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Run Straight to the Airport
Peter's Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier and Scott's Great Gourds Pumpkin Ale fuel two Peter rants: an airline that keeps rewriting his trip to the Athens Marathon and a Kia that keeps breaking. Plus asking Claude which EVs phone home in Massachusetts, Peter fixing fnMute mid-episode, and a hardware KVM on Tailscale.
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Episode 105 26 Sep 2026
Who's Watching Your AI Agents?
Scott's guest is Donnie Adams of Obot AI, who demos Obot's open-source platform for managing MCP servers, access, and audit logs. Plus supply chain worries, the road from Rancher to Obot, and why talking about AI isn't going away.
Episode 104 19 Sep 2026
Open Your Books, You Idiot
Scott drinks Coava Araponga and asks where the money really comes from: AI businesses, or teaching other people to build them? Plus Peter's Scratch Itch Software, AI safety and antitrust, and a 404 Media conversation about AI companions.
Episode 103 13 Sep 2026
Re-Peets with Pete
Peet's Major Dickason's, Trailhead Junco, and an Athletic Dark & Gourdy pumpkin NA, while OpenAI's agents attack RubyGems, an OpenAI engineer guesses 70% extinction, and Peter tours every Scratch Itch Software app.
Episode 102 15 Aug 2026
My Suicidal Robot
Scott's AI assistant sends a distress email about Peter, a budget robot vacuum keeps threatening to jump, and Scott flees npm for a Rust-based web framework.
Episode 101 18 Jul 2026
This Episode Was Edited by Claude
Peter pours an Atlética NA copper, Scott pours a Sapporo in tree pose, and the talk runs from backup sagas and leaky-roof tenants to Peter's new Scratch Itch Software, Scott's voice transcription app, and the fact that Claude is editing this very episode.
Episode 100 29 Jun 2026
12 Beers, One Flight: Friends with Brews at Medford Brewing
Scott and Peter post up at Medford Brewing Company with a twelve-glass flight and taste their way through an IPA, a witbier, a Mexican lager, a stout, a bitter, and the Rude Panda porter — with the usual detours into trail runs, Guinness, and Claude Code projects.
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