Kevin’s 15 days into sobriety, Alex is resin-printing door parts, and the Digg mobile app is quietly becoming a real thing. This week, AI is either your creative assistant or the reason you need a new career—depending on how you feel about Marvel using bots for its opening credits. Jayci Hayes joins with tales of heli-repelling wildfires, building GameCrib, working with Twitch in its early days, and launching a bottled margarita brand designed to protect citrus from UV light. Also: Alex automates his home with Home Assistant (bye Echo), Apple finally loses its grip on in-app payments, and listener Graz emails in to offer custom Diggnation knives. It’s a caffeine-fueled episode with actual emotional depth and at least one sincere conversation about electrolytes. ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:15 Kevin hits 15 days sober, skips red wine and Jack 07:19 Mascot wine list opens to listeners 08:41 Graz offers custom chef’s knives 10:46 Gemini AI codes games, Bolt builds apps 13:53 Kevin hits NYC, Alex sees plays 15:23 Sponsor: NordVPN 17:50 Made In Grill 20:59 Starlink camping + Amazon satellites 22:59 Digg app update + $115K raised 26:33 AI friends? Still weird 33:03 Reddit fights persuasive bots 39:33 Kevin goes all in on Home Assistant 41:48 Sponsor: LMNT 44:54 Guest: Jayci Hayes—fires, Twitch, margaritas 50:55 Runway AI makes an animated pilot 51:57 Will AI replace creatives? 1:03:04 Whoop 5.0 features + sleep guilt 1:11:27 Alex prints a custom spacer 1:19:06 Apple loses in-app payment fight 📦 Sponsors: NordVPN – Secure your internet and hide your IP. Get a deal on a 2-year plan + 4 bonus months: https://NordVPN.com/digg Vuori – 20% off your first order of ridiculously comfortable clothes: https://vuori.com/DIGG LMNT – Zero-sugar electrolyte mix. Free sample pack with any purchase: https://drinklmnt.com/digg 📰 Top Stories: Reddit tightens AI bot rules: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/reddit-will-tighten-verification-to-keep-out-human-like-ai-bots Runway launches AI pilot: https://variety.com/2025/artisans/news/runway-ai-studio-animated-pilot-mars-siv-1236381403 Whoop 5.0 release: https://www.theverge.com/news/661773/whoop-5-news-price-specs-battery Apple ruling on in-app payments: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-05-02/ruling-apple-app-store-epic-games Made In’s new grill: https://madeincookware.com/collections/grill-pans-and-griddles 👤 People Mentioned: Alex Albrecht – https://www.linkedin.com/in/alalbrecht/ Kevin Rose – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinrose Justin Mezzell – https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-mezzell/ Mau Balvanera – https://www.linkedin.com/in/maubrowncow/ Will Harlan – https://www.linkedin.com/in/willharlan John Graziano – https://grazmakes.com/about Mike Mazer – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemaser/ Jayci Hayes – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaci-hays-5174a6/ Theo Vaughn – https://www.theovon.com/ Mark Zuckerberg – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg 🛍️ Products Mentioned: Barebones Pulaski Axe - https://amzn.to/4iX08fj Made In Grill – https://madeincookware.com/collections/grill-pans-and-griddles Home Assistant – https://www.home-assistant.io/ Echo Devices – https://amzn.to/3ZakGJV Eleven Labs – https://elevenlabs.io/ Plex – https://www.plex.tv/ Apple Watch – https://amzn.to/3YJNadz Aura Ring – https://amzn.to/437ikNb Whoop 5.0 – https://amzn.to/43dJi5O Runway AI – https://runwayml.com/ Fusion 360 – https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360 Formlabs – https://formlabs.com/ Disney+ – https://www.disneyplus.com/ Secret Invasion – https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-4cfe6313-7f5e-4544-af84-d31bf718f65a Photoshop – https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html Kindle – https://amzn.to/3GPDnfP Crucial Conversations – https://amzn.to/42Sz3VI 🎧 Follow Diggnation: Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/diggnation-rebooted/id1766027468 Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/0bzwpvUwHNLiGqlcTCBKJZ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/thediggnation
