:
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