Google just announced the Universal Commerce Protocol at NRF 2026. Most headlines are calling it an "AI shopping assistant." But here's what I see: Google is building the toll booth of the entire internet economy. In this episode, I break down what UCP actually is, why Amazon and Apple aren't on board, the 24% trust problem Google is betting billions to solve, and what this means for consumers and businesses. Would you let AI buy things for you?

Tailwind CSS just fired 75% of their engineering team. Downloads up 5x. Revenue down 80%. AI is to blame.Here's the brutal truth about open source in 2026: The more successful your project, the faster you die.In this episode:• Why Tailwind's npm downloads exploded while revenue collapsed• Adam Wathan's raw 33-minute confession about the "boiling frog" moment• The documentation funnel that AI completely broke• Which open source projects are next (Prettier, core-js, and more)• What you can actually do to helpThis isn't just about Tailwind. It's the first domino. AI companies are making billions. The open source projects they trained on? They're dying.

From "shell product" to $2 billion in 9 months. The untold story of how Manus AI turned brutal criticism into the fastest acquisition in AI history.

In this episode:

• Why invite codes sold for $14,000
• How Manus hit $100M ARR after being called "unusable"
• Why Meta paid $2 billion in just 10 days
• The shift from chatbots to AI agents

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