Claude Code and App Creation on Demand

This week Ian and Michael test the limits of “vibe coding” and find that it might actually work. From there, naturally, we drift into the idea of apps-on-demand, AI minions, and subscription creep, with detours into rainforest guilt, insecure software libraries, hallucinating language models, second-hand drinks cabinets, and the small question of superintelligence wiping us out. Along the way: The Fermi Paradox, universal basic income, and the possibility that in solving convenience we may be accelerating something rather less convenient. (This description was written with the help of AI)