Convincing AI the Earth is Flat, Inference at 17k tokens/sec, and an Agile Manifesto for the Agentic Age?

This episode covers Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini 3.1 Pro model releases, Taalas Labs FPGA-based 17K tokens/sec hardware, the Meta-AMD chip partnership, Steven Sinofsky's argument against "software is dead," a deep dive into the ThoughtWorks Future of Software Engineering retreat findings (from Agile Manifesto signers), Chris Roth's elite AI engineering culture article, a Vibe & Tell segment testing agent sycophancy across three models, and AI bubble economics.TakeawaysSonnet 4.6: Opus-level reasoning at Sonnet pricing; 72.5 on OS World (vs 61.4 for Sonnet 4.5); outperforms Opus 4.6 on agentic financial analysis; trained for computer useTaalas Labs FPGA hardware: 17K tokens/sec for Llama 3.1 8B; Chat Jimmy demo; custom hardware as future of inferenceSteven Sinofsky "Death of Software: Nah": Historical parallels (PC didnt kill mainframes, e-commerce didnt kill retail in 20 years, media death premature); predictions: more software, AI moves up stack, domain expertise more important; Jevons paradox applied to softwareThoughtWorks Future of Software Engineering retreat: Agile Manifesto 25th anniversary; where rigor goes (spec-driven development, red-green tests); risk tiering for code review; loss of mentoring through code review; DevEx vs agent experience decoupling; security as afterthought; the "middle loop" (overseeing agents); cognitive debt; agent topology mirroring org structure; knowledge graphs rediscovered; future roles converging; revenge of juniors (IBM hiring); self-healing systems (2-5 year horizon)Vibe & Tell — Agent sycophancy testing: Flat earth test (all three models resisted); workplace bias scenario (Jim/Jane); GPT 5.1 Instant best (refused all manipulation); Claude Haiku second (too empathetic, admitted to nudging); Gemini 3 worst (agreed with bias claim); AI as therapist risks; radical candor vs ruinous empathyResources MentionedIntroducing Claude Sonnet 4.6The path to ubiquitous AIOpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chipsDeath of Software. Nah.The future of software engineeringBuilding An Elite AI Engineering Culture In 2026The Number Is Going UpAn AI coding bot took down Amazon Web Services Chapters(00:00) - Introduction to AI in Software Engineering (01:13) - Latest AI Models and Hardware Innovations (04:10) - The Future of AI Hardware (10:01) - The Death of Software Debate (19:35) - The Agile Manifesto and Its Evolution (33:39) - The Impact of AI on Development Teams (34:52) - The Future of Junior Developers (37:11) - Self-Healing Systems and AI Assistance (39:33) - Building an Elite AI Engineering Culture (45:27) - AI Experiment and AI Sycophancy (55:33) - The AI Bubble Clock and Economic Implications Connect with ADIPodEmail us at [email protected] you have any feedback, requests, or just want to say hello! Checkout our website www.adipod.ai