# The Good Stuff, with Pete and Andy - Episode 38: The Rise of Vibe Product Manager**Hosts:** Pete and Andy (New Year's Eve edition at the beach)Pete reveals he's stopped coding entirely after 12 months of learning—now he just product manages a team of agents. They explore the shift from "vibe coding" to "vibe product management," why Pete built Slack in a day, and the addictive power of tight feedback loops. Plus: steel-manning the security concerns, why raw dogging agents beats sub-agents, and New Year reflections on why model breakthroughs don't matter anymore.## Key Moments:* [02:07] "I learned to code for 12 months. And then I just stopped. It's nuts."* [02:54] Pete built Slack/Discord in a day: "I shouldn't be able to replace a $20 billion SaaS company in 12 hours"* [08:10] The addiction: "From nothing to MVP in a day, radically transform it every morning"* [09:05] Not vibe coding—it's a glorious tool for entrepreneurship and building businesses* [12:10] Introducing Agora: Slack replacement with integrated Kanban, all Nostr-based and encrypted* [13:25] Slack's fatal flaw: "Bullshit asynchronous tool because you just lose everything"* [18:05] Steel-manning the critics: addressing "you'll get hacked" security concerns* [21:21] Everything encrypted with Nostr keys: "They literally can't steal anything"* [23:21] Your attack surface: "You're the oil you get out of a peanut—not worth it to hackers"* [28:03] Raw dogging the base agent—not bothering with sub-agents or elaborate skills* [31:44] Pete's tried sub-agents many times: "I have always been left wanting"* [32:33] The breakthrough pattern: specify in 10 minutes, deliver in 5-10 minutes* [34:15] The 21-minute rule: must complete the loop in 21 minutes or it doesn't work* [42:04] Mainstream adoption reality: experienced professionals never heard of coding agents* [47:29] Small business owners are the right audience—different relationship to risk* [50:09] Small businesses always full of risk: "Your hair is always on fire anyway"* [51:56] The cottage software developer—1000 true fans model, not billion-user SaaS* [56:44] Andy's New Year take: bullish on tools, no model breakthrough needed since 3.5* [57:33] Touch Don't Look success: normal people cross the hurdle in 10 minutes, creativity shines through**Quote:** "I learned to code for basically like 12 months. And then I just stopped. It's nuts. And I thought, this really is like the way to use these things."