The Good Stuff, with Pete and Andy - Episode 30: AI Tools That Give Agency
00:00 - Episode 30 milestone and introduction
00:35 - Vibe coding workshop recap: tired, distracted, hectic
00:49 - Challenge: normies building Bitcoin wallets from phones
01:30 - Learning DNS, routing, and nginx on the fly
01:58 - Workshop success despite constraints
02:09 - Lost internet, crammed courtroom, Starlink saves the day
02:37 - 15 people build custom Bitcoin wallets in 30 minutes
03:33 - Group learning dynamics and organic collaboration
04:14 - Reverse engineering the Replit stack
05:12 - Why CLI tools create barriers for normies
05:55 - Inventing app hosting inside Wingman
06:22 - Building subdomain routing and DNS management
08:30 - Reverse proxying and security considerations
10:45 - Phone-based development: the ultimate accessibility test
13:00 - Wingman as "replete for your own box"
15:20 - Users own their data and infrastructure
17:30 - Local LLMs vs cloud models: the sovereignty question
20:00 - Replit's business model vs individual agency
22:45 - Building tools for non-technical users
25:15 - File browser, code editor, and hosting in one
27:30 - Workshop format: chaos, breakthrough moments, and Bitcoin transfers
30:00 - Vibe coding: removing friction from creation
32:15 - AI as enabler of individual agency
34:45 - Small business vs enterprise: different needs
37:00 - Not convincing boards, just building what works
39:30 - Corporate products vs tools for builders
42:00 - Model flexibility: switching between providers
44:15 - Data sovereignty and GitHub integration concerns
46:30 - Bringing AI into your infrastructure, not vice versa
48:45 - Local models for sensitive business data
51:00 - Model selection: right tool for the task
53:30 - Microsoft Copilot vs Wingman positioning
54:36 - Building for small business, not enterprise
56:00 - Access to models without vendor lock-in
56:55 - Enabling agency rather than creating dependency
57:20 - Data access without platform lock-in
58:13 - Model selection: cheaper models for simple tasks
59:00 - Terminal amnesia: the universal developer experience
59:15 - Future: natural language command execution
59:53 - Model lobotomization drama and platform switching
01:00:08 - "That could have been a Wingman" - wrap up
