Off Season Recap - Vibe Coding Hackathons, Being Al Native, and Adjusting to New Coding Standards

It's an off-season check-in because some things just can't be an email. Ellen and Eden are back at the mic to catch up on everything since production wrapped — TGC Media is officially an LLC (yes, there's a prenup), merch is incoming, and the new website just went live thanks to Eden's Claude Design and Claude Code build. Both Ellen and Eden came back from their work trips with the same question on their minds: how do you actually vibe code as a team? From merge conflicts and over-documented AI-generated code to whether any of it is production-ready, this one's for anyone navigating the messier side of building with AI. Plus — AI slop horror stories, Eden's surprising change of heart on in-person work, and a TikTok about Gen Z IQ decline that makes the whole "AI native" thing feel a little more complicated,