{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Stewart Squared","title":"Episode #89: Vibe Engineer Meets Venture Capitalist: A Father-Son Dispute About the Future","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c5d0fbdb\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4040,"description":"In this episode of Stewart Squared, host Stewart Alsop sits down with his father, Stewart Alsop II, for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from the technical to the historical to the financial. The two kick things off with Stewart's self-proclaimed evolution from \"vibe coder\" to \"vibe engineer,\" as he tackles the tricky challenge of audio and visual sync in his own custom podcast recording software, positioning it as a direct competitor to platforms like Riverside.fm and Squadcast. From there, they get into a business breakdown of OpenAI and Anthropic, debating whether Claude's recent stumbles are a blip or a sign of deeper trouble, and what an IPO would actually mean for both companies as they look to compete with the big players. The conversation winds through a rich history of personal computing — from Mosaic and Netscape to PageMaker and the LaserWriter, desktop publishing, the browser wars, and how Windows 95 and the early internet reshaped everything — before landing on the turbulent state of the airline industry, the fallout from the Strait of Hormuz blockade, and what the collapse of Spirit Airlines says about fragile business models.\nTimestamps\n00:00 - Stewart introduces vibe engineering, tackling audio-visual sync problems while others debate AI coding tools.\n05:00 - Deterministic vs probabilistic software discussed, with Stewart building real engineering skills through coding challenges.\n10:00 - Browser history explored, from Mosaic origins at University of Illinois to Netscape's proprietary commercialization.\n15:00 - Adobe Flash wars with Steve Jobs examined, leading into desktop publishing revolution with PageMaker and LaserWriter.\n20:00 - PostScript origins at Xerox PARC discussed, Adobe founders transforming page composition from compositors to editors.\n25:00 - Kinkos, Windows vaporware, and personal computing evolution from 1985 through Windows 95 emergence.\n30:00 - Information Superhighway era examined, Netscape on Windows 95 driving personal...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QlC48R1fevmul8S_Y7L1P2WUMnEKqwNUR7TBsNqFHaE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84NDMx/NWQ0MWQ1Y2NkNjhk/ZDI1NWE0MTUyN2Q5/Zjg0NS53ZWJw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}