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EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 52 MIN

161k GitHub stars in 4 months with 65 lines of Markdown

from EXPLAIN ANALYZE · host MotherDuck

Mehdi (DevRel) and Dumky (Developer Experience) at MotherDuck run through ~10 links from the world of data and AI. This one keeps circling back to a single theme: as AI makes everything easier to produce, the hard part becomes telling the real signal from the slop, whether that's music, GitHub stars, or your data warehouse answers.All links: motherduck.com/explain-analyze : subscribe there to get every new episode by email with full notes!0:00 — Intro0:43 — AI slop on Spotify?6:00 — A skill file with 161k GitHub stars11:30 — Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction17:00 — GitHub Actions are the new email scam24:00 — The chat box is dying30:00 — Slow tech: Kindle, TRMNL, Fitbit37:00 — From Vibes to Evals43:00 — The AI paradox (via Lenny's Podcast)51:40 — Wrap up

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