233: Humans Are Now Legacy Dependencies

This week, Robbie and Adam sip High ‘n Wicked Straight Rye and dive deep into the current state of AI development tools, the rise of agentic workflows, and whether humans are becoming legacy dependencies in their own systems. They explore OpenClaw (formerly ClawdBot), the philosophy behind Pi's minimalist agent approach, malleable software, and why SaaS products might be in trouble. Along the way, they debate meme coins, polymarket betting, the death of software-as-a-service, and what happens when AI agents start talking to each other on social media.

In this episode:

• (00:00) - Intro

• (01:43) - Whiskey rating & review: High ‘n Wicked Straight Rye

• (09:15) - Why proprietary limestone water matters (apparently)

• (11:55) - Tariffs, empty liquor store shelves, and Canadian boycotts

• (18:55) - Setting up OpenClaw and why it's better than you think

• (20:58) - Pi's minimalist philosophy: bash over MCP

• (26:51) - GitHub Agents and making PRs while brewing coffee

• (29:02) - Why AI feels like a drug (and not in a good way)

• (31:26) - Are we doing more work or just different work?

• (35:15) - MoltBook: when AI agents talk to each other

• (37:22) - RentAHuman.ai and the gig economy's weird future

• (40:58) - Polymarket, meme coins, and betting on everything

• (42:48) - Why SaaS products are tanking in the stock market

• (46:45) - Malleable software and the death of dark mode wait times

• (48:50) - Jim Beam layoffs and the whiskey surplus problem

• (52:57) - Electric cars, repair shops, and the end of tinkering

• (54:46) - Are we headed toward a black box future?

• (57:12) - CascadiaJS, React Miami, and Render ATL

Links

• High ‘n Wicked Straight Rye: https://highandwicked.com/

• OpenClaw: https://github.com/cncf/openclaw

• Pi: https://pi.ai/

• Railway: https://railway.app/

• GitHub Agents: https://github.com/features/agents

• Claude: https://claude.ai/

• Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/

• OpenAI: https://openai.com/

• Qwen: https://qwenlm.github.io/

• MoltBook: https://www.moltbook.com/

• RentAHuman.ai: https://rentahuman.ai/

• Polymarket: https://polymarket.com/

• Uber: https://www.uber.com/

• Uber Eats: https://www.ubereats.com/

• Theo - t3.gg: https://t3.gg/

• Meticulous: https://meticulous.ai/

• Tesla Model X: https://www.tesla.com/modelx

• Jim Beam: https://www.jimbeam.com/

• CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/

• Render ATL: https://www.renderatl.com/

• React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/

• Astro: https://astro.build/

• Warp: https://www.warp.dev/

Connect with the hosts

• Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner

• Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/chuckcarpenter

• Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

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