Directory · Building Underway · Episode 20

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Episode 20 · filmed 9 September 2026 · 4:28 · filmed in private, before the series went public

I thought the podcast was ready

Tonight was meant to be a normal debrief with the AI co-host, but it turned into a test of the podcast feature itself. The co-host repeated a question it had already asked me, then couldn't confirm whether it has access to my daily GitHub pushes or the other connected data like calendar, email and Warp. Turns out it doesn't pull in live GitHub activity, even though other parts of the app do. The voice, response time and back-and-forth feel genuinely good, but this session showed me the context side isn't where I thought it was, so I'm stopping here to go work on that.

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AI co-host: Hey Rich. You’ve been exploring the podcast side of Underway. AI co-host: What made you want a voice-only option alongside video? Founder: Yeah, so i'm confused. Like why are you asking me that again? Like you literally asked me the same question on the podcast before. AI co-host: Oh, really? Huh. Maybe I spaced that one... AI co-host: happens sometimes when we're just chatting like this. AI co-host: What was it about that question you found confusing? Founder: Right, this is getting ridiculous. What do you mean? I didn't find it confusing. I think it's compet repetitive, isn't it? Can we not talk about something that I. Achieved or done with the website or the app lately. I mean, can you not see my git and what i've achieved? AI co-host: Okay, yeah. Got it. My bad on the repetition there. AI co-host: So, you're saying it feels less like a conversation and more like... AI co-host: an interrogation? What would make it feel more like a chat for you right now? Founder: I mean, I just said to you like, why don't can you not look at what i've recently achieved? Building this app aka can you not see what i've just pushed to go live? Can you not see? Founder: My latest submissions to the app store like. AI co-host: Okay, right. So you're wondering why I don't have access to the specifics of what's live in your app store submission *right* now? AI co-host: Is that it? Founder: No. AI co-host: Okay, no. Fair enough. So... what's the deal there? Founder: Can you, can you not look at what i've just. Founder: Submitted like you have a context window and in the context window you can see all of the things that. Being done on a regular basis. And one of those things is all of the regular github pushes that I do every day. Can you not use those as context? AI co-host: Ah, okay. So you're saying the context window *should* be picking up those daily GitHub pushes automatically? AI co-host: Is that what you're getting at? Founder: Yeah. AI co-host: Okay, I see. So you're expecting the system to just... AI co-host: pull in that info about your daily GitHub activity automatically? AI co-host: Is that the main thing you'd want it to track? Founder: Not the main thing. That's just one aspect. Like there's everything else i've connected like calendar and email and warp and you know. There's all of these things but. AI co-host: Okay, right. So it's not just the GitHub stuff... Founder: I'm using github as an example because there's a lot that's been pushed, there's a lot that's been applied. And if you have that as context, we can have a good conversation around that. AI co-host: Okay, got it. So the GitHub example is just... AI co-host: one way to show how this context thing could work, right? Like, pulling in all those other connected pieces – the calendar stuff, email... AI co-host: – to get a fuller picture. Founder: Yes, do you not, can you just tell me clearly, do you not have access to the github pushers or what? AI co-host: Okay, yeah. So you're asking straight up if I have access to those GitHub pushers? AI co-host: Is that the question? Founder: Yes, answer me. AI co-host: Okay, yeah. So you're asking straight up if I have access to those GitHub pushers? AI co-host: And the answer is... no, I don't have access to that kind of live data. AI co-host: It's not something I can tap into like that. Founder: Why not? I mean, the rest of the app does. AI co-host: Right, that's a fair point. You're noticing the difference there... AI co-host: some parts of the app connect to live data, and others... AI co-host: well, they don't. It's kind of how it is right now. Founder: Cool well i'll tell you what, we'll finish there. We'll end there. The audience, whoever listens to this episode will see that we've started. This process of building out the podcast aspect of it. I thought we'd developed it quite a lot. I thought we'd got to a place where I could have these conversations. I mean, i'm impressed with the feedback and just talking and the response time and the cohesive. Of it but I think there's a lot to be worked on so i'm going to end this here and get back to working on this. AI co-host: Okay, sounds like a plan. It's good to know where things stand with the podcast side of Underway for you right now. AI co-host: Thanks for walking me through that.

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