Ep. 64—Midjourney V8 First Impressions + Claude Code Breakthroughs

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Mar 29, 2026

They debate whether Midjourney V8 truly landed, weighing sharper realism against frequent failures and mood board weirdness. They compare SV6 vs SV7 behavior and discuss why short vibey prompts may no longer rule. Conversation shifts into Claude Code obsession: building Chrome tools, reusable skills, Notion workflows, automations, image-forensics utilities, and the addictive pipeline creep that follows.

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INSIGHT

Edit Model Is The Feature That Will Bring Users Back

The single missing piece that will bring users back is a working edit model; without it, many will switch tools.
Drew says stabilization plus a usable edit model are critical priorities for adoption.

ADVICE

Don't Invest Time Hacking Around A Broken Edit Model

Avoid spending time hacking workarounds for consistency if edits don't work; move to other tools instead.
Rory warns he won't waste time on complex multi-step hacks like in V6 if an edit model is missing.

INSIGHT

V8 Excels At Candid Cinematic Composition

V8 nails unusual cinematic composition and believable candid portraits that other models struggle to produce.
Both hosts flag close-up, asymmetric crops and natural body positioning as uniquely strong V8 outputs.

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Drew and Rory crawl back from travel chaos, token addiction, and mild creative delusion to answer the question everyone’s been asking: did Midjourney V8 finally land... and was it worth the wait?In this episode, they break down their real first impressions of Midjourney V8, including what feels better, what feels busted, why mood boards are suddenly acting possessed, and why the old “short and vibey” prompting style may have quietly lost its crown. They get into coherence, SV6 vs. SV7 behavior, stylize weirdness, failed generations, the alpha-site disappointment, and the one thing that actually matters now: whether Midjourney can ship a truly usable edit model before everyone wanders off to easier tools.Then the conversation mutates into a full-blown Claude Code spiral. Drew and Rory unpack the Chrome extensions, internal skills, markdown systems, Notion setups, custom workflows, and tiny automations they’re building at an alarming pace. There’s talk of AI writing detection, reusable agent pipelines, presentation hacks, Pinterest utilities, GitHub repos, and the growing suspicion that the real side effect of Claude Code is not productivity. It is total psychic collapse with excellent output.If you care about Midjourney V8, Claude Code, mood boards, AI image generation, prompt structure, creative workflows, Chrome extensions, automation systems, or what happens when two visual AI nerds disappear for a few weeks and come back with opinions, this one’s for you.--⏱️ Fast Hour00:00 - Midjourney V8 finally lands01:25 - Rory’s travel chaos and failed gens05:06 - First impressions and alpha letdown11:30 - V8 coherence and vibey prompts13:30 - SV6 vs SV7 mood board test21:44 - Mood board degradation gets real25:56 - V8 looks better, but fails too often33:04 - Structured prompting may matter more35:29 - Q4, HD, and stylize confusion39:09 - The real missing piece: edit model43:45 - Why nobody wants workaround theater48:04 - The strange realism hiding in V854:45 - Claude Code takes over their brains58:19 - Rory’s skill stack and agent hub01:04:15 - Drew’s “ghost system” for writing01:07:07 - Killing Calendly with Claude01:11:17 - Tiny tools, huge leverage01:17:13 - Ask the model how it wants data01:26:31 - Billboard shout-out01:32:32 - Wrap-up, RIP Sora, subscribe