This Online Life explores the messy, beautiful intersection of creativity, culture, and technology. Host Luma dives into why we make things, how AI and digital tools can unlock ideas we’ve carried for years, and why cultural diversity is essential fuel for the creative process. Through personal stories, cultural snapshots, and reflections on resistance work, this episode invites you to see social media not as distraction, but as the world’s largest living museum—full of inspiration waiting to be transformed into something uniquely yours.

It’s easy to feel impressed when AI writes working code in seconds. But beneath the shiny surface of perfectly functional software, something’s quietly going wrong. In this episode, Luma explores the rise of invisible “tech debt” in an era where AI doesn’t understand context, can’t see the big picture, and writes every piece from scratch—over and over again.

What happens when a creative mind spends 50 years misunderstood—and finally finds the tools to speak clearly? In this episode, I share my husband’s journey through undiagnosed ADHD, a late-in-life diagnosis, and how AI became the surprising bridge between his thoughts and the world. We talk about the grief of being misread, the power of voice-to-text tools like ChatGPT, and why AI—despite its bad reputation—can be life-changing for people whose brains don’t follow straight lines. This isn’t about replacing your creativity. It’s about finally being heard.

Software has changed a lot in the last 30 years—from rigid plans to fast feedback to wild AI-generated prototypes. In this episode, Luma traces that evolution, from Waterfall to Agile to what some now call Vibe Coding. Along the way, she explores a quieter question: not just how fast can we build, but who are we building for? If you care about tech, design, or building anything people actually want to use—this one’s for you.