Episode 99 •LIVE at Harpoon Brewery — Our Drunkest Episode Yet
For only the second time ever, Peter and Scott share a table — at Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, Vermont — with two full flights, a pile of food, and what Scott calls the drunkest FWB ever. Expect a Boston Irish Stout vs. Guinness debate, mislabeled beers, a cameo from our waitress Kim, and a genuine deep-dive into whether Claude Code is getting dumber.
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The brew
The Topics
- The Brews (Harpoon flight)
- Boston Irish Stout (nitro — “not Guinness, but totally Guinness”)
- Harpoon Dark / “Big Toasty” English Strong Ale
- Seaport After Midnight — lactose stout with cocoa nib & vanilla (the crowd favorite)
- UFO White — the flagship Hefeweizen
- Mud Season / Hoppy Brown, 8.4% (the shared least favorite)
- A Wagyu burger, a chicken-thigh sandwich, and some incredible fries
- The Catamount-to-Harpoon brewery backstory
- Tracking your meals with AI (Foodnoms guessing 4,318-calorie fries)
- Peter’s “Authentic Marathon” training and his Greek-German roots
- A Comma 3 self-driving rig that won’t stay stuck to the windshield
- Space Force vs. a proposed “Cyber Force”
- Is Claude Code getting dumber?
- Why AI chats are stateless — and the case for and against AI
- EVs, hybrids & “binary throttle mode”
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Episode 98 •Liv From New York, It's Saturday Night
Liv from New York on a Saturday, it's Peter! Peter's worst hotel adventure ever, Peter runs and drinks coffee, Apple loves bugs, and Scott loves Wispr Flow.
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The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Peter Drinks Coffee
- Corporate Coffee Mug
- Peter’s Platform Segment, a Shout At
- Polar Verity Sense
- AirPods Pros 3 Bluetooth problems
- Bugs Apple loves
- Wispr Flow
The Links
Episode 97 •Greg Is a Reindeer
Coffee! Watches! Troubleshooting! Gifts! And if we send you a video, PLAY IT!!!
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The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- Snowy Owl Coffee Roasters Mexico Oaxaca Cerro la Bruja
- Water Avenue Coffee Rogue Valley Dark Roast
- Arq vs Carbon Copy Cloner
- Software sucks
- Troubleshooting
- Mac mini remote access
- VT water pressure
- Garmin Forerunner 965
- Manual Coffee Grinder
- Christmas Gifts
- Irish Cream
- Knob Creek Whiskey (9 year old)
- Massage
- Veuv la Clicquot champagne
- Gin
- Marvel lego characters
- Do you play videos people send you?
- Peter’s nifty: gpx.studio — the online GPX file editor
The Links
- Snowy Owl Coffee Roasters
- Rogue Valley Dark Roast – Water Avenue Coffee
- Santa’s Powers Are STUPID
- Cloud backup software for Mac and Windows : Arq
- Carbon Copy Cloner: macOS Backup Software - Bombich Software
- Relive | Run, Ride, Hike & more
- Garmin Connect
- Strava | Running, Cycling & Hiking App - Train, Track & Share
- Amazon.com: World’s First 60g Large Capacity Manual Coffee Grinder, Portable Hand Coffee Bean Mill with 40 Adjustable Settings, Ceramic Conical Burr Grinder for Espresso, Pour Over, Camping, Travel, Gift, etc : Home & Kitchen
- gpx.studio — the online GPX file editor
- Footpath Route Planner | Footpath Route Planner
- Middlesex Fells Reservoir Trail Clockwise | Footpath Route Planner
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 96 •The Honey and the Sugar Dried Up
Peter goes to the Genius Bar. Peter drinks coffee and Scott drinks tea. Listen while we Watch (or talk about watches, anyway).
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The brew
The Topics
- The Brews
- The honey in the Mac
- Foundry Virtual Tabletop
- Sophos advice
- Sophos XGS 88
- AirPods Pro 3
- Amazon is a terrible company with good customer service
- Single reviews backlog
- AeroPress Premium Coffee Maker
- How much coffee?
- Garmin 965 review
- What about the Apple Watch?
The Links
- La Colombe Coffee Roasters Decaf Monte Carlo Dark Roast Coffee
- Numi Hojicha
- Foundry Virtual Tabletop
- XGS Series Firewall Appliances - 2nd Gen Desktop Models
- AirPods Pro 3 - Apple
- AeroPress Premium Coffee Maker | Glass and Metal Coffee Maker
- Garmin 955, 965, and 970 Product Comparison
- Friends With Brews Podcast
Episode 95 •Workshopping Our Cult
Cults are bad, unless they're good. Peter and Scott talk about the psychology of changing your beliefs. Also, Ghostty, AI, and COFFEE!!
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The brew
New Seasons Market Cottonwood Whole Bean Coffee
The Topics
- The Brews
- Scott switches to Ghostty
- Ghostty is simple and fast
- Warp’s BS became too much
- zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions: Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh
- The AI tools Scott pays for
- Claude (and Claude Code), ChatGPT
- Why Engineers Can’t Be Rational About Programming Languages
The Links
- Whole Foods Whole Bean Italian Roast
- New Seasons Market Cottonwood Whole Bean Coffee
- Ghostty
- Warp
- zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions: Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh
- Why Engineers Can’t Be Rational About Programming Languages
- You’re all wrong - YouTube
- Misconceptions, Misinformation, and the Logic of Identity-Protective Cognition by Dan M. Kahan :: SSRN
- Friends With Brews Podcast