Vibe Coding Got You Here, But it Won't Get You There

This episode the guys discuss the gap between an AI demo and a workflow a business can trust, from candor with new founders to harness engineering. Three topics this week. First, the ecosystem conversation the hosts had at CLT Startup House the day before recording: nobody can opt out of AI literacy, and telling someone not to start a company can be the kind thing to do. Second, what clients actually need: AI psychosis and the last 20 percent of polish, personal productivity versus product reliability, onboarding an AI agent like a new pharmacy employee, and mid-sized companies that need a Sherpa, not the SEALs. Third, harnesses: off the shelf or custom, portable context, and the cost per unit of intelligence. 00:00 Nobody can opt out of AI literacy 03:22 Kind, not nice: telling a would-be founder the truth 07:46 Bootcamps, pop-up shops, and what counts as a real company 12:16 AI psychosis, the last 20 percent, and product reliability 17:01 Onboarding an AI agent like a new employee 24:17 Sherpa, not SEALs: what mid-sized companies actually need 27:42 Computer vision, job sites, and bringing AI to physical work 33:32 Meta glasses and the washing machine Claude fixed 36:26 AI is not a blanket solution 38:28 Off-the-shelf harnesses, custom harnesses, and the freshly minted senior dev 42:51 Match the tool to the job and keep your context portable 47:34 The cost per unit of intelligence Links from the episode: CLT Startup House: https://cltstartuphouse.com/ Claude Code: https://claude.com/product/claude-code Pi: https://pi.dev/ Hosts: Drew Burdick, founder of StealthX and CLT Startup House:   / drewhburdick   Charles D'Andrea, founder of Pattern 50:   / charlesdandrea   Colin Thornton, co-founder of Torta Studios:   / colincthornton   Alan Corvalis, co-founder of Torta Studios:   / corvalis   Follow Builders of Charlotte on social media: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2uTS7fn... Instagram:   / buildersofcharlotte   LinkedIn:   / buildersofcharlotte   If you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share!