AI Decompilation, WebAssembly Ports, and the Fair Use Trap
John Coogan explains how LLMs decompile assembly into C, why WebAssembly ports trigger DMCA notices, and where game tech goes next.
Le Chonk, Buffet's Just Like You, TJ Parker Returns, Dylan Field Joins
With John Coogan, Jordi Hays, Greg Fleming, TJ Parker, Joowon Kim, Rick Dungey, Dylan Field, Hardik Kabaria · Sunday, October 11, 2026
John Coogan and Jordi Hays discuss recent tech developments including LLM-driven video game decompilation, AI labor economics debates, and Warren Buffett's YouTube habits. The episode features in-depth interviews with Rockefeller Capital Management CEO Greg Fleming on wealth advisory and market cycles, General Medicine CEO TJ Parker on consumer healthcare commerce, Melius co-founder Joowon Kim on AI creative tools, National Christmas Tree Association Executive Director Rick Dungey on agriculture economics, Figma CEO Dylan Field on launching Figma's design agent, and Vinci CEO Hardik Kabaria on physics foundation models for semiconductors.
Key takeaways
- LLMs turn years of manual reverse engineering into automated workflows by translating raw machine assembly back into human-readable C and C++. Read more →
- MIT economist and Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu projects that AI will replace only 5% of human work over the next decade. Read more →
- Pitch decks and memos drafted entirely by language models often backfire by signaling that the author avoided the hard work of clear reasoning. Read more →
- Greg Fleming founded Rockefeller Capital Management in 2018 after senior executive roles at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. Read more →
- Christmas tree farming exists across all 50 states, but high-volume wholesale supply is concentrated in states like Oregon and North Carolina. Read more →
- PillPack founder TJ Parker argues that healthcare ecommerce fails when restricted to narrow, single-condition clinical silos. Read more →
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Why AI Will Only Replace 5% of Human Jobs by 2035
Daron Acemoglu and John Coogan explain why AI job displacement will take decades and why founders should focus on new capabilities over automation.
Dylan Field: Why Lazy AI Writing Destroys Team Trust
Figma CEO Dylan Field explains why teams must label AI-assisted writing and how Figma built its new design agent without replacing human taste.
Greg Fleming on Scaling Wealth Management and AI Meeting Prep
Rockefeller CEO Greg Fleming explains why infrastructure beats early hiring, how to value AI tech, and how automation cuts advisor meeting prep.
Rick Dungey on Real Christmas Tree Economics and Supply Cycles
Rick Dungey explains the 4-to-12-year supply cycles of Christmas tree farming, wholesale economics, and tree care methods.
TJ Parker on Why Healthcare Retail Must Go Horizontal
PillPack founder TJ Parker explains why General Medicine launched horizontally across 50,000 pharmacies instead of picking a single niche.
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