The Good Stuff, with Pete and Andy - Episode 18: Building and ShippingHosts: Pete and Andy (recorded at City Beach, Perth - the van is back!)Episode Overview: A follow-up to their accountability session from last week, Pete and Andy report back on actually shipping products to completion. This episode covers their successes with Fat Controller and Hype Man, explores new development workflows with Claude Code, and discusses the evolution of AI-assisted coding practices.Follow-up from last week's therapy session about finishing projectsPete releases Fat Controller 20 minutes before recordingAndy gets Hype Man operational as an autonomous CMOThe importance of shipping something people can actually use and pay forBuilt to solve Pete's timezone posting problem on NostrFeatures: GIF support, satellite CDN integration, secure keychain storage (Mac only)Evolved from local-only to supporting remote signers for hosted versionRedesigned signing architecture for better remote compatibilityReleased as open source with value-for-value modelAndy's first official week on Nostr - hasn't felt compelled to check TwitterMore invigorating and motivating environmentZap payments add meaningful interaction layerLess negative energy compared to Twitter/XMulti-agent system that extracts insights from podcast transcriptsCreates and publishes social media content automaticallyIterative improvement process: removed research agent, added review agentCost-constrained testing with DeepSeek, upgraded to Claude for better outputReflection agents as key pattern for improving AI output qualityClaude Code excelling at small, targeted changesCursor better for complex, orchestrated implementationsClaude Code's agentic loops provide better multi-step problem solvingBoth tools serve different phases of the development processMac Mini as dedicated AI development server with 24/7 availabilityTerminal-based workflows accessible from phone via voice transcriptionMenu-driven system for common development tasksSegregated environment philosophy: give AI full access to designated machinesMobile coding: voice-to-terminal transcription enabling "vibe coding" from anywhereThree modes: drunk idea capture, sober editing, drunk codingNeed for seamless idea-to-implementation pipelineTutorial mode: AI explaining reasoning behind architectural decisionsBalancing speed vs learning in AI-assisted developmentDanger of spending more time optimizing AI workflows than building actual products"Sharpening the axe forever" - when process improvement becomes procrastinationFinding balance between efficiency and productivityDebate: Transform existing businesses vs. build AI-native competitorsUnit economics advantage of AI-native companiesVenture funding opportunities for dramatically improved cost structuresPrivate equity interest in AI transformation strategiesWeekend project to replace Screen Studio subscriptionReal-time vs post-processing architecture decisionsPart of broader strategy to reduce SaaS subscriptions and build local toolsWorking prototype with keyboard shortcuts and lightweight toolbar interfaceVision for idea-to-prototype pipelineSpeed Run workshop concept: build entire company in one dayIntegration of existing tools (Pipeline, Wingman, Claude Code) into cohesive workflowVibe startups: from idea to launched product with full departments