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Jason Eggert - The New Developer Stack: PRDs, Prompts, and Panic

Season 5 Episode 9 - May 11, 2026

Show Notes

In this episode, Brandon Corbin and Sean Hise sit down with guest Jason Eggert to talk about the state of AI-assisted software development: vibe coding, PRD-first workflows, team adoption friction, AI cost blowback, UI futures, and the race to own organizational memory.

Podcast: bigcheese.ai

Hosts

  • Brandon Corbin
  • Jacob Wise
  • Sean Hise

Guest

  • Jason Eggert

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Episode Highlights

  • 00:00:10 Monday/Thursday time-warp opening + ADHD podcast jokes.
  • 00:02:25 Why AI coding works better when you treat prompting like product management.
  • 00:03:59 PRD → technical implementation guide → coding agent workflow.
  • 00:05:00 Is “vibe coding” now malpractice, or just misunderstood?
  • 00:08:06 The rise of AI code reviews for non-engineers shipping real products.
  • 00:11:00 Teams splitting into AI power users vs. AI holdouts.
  • 00:12:20 “AI as black box” product strategy risks in deterministic domains.
  • 00:15:30 Token economics, AI subscriptions, and in-house model tradeoffs.
  • 00:19:05 Has AI made us slower at writing raw code by hand?
  • 00:21:20 What stacks AI is strongest at: Next.js + Postgres, Rust, SwiftUI.
  • 00:25:00 IDE integrations still missing key debugging/log workflows.
  • 00:29:40 Friction in product → design → engineering handoff in the AI era.
  • 00:34:45 Probabilistic UI: should apps adapt layout per user behavior?
  • 00:39:00 Shared memory layers and the “corporate brain” for teams.
  • 00:44:40 Universities teaching AI-first workflows (and why that matters).
  • 00:48:30 Replacing old CRM/automation flows with project-based AI chat workflows.
  • 00:50:40 Gemini privacy policy concerns vs OpenAI/Anthropic comparisons.
  • 00:52:45 Where to find Jason + rapid-fire on AI image generation.

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