Good Stuff Episode 28 - The Human Way to Use AI

Good Stuff Episode 28

Pete and Andy reunite in person at City Beach to explore how AI agents are can give individuals the power to solve their own problems. From Wingman V2's evolution to the resurrection of pre-digital work practices, they discuss why treating agents like employees with their own computers might be the key to unlocking practical AI leverage without the complexity of SaaS abstractions.

0:00 Back in the van at City Beach, Perth - discussing grass, beaches, and jet lag after Madeira

2:55 Kicking off with Wingman V2 development and the importance of reading skills documentation

5:02 What is Wingman? The TLDR for new listeners on agent orchestration software

9:05 Anthropic releases Claude Code on mobile - perfect timing for Wingman's approach

10:19 The lobotomization problem and why model flexibility matters for production systems

13:29 Building processes with agents: triggers, workflows, and file-based conventions

16:12 File watchers and convention-based programming for agent coordination

18:44 The challenge of selling Wingman vs. using it to run businesses directly

21:08 Why agents are like employees: managing workload across multiple direct reports

23:30 The cloud vs. on-premises debate: putting computers in businesses, not businesses in computers

25:42 Staying involved in the process to maintain intuition and avoid costly mistakes

27:52 The last mile problem: getting from 95% to production-ready

30:09 Small vibes, many courses: iterative development with constant testing and commits

31:38 The shift from resource allocation to rapid experimentation in enterprise

34:17 Why outsourced consulting models struggle with agent-driven development

37:20 Multi-user Wingman: the philosophical question of shared vs. individual agents

39:53 Using Nostr keys for identity management in small business tools

42:10 Building Good Stuff with just two people and AI leverage

44:45 The importance of developer logs, security reviews, and daily highlight reports

48:49 Relearning structured work practices from the pre-digital era

52:07 Building Pontefex: a visual interface bridge for Claude Code web development

54:37 Why clipboard-based workflows beat complex integrations

56:07 The Excel principle: empowering people to solve their own problems with tools