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Behind the Craft

Peter Yang 110 Episodes Oct 11, 2026

Behind the Craft features expert interviews and guides to help you level up as a product leader and creator fast.

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The 4-Step Agentic Engineering Workflow I Use to Ship Real Apps | Ras Mic
The 4-Step Agentic Engineering Workflow I Use to Ship Real Apps | Ras Mic Oct 11, 2026 00:47:00 Micky is a full-stack engineer who has taught 100K+ people how to build with AI. In our episode, he walked me through his 4-step agentic engineering workflow to avoid pumping out slop: Isolate every task, build to a clear structure, prove via validation loops, and ship after agents review your PRs or escalate to you for a manual look.Micky and I talked about:(00:00) Why most software factories pum
How to Use AI to Survive (and Even Enjoy) Meetings | Sam Stephenson
How to Use AI to Survive (and Even Enjoy) Meetings | Sam Stephenson Oct 4, 2026 00:33:17 Sam is the co-founder of Granola, the AI meeting notes app now valued at $1.5B. Granola has helped me survive (and even enjoy) countless meetings, so I was excited to learn how Sam uses AI to show up prepared. We also talked about building an AI-native company without the 996 grind and what design means when agents skip your app entirely.Sam and I talked about:(00:00) The AI brief Sam now relies o
We Built Grok Bot. Here Are Our 14 Best Bots | Peng Zheng & Lauren Tan
We Built Grok Bot. Here Are Our 14 Best Bots | Peng Zheng & Lauren Tan Sep 27, 2026 00:45:03 Copy my best AI workflows to save time and automate busywork: https://www.behindthecraft.com🤝 Subscribe to my practical AI newsletter read by 150K+ professionals: https://creatoreconomy.soPeng and Lauren are the lead designer and engineer for Grok Bot at SpaceXAI. In our interview, they showed me 14 bots that they use for work and life, from a design bot that helps Peng mock up designs to an entir
How to Save Money Now with ChatGPT Finances (6 Real Use Cases) | Ethan Bloch
How to Save Money Now with ChatGPT Finances (6 Real Use Cases) | Ethan Bloch Sep 20, 2026 00:45:10 Ethan is the product lead for ChatGPT Finances at OpenAI. He previously co-founded Digit, which helped more than 10 million people save over $9 billion. In our interview, he shared six practical ways to use ChatGPT to find wasted spending, save money on taxes, maximize credit card rewards, and model major financial decisions. I’m confident at least one of these use cases will save you money today.
Stop Building AI Agents. Build AI Employees Instead (Live Demo) | Pedro Franceschi
Stop Building AI Agents. Build AI Employees Instead (Live Demo) | Pedro Franceschi Sep 13, 2026 00:47:38 Pedro is widely respected as one of the most AI-pilled CEOs out there. His hot take is that “agents” is a terrible name. Instead, he showed me what you should build: AI employees that have a defined job, skills, manager, and budget. Pedro also did a live demo of how he still uses OpenClaw to stay on top of his $5B business.Pedro and I talked about:(00:00) Build AI employees, not AI agents(05:23) W
AI Makes Cheating Easy. Here’s How It Can Make Kids Smarter Instead | Sue Khim
AI Makes Cheating Easy. Here’s How It Can Make Kids Smarter Instead | Sue Khim Sep 6, 2026 00:45:37 📌 Copy the AI system I use to run a one-person $1M+ business: https://www.behindthecraft.com🤝 Subscribe to my practical AI newsletter read by 150K+ professionals: https://creatoreconomy.soSue is the co-founder and CEO of Brilliant, an interactive learning platform with 10M+ learners. I asked her how AI can help kids learn without doing their thinking for them, and she played back a real session wi
How to Vibe Code Apps That Become Real Businesses | Amol Jain
How to Vibe Code Apps That Become Real Businesses | Amol Jain Aug 30, 2026 00:36:06 📌 Copy the AI system I use to run a one-person $1M+ business: https://www.behindthecraft.com🤝 Subscribe to my practical AI newsletter read by 150K+ professionals: https://creatoreconomy.soAs head of product engineering at Replit, Amol has a firsthand look at which vibe-coded apps become real businesses. He showed me three apps built by non-coders that reached six figures, then walked through his 4
How to Build Better AI Evals with Claude Code in 5 Steps | Shreya & Hamel
How to Build Better AI Evals with Claude Code in 5 Steps | Shreya & Hamel Aug 23, 2026 00:53:52 📌 Copy the AI system I use to run a one-person $1M+ business: https://www.behindthecraft.com🤝 Subscribe to my practical AI newsletter read by 150K+ professionals: https://creatoreconomy.soShreya and Hamel teach the industry standard course for AI evaluations taken by 4,500+ students from OpenAI, Google, and more. In our interview, I asked them to give live feedback on the AI evals that I built for
How I Run My 1.5M+ Follower Content Business With Codex | Riley Brown
How I Run My 1.5M+ Follower Content Business With Codex | Riley Brown Aug 16, 2026 00:41:47 📌 Copy the AI system I use to run a one-person $1M+ business: https://www.behindthecraft.com🤝 Subscribe to my practical AI newsletter read by 150K+ professionals: https://creatoreconomy.soRiley is a top AI creator and founder of Agent Native. In this episode, he showed me how he uses Codex to run his entire content business from generating engaging thumbnails to writing incredible video hooks. Ril
5 Rules for Building AI Agents That Work in Production | Nan Yu & Jacob Shumway
5 Rules for Building AI Agents That Work in Production | Nan Yu & Jacob Shumway Aug 9, 2026 00:38:26 📌 Copy the AI system I use to run a one-person $1M+ business: https://www.behindthecraft.com🤝 Subscribe to my practical AI newsletter read by 150K+ professionals: https://creatoreconomy.soNan and Jacob built Linear Agent, which has transformed how the $1.25B company gets work done. In this episode, they took me from the initial memo to launch, showing how to give an agent tools to find the context
Hermes Co-Founder on Building an AI Agent That Improves Itself | Karan Malhotra
Hermes Co-Founder on Building an AI Agent That Improves Itself | Karan Malhotra Aug 2, 2026 00:46:44 📌 Copy my personal AI system to save time and build with AI: https://www.behindthecraft.com/🤝 Get my free AI newsletter read by 150K+ professionals: https://creatoreconomy.so/Karan co-founded Nous Research, the company behind Hermes, the #1 personal agent and AI app overall on OpenRouter. I found him incredibly down to earth as we discussed why open-source AI must win, how Hermes gets better the m
ChatGPT Work + Codex Tutorial: My Complete System at OpenAI | Jason Liu
ChatGPT Work + Codex Tutorial: My Complete System at OpenAI | Jason Liu Jul 26, 2026 00:34:32 Jason is a DevEx engineer on the Codex team. In our episode, he showed me how he runs his entire workday using Codex, from his chief of staff thread to the way he builds skills that learn how he works. Jason wrote the official OpenAI guidebook on how to get the most out of Codex, so don’t miss this episode.Jason and I talked about:(00:00) The only job left after AI can do the work(02:40) Turn pinn

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