We catch up after the Super Bowl and talk about parties, what it was like being in the Super Bowl host city, and the whole marketing manager of it all. Ant gives a detailed breakdown of Bad Bunny’s halftime show and we also talk a little Industry Season 4 and get into an economy update touching upon consumer spending, AI companies and more.

We chat about going to tactile activities in the real world, including pottery class and Magic: the Gathering at a local community games store. With Open AI announcing that they will put ads in ChatGPT, we reminisce about the Golden Age of the internet as Millennials and also continue our thoughts about living in an ads-dominated world from last time. Finally, we do a deep dive into Vibe Coding, the craze that has taken over SF and techies everywhere.

Episode Links 

• Claude AI - https://claude.ai/
• Claude Code - https://claude.ai/code/onboarding 
• Vibe Code Tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_xpQzZDHo

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