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Intelligence Snacks
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Intelligence Snacks is a low-fi dialogue with Pete Winn and Andy David. Each week, we share our everyday experiences working with artificial intelligence and how it's fundamentally changing the rules of work and business, the economy, entrepreneurship, and human potential. Expect a mix of chats out of the back of a van at the beach, walking interviews and general use of dialectic and discussion with insightful guests that lift the lid on complex topics. Chilled out, minimal jargon, authentic.
Episodes
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Intelligence Snacks 76 - Humanmaxxing
Pete and Andy welcome Skyler from Finite.Computer to discuss building agents that give people more room for human work: exercising judgment, developing taste, finding meaningful problems and connecting with others. Skyler introduces Finite.Computer, the company he is building with Paul Miller…
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Intelligence Snacks 75 - The Internet After AI
If AI can imitate a person on a video call, what happens to trust online? Pete and Andy discuss the promise of an infinitely patient language tutor alongside the obvious opportunities for scammers. That leads to a broader question about the dead internet - as public feeds fill with bots and...
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Intelligence Snacks 74 - Normie Mode
Intelligence Snacks 74 Normie Mode AI model rankings are easy to find. Knowing which model to use for a spreadsheet, a design task or a language lesson is harder. Andy introduces Normie Mode, a new site that turns benchmark data into task-based recommendations that weigh capability against cost.…
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Intelligence Snacks 73 - Model Explosion
Pete and Andy unpack a week where AI models seemed to multiply overnight: Anthropic updates, OpenAI’s cheaper models, Meta’s Muse, Grokbot, and the more interesting arrival of Jev. The big question is whether we need ever-bigger frontier models, or whether the real unlock is cheaper, faster, more...
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Intelligence Snacks 72 - The Internet We deserve w. FIPs!
Pete and Andy dig into FIPS, the Free Internetworking Peering Service, and why it could make the internet feel personal again. Instead of treating your laptop and phone as viewers of cloud servers, FIPS makes devices, apps and agents first-class participants in a private, addressable network.…
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Intelligence Snacks 71 – The AI Industry Is Wrong w. Paul Itoi
Paul Itoi, founder of Stakwork, thinks the AI industry has the model wrong. Reliable enterprise AI will depend less on agents doing everything and more on workflows, shared memory and systems that can turn discovered work into repeatable software. Paul joins Pete and Andy to explore factored...
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Intelligence Snacks 70 - The Malleable Computer
Back in the van by the beach, Pete and Andy explore how longer-running agents are changing the way people work. They move from sovereign infrastructure and the new Intelligence Snacks production system to AI-assisted writing, purpose-built agent workflows and the return of the interface. The...
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Intelligence Snacks 69 - When AI Agents have Wallets
Should AI agents have wallets, and what happens when they can earn, spend, rent infrastructure and act without asking a human to approve every step? Pete and Andy sit down with Piers from Mineracks to explore the collision between AI agents, Bitcoin, Nostr and sovereign infrastructure. They get...
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Intelligence Snacks 68 - The Sole Entrepreneur
Hosts: Pete and Andy · Guest: Rod, founder of Shoshow What changes when one founder with a fleet of AI agents can build what once required venture capital, a technical co-founder, and a large engineering team? Pete and Andy sit down with Rod to explore the rise of the sole entrepreneur: keeping...
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Intelligence Snacks 67 - Local Models, Private Agents, and Wingman
# Intelligence Snacks, Episode 67: Local Models, Private Agents, and Wingman*Hosts: Pete and Andy · Guest: Anthony*What does useful, sovereign AI look like when the frontier providers can change the rules overnight? Pete, Andy, and Anthony compare local models, private-agent appliances, and the...
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Intelligence Snacks 66 - The Coldcard Hack, AI Red Teams and Crisis Response
The rebrand is official, The Good Stuff is now Intelligence Snacks. The episode opens with the ColdCard hack that swept ~1,300+ Bitcoin over the weekend. A 2021 firmware bug disabled the hardware RNG and used a pseudo-random one instead. The prevailing theory - Kimi K3, released without…
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Good Stuff 65 - Working with Agents - Buzz, Autopilot, and Flight Deck
After a short break, Pete and Andy return to the van for what turns out to be the final episode of **The Good Stuff**. They explain why the podcast is getting a new identity before diving into AI agents, social media, and the software stack they've been building. The conversation explores using...
