# 22: Sovereign Engineering w/ Yo

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Podcast: [No Solutions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-solutions-7206062)
Published: 2026-04-05T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://njump.to/nevent1qqs0mn0f07vmnpxve8zj9yktjv6jawgy27vx5ajafsn3gdst9s5hllqx506uf
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## Resource

“Permissionless, permissionless, permissionless.” Yo & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Recorded during SEC-07 . Listen on sovereignengineering.io In this dialogue: Gigi’s AI setup: voice prompts via vibeline to brainstorm, brainstorm to implementation plan, cron job that tackles one to-do every 20 minutes, builds overnight One agent per project: dergigi.com/projects, each agent spins up with an nsec and gets to work Nihao : Gigi’s skill for spinning up Nostr identities from the terminal Claude Code “Mythos” codewords leaked – swearing at your models actually helps Planner vs developer vs tester: three distinct personas, separation of powers for AI-assisted development Separate sessions for questions vs implementation, like separation of powers “Are you human?” vs “Are you useful?” – the only question that matters PoW + WoT = useful. “Sats are just difficulty-adjusted PoW.” Dialogical development – Vervaeke on why dialogue, not monologue, is how you actually think Opponent processing – Vervaeke: competing forces sharpen each other DiaLogos and the importance of walking dialogue Opus maximalism ended yesterday: Anthropic cutting off OpenClaw , now broke, looking at cheaper models and local hardware Routing models: OpenRouter and Routstr now route between thinking and simple models automatically Yo’s Sovereign Engineering journey: showed up to SEC-04 with no programming experience, three weeks’ notice, on a climbing trip visa SEC-04 was the vibe coding big bang: Paul showed the way, Calle tried to build a Cashu client live, Paul beat him to it Got offered to join the team because “you are the one who would actually be crazy enough to move to Madeira” “Safe return doubtful”: the Shackleton ad as a model for SovEng recruitment. No pay, no wages, but glory. Read Endurance b…

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