AI for Founders with Ryan Estes Vibe Coding in Real Time: Building a Podcast Follow-Up App
🎙️ AI for Founders – Vibe Coding in Real Time: Building a Podcast Follow-Up App
Host: Ryan Estes
Guest Collaborator: Fernanda (live co-build)
📌 Episode Summary
This episode of AI for Founders captures a live "vibe coding" session where Ryan and Fernanda attempt to build Follow-Up—an AI podcast companion that listens in real-time and suggests meaningful, context-aware follow-up questions.
From hallucinated transcripts to real-time transcription APIs, the session dives into the technical and creative process of building a bionic assistant for podcasters. Along the way, they explore how conversational AI could soon become a whisper-in-your-ear coach for interviews, meetings, and everyday life.
🔑 Key Takeaways
- Follow-Up helps podcast hosts stay present while surfacing better questions to ask.
- Tool was built on Lovable.ai using just a few prompts.
- Main challenge: Hallucinated transcripts from mock data.
- Solution: Integration with live transcription services like AssemblyAI.
- Vision for a bionic future where AI aids in real-time conversation dynamics.
🧠 Frameworks & Ideas
1. Vibe Coding
- Rapid prototyping using AI prompt chaining
- UI/UX selection based on functionality and feel
2. Bionic Tools for Founders
- Real-time suggestions via wearables and earbud integrations
- Applications in podcasting, networking, investor meetings
3. Prompt Refinement Strategy
- Test real-time vs. batch audio processing
- Clarify hallucination issues upfront
- Iterate sequence of prompts for better outputs
🛠️ Tools & Resources Mentioned
- Lovable.ai – AI app builder
- AssemblyAI – Real-time transcription API
- OpenAI Whisper – Open-source transcription engine
- Deepgram – Alternative transcription API with high accuracy
- Roost Stand – Laptop stand by James Olander (mentioned)
🔍 SEO Keywords
AI podcast tools, real-time transcription, AssemblyAI, OpenAI Whisper, follow-up question AI, podcast app builder, vibe coding demo, podcast automation, AI interviewer, bionic tools for podcasters
👀 Watch This Episode If You Want To:
- Learn how to build apps live using AI
- Understand how to fix hallucinations in AI transcription
- Explore how podcast tools are evolving with AI
- Get a sneak peek at bionic communication assistance
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