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Good Stuff 64 - Vibe Coding and Woodwork
DPC went from AI skeptic to full "AI psychosis mode" in three months. The conversation unpacks his journey from dismissing autocomplete to building his own Rust-based coding harness called Tau, designed with Unix philosophy — composability, standard input/output, event-based architecture, and the...
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Good Stuff 63 - Why AI Is Good For SMEs
The conversation explores why regional SMEs face a different AI adoption gap than metro businesses. Why AI enables his advisors to get out of the office and sit at kitchen tables having real conversations. The paradox: more AI means hiring more humans, because human judgment and attention don't...
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Good Stuff 62 - AI for Freedom Tech
Yo joins from Sovereign Engineering to talk about how AI has transformed freedom tech development since SEC-04, when Paul demoed a wallet vibed into existence in 30 minutes and blew everyone's minds. The conversation covers the euphoria wearing off, the slot machine addiction problem, why LLMs…
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Good Stuff 61 - WTF is Loop Engineering
# The Good Stuff, Episode 61: Loop Engineering Boris (Claude Code creator) and Steinberger both tweeted this week: "I don't prompt anymore, I just build loops that prompt for me." Pete's response: they've discovered being a team leader. Loop engineering is organizational design with new hype...
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Good Stuff 60 - Deadman0z Returns for AI Trends
Pete and Andy are joined again by Deadman Oz / AM to talk through the latest AI trends, starting with the argument over whether progress is really coming from better models or better harnesses. They cover Claude Code workflows, agent orchestration, context management, reasoning models, open…
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Good Stuff 59 - Is the AI Hate Justified?
Pete and Andy unpack the recent surge in anti-AI sentiment and argue that the anger is often aimed at the wrong target. They trace the backlash through graduate job anxiety, elite AI messaging, economic stagnation, and broader distrust in institutions, then pivot into a more grounded discussion...
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Good Stuff 58 - AI Killed The Billable Hour
Pete and Andy are joined by Shawn Yeager to talk about what AI does to professional services firms once the billable hour starts collapsing. The core argument is that firms in law, accounting, marketing, and similar sectors will need to move away from selling time and toward selling trust,...
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Good Stuff 57 - Personal AI You Can Trust - With Mark Suman
Pete and Andy are joined by Mark from Maple to talk about privacy in AI, why everyday users may finally be starting to care, and what it takes to build private AI products that can still compete on user experience. The conversation ranges from end-to-end encrypted AI and open source model stacks...
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Good Stuff 56 - Unruggable Productivity
Pete and Andy dig into "unruggable productivity" and what it means to build software that respects the customer instead of trapping them inside a vendor's AI stack. They connect recent 37signals ideas to their own work on Wingman and Flight Deck, arguing for agent-friendly software, clearer work...
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Good Stuff 55 - AI Doesn't Save You Time
Pete and Andy ask whether AI really saves time. Their answer is mostly no, at least not in the simple sense. AI speeds up production, iteration, and experimentation, but the time saved often gets reinvested into doing more, improving quality, or expanding the scope of the work. The result is…
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Good Stuff 54 - Why Chamath is Wrong On AI
Pete's been deep in Flight Deck flows, watching agents take creative shortcuts to hit goals, impressive until you check the plumbing. The observability lesson: you need to work at all levels, not just the executive summary view. Agents are like humans, give them vague goals and they'll hit them...
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Good Stuff 53 - Own your AI Stack
Jarrad Grigg returns for a proper van experience. The episode kicks off with Mythos skepticism—marketing spin dressed as existential threat, same playbook as GPT-2. The real concern isn't frontier models being "too powerful," it's the tiering of intelligence to highest bidders and the creeping…
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Good Stuff 52 - AI First Organisations
Happy birthday to The Good Stuff one year in. Pete and Andy dig into what happens when organisations stop being sized for humans. Jack Dorsey's Block restructuring provides the jumping-off point: if hierarchies exist because humans can only manage so much information flow, what happens when that...
