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Questions? Answered…and Hey OpenAI, What the Hell?!

Questions? Answered…and Hey OpenAI, What the Hell?!

Episode 20 · · 22:17

Mastodonians and Discorders ask questions about regulations in technology and bringing guests on the show, and I answer them. Then we get into the meat of the episode: what the hell ...

The Extraordinarily Bad Vibes of Data Centers

The Extraordinarily Bad Vibes of Data Centers

Episode 19 · · 25:53

Vibe Coded has turned 1! It's hard to believe a year has gone by already, and in so many ways I feel like I'm just getting started. Thank you, my audience, for helping it grow, for a...

Every Luke Skywalker Needs a Yoda

Every Luke Skywalker Needs a Yoda

Episode 18 · · 12:55

There's a malaise in our society. Something has gone very, very wrong. People are craving mentorship, professional nurturing, a sense that someone's got their back. And increasingly,...

A Thief and a Liar

A Thief and a Liar

Episode 17 · · 19:36

Many news media publications and rights holders seem to be bowing at the altar of Big AI. The New York Times is not among them. “We cannot allow AI cheerleaders to dominate the publi...

iDeepfakeOS

iDeepfakeOS

Episode 16 · · 23:52

Tim Cook's final appearance in an Apple keynote, so of course he went out with style and flair! Just kidding. It was so-o-o-o boring. 😴 Unfortunately, so was most of the rest of the ...

Biases and Fallacies and Heuristics, Oh My!

Biases and Fallacies and Heuristics, Oh My!

Episode 15 · · 30:34

Hype—any hype, but in this instance tech hype—only works because humans are fallible. We fall prey to quirks of the mind, real-world hacks which dilute our rational thinking and caus...

The Psychological Cost of Activism Against Slopologists

The Psychological Cost of Activism Against Slopologists

Episode 14 · · 21:15

It's a jungle out there. Disorder and confusion everywhere. No one seems to care. Well I do! Hey, who’s in charge here? It may seem like I'm quoting from a famous Randy Newman song, ...

The Death and Resurrection of UX w/Ayush Newatia

The Death and Resurrection of UX w/Ayush Newatia

Episode 13 · · 47:18

Marketing has taken over product design. Usability used to mean something. Now software is becoming less "human", a symptom of a wider business culture sucking up to AI companies bec...

Nothing Sus About Ellipsus

Nothing Sus About Ellipsus

Episode 12 · · 16:10

If you’re like a lot of folks now wondering if it’s even possible to build delightful, human-centric & humane SaaS products for the web anymore, Ellipsus is proof that yes it’s possi...

But My Fake Influencer is Very Authentic

But My Fake Influencer is Very Authentic

Episode 11 · · 10:07

In a phrase I never expected to utter: I wholeheartedly endorse the upcoming Chinese regulations! Yes, China is getting ready to crack down on so-called "digital humans", requiring p...

Slop-Free Software is So Hot Right Now

Slop-Free Software is So Hot Right Now

Episode 10 · · 12:53

Welcome back to the 2026 season kickoff of Vibe Coded! In this episode, I cover the phenomenon of how open source software projects are either fending off or embracing the onslaught ...

Brace Yourselves! (The Crash is Imminent)

Brace Yourselves! (The Crash is Imminent)

Episode 9 · · 34:25

The state of play in late 2025 and my expectation that the bubble will burst in 2026. The “Agentic Age” did not materialize this year. Anti-AI activism is heating up…people are nopin...

The Pro-Craft Mission (and Refuting Stupid Arguments), Part 1

The Pro-Craft Mission (and Refuting Stupid Arguments), Part 1

Episode 8 · · 39:59

The same tired, clichéd arguments keep coming up over and over again why we should all welcome our new robot overlords, so I'm here to knock 'em all down and push back systematically...

The Trashy Aesthetics of Slop

The Trashy Aesthetics of Slop

Episode 7 · · 37:57

I’ve talked in length about the ethical quandaries surrounding generative AI, from the industrial-scale theft of intellectual property to the ways it harms both the natural as well a...

Cory Dransfeldt on Keeping the Bots at Bay

Cory Dransfeldt on Keeping the Bots at Bay

Episode 6 · · 57:57

In this episode, I have a lively chat with Cory Dransfeldt about getting started as a web developer making band websites and his recent work on design systems, his passion for suppor...

Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy? Nope, Uh-Uh, and Heavens No!

Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy? Nope, Uh-Uh, and Heavens No!

Episode 5 · · 43:14

In this episode I talk about the shocking decline in AI safety, why AI is becoming a religion and that shouldn’t surprise us, software developer reluctance and growing impatience in ...

The Truth of Reliable Next-Generation Green Energy Storage

The Truth of Reliable Next-Generation Green Energy Storage

Episode 4 · · 12:42

You're listening to the audio edition of my newsletter Cycles Hyped No More, right here on the Vibe Coded podcast. In this issue I talk about The Truth 🫡 of Reliable Next-Generation ...

Access to GenAI-Free Work is a Human Right

Access to GenAI-Free Work is a Human Right

Episode 3 · · 36:35

In this episode I talk about mental health in the face of changing technology, epistemological truth claims, and the future of work. Evidence is mounting that engaging credulously wi...

The Novel Phenomenon of the AI Placebo Effect

The Novel Phenomenon of the AI Placebo Effect

Episode 2 · · 27:39

In this episode, I talk about this growing sense of dread that rather than genAI ushering in a glorious new age of superintelligence, it's actually manipulating us into believing thi...

That Pesky AI Backlash Keeps Growing

That Pesky AI Backlash Keeps Growing

Episode 1 · · 29:36

Fellow netizens, the moment you've all been waiting for: the inaugural episode of Jared White's new podcast Vibe Coded! Magic escalators & floating men? Bots blocked bad by big busin...