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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic Can't Stop Making Mistakes | 09 Apr 2026 | 01:21:47 | |
Talking about everything that went wrong with Anthropic last week (source code leak, rate limits, banning openclaw, and so much more) + our new favorite coding agent Pi. Thank you to this episode's sponsors! Coderabbit The AI code reviewer that deeply understands your codebase: https://nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit Clerk The auth platform we always either use, or regret not using: https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk | |||
| We need to talk about gstack | 18 Apr 2026 | 01:01:06 | |
Diving into Mythos, Claude reasoning, post-AI Uncle Bob, GStack, Thank you to today's sponsors! Coderabbit The AI code reviewer that deeply understands your codebase: ā https://nerdsnipe.link/coderabbitā Clerk The auth platform we always either use, or regret not using: ā https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk 00:00:00 - Welcome to the TBPNN Show 00:02:50 - Anthropic's Mythos model 00:11:14 - Anthropic nerfed Claude's reasoning effort 00:14:20 - We should be scared of mythos 00:24:20 - Post-AI Uncle Bob 00:29:34 - Static Typing vs Dynamic Typing and Linting 00:36:23 - Claude Code Skills 00:40:49 - GStack is actually good 00:46:53 - Are we boiling in the ocean? 00:51:07 - Everything should be a md file 00:55:23 - Peace Out Nerds | |||
| Theo gets conspiratorial about Anthropic | 22 Apr 2026 | 01:04:25 | |
Really hope that Anthropic month is almost over. But at least for now we gotta talk about Opus 4.7, Claude Design, and much much more...Thank you to this episode's sponsor Clerk! The best DX in auth by a mile: https://nerdsnipe.link/clerkOur RSS feed: https://nerdsnipe.link/rssFollow on spotify and everywhere else you get your podcasts! https://nerdsnipe.link/podTIMESTAMPS00:00:00 Anthropic Again...00:07:30 T3 Code Banned?00:16:08 How Claude Caching Works00:24:00 Why Claude Seems Dumber00:38:03 The Conspiracies Begin... | |||
| We've been testing GPT-5.5 for a few weeks now... | 23 Apr 2026 | 01:44:10 | |
Anthropic month is finally over. We've got a ton to talk about: GPT-5.5 pre-release impressions, the Vercel hack, Cursor + xAI, Qwen models, Kimi k2.6, and so much more...Thank you to today's Sponsors! Depot, truly modern CI: nerdsnipe.link/depot Coderabbit, the ultimate AI code reviewer: nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: nerdsnipe.link/clerk TIMESTAMPS00:00:00 - Intro, vacation chaos, and episode setup 00:01:34 - Vercel hack explained and security fallout 00:05:38 - Kimi K2.6 and the rise of strong open-weight models 00:14:29 - Cursor + xAI/SpaceX partnership and acquisition option 00:37:24 - GPT Image 2 impressions, strengths, and flaws 00:43:53 - Anthropic Cloud Code Pro pricing controversy 00:49:30 - GPT-5.5 first impressions: split opinions 01:02:25 - Critiques of GPT-5.5 for coding, context, and prompting 01:22:02 - GPT-5.5 Pro | |||
| We need to talk about OpenAI | 01 May 2026 | 01:35:56 | |
OpenAI and Microsoft are breaking up, Sam's drunk posting, Anthropic is being stupid again, and we still disagree about GPT-5.5Thanks to this episode's sponsors: - Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk- Coderabbit, the ultimate AI code reviewer: ā https://nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit- PlanetScale, the fastest and most scalable cloud databases: https://nerdsnipe.link/planetscale 00:00 Intro 04:05 Sam drunk tweets1 3:13 Anthropic billing woes 28:27 OpenAI divorce 42:34 GitHub can't stop dying 59:40 GPT-5.5 retrospective Sources/references: https://x.com/sama/status/2046808114561974567 https://x.com/sama/status/2046808217133670800 https://x.com/sama/status/2048160404376105179 https://x.com/sama/status/2047403771416940715 https://x.com/om_patel5/status/2048204411986469232 https://x.com/MSFTnews/status/2048749108127506936 https://x.com/GergelyOrosz/status/2048834949667537369 https://x.com/theo/status/2047721472521621991 https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2049213597419774026 https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2047803291988590609 https://x.com/ryanflorence/status/2048538797638599109 https://x.com/davis7/status/2048239401059434710 https://x.com/davis7/status/2048077518725366173 | |||
| Theo Almost Lost $1 Million | 06 May 2026 | 01:47:03 | |
