Prompt and Circumstance

Most AI image models fight you when you want flaws. Krea 2 doesn't. We dig into why this open-source, locally-run model is so good at "imperfect" realism (fisheye distortion, blur, grain), then walk through setting it up in ComfyUI end to end: grabbing the template, downloading the missing models, and picking resolution by aspect ratio instead of raw pixels. It works well with text and the templat...

OpenClaw can move product monitoring from simple error alerts toward self-healing agent workflows. Ilan explains the progression and patterns to use to go from “agent notices an error and tells you,” to “agent diagnoses and recommends a fix,” to a guarded autonomous flow where agents clone, patch, test, and eventually promote fixes into production. The big idea: close the loop only as far as you t...

Google released Gemini Omni at Google I/O 2026 and we ran it through its paces in Google Flow to see if the hype holds up. It mostly doesn't. At least not yet. Gemini Omni is Google's new multimodal AI model, meaning one model handles text, images, audio, and video. You access it through Gemini directly or through Google Flow, and a paid Google subscription is needed. The flagship use case right n...

David walks Ilan through a local ComfyUI workflow that chains three AI models to upscale generated images from 720p all the way to 4K, with a side mission of fixing that plastic-y AI skin look. Chapters 00:00 - Intro and what we are upscaling today 00:36 - Workflow overview and chaining three models 01:30 - Installing the ComfyUI Manager 02:30 - The download note and where models go 03:00 - Walkin...

Set up a decentralized agent team in OpenClaw to complete complex tasks. We walk you through a real use case to set up a morning briefing using two agents, a researcher and a summarizer. They hand off work to each other on a schedule so you wake up to a one-minute AI news brief on your phone.   Chapters   00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Why You Need an Agent Team 02:50 - Agent Team Patterns 04:50 - Ilan's M...

In this episode of Prompt and Circumstance, we explore Stitch by Google, a free tool that is democratizing high-end web and app design. Whether you are a small business owner tired of mediocre layouts or an entrepreneur looking to prototype at lightning speed, Stitch allows you to generate professional design systems and deployable code using simple conversational prompts. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN INSTAN...

If you want an AI agent that handles your repetitive tasks while you sleep, watch this. We got tired of clicking the same buttons and reading 50 newsletters a day just to keep up with tech. It takes way too much time. So we stopped doing it manually. Now, we have an autonomous agent that wakes up early, scrapes the internet, and writes a 30-second brief for us. In this episode of Prompt and Circum...

In this episode: how to generate 30+ second synchronized videos using free, open-source tools. No subscriptions, no cloud. David walks through the ComfyUI workflow for image-to-video generation. He covers image preparation with Qwen 2.5, video rendering with Infinite Talk and WAN 2.1, and configuring resolution, frame count, and prompts. Includes a live demo and an honest look at lip sync limitati...

We teach you how we are generating music and speech entirely on a local machine using open source models in ComfyUI, no cloud subscriptions to ElevenLabs or Suno required. You'll see how ACE-Step 1.5 produces full pop songs from a text prompt and how Qwen3-TTS clones voices from a short audio clip, all on consumer-grade hardware. Chapters 00:00 - Intro and What We're Covering 00:56 - Making Music...

Build your own RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) agent in 25 minutes. If you're building AI products, or you want to be, you've heard the term thrown around. We believe in learning by doing, so on this episode we teach you how to build your own RAG agent from scratch. You'll learn key terminology like vector store and embedding, and you'll have a working agent by the end. Walk away with the con...

David shows you how to generate and edit AI images completely free on your own machine using open source models and ComfyUI. This means you can generate AI images without any watermark, no privacy concerns, and no additional API costs. Watch as David takes you through how these models work and shows the amazing results that were good enough to be used in our web store. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Welcome and...

Wondering how to take your proof of concept agent to production? Ilan walks through three key lessons from building a competitive analysis agent in n8n, including tips for optimizing your prompts, how to break work into sub-agents, analyze logs, and rethink your workflow design. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro and Episode Overview 01:31 - Sponsor: Querio 01:59 - The Competitive Analysis Agent Problem 04:29...

Andrew Williams, CEO of the Toronto Product Management Association, shares his approach to AI-powered product building. He focuses on his app Heyday Focus that makes it easy to follow best practices for increasing focus while online. He discusses how he started his journey in Lovable, then switched to Claude Code and Cursor. He also dives deep into how to use AI tools to create tasteful designs fo...

