Quitting Booze, Quitting Alexa, and AI Tries to Replace Us All | E014 | Diggnation
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Kevin’s 15 days into sobriety, Alex is resin-printing door parts, and the Digg mobile app is quietly becoming a real thing.This week, AI is either your creative assistant or the reason you need a new career—depending on how you feel about Marvel using bots for its opening credits.Jayci Hayes joins with tales of heli-repelling wildfires, building GameCrib, working with Twitch in its early days, and launching a bottled margarita brand designed to protect citrus from UV light.Also: Alex automates his home with Home Assistant (bye Echo), Apple finally loses its grip on in-app payments, and listener Graz emails in to offer custom Diggnation knives.It’s a caffeine-fueled episode with actual emotional depth and at least one sincere conversation about electrolytes.

⏱️ Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:15 Kevin hits 15 days sober, skips red wine and Jack07:19 Mascot wine list opens to listeners08:41 Graz offers custom chef’s knives10:46 Gemini AI codes games, Bolt builds apps13:53 Kevin hits NYC, Alex sees plays15:23 Sponsor: NordVPN17:50 Made In Grill20:59 Starlink camping + Amazon satellites22:59 Digg app update + $115K raised26:33 AI friends? Still weird33:03 Reddit fights persuasive bots39:33 Kevin goes all in on Home Assistant41:48 Sponsor: LMNT44:54 Guest: Jayci Hayes—fires, Twitch, margaritas50:55 Runway AI makes an animated pilot51:57 Will AI replace creatives?1:03:04 Whoop 5.0 features + sleep guilt1:11:27 Alex prints a custom spacer1:19:06 Apple loses in-app payment fight

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