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Expert in the Loop: AI File Recovery, $1.50 Personal Agents

Agentic workflows63 min26 Mar 2026

Richard's back. Marno's personal AI runs 72 tasks a day for $1.50. Matt locked down OpenClaw with secure defaults. Dave recovered a corrupted voice recorder file using Claude Code in under an hour. And we debate whether SaaS is dead or just getting reshuffled.

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Dave Pengelley
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Richard Webbe
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Matt Slager
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Marno Brits
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Richard joins back on the panel this week and we get into the real state of AI adoption — spoiler: everyone says they want it, almost no one is doing it. Marno's personal AI assistant now runs 72 tasks a day for $1.50. Matt locked down OpenClaw with secure defaults. Dave recovered a corrupted voice recorder file using Claude Code in under an hour. And we debate whether SaaS is dead or just getting reshuffled.

This episode covers:

  • 'Expert in the loop' vs 'human in the loop' — why domain knowledge changes everything
  • Marno's anti-gravity bot: morning briefings, accountability, and calling out procrastination
  • Matt's ADHD-focused single-task daily briefing from his knowledge core
  • Dave's Claude Code file recovery story — hex fragments to playable audio in 1 hour
  • OpenClaw adoption reality check — almost no one at the Claude Code meetup has tried it
  • Dave's automated website flipping pipeline: n8n crawler → Twenty CRM → Claude Code builds → SMS outreach
  • Richard's perspective: 'AI is eating software' and the SaaS cost reckoning
  • Why authenticity beats AI slop — live shows, real stories, no hype
  • The Nike principle: stop overthinking, just start building
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00:00Intro: Smoked Meats, Saunas & Can AI Cook Better?
08:00'Expert in the Loop' — The Concept That Changes How You Use AI
13:00Marno's Anti-Gravity Bot: 72 Tasks, $1.50, and It Calls Out Procrastination
16:00Richard's GTM Perspective: Everyone Wants AI, No One's Doing It
19:30AI Slop, Influencer Collapse & Why Authenticity Wins
29:30Dave's Claude Code Meetup Recap: Who's Actually Using OpenClaw?
33:00Matt's ADHD Single-Task Briefing & Secure OpenClaw Defaults
37:00Dave's Mac-to-PC Migration: WSL, Docker & the NemoClaw Nightmare
41:00Is SaaS Dead? Build vs Buy in the Age of AI
46:00Dave's Website Flipping Pipeline: n8n → Twenty CRM → Claude Code → SMS
54:00'AI Is Eating Software' — Richard's Entrepreneur Mate Nails It
56:30Dave's Big Win: Recovering a Dead Voice Recorder File With Claude Code
1:03:00Wrap Up: Just Start, Reach Out, We'll Help