This week Theo nearly lost a million dollars and Ben got AI psychosis (from gstack)... Thank you to Coderabbit and Clerk for sponsoring today's episode! - Coderabbit, the ultimate AI code reviewer: ā nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit - Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: nerdsnipe.link/clerk Sources/references: - https://x.com/theo/status/2014863266888233193 - https://x.com/theo/status/2050305813894648289 - https://x.com/theo/status/2050314995561611357 - https://x.com/sama/status/2050671161915371998 - https://x.com/davis7/status/2050718508372431026 - https://x.com/thdxr/status/2050719575033983323 - https://x.com/davis7/status/2050762009592148375 - https://x.com/naval/status/2050560057675522500 - https://x.com/theo/status/1952229335416623592 00:00 - Intro / studio return 00:52 - Azure $1M / Microsoft 11:22 - Cloud platform talk 18:08 - Coding agents / SDKs 29:06 - GPT-5.5 pricing debate 45:14 - OpenClaw workflows 01:12:37 - G Stack / G Brain01:29:00 - Dynamic UI / wrap-up | |||
| Anthropic solved their compute problem by buying it from Elon? | 14 May 2026 | 01:36:23 | |
Anthropic seems to have finally solved their compute problems (kinda) by buying it from Elon, the security problem is getting so much worse, and apparently Bun's getting re-written in rust? Thank you to PostHog and Composio for sponsoring today's episode! - PostHog, the all in one suite of product tools: nerdsnipe.link/posthog - Composio, connect your agents to everything: nerdsnipe.link/composio Sources/references: https://x.com/claudeai/status/2052060691893227611 https://openai.com/index/elon-musk-wanted-an-openai-for-profit/#december-2018-elon-told-us-to-raise-billions-per-year-immediately-or-forget-it https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2053391824702898475 https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2051595933704761618 https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2053047748191232310 https://ze3tar.github.io/post-zcrx.html https://www.jefftk.com/p/ai-is-breaking-two-vulnerability-cultures https://x.com/thdxr/status/2053570581807722968 https://x.com/badlogicgames/status/2052691176373805534 https://x.com/garrytan/status/2052996691586932783 TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Anthropic/xAI00:08:59 - OpenAI Lawsuit00:25:40 - Bun in Rust00:34:34 - Security00:59:28 - Pottery Coding01:11:11 - Local Models | |||
| How the OpenClaw creator uses $1.3 million of tokens | 20 May 2026 | 01:09:19 | |
Peter, the creator of openclaw is apparently going through $1,300,000 worth of tokens every month. Seems like we're not using nearly enough tokens. Oh and the security psychosis is getting worse. (Anthropic is being bad again too) Thank you to today's sponsors! - AgentMail, email inboxes for your agents: nerdsnipe.link/agentmail - Clerk, the best experience for auth, orgs, billing, and more: nerdsnipe.link/clerk TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 02:44 - Token Spend 06:47 - Token Future 12:12 - Secure Agents 22:50 - Anthropic Rules 31:35 - Security 39:36 - Token Tax 49:49 - AI Psychosis 59:47 - macOS 01:01:43 - AI Video | |||
| Google is Not a Serious Company | 28 May 2026 | 01:22:46 | |
Not only did Google accidentally ban Railway's account, but their new flagship model Gemini 3.5 Flash is absurdly bad. Oh and apparently Theo's building his own cloud... Thank you Macroscope and GT for sponsoring today's episode!
SOURCES ā https://x.com/theo/status/2057359424378097823ā ā https://x.com/JustJake/status/2056881510939283776ā ā https://x.com/KorduGG/status/2059141337895604626ā ā https://x.com/unboringtech/status/2059144145273491610ā TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Gemini fallout 05:21 - Video gen 10:10 - Google Cloud 14:04 - Windsurf/Cursor 25:10 - Manus/Meta 30:00 - China lock-in 35:00 - Cursor/xAI 45:00 - Cloud workflows 50:32 - Lakebed 65:22 - Hermes/security | |||
| We (mostly) like Claude Opus 4.8 | 03 Jun 2026 | 01:15:07 | |
Opus 4.8 + a ton of new stuff in Claude Code dropped this week, and we actually kinda like it. There's also a new benchmark that's actually good, and we have a lot of thoughts about the future of these AI labs... Thank you PostHog and Clerk for sponsoring!
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00:00 - Shower Thoughts 02:44 - Deep SWE Benchmark 10:45 - Opus vs GPT-5.5 19:57 - Anthropicās Huge Raise 25:39 - Token Maxing 40:02 - AI Slot Machine 43:49 - Claude Code Friction 50:01 - Opus, Mythos, and Safety | |||