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Keep AI away from the important existing code bases

I think, like, I'm afraid to let it touch existing code bases that are important. Like, I've not used any AI on the podcast index API backend.

Episode 248: Thingamajigger (episode page, opens in a new tab) January 23, 2026, 2:13 p.m. CT 00:35:49 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Dave uses AI to spin up new products that otherwise wouldn't exist, but he's afraid to let it touch important existing code bases. He hadn't used any AI on the Podcast Index API server itself.

Not in the audio. Voice labels in this episode put some of Adam's speech in Dave runs (e.g. the 00:18:45 app-building story and around 00:44). This passage is confirmed as Dave's by content: it's his Podcast Index API backend.