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:

August 26, 2026 Ch 12, Pt 2: When to Delegate, and How to Write the Task
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:40 — High input, low output
03:05 — When to keep it yourself
04:36 — What actually happens
05:55 — Write the task like a stranger's reading it
07:25 — Midroll Break
08:50 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
10min
August 25, 2026 Ch 12, Pt 1: Sub-Agents Are About Isolation, Not Specialization
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:44 — The army of specialists is the wrong picture
03:06 — Signal not noise
04:44 — Fewer tools fewer wrong turns
05:58 — The context firewall
07:34 — Midroll Break
08:47 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
10min
August 20, 2026 Ch 11, Pt 3: The Agent Captain and the Feedback Pipeline
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:39 — The agent captain
03:07 — The real job is fixing the harness
04:38 — The feedback pipeline
06:28 — Five ways it falls apart
08:22 — Midroll Break
09:53 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
11min
August 19, 2026 Ch 11, Pt 2: Human Review and Triage
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:50 — What review is for now
03:17 — What to look for in agent code
05:45 — What to skip
07:05 — Triage by risk
09:06 — Midroll Break
10:33 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
12min
August 18, 2026 Ch 11, Pt 1: The Automated Gate Stack
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:46 — The question changed
03:06 — Agent code breaks differently
04:56 — The six-gate stack
06:59 — Wire it for agent speed
08:32 — Midroll Break
09:54 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
11min
August 13, 2026 Ch 10, Pt 3: Session Length, Templates, and the Pitfalls to Avoid
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:36 — How long is too long
03:19 — The four session templates
05:25 — The unattended preview
07:14 — The mistakes that wreck it
09:03 — Midroll Break
10:25 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
11min
August 12, 2026 Ch 10, Pt 2: Plan, Execute, Checkpoint
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:53 — Plan before you act
03:40 — The execution loop
04:58 — Rules for the working phase
06:31 — Ending on purpose
08:13 — Midroll Break
09:27 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
10min
August 11, 2026 Ch 10, Pt 1: Why Sessions Matter and the 60-Second Boot
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:56 — Stop just talking to the agent
03:14 — The blank window — curse and feature
04:47 — Four phases, every time
06:06 — The sixty-second boot
08:19 — Midroll Break
09:49 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
11min
August 06, 2026 Ch 9, Pt 3: Structural Back-Pressure — Feature Lists and Hooks
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:41 — The feature list
03:20 — Hooks that check for you
05:01 — Four ways to break the loop
07:12 — Layers that overlap
08:29 — Midroll Break
09:52 — Recap
Music
Music by The Everlove: "Goes Like This"
Music by Cumbia Deli: "Cafecito por la Manana"
...more
11min
August 05, 2026 Ch 9, Pt 2: The Self-Correction Loop
Chapters
00:00 — Intro
01:51 — How the loop connects
03:31 — When the loop won't stop — the doom loop
05:05 — Show the failures, hide the wins
06:43 — Back-pressure when you have no tests
08:28 — Midroll Break
09:45 — 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.