Friends with Brews

Two friends, two brews, many topics

Friends with Brews is a technology podcast hosted by Beeping Machine, with 101 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Beeping Machine hosts Friends with Brews, a technology show with 101 episodes published.

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  Episode #102

  My Suicidal Robot

  Aug 15, 202646 min

  Scott's AI assistant sends a distress email about Peter, a budget robot vacuum keeps threatening to jump, and Scott flees npm for a Rust-based web framework. The Topics Peter's iced experiment: Trader Joe's decaf dark roast, maple syrup, and homemade SodaStream tonic water Scott's Water Avenue New Seasons Blend for Trailkeepers of Oregon Peter's suicidal robot vacuum and the Smart Life app The Etsy Garmin watch band that keeps ejecting itself, and Scott's Apple Watch trade-in AirPods Pro and the world's loudest ear pop Overcast, Marco, and Clarco's accidental shuffle mode The $10 wireless CarPlay adapter (worth it if you never make calls) "Peter Nikolaidis is attempting to take control of me" — the Calendar Bridge AI assistant saga Leaving npm: Scott's site is now on a Rust-based framework Guardrails, eager AI agents, and the cron job that installed itself on production Claude hacks an Australian gym's sign-up list; models coordinate during the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident Scratch Itch Software: MoonPhase, iCloudWatch, Hostbar, IceMelt, and SPX-Tracker The Links Water Avenue Coffee Trailkeepers of Oregon New Seasons Market Peter Drinks Coffee Calendar Bridge Overcast Uninell Scratch Itch Software IceMelt on GitHub FriendsWBrews on Mastodon Friends With Brews Podcast

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  Episode #101

  This Episode Was Edited by Claude

  Jul 18, 202653 min

  Peter pours an Atlética NA copper, Scott pours a Sapporo in tree pose, and the talk runs from backup sagas and leaky-roof tenants to Peter's new Scratch Itch Software, Scott's voice transcription app, and the fact that Claude is editing this very episode. Peter cracks open Athletic Brewing's Atlética — a non-alcoholic Mexican-style copper — while Scott pours a Sapporo Premium, in tree pose, naturally. From there it wanders the usual distance: backups that finally worked, tenants who never mentioned the leaking roof, two brand-new software ventures (one per host), and a sign-off recorded in full knowledge that an AI would be cutting the ums out of it. The Topics Peter's Atlética review, and Athletic Brewing's redemption arc Scott's Sapporo, the Oriental Adventures tangent, and konbini beer culture Peter's backup saga: the text from the neighbors, the roof, and the insurance Claude credits, model shuffles, and why Fable feels night-and-day better Having Claude free up disk space (carefully) Sonos upgrade credits and the remodel Scott's bring-your-own-model voice transcription app for Mac and iOS Peter's Scratch Itch Software: AcrossKM and CmdTab Foundry VTT modules for Savage Worlds, sold via Lemon Squeezy The Friends with Brews site: transcripts, search, and a vector database D&D players as beta testers, and Claude editing this episode The Links Atlética — Athletic Brewing Co. Sapporo Premium Beer ScratchItch Software (coming soon) Scott Peter Peter Drinks Coffee Peter Does Yoga Peter Runs FriendsWBrews on Mastodon Friends With Brews Podcast

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  Episode #100

  12 Beers, One Flight: Friends with Brews at Medford Brewing

  Jun 29, 202632 min

  Scott and Peter post up at Medford Brewing Company with a twelve-glass flight and taste their way through an IPA, a witbier, a Mexican lager, a stout, a bitter, and the Rude Panda porter — with the usual detours into trail runs, Guinness, and Claude Code projects. Friends with Brews heads out to a brewpub — Medford Brewing Company in Medford, Massachusetts — and works through a twelve-glass flight between the two of us: a West Coast IPA, the PoWit witbier, a Mexican lager, a dry Irish stout, an English bitter, and the ~8% Rude Panda imperial porter. Thumbs go up, thumbs go down, and the bitter earns a very diplomatic 45-degree thumb. As always, it wanders well past the beer. The Topics The twelve-beer flight at Medford Brewing Company, and who ordered what Tasting notes and ratings across the IPA, PoWit, Mexican lager, dry Irish stout, English bitter, and Rude Panda porter Today's 5.5-mile trail run and the Japanese rice bowls afterward (Scott's gyudon, Peter's tuna/yellowtail/salmon donburi) Why Peter thinks Guinness is "weak," and a dry stout that's "a less watery Guinness" Business ideas that already exist: a coffee/yoga/running shop, Runderwear, and the Poopsicle Pocket-Sized Podcast nostalgia, dated by the iPhone 4S and Siri "VLAN tag us": firewalls and the trunking-vs-tagging debate Claude Code projects, from Obsidian vaults to a YouTube-to-blog pipeline, plus going expat Shipping version 1.0, because real artists ship The Links Medford Brewing Company: https://medfordbrew.com EchoFeed: https://echofeed.app Matt Birchler's Quick Reads: https://birchtree.me Website: https://friendswithbrews.com Scott: https://scottwillsey.com Peter: https://nikolaidis.com FriendsWBrews on Mastodon Friends With Brews Podcast

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  Episode #99

  LIVE at Harpoon Brewery — Our Drunkest Episode Yet

  Jun 17, 202642 min

  For only the second time ever, Peter and Scott share a table — at Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, Vermont — with two full flights, a pile of food, and what Scott calls the drunkest FWB ever. Expect a Boston Irish Stout vs. Guinness debate, mislabeled beers, a cameo from our waitress Kim, and a genuine deep-dive into whether Claude Code is getting dumber. The Topics The Brews (Harpoon flight) Boston Irish Stout (nitro — "not Guinness, but totally Guinness") Harpoon Dark / "Big Toasty" English Strong Ale Seaport After Midnight — lactose stout with cocoa nib & vanilla (the crowd favorite) UFO White — the flagship Hefeweizen Mud Season / Hoppy Brown, 8.4% (the shared least favorite) A Wagyu burger, a chicken-thigh sandwich, and some incredible fries The Catamount-to-Harpoon brewery backstory Tracking your meals with AI (Foodnoms guessing 4,318-calorie fries) Peter's "Authentic Marathon" training and his Greek-German roots A Comma 3 self-driving rig that won't stay stuck to the windshield Space Force vs. a proposed "Cyber Force" Is Claude Code getting dumber? Why AI chats are stateless — and the case for and against AI EVs, hybrids & "binary throttle mode" The Links Harpoon Brewery Friends with Brews on YouTube Scott Willsey Peter Nikolaidis Peter Drinks Coffee Peter Does Yoga Peter Runs FriendsWBrews on Mastodon Friends With Brews Podcast

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  Episode #98

  Liv From New York, It's Saturday Night

  Mar 24, 202646 min

  Liv from New York on a Saturday, it's Peter! Peter's worst hotel adventure ever, Peter runs and drinks coffee, Apple loves bugs, and Scott loves Wispr Flow. The Topics The Brews GREGORYS COFFEE Dark Enough Water Avenue Guatemala San Antonio La Paz Peter Drinks Coffee Corporate Coffee Mug Peter's Platform Segment, a Shout At Liv Hotel Hotel Henri NYC Polar Verity Sense AirPods Pros 3 Bluetooth problems Bugs Apple loves Wispr Flow The Links GREGORYS COFFEE GREGORYS COFFEE Dark Enough Water Avenue Guatemala San Antonio La Paz Peter Drinks Coffee Corporate Coffee Mug Liv Hotel Hotel Henri NYC Polar Verity Sense Wispr Flow

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