We interview Hira Siddiqui, the technical founder who hit #1 on Product Hunt with AI Context Flow while working full-time. She breaks down how she got okay asking for money, built a productivity tool with a mission, and why the difference between context and memory might be the most important thing you're not thinking about. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction and Guest Welcome 01:47 - Hira's Background...

In this episode, we discuss three major trends they expect to see unfold in 2026, covering the evolution of software products, advances in robotics and AI world models, and critical concerns around AI system security. Book your free workflow audit:  https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ3d3TghYnjziKB8uteUuJ-EzEgcTfBXash6vl8XfsjPrp2SbDJSJH-1ZYxqS3zrzgipg-guC-LT SPONS...

Book your free workflow audit here We count down our top 25 AI products of 2025, from privacy-first chatbots to the coding model that changed everything. You'll hear about which tools democratized software development, why we picked one particular note-taking tool, and which products delivered outsize value for product teams this year. Chapters: 00:00 - Starting the Top 25 Countdown 02:26 - #25 to...

Learn to automate your email flow with your very first AI agent in under 10 minutes using N8N. No coding required. You'll learn how to create an executive assistant that can read your emails, check your calendar, and even draft responses, all while you wonder why you didn't automate this sooner. Grab your free audit here (Limited spots available): https://bit.ly/audit_appointment_pandc Chapters 00...

Building a complete dropship clothing store has never been so easy. Join David and Ilan as they create "Devil Wears Product", devilwearsproduct.shop their new Shopify store in under an hour using AI tools, learning that sometimes the old-school approach works better than the shiny new one. P.S. Use code "pandc" for 15% off your first order! CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction and the Business Case for A...

Description David and Ilan take Outbond for a spin, the new "vibe GTM" tool from Christian Peverelli that promises to turn lead generation into a conversation with AI—complete with prospect scraping, Perplexity-powered research, and personalized outreach that's either the future of sales or another reason your inbox is about to get interesting. Chapters [00:22] - Introducing Outbond: The Vibe GTM...

David and Ilan tackle a very practical problem of copyright flags on their podcast music by generating a new theme song with Suno. Along the way, they explore: How to get great prompts for AI tools using NotebookLM Suno's interesting PLG viral loops to help with RLHF Why the music industry has a lawsuit against Suno Chapters [00:16] - The Copyright Problem and AI Music Solution [01:25] - Suno's $2...

Sefunmi Osinaike, co-founder of Co. Lab and author of "How to Product," joins David and Ilan to explore his company's bold pivot from B2C to B2B, why distribution has become the real competitive moat in the AI era, and how to validate customer willingness to pay without building a single landing page. CHAPTERS [00:25] - Introduction and Welcome [01:29] - Who is Sefunmi and Co. Lab's Evolution from...

Description Ilan goes solo to test AI Context Flow, a Chrome extension promising to end the endless copy-pasting of context between ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tools. Does it actually work, or is it just adding to the chaos? Chapters [00:00] - Introduction and Episode Overview [01:15] - AI Context Flow: What It Promises to Solve [02:42] - Testing in ChatGPT: First Impressions [06:05] - Moving to...

Description David and Ilan break down Microsoft's ambitious Co-Pilot updates (including a feature Ilan swears they stole from him), compare AI browsers in real-time with one literally hallucinating its own downloads, and explore why OpenAI's restructuring might have you passing the same $10 bill around like a Three Stooges routine. Chapters [00:35] - Microsoft Fall Update and Co-Pilot Features [04...

From Wix’s upsell hell and clunky prompts to Lovable and Base44’s near-perfect prompt adherence, the hosts break down what separates gimmicky automation from true AI leverage. If you’re building, shipping, or just curious how far AI website builders have come.  This episode is your filter for signal over noise. CHAPTERS [00:00] - Intro [02:41] - The showdown starts [03:03] - Wix [12:00] - Lovable...

Most people think building a powerful AI copilot takes months of coding and a team of engineers, but in this episode Ilan shows how he built one in just one evening that could plan strategy, analyze competitors, write product documents, and even automate workflows. We break down exactly how to set up your system prompt, feed it real context, and use recursion to make it smarter with every iteratio...