Breakeven Brothers
by Bradley Bernard, Bennett Bernard
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Your AI-built app still needs a security audit
Your AI-built app still needs a security audit
About this podcast
Practical AI podcast where brothers Bradley and Bennett Bernard build software, compare notes, and tell you what actually worked. Each episode goes beyond release notes and benchmark hype. They test coding agents, new models, developer workflows, and automation in real projects, then talk honestly about what works, what breaks, what costs too much, and what is worth shipping.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 48 episodes
- Your AI-built app still needs a security audit · 48 min · Episode 48A PHP security scare had Bradley patching his websites from an airport before the official update was available. His PHP2Shell story grounds a discussion with Bennett about…
- Why pay for software you could build yourself? · 49 min · Episode 47Replacing a SaaS subscription with AI-built software means taking on the upkeep, not just skipping the monthly bill. The debate over levelsio’s “software is dead” claim comes…
- OpenAI Dots: Stop doing everything yourself · 55 min · Episode 46OpenAI Dots puts an always-on agent with its own computer to work on Zillow searches and app-support triage. Bradley shares how his assistant uses email, GitHub, and product…
- Nvidia, Hugging Face, And The AI Hardware Shift · 1 h 11 min · Episode 45Bradley and Bennett unpack NVIDIA’s $12 billion Hugging Face acquisition and consider what control over a major open-model platform could add to NVIDIA’s hardware strategy. From…
- Model Week: Astra, Grok Bot, Gemini, Anthropic, And Meta · 1 h 0 min · Episode 44Bradley and Bennett break down a packed wave of AI releases: Google Gemini Flash 3.8 and Flash Cyber, Anthropic Fable and Mythos 5.1, Meta Muse Spark 1.3, and OpenAI GPT-6 Astra…
- ChatGPT Finances, Cloudflare OS, And Work Mode · 53 min · Episode 43Bradley and Bennett kick off a new season after a travel-and-life reset, with Bradley sharing his Copenhagen, Cannes, and Barcelona sprint before the show turns back to the AI…
- Codex maxxing and the AI-native workplace · 45 min · Episode 42Brad’s North Carolina Cook Out mint Oreo shake review, and Ben’s Pacific Northwest work-trip update before the brothers dig into the big idea of the week: what it actually means…
- GPT-5.5 made Codex our daily driver · 35 min · Episode 41Episode 41 starts with a very Breakeven Brothers moment: the guys forget what episode they’re on, recap Brad’s family visit, and relive a 150-plus-game Soulcalibur gauntlet…
- Cursor 3, Gemma 4 & AI Taxes · 51 min · Episode 40Episode 40 opens with Brad’s dirty-30 recap from Big Sur: hiking, Japanese hot baths, unlimited food, and a first falconry experience before the brothers jump into two meaningful…
- AI agents, accounting workflows & social contracts · 53 min · Episode 39This week, the brothers dive headfirst into the world of personal AI agents, with Brad detailing his meticulous, multi-step journey of setting up OpenClaw on a virtual private…
- AI for taxes & the end of App Stores? · 44 min · Episode 38This week, the Breakeven Brothers dive into the practical (and sometimes frustrating) applications of AI, starting with a hilarious attempt to use AI for taxes and an experiment…
- OpenClaw hype train & a new job change! · 43 min · Episode 37The Breakeven Brothers are back from hiatus with a huge announcement: one of the brothers has started a new role as a software engineer at OpenAI! He shares the inside scoop on…
- Our wildest AI predictions for 2026 · 51 min · Episode 36What does the future hold? Before diving into some wild predictions, we recap a whirlwind week of AI meetups in San Francisco. We share key takeaways from the Agents Anonymous…
- How AI rewrites the economics of work · 58 min · Episode 35Welcome to 2026! The new year kicks off with shocking news from the web development world as industry darlings Tailwind Labs and Laracasts announce massive layoffs, citing the…
- The great AI debate: are skills the new agents? · 36 min · Episode 34In our final episode of 2025, we're taking a look back at what was dubbed 'the year of the agents' and peering into what 2026 might hold. The conversation kicks off with a deep…
- Claude Opus 4.5 is a POWERHOUSE, here's our vibe check... · 55 min · Episode 33The Breakeven Brothers are back after the holiday break, sharing stories from Thanksgiving travels and post-holiday shopping. Bradley kicks things off with a major announcement…
- Mastering Cursor: plan mode, multi agent, & Composer 1 · 46 min · Episode 32Brad is back from the grind and finally has something to show for his 4 AM coding sessions: the official SplitMyExpenses iOS app is live on the App Store! He shares the entire…
- ChatGPT Atlas deep dive: The browser that knows too much? · 45 min · Episode 31The Breakeven Brothers are finally back! After another hiatus filled with cross-continental travel, surprise kitten fostering, and a whole lot of life, Bradley and Bennett jump…
- Unpacking OpenAI's DevDay: changes you need to know · 51 min · Episode 30For our dirty 30, we're unpacking some of the biggest AI news of the year, coming at you fresh on the same day it dropped. OpenAI just held their DevDay, and to say they dropped…
- Claude Code fell off... did GPT-5 codex take the throne? · 56 min · Episode 29The Brothers are back! After a much-needed month-long break filled with wedding anniversaries, unfortunate illnesses, and a trip to Hawaii, Bradley and Bennett return to find the…
