{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fallthrough","title":"The Tortoise and the Agent","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4344,"description":"On this week's episode, Kris and Matt are joined by Fred Hebert and Reid Savage from Honeycomb to talk discuss building products with tiny teams, why code reviews are a useful bottleneck that we should keep around, and how AI mandates make a mistake in risk management.\nFred discusses how his team uses vibe-coding to create false work that gets a new product standing on its own. Then the panel discusses having forgiving environments, why production isn't great place to learn, ensuring that worst case scenarios aren't avoided, and why the best use of AI is for personal tooling, not the stuff your team uses.\nDo you hear that? Yes! That is the sound of supporter content! This week that includes Fred's admission that AI has made his life as an engineer worse, Reid's argument for why managers are definitely sticking around, why we're still going to be buying technology instead of just vibe coding it, and Fred and Reid's must-read book list. Not a supporter yet? Become one today by going to https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe, you'll get extra content in Fallthrough, bonus discussions in Continue, and higher quality audio-only editions!\nIf you prefer to watch this episode, you can view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m52ef550Fpg.\nNo episode of the aftershow this week. We'll have more aftershow episodes soon! In the meantime, catch up on previous episodes at https://break.show.\nThanks for tuning in and happy listening!\n\nTable of Contents:\nPrologue (00:00:00)\nChapter 1: Team Tenant: Don't Be a Poison Pill for SaaS (00:00:47)\nChapter 2: False Work: We Pretend That Releases Work (00:02:31)\nChapter 3: Meant to Be Thrown Away (00:05:54)\nChapter 7: Vocal Critics Because They're Heavy Users (00:07:36)\nChapter 8: Substrates of Different Speeds (00:09:46)\nChapter 9: Dogfood, Kibble, and a Forgiving Environment (00:13:02)\nChapter 10: I Can't Build on This (00:15:07)\nChapter 11: Prod Is the Worst Time to Learn (00:18:21)\nChapter 12: Blocking Because It's Important (00:21:44)\nChapter...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mvdmLvKoUHIRpZ-KrAk2Ojbd3YOV0WEY6iiB3rwNNdc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ZWUw/NTFjMmEwMDYwMjdm/MDFjNGRmMThlMWUz/NjQxNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}