Summary

Today was a big podcasting day, with updates about the BE Podcast Network and its search for new hosts. Jethro also shares an update from Spokane, where wildfires have displaced about 650 people, and highlights Matt Brunner's Fire Relief effort connecting people displaced from their homes with people who can help.

Chapters

• 00:00 — A big day of podcasting
• 00:08 — The BE Podcast Network and new hosts
• 00:33 — Spokane wildfires and Fire Relief
• 00:51 — Connecting displaced people with help
• 01:09 — A call for help and prayers
• 01:16 — Wrap-up

Show Notes

Project Spokane Fire Relief: https://projectspokane.com/fire-relief

Transcript

The full transcript is included with this episode.

Summary

Jethro shares a quick August 5 update after a full day of client conversations and podcast interviews. He also explains the idea behind his new long-form video: AI does not make the work disappear; it moves the work into judgment, orchestration, verification, and getting ideas into the world.

The episode closes with a reminder to check out My Bonus Money, including the conversation with Dan Ye about investing.

Chapters

• 0:00 - A big day of client work and interviews
• 0:15 - AI moves the work
• 0:22 - A 22-minute long-form video
• 0:44 - My Bonus Money and investing with Dan Ye
• 0:56 - Closing the August 5 update

Show Notes

• Watch the long-form video: AI Does Not Reduce Work - It Moves the Work
• My Bonus Money: https://mybonusmoney.com
• The episode mentions Jethro's conversation with Dan Ye about investing.

Summary

Jethro shares an August 4 building-in-public update: an AI-assisted story video is finished, Animal Escape has reached TestFlight, client and workshop work moved forward, and AI helped make a 26-family DocuSeal signature process more accurate. He also reflects on the limits of unattended agent workflows after a frustrating day trying to keep a Claude-led gauntlet loop on task.

The episode closes with an invitation to try Animal Escape through TestFlight.

Chapters

• 0:00 - Building in public on August 4
• 0:13 - An AI-assisted product story video
• 0:26 - Animal Escape reaches TestFlight
• 0:47 - Client work and Building a Second Brain invitations
• 1:28 - Using AI to improve 26-family DocuSeal signatures
• 2:21 - Why the Claude-led gauntlet loop is hard to trust
• 4:10 - Google's Antigravity completes the video task
• 4:26 - Try Animal Escape on TestFlight

Show Notes

• Try Animal Escape on TestFlight
• Jethro mentions client AI work, Building a Second Brain, DocuSeal, and the challenge of making multi-agent development reliable.

Summary

Jethro shares a productive August 1 update after a LASIK follow-up left him mostly unable to use his eyes. A voice agent on his computer was not perfect, but it was good enough to help him keep moving and get real work done.

He also walks through a production problem in P-Day Emails: oversized photo attachments were causing repeated delivery failures, and the lack of error feedback made the experience confusing. With Codex, he improved the flow so photos, attachments, and shared Google Photos albums can be handled more gracefully, with clearer delivery summaries for users. The day wraps with worker-agent experiments for cheaper bounded tasks and an iPhone game moving toward TestFlight.

Chapters

• 0:00 - Welcome and August 1 update
• 0:09 - Recovering from a LASIK follow-up
• 0:18 - Using a voice agent when screens were hard to use
• 0:59 - Debugging oversized email photo attachments
• 1:30 - Fixing the delivery pipeline with Codex
• 1:51 - Improving error reporting and sender feedback
• 2:05 - Making attachments, embedded photos, and links all work
• 2:30 - Delivery summaries and future attachment exports
• 3:15 - Creating cheaper worker agents for bounded tasks
• 3:59 - Why software problem-solving feels fun
• 4:40 - Resting Sunday and iPhone game TestFlight progress

Show Notes

• Voice agents can be useful even before they are perfect, especially when normal computer use is temporarily hard.
• The P-Day Emails fix focused on oversized photo attachments, Google Photos album links, clearer delivery feedback, and better handling of media.
• Jethro is experimenting with bounded worker agents to save tokens and improve handoffs.
• The iPhone game is still in progress and moving toward TestFlight.

Summary

Build in Public Daily is back, and the shape of it is changing. Jethro talks through a full day of building Optimization Doc, using OpenClaw and Hermes agents to log and execute work, and the strange shift from hiring a virtual assistant to having AI assistants generate hundreds of lines of daily work history.

This first revived episode covers the Ryan Ray AI brain conversation, a Thinkering Collective partnership opportunity, updates to jethrojones.com, the new What I Built Today process, faceless TikTok automation ideas, and the early positioning for GrantMemory and Scholar Second Brain.

Chapters

• 0:00 - Restarting Build in Public Daily
• 0:32 - Daily logging, AI agents, and 646 lines of work
• 1:40 - Virtual assistants vs. AI assistants
• 2:14 - Ryan Ray and an AI brain vault prompt
• 2:59 - Thinkering Collective and podcast network opportunities
• 3:23 - AI disclosure and the What I Built Today process
• 4:09 - TikTok automation, GrantMemory, and Scholar Second Brain
• 4:55 - A full day of building and token usage

Show Notes

• Optimization Doc is Jethro's new business focused on helping companies improve operations with AI automation.
• OpenClaw and Hermes are doing meaningful background work: scripts, jobs, logging, and task execution.
• Jethro reflects on the difference between hiring a virtual assistant and building AI assistants that can actually keep up with his operating system.
• The Ryan Ray conversation led to a custom AI brain vault prompt based on how Jethro is using his own vault.
• The Thinkering Collective may bring fellows into shows on the BE Podcast Network.
• Jethro is rebuilding jethrojones.com with explicit AI disclosure and a What I Built Today feed.
• GrantMemory and Scholar Second Brain are being positioned as second-brain setup services for academics.

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Summary

Jethro shares today's build-in-public update: testing a "gauntlet loop" approach for AI-assisted game development after hearing about similar workflows being used to create Call of Duty-style projects. He started the project in Claude Code, hit token limits, and then moved work over to Grok and Codex subagents to keep the build moving.

The big takeaway is that AI coding is powerful, but it still is not truly hands-off. Even with a PRD and a hoped-for one-shot workflow, the process required repeated check-ins, course correction, and supervision. The game is now running in the simulator, with the next step being a real-device test on Jethro's phone.

Chapters

• 0:00 — Starting a gauntlet-loop app build
• 0:17 — Running into Claude token limits
• 0:31 — Switching to Grok and Codex subagents
• 0:53 — Why one-shot AI coding still needs supervision
• 1:28 — Keeping the AI responsible for the changes
• 1:58 — Simulator success and next device test

Show Notes

• Project: AI-assisted iPhone and iPad game build
• Tools mentioned: Claude Code, Grok, Codex, subagents
• Key lesson: A detailed PRD helps, but AI coding still needs active oversight
• Next step: Install and test the game on a real phone

It's Adam W. Barney, Energy Coach again - today I talk about limitations based on this quote: ​“All limitations are self-imposed.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

If there’s one thing humans are great at, it’s setting up illusory boundaries for ourselves that don’t actually exist in reality.

You can… do anything you want. The only limits are those you place upon yourself.

I'm also hitting the checkbox on revisions for the introduction and chapter 1 of Make Your Own Glass Full. Let's get inspired!

It's Friday and Adam W. Barney, Energy Coach just got introduced to his revisions editor for Make Your Own Glass Half Full. This brings him around to talk about feedback, and how to take feedback, and he even bungles a reference to Jay-Z by saying it was Snoop Dogg. Who needs a nap?

Anyway, feedback can feel overwhelming, but a structure and plan for how you take that feedback and evolve can decrease the weighty feeling.