Rob Walling

No, I think that makes sense. I have a, may seem off topic, but I have a question for you about Laravel because you're written on, well, you're written on some custom PHP that you hacked together 20 years ago, but then I know at a certain point, you know, you integrated Laravel and you're pretty heavily involved in the community. Laracon, you know, I think you mentioned some of that earlier.

Laravel just raised $57 million, like, I don't know, two weeks ago, maybe. What's your thinking on that and what that means for the future of Laravel?

Laravel just raised $57 million, like, I don't know, two weeks ago, maybe. What's your thinking on that and what that means for the future of Laravel?

I didn't know that. Oh, what a trip.

I didn't know that. Oh, what a trip.

So now I want to ask you something that I asked you offline. And it was about kind of what's your biggest fear, you know, today, looking ahead, you've run this business for 20 years. And you mentioned it was it was like, how can AI potentially impact this? You want to talk us through thinking?

So now I want to ask you something that I asked you offline. And it was about kind of what's your biggest fear, you know, today, looking ahead, you've run this business for 20 years. And you mentioned it was it was like, how can AI potentially impact this? You want to talk us through thinking?

That makes sense. What just out of curiosity, like, what's the first one or two AI features you're adding?

That makes sense. What just out of curiosity, like, what's the first one or two AI features you're adding?

So last question for you today before I let you go. I asked you offline, I said, you're named Help Spot. How did you feel when all these other help desks launched with help, right? So there was like Help Scout and Help somewhere else. And what did you say to me?

So last question for you today before I let you go. I asked you offline, I said, you're named Help Spot. How did you feel when all these other help desks launched with help, right? So there was like Help Scout and Help somewhere else. And what did you say to me?

Sometimes that happens. Sometimes it happens. You seem to have done it. I like Dharmesh. Oh, yeah. Dharmesh is great.

Sometimes that happens. Sometimes it happens. You seem to have done it. I like Dharmesh. Oh, yeah. Dharmesh is great.

He's so gracious. And he's still like, when I wrote this ass playbook, I emailed and said, would you, you know, would you give me an endorsement? And he's like, of course. And he gave me this great endorsement. I put it on the cover of the book. It was so nice. You know, it was like, it was like, I've been learning from Rob for years. You should too, or something. I'm like, oh, you're the, ah,

He's so gracious. And he's still like, when I wrote this ass playbook, I emailed and said, would you, you know, would you give me an endorsement? And he's like, of course. And he gave me this great endorsement. I put it on the cover of the book. It was so nice. You know, it was like, it was like, I've been learning from Rob for years. You should too, or something. I'm like, oh, you're the, ah,

Yeah. Yeah. That's great. Ian Lansman. Thanks for joining me today. If folks want to keep up with what you're working on, obviously help spot.com to see the app and you are Ian Lansman on X Twitter. Anything else you'd like folks to check out? I know you have a few podcasts.

Yeah. Yeah. That's great. Ian Lansman. Thanks for joining me today. If folks want to keep up with what you're working on, obviously help spot.com to see the app and you are Ian Lansman on X Twitter. Anything else you'd like folks to check out? I know you have a few podcasts.

Thanks again for coming on the show. Thanks for having me. Thanks again to Ian for coming on the show. And thank you for listening this week and every week. This is Rob Walling signing off from episode 734.

Thanks again for coming on the show. Thanks for having me. Thanks again to Ian for coming on the show. And thank you for listening this week and every week. This is Rob Walling signing off from episode 734.

And I had this epiphany on the spot, and I'd never said this before. I said, weaknesses are fine. We all have strengths and weaknesses. You don't want blind spots. A blind spot is a weakness that you're not aware of. When you have a weakness and you know about it, you can work around it. If you're the founder who bounces from one thing to the next to the next,