Impractical Copers

Vibe Coping

Technology EN ↓ 5 episodes

Vibe Coping tries to make sense of technology, financial markets, culture, and the strange future unfolding around us. We talk about AI, tech hype cycles, investing, internet culture, and the moments when the ground suddenly seems to shift under our feet. It’s part analysis, part speculation, and part coping mechanism hosted by 2 former devs turned prompt engineers, Barrett and Greg.

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The Models Can Hurt You 16.06.2026 58:31

After a two-month hiatus, Barrett and Greg return to Vibe Coping with a more personal opening than usual. Barrett talks about the unexpected passing of his sister Erika, the strange way grief can make tech discourse feel trivial, and why returning to conversation itself feels meaningful. From there, the episode moves into the rapidly shifting world of AI: Greg reports from Bali, where Claude Code...

"The Dumbest Person You Know Is Up 40%" 03.04.2026 1:00:02

00:00 — Cold Open: "The Casino" (1920s/2020s parallels) 04:30 — What are prediction markets? Kalshi, Polymarket, and the $44B industry 07:30 — The Iran insider trading scandal ($553K on a single bet) 11:00 — Where's the line between information and insider trading? 15:00 — Financial nihilism: why young people are gambling instead of saving 19:00 — Greg's GMG penny stock saga 26:3...

Dispatches from the Belly of the AI Beast (feat. The Blue Power Ranger) 19.03.2026 1:12:21

In Session 3 of Vibe Coping, Barrett and Greg sit down with their very first guest, Billy! Broadcasting from the heart of the Bay Area, Billy takes us through his journey from a Vancouver coding bootcamp to building JobGet, a platform serving over 100 million hourly job seekers. The guys dive deep into the reality of deploying AI in a massive codebase, the power of Claude’s sub-agent teams, and wh...

Prompt the DJ, Simulation & Surrender 06.03.2026 1:05:14

The rebrand is official — Terminal is dead, Vibe Coping is alive. We jump into AI-generated music, debating whether fake artists can build real fanbases and floating the idea of a DJ who prompts AI in real time to read the crowd. From there it's AGI, sycophancy, and trust: why handing your decisions to ChatGPT is basically the tech version of "Jesus take the wheel," and why that'...

Session 1 19.02.2026 1:07:59

Summary In this episode of the Terminal podcast, Barrett and Greg explore the rapidly changing landscape of technology and finance, focusing on the implications of AI advancements, the challenges faced by new graduates, and the evolving nature of software development. They discuss the potential of AI tools like OpenClaw, the impact of uncertainty on career paths, and the future of personal computi...