# Scott & Mark Learn To... Polypost: A Multi-Platform Post Editor

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Published: 2026-07-15T16:15:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, Scott Hanselman and Mark Russinovich explore the realities of vibe coding by walking through a few of Mark's recent AI-assisted projects, including Polypost, a tool for writing and formatting social media posts and a nearly feature-complete Mac version of ZoomIt. They discuss where AI excels, where it still struggles, and why building software has become less about writing code and more about guiding, testing, and refining an AI collaborator. Along the way, they share lessons on prompt engineering, user experience, debugging, and why human judgment remains essential even as AI accelerates development.&nbsp; &nbsp; Polypost — multi-platform post editor &nbsp; &nbsp; Takeaways: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Successful AI development still relies on human decision-making&nbsp; Mark shares the challenges and wins of building Polypost with AI&nbsp; The iterative process of prompting, testing, and refining that turns AI-generated code into production-quality software&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Who are they? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; View Scott Hanselman on LinkedIn &nbsp;&nbsp; View Mark Russinovich on LinkedIn &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Watch Scott and Mark Learn on YouTube &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Listen to other episodes at scottandmarklearn.to &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Discover and follow other Microsoft podcasts at microsoft.com/podcasts &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Produced by Hangar Studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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