UnHacked the podcast with hosts Justin Shelley, Bryan Lachapelle, and Mario Zaki.
What happens when AI deletes your production data without asking permission? Justin Shelley lived it this week, and the team breaks down the real risks of vibe coding on live business systems.
This episode continues the UnHacked mini-series on AI and cybersecurity, with the standing claim that AI can deliver 10 to 50X productivity gains. The co-hosts share their wins, near-disasters, and lessons from a week of building with AI. Justin shows off a custom accountability dashboard he vibe-coded to fight his morning paralysis and track quarterly priorities. Bryan Lachapelle from B4 Networks presents a reusable portal shell he built that lets him create custom business applets for his team and clients in an afternoon, replacing paid SaaS tools and saving thousands per year.
The conversation gets real about AI fatigue, the fear that AI will stop us from thinking, and why the opposite has turned out to be true. Mario Zaki shares how AI has pushed his team to start thinking deeply again instead of going through the motions. Joshua Holloway talks about pitting two LLMs against each other to critique documentation, and getting Claude to praise ChatGPT's work.
The math segment breaks down the ROI: an $800 investment to build one module replaces $1,500 to $1,600 a month in SaaS subscriptions, and that module can then be extended to every client. The 10 to 50X claim starts to look conservative.
What you'll learn:
- How to build a reusable portal shell so you never recreate login, permissions, or AI integrations from scratch again
- Why AI deleting production data without authorization is a real risk and how hooks can prevent it
- How a custom accountability dashboard can help ADHD-style entrepreneurs focus on the single most important next task
- The real math on replacing paid SaaS tools with custom-built applets you own and control
- Why AI is making IT teams think more deeply, not less, and how to use that to your advantage
