How'd You Make That F*cking Awesome Thing?

Is Nano Banana alien technology?

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:55:33 +0000

Alex Patrascu thought Nano Banana "felt like alien technology."

And after seeing the scroll-stopping content he's making with it, we understand why.

In this episode of How’d You Make That F*cking Awesome Thing?, I talk with Alex, and he shows me exactly how he uses Nano Banana, and other AI tools, to create his lifelike and catchy video shorts.

We covered:

How Nano Banana changed everything
Making a 50-100k ad for 2k in weeks
Why the ideal AI team is small
Alex’s ideal workflow

Links:

Follow Alex Patrascu → https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxescu/

Check out his “Mona Lisa” post → https://www.instagram.com/p/DN8lW0-kT0q/?hl=en

Follow Josh on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshlowman/

Subscribe to the newsletter → https://ownyourcategory.substack.com

Learn more about Gold Front → https://goldfront.com

Work with Josh → https://tally.so/r/wQvNzp

All killer, no filler. Subscribe for the next drop.

She has the secret to Midjourney SREFs

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:27 +0000

The design world is buzzing about Midjourney SREFs.

And Tatiana Sukhova confirmed it when her LinkedIn post ‘Solar Blur’ racked up 6,700+ likes.

Problem is, nobody knows what the heck SREFs are or how to use them.

In this episode of How’d You Make That F*cking Awesome Thing?, I talk with Tatiana, and she shows me exactly how she creates crazy viral posts that all feature SREFs.

We covered:

How to find the scroll-stopping SREFs
Tatiana’s “secret sauce” — her SREF personalization code
Animating and sharing your SREFs for social
Why she drops the SREF codes for all to use

Follow Tatiana Sukhova → https://www.linkedin.com/in/callmetat/

Check out her “Solar Blur” post → https://www.linkedin.com/posts/callmetat_solar-blur-sref-1037706297-activity-7368619080867667970-6M_5/?originalSubdomain=no

Follow Josh on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshlowman

Subscribe to the newsletter → https://ownyourcategory.substack.com

Learn more about Gold Front → https://goldfront.com

Work with Josh → https://tally.so/r/wQvNzp

All killer, no filler. Subscribe for the next drop.

He made an insane AI trailer on zero budget

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:41:35 +0000

Kavan Cardoza made the best AI trailer I've ever seen.

And he did it all with off-the-shelf AI tools.

In the first episode of "How’d You Make That F*cking Awesome Thing?", Kavan and I chop it up about how he made this sweet trailer (and so much more).

We covered:

His AI stack
Prompting tactics you can steal
Why sound is everything
And the state of AI filmmaking

Hope you like - this is the first of many.

Follow Kavan Cardoza → https://www.instagram.com/kavanthekid/

Watch “Perfect Dark Concept Trailer” → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tau317ASmiA