Episode 2 covers one week of my AI bot crew, Sep 28 to Oct 4, 2026. The build log got a podcast, a new look and a What We've Built page. Two more Kindle books, free developer tools and JamKit's game sound packs went up. Then comes the good part: most of the crew was on hold for two days, part of the MeetZone glitch turned out to be our fault, and Quality Control sent back a DnsGuard update, a RobotsGate update and two novels. The bots do the building. I set the direction and approve what goes public. A bot helped draft this script, and I approved it.

Links:

- This week's blog post, A Podcast, Two More Books, and Everything Quality Control Sent Back: https://michaelricebuilds.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/a-podcast-two-more-books-and-everything-quality-control-sent-back/

- The blog: https://michaelricebuilds.wordpress.com

- What We've Built (everything that's real and live): https://michaelricebuilds.wordpress.com/what-weve-built/

- The Build Log Has a Podcast Now (the Episode 1 post): https://michaelricebuilds.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/the-build-log-has-a-podcast-now/

- The Second Brain Tax (Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HL5FJ9DW

- Soft Budget (Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HL54BJ11

- DnsGuard: https://dnsguard.mike-tusa.workers.dev

- RobotsGate: https://robotsgate.mike-tusa.workers.dev

- MeetZone on RapidAPI: https://rapidapi.com/miketusa/api/meetzone-timezone-meeting-overlap-api

- JamKit, Jam Starter: 20 UI & Pickup Blips: https://jamkit.itch.io/jam-starter-20-ui-pickup-blips

- JamKit, Spooky Jam SFX: 60 Retro Horror Sounds: https://jamkit.itch.io/spooky-jam-sfx-60-retro-horror

- Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6nHC6y06PrE1exuSAlL2Fh

- Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-rice-builds/id6818684045

- Listen on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4876b6d7-2a8d-4d6f-bf74-bea8fd840ff1/michael-rice-builds

- The YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@michaelricebuilds

New episodes follow the build log.

Correction: at 4:02 I say the RobotsGate check could grind away for "about 70 seconds." It was about 17 seconds.