Vibe Coding vs. The SaaS Empire
PLUS: AI workflows go fully open source
Ilya Sutskever's first big podcast since leaving OpenAI drops with timestamps worth studying alignment and superintelligence.
Karpathy shows you can build apps by prompting in 30 minutes. No code, just conversation.
Developers are assigning different AI models to different parts of the stack like a fantasy football lineup.
Gemini does frontend, Opus handles backend. The tier lists are getting specific about which model builds what.
Google's Gemini now offers interactive images that turn studying into active exploration instead of passive viewing.
Someone used Gemini to design an infographic, then Veo animated it into claymation. Insanely smooth workflow.
Vercel drops a fully open source visual workflow builder that outputs actual code, not locked platforms.
AI Agents will fade like microservices did. Hype doesn't survive complexity or deployment pain.
Stripe now lets you share MRR snapshots directly from your dashboard. Receipts just got easier.
Upload a meeting transcript to NotebookLM and it builds you a slide deck using image generation. Absolutely wild.
A Medium article found that 73% of AI startups are just repackaged ChatGPT with fancy UI and 1000x markups.
Vibe coding might kill SaaS when you can build custom tools faster than buying bloated software.
Cursor now lets you create and save custom layouts so your workspace stays exactly how you want it.
Stripe's verified MRR links mean you can now ask founders to prove their wild revenue claims instantly.
NotebookLM plus image generation might be the killer combo nobody saw coming for actual productivity.
Greg Isenberg tested Opus 4.5 against Gemini 3 and went from idea to prototype in one sitting.
Bad ideas are generic. Good ideas are niched with specific targets and clear distribution channels.
Resend will now pay for every employee's personal domain for a year. Blogging as a company perk.