Barely Possible - 2026-05-31

[Barely Possible 2026-05-31] Today's episode: • Bernhard Hauser's May 30 piece argues productized services are back, with AI cutting back-of-house costs so fixed-scope work hits... • Simon Willison calls token-maxing leaderboards "a stupid idea," worse on enterprise Anthropic/OpenAI plans billed at full API price... • Granite-4.1-30b lands in the shadow of Qwen3.6 and Gemma4, raising the question of which models are worth your bench time. 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_90&feed_source=rss&episode_id=90 Transcript: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-05-31/podcast-episode-2026-05-31.txt | Notes: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-05-31/2026-05-31-notes.md