Barely Possible - 2026-05-24

[Barely Possible 2026-05-24] Today's episode: • A 1.2B-parameter model ran 100 poker tournaments with 6 personas: "Shark" won 45; "Grinder" won zero and never lost either. • A dev mass-refactored a 120-file FastAPI service in 400 steps, 2M tokens, $3—and the model confidently added an async deadlock. • OpenAI is advertising a $445K researcher role requiring candidates to be "tasteful and strategic," as model taste edges out raw capability. Hear the full breakdown in today's episode of Barely Possible. Want a podcast for your own topics? Join early access: https://www.barelypossible.to/waitlist/?source_path=public_episode_83&feed_source=rss&episode_id=83 Transcript: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-05-24/podcast-episode-2026-05-24.txt | Notes: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-05-24/2026-05-24-notes.md