Episodes

  • Vibe Coding Won't Make Your Product Stand Out. Here's What Will.

    Vibe Coding Won't Make Your Product Stand Out. Here's What Will.
    Jan 17 2026
    You're paying for AI. Of course you want it to be magic. That psychology is the trap.In this episode:• Why 82% of AI sites look identical (the slop epidemic)• The hierarchy that actually works: specialized solutions first, AI as leverage• Real proof: how we transformed a generic Next.js site into a trust-building asset
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    6 mins
  • Your MCP Setup Is Eating Half Your Context. Here's the Fix.

    Your MCP Setup Is Eating Half Your Context. Here's the Fix.
    Jan 15 2026
    MCP integrations were eating 30-50% of context window before you could even type. Sessions dying every 10-15 minutes. We tried everything. Skills, code execution wrappers, universal configs. Nothing worked.Claude Code just shipped Tool Search. It loads MCP tools on-demand now. Zero context cost until you actually need them.In this episode:• Why MCP was a context tax• What we tried (and why it failed)• How Tool Search works• The fix if it's not enabled yetConnect everything. No penalty anymore.
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    4 mins
  • Google Doesn't Want You to Shop Anymore: UCP Explained

    Google Doesn't Want You to Shop Anymore: UCP Explained
    Jan 12 2026

    Google just announced the Universal Commerce Protocol at NRF 2026. Most headlines are calling it an "AI shopping assistant." But here's what I see: Google is building the toll booth of the entire internet economy. In this episode, I break down what UCP actually is, why Amazon and Apple aren't on board, the 24% trust problem Google is betting billions to solve, and what this means for consumers and businesses. Would you let AI buy things for you?
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    3 mins
  • AI Made Tailwind 5x Popular. Then Killed Their Business.

    AI Made Tailwind 5x Popular. Then Killed Their Business.
    Jan 9 2026

    Tailwind CSS just fired 75% of their engineering team. Downloads up 5x. Revenue down 80%. AI is to blame.Here's the brutal truth about open source in 2026: The more successful your project, the faster you die.In this episode:• Why Tailwind's npm downloads exploded while revenue collapsed• Adam Wathan's raw 33-minute confession about the "boiling frog" moment• The documentation funnel that AI completely broke• Which open source projects are next (Prettier, core-js, and more)• What you can actually do to helpThis isn't just about Tailwind. It's the first domino. AI companies are making billions. The open source projects they trained on? They're dying.
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    5 mins
  • How Manus AI Went From 'Unusable' to Meta's $2 Billion Acquisition

    How Manus AI Went From 'Unusable' to Meta's $2 Billion Acquisition
    Jan 6 2026

    From "shell product" to $2 billion in 9 months. The untold story of how Manus AI turned brutal criticism into the fastest acquisition in AI history.


    In this episode:

    • Why invite codes sold for $14,000
    • How Manus hit $100M ARR after being called "unusable"
    • Why Meta paid $2 billion in just 10 days
    • The shift from chatbots to AI agents


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    4 mins
  • Why Chatbots Are Dead in 2026

    Why Chatbots Are Dead in 2026
    Jan 4 2026

    Why AI chatbots are officially dead in 2026. I break down "AI slop," introduce the Talk vs Do test for evaluating any AI app, and explain why even Apple and Perplexity are struggling. Plus: generative UI and what's actually replacing text-based AI.
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    7 mins