I Need Coffee - Episode 209 - Weekly BC Review! (April 24, 2026)

1. Weekend Activities

Vibe-coded a full new website in ~4–6 hours (Astro + Cloudflare).
Learned a lot, but decided to scrap the complex architecture.
Planning a simpler vanilla HTML + CSS version (cleaner, no heavy frameworks).

Attended a Chinese dance performance and did amateur photography (technically challenging low-light conditions).
Sniped a Canon R7 mirrorless camera on eBay (~$980) to upgrade photography gear.

2. Marketing & Business Development

Received a $7,000 quote for a new website → decided to vibe code it instead.
Vibe-coded a 35-page marketing plan for ~$4.35 in tokens (emails, blogs, webinars, conferences, brochures, etc.).
Acknowledges marketing is outside his comfort zone but sees value in letting AI generate ideas and plans.

3. AI Tooling & Experimentation

Opus 4.7 released (goodbye 4.6).
GitHub Copilot / Pro subscriptions paused due to major changes in pricing model.
FFmpeg mastery via AI: Compressed large Teams recordings (285 MB → ~150 MB), trimmed dead space using VTT transcripts, GPU acceleration (very fast).
Training Session Analysis Prompt (based on Dimitri + Jeremy’s work):
Fed 1-hour Teams video + VTT transcript.
Produced a 32-page metric-based report with educational, psychological, and communication metrics.
Examples: Words per minute (135.5, optimal range), filler words, speech clarity, jargon density, pause timing, CFU (Check for Understanding) rate, participant talk ratio, etc.
Detected privacy issues (visible Outlook inbox, sensitive PDFs on screen).
Recommended improvements (define terms upfront, presentation mode, remove distractions).


4. Business Central / Development Wins

GL Account Filter foresight by AI saved a project: Predicted and solved 1 MB JSON payload limit in Flowcast integration.
Complex support fire drill (issue since April 6th):
Recorded troubleshooting call with customer.
AI analyzed video/transcript → narrowed down root cause.
Built and deployed a diagnostic PTE → fixed the edge-case data issue same day.

Lesson: Record calls, narrate clearly for AI analysis — massive time saver on complex bugs.

5. Challenges & Observations

Customer mindset frustration: Customer with 11-year-old shadow lot tracking PTE only wants one lot fixed, not the root bug or full cleanup.
GitHub issues: Merge queue commits randomly reverting previous merges.
AI font rendering bug in Perplexity (bad dollar sign font confused PowerShell $PSVersionTable).
WordPress still hated (security vulnerabilities, complexity).

6. Upcoming Events

Directions NA – Next week (prepare & pack).
Dynamics Con – May 12–15.
Directions Asia – May 13–15 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam).
DUG Meetup El Salvador (likely in Spanish).
Dynamics Minds – May 25–27 (Slovenia).
Vibe Partner Conference 2.0 – Sept 21–23, Provo, UT (Call for Speakers open until June 15).

7. Team Updates

Joselyn & David: Continuing MB-800 study + config packages.
Ronald: Document Capture training & implementation; guinea pig for training analysis.
Franklin: Debugging + new PTE work.
Fatima: PMP study + experimenting with Page Scripting + AI.