SixSides
78: Rejection only makes us stronger

78: Rejection only makes us stronger

August 25, 2026

In this episode, Mitchell and Gavin navigate an App Store rejection as the World Police Games launch gets very real, unpack a new Claude-powered development workflow that is dramatically increasing output, explore how MCP could connect the different sides of SixSides, and celebrate Gavin surviving his 100km bike ride.

Chapters

  • (00:00) - Gavin’s 100km ride
  • (07:27) - Testing week and Apple rejects our app
  • (13:35) - Racing towards the World Police Games launch
  • (16:25) - The new SixSides marketing site
  • (19:21) - HubSpot, Snitcher and our ICP workflow
  • (22:37) - Why Mitch is moving from Cursor to Claude
  • (29:19) - Connecting SixSides to Claude with MCP
  • (33:16) - The real-world ROI of AI development
  • (36:00) - Mitch is moving out of his office
  • (38:31) - Wrapping up

In this episode, we cover:

  • Gavin completing his 100km bike ride from the Gold Coast to Brisbane
  • Testing week for the World Police Games app ahead of launch
  • Why Apple rejected the app while Google approved it
  • Preparing an iOS and Android app for App Store review
  • Adding account deletion and removing unused NFC and background audio permissions
  • Preparing SixSides for thousands of World Police Games attendees
  • The remaining work around athlete CSV imports, HubSpot and welcome email automation
  • Progress on the new SixSides marketing website and design workflow in Figma and Slack
  • Early signs that SixSides blog content is being indexed and found through Google
  • Using Snitcher and HubSpot to identify and follow up with ideal customer profiles
  • Why Mitchell is moving from Cursor towards Claude Code and Solo
  • Using MCP to connect AI agents with Cloudflare, AWS, Sentry and other business systems
  • Cutting infrastructure costs from roughly $2,000 per month towards $300 with the help of AI
  • Building an MCP integration so SixSides data can be accessed through Claude and ChatGPT
  • Using AI to connect product development, marketing, sales and operations
  • How AI is changing the role and workflow of experienced software developers
  • Mitchell's decision to give up his office and return to working from home

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