Brain Farts
Welcome to Brain Farts—a podcast by an AuDHD polymath who can’t stick to just one topic (on purpose). Each episode is a spontaneous burst of curiosity, deep dives, weird facts, and unexpected connections. No niche. No filter. Just high-quality mental detours. Brain Farts: Puffs of knowledge from an overstimulated mind.
The ESP32 Home Automation Revolution
ESP32 Home Automation Revolution - Podcast Show Notes
Opening story: Someone using an ESP32 dev board to scrape a label off a jar. Not programming, not IoT integration - just using the physical edge of a $7 wireless computer as a scraping tool. Perfect metaphor for this whole movement where sophisticated technology meets mundane problems.
The range of projects is wild. Office toilet occupancy systems with LED indicators showing which bathrooms are free. Parents monitoring kids' bathroom habits using ultrasonic sensors and the "law of urination" - mammals over 3kg take 21 seconds to empty...
Vibe Coding a Perplexity Research Tool for n8n Agentic AI Workflows
Podcast Episode Show Notes: "Vibe Coding a Perplexity Research Tool for n8n"
Episode Overview
What happens when an engineering executive who just wrote about the dangers of vibe coding immediately embarks on his own vibe coding project? This episode explores how traditional project management discipline can solve the "comprehension paradox" that makes experienced engineers uncomfortable with AI-generated code they can't evaluate.
Topics We'll Explore
The Irony of Immediate Practice Publishing a critique of vibe coding on Monday, then starting a vibe coding project on Friday. Why the psychological...
Neurodiversity in Comics
Episode Title: Neurodiversity in Comics
Show Notes:
What do comic books reveal about how we understand neurological difference? In this episode, we explore the intersection of comics, disability studies, and the neurodiversity movement—tracing how creators, scholars, and fans are transforming the medium into a tool for empathy, education, and resistance.
🔹 Topics Covered:
1. **What is Graphic Medicine?**
- An interdisciplinary field combining comics with healthcare and disability studies.
- Emphasizes lived experience over clinical diagnosis.
- Uses graphic pathography (autobiographical illness comics) to reshape medical understanding.
2. **Theoretical...
The Gentle Singularity: AI, Abundance, and the Brain That Farted
The Gentle Singularity: AI, Abundance, and the Brain That Farted
Welcome to *Brain Farts* — the only podcast where tech, wonder, and flatulence collide in a high-IQ cloud of curiosity.
In this episode, we unpack Sam Altman’s vision of *The Gentle Singularity* — a future where artificial intelligence doesn’t arrive with a bang, but with a warm glow (and maybe a giggle). We’re talking abundant intelligence, near-infinite clean energy, and productivity gains that would make your Roomba blush.
Here’s what’s floating through the episode:
- Why 2030 might look shockingly normal... exce...
The Illusion of Apple's AI Research
The Illusion of Thinking… or Just a PR Stunt?
Welcome to Brain Farts — where critical thinking meets critical gas.
This week, we dive into one of the spiciest tech showdowns of 2025: Apple’s AI research paper *“The Illusion of Thinking.”* The claim? That AI models can’t actually reason. The reality? It might be Apple’s own reasoning that’s... a little off.
💥 Here’s what we’re unpacking in this episode:
- Did Apple just *accidentally* gaslight the entire AI field?
- Why the timing of the paper — right before WWDC — has conspir...
Nature's Ultimate Recyclers: Animals and Poop Dependencies
Poop, Animals, and Bio-Inspired Brilliance
Show Notes:
Yes, this episode is about poop. But trust us—it’s amazing.
Join us for a surprisingly delightful deep dive into the secret life of feces and the organisms that love it. From dung beetles doing demolition work on cow pies to fungi throwing microscopic raves in horse turds, we explore how nature’s grossest substance is also one of its most important. And yes, there are poop jokes.
🔹 What We Cover:
💩 **What’s in a Poo?**
- Not just waste! Feces are nutr...
The Vibe Coding Paradox
Episode Title: The Vibe Coding Paradox
Show Notes:
In this episode, we explore “vibe coding”—the fast-moving, AI-powered trend reshaping how software is written in 2025. What happens when developers can build fully functional apps without understanding the code?
🔹 Executive Summary:
Vibe coding accelerates software creation by using AI tools to generate working code—often without the developer fully reviewing or comprehending it. This episode examines the benefits, risks, and ethical questions behind this shift.
🔹 Topics Covered:
1. **The Separation of Competence and Comprehension**
- Developers can now produce complex apps wit...
No Kings Day: A Constitutional Stand on June 14
On this episode of *Brain Farts*, we explore the massive "No Kings Day" protests that swept across the U.S. on June 14, 2025.
Fueled by growing concern over President Trump's authoritarian rhetoric—including statements like "LONG LIVE THE KING!"—and his administration's defiance of court orders, citizens in thousands of cities took to the streets. But these weren’t riots or uprisings. These were peaceful, powerful moments of civil dissent.
We dive into:
- The Founding Fathers' original vision: why the U.S. was *deliberately* designed to reject monarchy
- How royal imagery and autocr...
