Ep: 230 - Boys Club Live: Tech Merch, Clout, Stablecoins, and the Anthropic Code Leak. Sam Broner of Better Money Company and Alli Pope of Vercel Join As Guests

00:00 Welcome to Boys Club Live 00:33 Show <3 Vercel <3 Polygon <3 Anchorage <3 Octant <3 01:21 Vercel sponsor spotlight 02:28 Vibe coding and shipping 03:05 Tech merch discourse 06:25 Clout and brand signals 09:59 Merch strategy plug 10:58 <3 Octant <3 13:30 Guest intro Sam Broner 14:34 Building a stablecoin clearinghouse 15:35 What clearinghouses do 16:45 Why stablecoins fail payments 18:35 Genius Act turning point 20:16 Cheaper payments for everyone 22:43 Unbundling credit card fees 23:42 Mastercard and Visa moves 25:38 Agents Need Easier Payments 26:41 Building With AI Agents 27:16 Founder Mode Reflections 29:00 Michael Saylor AI Ad 32:58 AI Slop and Legality 37:36 Meet Alli Pope of Vercel 39:00 SF vs NYC Culture Shock 42:49 Vercel Programs and V0 44:43 Accelerator Trends and Demos 49:13 Hiring Advice AI Native 53:21 Slop and New Media Strategy 56:17 Hot Takes on Content 57:21 Ship It and Post Consistently 57:52 X Algorithm and Content Formats 58:51 AI Lowers the Bar Taste Wins 01:00:27 Personal Websites After AI 01:02:19 Design Decks vs Word Docs 01:09:33 Minimalist Website Philosophy 01:11:20 Anthropic Code Leak Breakdown 01:15:21 Vibe Coding vs Security Ops 01:17:05 Claude Logs Your Profanity 01:21:53 Data Privacy Social Credit Takes 01:24:40 Wrap Up and we love Anchorage!