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

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

July 15, 2026 · 28 min · Season 1 · Episode 42

About this episode

Scott and Mark discuss the development of Polypost, an AI-assisted multi-platform post editor, and the evolving role of human judgment in software development.

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.    Polypost — multi-platform post editor     Takeaways:      Successful AI development still relies on human decision-making  Mark shares the challenges and wins of building Polypost with AI  The iterative process of prompting, testing, and refining that turns AI-generated code into production-quality software      Who are they?       View Scott Hanselman on LinkedIn    View Mark Russinovich on LinkedIn       Watch Scott and Mark Learn on YouTube…

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