In this episode we talk about what vibe coding actually is, where the term came from, and why it’s showing up everywhere right now. I break down how vibe coding differs from AI-assisted coding, why the distinction matters, and what’s exciting and risky about both. The goal is to help you understand what’s real, what’s hype, and how to approach this space with curiosity instead of confusion.

• Where the term “vibe coding” came from
• Andrej Karpathy’s original definition
• Natural language instead of code review
• Public vibe coding tools like Lovable and Replit
• Prototypes vs production software
• Security and fragility concerns
• Vibe coding vs AI-assisted coding
• Coding as a spectrum, not a binary
• Recent ChatGPT use: Creating featured images for blog posts

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• (00:00:38) - What is Vibe Coding?
• (00:04:12) - What Is Vibe Coding?
• (00:08:16) - Coding 101: The niche
• (00:08:34) - A New World of AI-assisted Coding
• (00:11:11) - Vibe Coding: Call to Action!
• (00:12:58) - Cursor vs. Claude Code
• (00:15:44) - Vibe Coding: Do Vibe Codes Change Jobs?
• (00:16:18) - Vibe Coding and AI-assisted Coding
• (00:17:27) - Vibe Coding and Security
• (00:22:39) - How I Use ChatGPT

Let’s get curious about Google Notebook LM! I walk through what it is, how it works, what makes it different from ChatGPT, and how I’ve personally used it to create mind maps, slide decks, and one-sheets. We also talk about learning styles, hallucinations, citations, pricing, and why this tool feels especially aligned with how I believe AI should be used.

• What Google Notebook LM is (and isn’t)
• “Understand Anything”
• Uploading sources and learning from them
• Types of learning resources it can create
• Why it doesn’t hallucinate
• Internal vs external use cases
• One-sheets and pattern recognition
• Pricing and Google Workspace
• Recent ChatGPT use: Vibe coding assistant

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• (00:00:00) - ChatGPT Curious
• (00:00:38) - The Best AI Tool You've Never Heard of
• (00:01:40) - A ChatGPT Lesson: Google Notebook
• (00:03:10) - Google Notebook LM: Mind Blowing AI Learning App
• (00:09:01) - Mind Maps: The democratization of learning
• (00:13:50) - Google Notebook: Better Than Chat?
• (00:17:59) - How I Use ChatGPT to Code my First Web App

In this episode I break down whether it’s actually worth paying for ChatGPT or sticking with the free tier. I walk through the concrete differences between free and Plus, talk honestly about what matters and what doesn’t, and explain why “worth it” is always subjective. This episode is less about convincing you and more about giving you enough clarity to decide for yourself.

• Why I avoided this episode
• Ethics and discomfort around paying for AI
• Why “worth it” is subjective
• Free vs Plus vs Pro tiers
• Why Pro is an immediate no
• What the free tier includes
• What the Plus tier unlocks
• What actually matters in real usage
• Usage caps, throttling, and limits
• Memory, Projects, Tasks, and Custom GPTs
• Who should and shouldn’t pay
• Trying Plus without commitment
• Where OpenAI might be headed
• Recent ChatGPT use: Computer science and coding deep-dive

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• (00:00:00) - ChatGPT Curious
• (00:00:38) - Chat GPT: Curious
• (00:01:56) - Paying for ChatGPT
• (00:06:43) - Paying for Chat: Is It Worth It?
• (00:10:30) - Gemini: The Free vs. Plus Tier
• (00:14:36) - ChatGPT: The $20+ tier
• (00:19:47) - OpenAI: Are You Paying for Chat?
• (00:24:22) - How I Use ChatGPT this Week
• (00:29:02) - Curious: The Code That AI Makes

In this episode, I share how a small, easily ignored setting completely changed ChatGPT’s responses…in a good way. I discuss the personalization settings, including base tone, custom instructions, memory, and advanced settings, and go into detail about how “programming” ChatGPT how to respond, immediately made for a WAY better user experience. If you’ve ever thought “this thing is fine but kind of annoying,” this episode is for you.