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Good Stuff 51 - The AI Endgame
Pete and Andy break down why throwing agents at problems is the mid-curve play, expensive, unpredictable, and destined to be undercut by anyone who takes the extra step to encode their business into software. Also - why every business needs a Wingman Bob, the trifecta of skills that actually…
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Good Stuff 50 - Justin Moon and 9 Months of AI Psychosis
The big episode 50! Justin Moon from HRF joins Pete and Andy to talk about "AI psychosis". The crew dig into HRF's work equipping activists with encrypted tools, why code production isn't the bottleneck anymore, how civil society becomes the crucial third pillar and whether we're returning to a...
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Good Stuff 49 - Why Your Kids should Cheat with AI
# The Good Stuff, Episode 49: Why You Should Let Your Kids Cheat With AI*Hosts:* Pete and AndyA friend's question about preparing kids for the AI future kicks off a discussion on credentialing, portfolio careers, and why homework automation might actually be the skill worth developing. Pete and...
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Good Stuff 48 - OpenClaw vs Wingman
# The Good Stuff, Episode 48: OpenClaw, Memory, and the Hate Model*Hosts:* Pete and Andy, with returning guest Deadman (Anthony)Deadman's back to debrief on his OpenClaw adventures—voice cloning Bandit from Bluey, building a Bali trip chatbot that immediately leaked the dossier when Tim asked...
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Good Stuff 47 - Will AI Take Your Job
# The Good Stuff, Episode 47: Will AI Take Your Job?*Hosts:* Pete and Andy (beach setup with new flag, plane, and aggressive campfire lighting)Block just axed 4,000 people—40% of the company—citing AI, and the stock jumped 16%. Pete and Andy dig into what this signals: air cover for cutting fat…
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Good Stuff 46 - OpenClaw Privacy Agents
# The Good Stuff, Episode 46: Open Claw, Privacy and Agents*Hosts:* Pete and Andy (undisclosed location due to summer storm)Pete's built Console, a personal interface for Wingman that solves the agent control problem: encrypt everything, then deliberately decrypt only what you want them to see....
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Good Stuff 45 - Building AI Champions
The Good Stuff, Episode 45: Building AI ChampionsHosts: Pete and Andy with jazz van soundtrackPete and Andy explore why you can't outsource AI capability to consultants. Why strategy lives downstream of experimentation and watching 25 senior managers go from "what do I say to this thing?" to...
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Good Stuff 44 - Is this the death of Software?
The Good Stuff, Episode 44: Is This the Death of Software?Pete and Andy revisit the death of SaaS thesis from episode one. and is it really playing out?**Key Moments:**- [00:40] Andy's hot take: everyone's having opinions on the death of software- [01:05] Callback to episode one: "Where does the...
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Good Stuff 43 - How to Work with AI Agents Effectively
Summary In this episode, Pete and Andy discuss the successful launch of Optikon, their Miro-like infinite canvas tool, and the surprising attention it received from Miro's leadership team on LinkedIn. The conversation explores the philosophy behind building a custom tool stack using Nostr...
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Good Stuff 42 - Building Tools That Respect You with AI
In this episode, Anthony "DeadmanOz" returns as The Good Stuff's first ever repeat guest to discuss the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-assisted development and the critical importance of data sovereignty. The conversation explores how technical barriers are collapsing, making creative vision…
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Good Stuff 41 - Mental Models for Using AI
With Pete Winn and Andy David - In this week's episode, Pete's reconsidering everything after realizing Gigi might be right about relays. They explore the flow state problem of agent work, why Optikon and Night Watchman will change everything, and deliver the definitive analogy for why…
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Good Stuff 40 - Building Digital Lemonade Stands with AI
Episode 40: Building Digital Lemonade Stands with AIHosts: Pete and Andy (celebrating the big 4.0 at the beach)Episode 40! Pete launches his first digital lemonade stand with Ambulando—a habit tracker you pay for by the hour (4 sats). They explore what it means to build permissionless...
