Outgrowing the Vibe Code

By john crider

You started by tossing prompts at an AI and hoping the app held together. It worked... until it didn't. Outgrowing the Vibe Code is the show about what comes next.

Each episode, two builders dig into... more

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How many episodes does Outgrowing the Vibe Code have?

The podcast currently has 43 episodes available.

Outgrowing the Vibe Code episodes:

September 17, 2026 Ch 15, Pt 3: Running Planning as a Discipline: Sessions, Review, and Scope Control
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:45 — The plan-only session
03:30 — Review and scope control
05:57 — Three scales of planning
07:29 — When the plan breaks
09:12 — Midroll Break
10:46 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
12min
September 16, 2026 Ch 15, Pt 2: Task Decomposition and the Five-Section Spec
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:54 — Good task, bad task
03:41 — Decomposition in practice
05:25 — The five-section spec
07:32 — How deep to go
09:11 — Midroll Break
10:36 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
12min
September 15, 2026 Ch 15, Pt 1: Why Plan First — and What 'Planning' Actually Means
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:55 — Inference isn't specification
03:25 — The feedback loop cut in half
05:15 — Strategic planning
06:46 — Tactical planning
08:28 — Midroll Break
09:52 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
11min
September 10, 2026 Ch 14, Pt 3: Critical Moments and the Payoff
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:45 — The mindset shift
03:34 — The linter catches it
05:21 — All-failing to all-passing
07:02 — Turning the key
09:27 — Midroll Break
10:48 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
12min
September 09, 2026 Ch 14, Pt 2: The Seven Stages: From Skeleton to Shipped
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:31 — Building the Environment
03:11 — The First Session
04:34 — When the Agent Fails
06:06 — The Payoff
07:48 — Midroll Break
09:06 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
10min
September 08, 2026 Ch 14, Pt 1: The Edge of the Pool: Why TaskFlow, and the Shape of the Build
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
02:00 — Reading Isn't Doing
03:24 — Why TaskFlow
05:42 — The Seven-Stage Shape
07:27 — The Harness Matures
08:46 — Midroll Break
10:05 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
11min
September 03, 2026 Ch 13, Pt 3: Operating the Memory System — Hierarchy, Staleness, and the Payoff
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:31 — Memory in layers
03:02 — Behavior vs action
04:17 — Stale memory is the real danger
05:59 — The payoff
07:36 — Midroll Break
09:00 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
10min
September 02, 2026 Ch 13, Pt 2: Progress Files, Decision Records, and Git as Memory
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:36 — The progress file done right
03:08 — Writing down the why
04:58 — Your commits are memory
06:24 — Git wins the argument
07:31 — Midroll Break
08:43 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
10min
September 01, 2026 Ch 13, Pt 1: Your Agent Has Amnesia — The Three Types of Memory
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:43 — Every session is day one
03:06 — Three kinds of memory
04:27 — Decision memory the hard one
05:53 — The filesystem is the brain
07:19 — Midroll Break
08:39 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
10min
August 27, 2026 Ch 12, Pt 3: Right-Sizing, Parallelism, and the Personality Army Trap
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:48 — Right-size the model
03:25 — Run them in parallel
05:08 — The personality army trap
07:06 — Keep it flat
08:51 — Midroll Break
10:00 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
11min

FAQs about Outgrowing the Vibe Code:

How many episodes does Outgrowing the Vibe Code have?

The podcast currently has 43 episodes available.