• Holiday and life updates
• Vacation recap and vibe coding course
• Revisiting Episode 9 and missed features
• Where to find personalization settings
• Base style and tone options
• Custom instructions and the interview prompt
• Brevity, hallucinations, and sycophancy
• Memory settings and management
• Recent ChatGPT use: Generating a new workout program

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• (00:00:38) - Chat GPT: Using Chat GPT's Personalization Settings to
• (00:02:15) - ChatGPT: Custom Instructions (For Me)
• (00:07:58) - ChatGPT: Setting Up the Preferences
• (00:08:50) - Chat GPT: The Custom Instruction Box
• (00:09:33) - ChatGpt: Memory and Personalization Settings
• (00:13:17) - How I Use ChatGPT (Week 3)
• (00:14:28) - Curious Companion

In this episode I break down why ChatGPT will never truly write like you and why that’s actually a good thing. We get into what makes a human voice alive and dynamic, how large language models work, and a few tactical ways to help ChatGPT write closer to your voice when you need it to.

• Title choice and leading with the truth
• The big ask from the questionnaire
• Why ChatGPT will never write like you
• Your voice as a fingerprint and river
• 3 COR functions: clarifying, organizing, refining
• What a Voice Anchor is and how to create one
• Recent ChatGPT use: Charades and Catch Phrase

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• (00:01:54) - ChatGPT: How to Get ChatGPT to Sound Like
• (00:06:18) - ChatGPT: Please Make It Sound More Like You
• (00:11:38) - Vinod Chat: How I Write
• (00:13:39) - Chat: Help Me Create a Voice Anchor
• (00:14:47) - Chat GPT
• (00:18:01) - Curious Podcast: Charades and Catchphrases

In this episode I share my predictions on who I think will win this AI race, both as it relates to the users and the industry. I break down the three traits that I believe will set people up for success, then shift into my present-moment take on which company seems best positioned to wear the crown. Along the way I get into the environmental realities, the big emotions that keep popping up around AI, and how humans are always the biggest variable in any prediction.

• Environmental concerns and big emotions on Threads
• Three traits for winning the AI race
• Art discourse and AI-generated art
• Humans as the variable
• Corporate winner prediction
• Need for age restrictions, energy considerations, and guardrails
• Democratization and the beach volleyball analogy
• Recent ChatGPT use: CLARITY acronym

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• (00:01:38) - Will Computers Win the AI Race?
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• (00:09:42) - "It's Too Easy to Be an Artist"
• (00:10:54) - No Feelings About AI-Made Art
• (00:12:44) - Will OpenAI Win The AI Race?
• (00:18:00) - Are AI's Genotypes the Devil?
• (00:21:15) - How I Use ChatGPT
• (00:22:59) - Curious Podcast: The Curious Companion (In Text)

In this episode I break down how ChatGPT can support the process of writing and designing your sales pages. The conversation covers how Canvas works, how to feed ChatGPT the right input, and how to generate both the copy and a fully rendered mockup of your page. This episode clarifies what ChatGPT can actually do, what it can’t, and why it’s still an incredibly helpful tool for creating clear, effective sales pages.

• Gemini 3 release
• What Canvas is and how it works
• Why “make a sales page for me” doesn’t work
• Creating an offer outline with the 7Ps
• Prompts for generating sales page copy
• Prompts for rendering the sales page in Canvas
• Recent ChatGPT use: Lesson summaries and summary slides

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• (00:00:38) - How to Use ChatGPT for Sales Pages
• (00:01:46) - 20 Episodes: Thank You!
• (00:03:02) - Using Gemini 3 to Build Sales Pages
• (00:08:25) - How to create a Sales Page with ChatGPT
• (00:13:47) - ChatGPT vs. Kajabi: How to Build a
• (00:18:10) - How I Use Chat GPT

In this episode I break down what people often misunderstand about ChatGPT and what it can actually do. I walk through the hard technical limits, the most common errors users make, and then share simple ways to become more fluent so you can get the most out of the model. This episode also covers recent updates from OpenAI, along with why sometimes the best use case for ChatGPT is…not using it at all.

• Creativity follows fluency
• Lack of rapid advances in the tech
• Recent OpenAI updates
• Hard technical limits of ChatGPT
• Six biggest user errors
• Suggestions for improving ChatGPT fluency
• Recent ChatGPT use: How I used ChatGPT in Hawaii

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• (00:05:53) - Chat GPT Go Expands to Europe
• (00:06:45) - What ChatGPT Can't Do
• (00:09:19) - ChatGPT: The 6 biggest errors people make
• (00:11:42) - Error #3, Poor Prompts
• (00:15:52) - ChatGPT: Your Best Bet
• (00:20:01) - The Free vs Paid version of Chat GPT
• (00:23:28) - ChatGPT: 6 Tips for Fluency
• (00:25:17) - How I Use Chat GPT
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