The Good Stuff, with Pete and Andy - Episode 18: Building and Shipping

Hosts: Pete and Andy (recorded at City Beach, Perth - the van is back!)

Episode Overview: A follow-up to their accountability session from last week, Pete and Andy report back on actually shipping products to completion. This episode covers their successes with Fat Controller and Hype Man, explores new development workflows with Claude Code, and discusses the evolution of AI-assisted coding practices.

Follow-up from last week's therapy session about finishing projects
Pete releases Fat Controller 20 minutes before recording
Andy gets Hype Man operational as an autonomous CMO
The importance of shipping something people can actually use and pay for

Built to solve Pete's timezone posting problem on Nostr
Features: GIF support, satellite CDN integration, secure keychain storage (Mac only)
Evolved from local-only to supporting remote signers for hosted version
Redesigned signing architecture for better remote compatibility
Released as open source with value-for-value model

Andy's first official week on Nostr - hasn't felt compelled to check Twitter
More invigorating and motivating environment
Zap payments add meaningful interaction layer
Less negative energy compared to Twitter/X

Multi-agent system that extracts insights from podcast transcripts
Creates and publishes social media content automatically
Iterative improvement process: removed research agent, added review agent
Cost-constrained testing with DeepSeek, upgraded to Claude for better output
Reflection agents as key pattern for improving AI output quality

Claude Code excelling at small, targeted changes
Cursor better for complex, orchestrated implementations
Claude Code's agentic loops provide better multi-step problem solving
Both tools serve different phases of the development process

Mac Mini as dedicated AI development server with 24/7 availability
Terminal-based workflows accessible from phone via voice transcription
Menu-driven system for common development tasks
Segregated environment philosophy: give AI full access to designated machines
Mobile coding: voice-to-terminal transcription enabling "vibe coding" from anywhere

Three modes: drunk idea capture, sober editing, drunk coding
Need for seamless idea-to-implementation pipeline
Tutorial mode: AI explaining reasoning behind architectural decisions
Balancing speed vs learning in AI-assisted development

Danger of spending more time optimizing AI workflows than building actual products
"Sharpening the axe forever" - when process improvement becomes procrastination
Finding balance between efficiency and productivity

Debate: Transform existing businesses vs. build AI-native competitors
Unit economics advantage of AI-native companies
Venture funding opportunities for dramatically improved cost structures
Private equity interest in AI transformation strategies

Weekend project to replace Screen Studio subscription
Real-time vs post-processing architecture decisions
Part of broader strategy to reduce SaaS subscriptions and build local tools
Working prototype with keyboard shortcuts and lightweight toolbar interface

Vision for idea-to-prototype pipeline
Speed Run workshop concept: build entire company in one day
Integration of existing tools (Pipeline, Wingman, Claude Code) into cohesive workflow
Vibe startups: from idea to launched product with full departments

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