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Good Stuff 39 - Big Stuff for 2026
The Good Stuff, with Pete and Andy - Episode 39: The Big Stuff Hosts: Pete and Andy Pete accidentally calls it "The Big Stuff" and decides to run with it. They dive into Dumpling Town—a game Pete built with his daughter in 90 minutes that now has an economy, side quests, and soy sauce rivers....
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38 - The Rise of Vibe Product Manager
# The Good Stuff, with Pete and Andy - Episode 38: The Rise of Vibe Product Manager **Hosts:** Pete and Andy (New Year's Eve edition at the beach) Pete reveals he's stopped coding entirely after 12 months of learning—now he just product manages a team of agents. They explore the shift from "vibe...
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37 - Stocking Fillers - AI Predictions for 2026
# The Good Stuff, with Pete and Andy - Episode 37: Stocking Fillers - Predictions for 2026 Hosts: Pete and Andy (sporting festive headgear at the beach) Pete and Andy kick off their Christmas predictions episode with zero preparation and maximum confidence. They tackle the biggest question: what...
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36 - AI Fallacies
The Good Stuff, with Pete and Andy - Episode 36: AI Fallacies Hosts: Pete and Andy Pete and Andy tackle common AI fallacies head-on, starting with the "junior developer" myth. They explore why juniors will actually thrive and why we're entering a golden age for small teams. Plus: reflections from...
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35 - The State of AI Tools w. DeadmanOz
# The Good Stuff, with Pete and Andy - Episode 35: The State of AI Tools **Hosts:** Pete and Andy **Guest:** Anthony (Dead Man Oz) - AI enthusiast, open source developer, Perth local Pete and Andy sit down with Anthony at the back of the van to discuss two and a half years of using AI coding…
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34 - Touch, don't look
Hosts: Pete and AndyPete and Andy reflect on their first "Touch Don't Look" workshop—getting people hands-on with AI tools by building custom to-do apps in 60-90 minutes. They unveil their complete business model: Touch Don't Look (taster workshops), Speedrun (day-long build sessions), and…
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33 - The Impact of AI on Design
The Good Stuff Episode 33: On AI and Design**Hosts:** Pete and Andy **Guest:** Jarrad Grigg, Chief Product Officer at Adapter Pete and Andy sit down with Jarrad Grigg to explore how AI is transforming design. From Figma Make to DreamFlow, they discuss the gold rush for next-generation design…
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32 - Stewarding SMEs and AI with Bill Withers and Gabe Enslin
The Good Stuff, with Pete and AndyEpisode: AI and Stewardship in SMEsHosts: Pete and Andy, with guests Bill and Gabe from ADAPTEpisode Overview: Pete and Andy explore why small-medium enterprises struggle to adopt AI despite its transformative potential, and how succession thinking principles…
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31 - Where We've Changed Our Mind on AI
The Good Stuff, with Pete and Andy - Episode 31: Where We've Changed Our Mind on AI 00:22 - Theme: What have we changed our mind on in the last 31 weeks?01:48 - Australian Christmas: hot, beautiful, and reflective03:17 - Human at the edge model: the big shift03:34 - Why being at the edge means...
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30 - AI Tools That Give Agency
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…
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029 - From Zero to Vibe Coder
The Good Stuff - Episode 29 - From Zero to Vibe Coder In this episode, Pete and Andy dive into the world of "vibe coding" and discuss how to get someone from absolute zero to building their own applications in record time. The conversation centers around Pete's upcoming workshop at the Bitcoin…
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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…
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The Good Stuff 27: Lessons Learned with AI Agents
The Good Stuff, with Pete and Andy - Episode 27: Lessons Learned Hosts: Pete and Andy Episode Overview: Pete and Andy reflect on lessons learned from months of experimentation with AI agents, coding tools, and building software. They discuss the shift from "vibe coding" to more structured...
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Intelligence Snacks is a low-fi dialogue with Pete Winn and Andy David. Each week, we share our everyday experiences working with artificial intelligence and how it's fundamentally changing the rules of work and business, the economy, entrepreneurship, and human potential. Expect a mix of chats out of the back of a van at the beach, walking interviews and general use of dialectic and discussion with insightful guests that lift the lid on complex topics. Chilled out, minimal jargon, authentic.
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