Vibe Coding Madness this Thursday: if your website, accounts or internet access went down, what would still work? 🌐🔴 Last week's critical PHP security advisory prompted urgent patching, while some government websites were temporarily taken offline as a precaution. That's a reminder to check your protections, especially if you run a WordPress or PHP-powered website. Those were website-security incidents, not a global internet shutdown. We're using a wider connectivity outage as a what-if scenario to get better prepared. 🛠️ WHAT WE'LL WORK THROUGH • Website protection: what to ask your hosting provider about PHP, WordPress and plugin updates. • Account and AI-key security: stronger sign-in, recovery access and keeping secrets out of shared projects. • Backups: what to save, where to keep it and how to check you can restore it. • Offline essentials: useful apps, documents, contacts and information to prepare ahead of time. • Nearby communication without internet: options, range, device requirements and limitations. 📱 BRING YOUR PHONE, LAPTOP AND QUESTIONS No polished project required. Bring one tool you depend on and ask: what happens if I can't access it tomorrow? We'll work through practical checks together, with the aim of leaving you with a clearer recovery plan and protection steps you can put in place now. Keep passwords, recovery codes and API keys private. Nothing sensitive needs to be shared on screen. 👥 Jonathan Foltz • Umer Hadeed • Matt Lally • Zain Razzaq 📅 Thursday, October 29 🕚 11 AM Miami / Eastern • 7 PM Dubai • 11 PM Singapore 👉 Register: https://bit.ly/vibecodingmadness Preparedness, not panic. This is preparation for what could happen, not a prediction of an imminent shutdown. Background: https://www.php.net/archive/2026.php Government-site reporting: https://yle.fi/a/74-20252600

Vibe Coding Madness this Thursday: bring your video idea and help us turn it into motion, live. 🎬 We have explored the possibilities. Now let's actually design something together. This week, Umer leads a hands-on video and motion-design lab using Opus 5.5. Instead of another walkthrough of someone else's polished demo, we will work through selected projects from the community and make creative decisions in real time. Bring an intro, a product explainer, a launch clip, an animated diagram or a half-finished idea you cannot quite get right. Together, we will: • Find the story: who is watching, and what should they understand or feel? • Shape a simple visual sequence before adding effects. • Work through the design with Claude and the demonstrated motion workflow. • Review what works, what feels generic and what needs another pass. • Change a requirement and show how we revise the design. The point is not more AI slop. It is seeing the choices that make a piece clearer, more intentional and more interesting to watch. Come with a short brief, one reference and any assets you have permission to share. No finished demo required. We will choose projects that fit the time available, and everyone can contribute feedback even if their project is not selected. Expect work in progress, honest iteration and practical next steps, not a promise that every attendee leaves with a finished video. Keep private client information out of shared materials. With Jonathan Foltz, Umer Hadeed, Matt Lally and Zain Razzaq. Thursday, October 22 11:00 AM ET | 7:00 PM Dubai | 11:00 PM Singapore Join the live design lab: https://bit.ly/vibecodingmadness

The replay from our October 11 emergency meeting is here. We opened the room to talk through the pace of AI progress and what it could mean for the things we build, the people we work with and the communities we rely on. Inside the discussion: • Recent AI research and the questions it raises. • Security, cryptography and what remains uncertain. • Helping businesses put AI to practical use. • Why attention and distribution matter when building gets easier. • Why human relationships and collaboration remain central. Watch the attached replay, then share one thing: what do you want to build, understand or prepare for with this community? The camera and audio setup has been trimmed. The substantive conversation and closing reflections are preserved. Context for the discussion: OpenAI’s recent publications cover Navier–Stokes and a broader collection of mathematical results, not a resolution of every major unsolved problem. Predictions about future security risks and business outcomes in the conversation are the speakers’ views. Primary sources: https://openai.com/index/navier-stokes-solution/ https://openai.com/index/sharing-ai-progress-in-mathematics/ https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/ - The Digital Frontiersman 2.0

Vibe Coding Madness this Thursday: how far can we push motion video with Opus 5.5 and a stronger creative process? Making something move is one thing. Making someone stop, watch and understand it takes more thought. Creators are sharing code-driven motion experiments with Opus 5.5. This week, we want to look beyond the impressive first impression: what was the brief, how was the animation built, and what would we improve? This week, Umer is leading a collaborative session on Opus 5.5 and motion video. We are going to study the choices behind the work: the idea, the sequence, the timing and the revisions that make a piece feel intentional. The proposed challenge is simple: take one short motion concept, examine the first version and work through how we would make it better together. We will look at where Opus fits into that process and where the motion tools and human creative decisions take over. Together, we will explore: • Turning a loose idea into a clear creative brief. • Planning what moves, when it moves and why it matters. • Using clear instructions and reusable skills where they help the workflow. • Spotting awkward pacing, visual clutter and details that weaken the result. • Comparing revisions and choosing what actually improves the piece. Bring an example you love, a rough experiment or a video idea you have not figured out yet. Beginners can bring a question. You do not need a polished portfolio to contribute. The goal is a better eye for motion and one practical approach you can test in your own work. The exact demonstration tools are being confirmed with Umer, so this is a study and collaboration session, with no promise of a particular export or software access. Jonathan Foltz, Umer Hadeed and Matt Lally. Session led by Umer. Thursday, October 8 11:00 AM ET | 7:00 PM Dubai | 11:00 PM Singapore Join: https://bit.ly/vibecodingmadness

Vibe Coding Madness this Thursday: OpenAI just changed the workspace. What should we actually use? New announcements are exciting. Figuring out where they fit into YOUR work is the part worth studying. This week, we are putting our Codex setup workshop on hold and diving into OpenAI's DevDay developments, with a focused look at Dots and ChatGPT Space. What does an always-on assistant change? What happens when your pages, files and shared work have a place to live? And how much of this is useful for the things we are already building? This is a collaborative study session and case-study lab, not a promise that your business will run itself by lunchtime. Together, we will: • Unpack Dots and ChatGPT Space in plain English. • Separate documented capabilities from the things we still need to test. • Explore where research, project planning and recurring work could fit. • Choose one practical community example and test the parts available to us. • Discuss context, permissions, sharing and what should still require human approval. • Leave with one small experiment worth trying, including a way to judge whether it helped. Bring a repetitive task, a half-built workflow, a screenshot or a question. If you already have access, bring what you have tried. If you do not, you can still study the examples and help pressure-test the ideas. Feature access varies by account and rollout. We will label what we demonstrate directly and what we review from official materials. Jonathan Foltz, Umer Hadeed and Matt Lally Thursday, October 1 11:00 AM ET | 7:00 PM Dubai | 11:00 PM Singapore Join the study session: https://bit.ly/vibecodingmadness