Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben

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: ⁠nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit- Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: nerdsnipe.link/clerkSources/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/195222933541662359200:00 - Intro / studio return00:52 - Azure $1M / Microsoft11:22 - Cloud platform talk18:08 - Coding agents / SDKs29:06 - GPT-5.5 pricing debate45:14 - OpenClaw workflows01:12:37 - G Stack / G Brain01:29:00 - Dynamic UI / wrap-up

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: ⁠https://nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit- PlanetScale, the fastest and most scalable cloud databases: https://nerdsnipe.link/planetscale00:00 Intro04:05 Sam drunk tweets13:13 Anthropic billing woes28:27 OpenAI divorce42:34 GitHub can't stop dying59:40 GPT-5.5 retrospectiveSources/references: https://x.com/sama/status/2046808114561974567https://x.com/sama/status/2046808217133670800https://x.com/sama/status/2048160404376105179https://x.com/sama/status/2047403771416940715https://x.com/om_patel5/status/2048204411986469232https://x.com/MSFTnews/status/2048749108127506936https://x.com/GergelyOrosz/status/2048834949667537369https://x.com/theo/status/2047721472521621991https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2049213597419774026https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2047803291988590609https://x.com/ryanflorence/status/2048538797638599109https://x.com/davis7/status/2048239401059434710https://x.com/davis7/status/2048077518725366173https://x.com/badlogicgames/status/2048444292562026713https://x.com/0xSero/status/2048744545853030690

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/depotCoderabbit, the ultimate AI code reviewer: nerdsnipe.link/coderabbitClerk, the auth platform with the best DX: nerdsnipe.link/clerkTIMESTAMPS00:00:00 - Intro, vacation chaos, and episode setup00:01:34 - Vercel hack explained and security fallout00:05:38 - Kimi K2.6 and the rise of strong open-weight models00:14:29 - Cursor + xAI/SpaceX partnership and acquisition option00:37:24 - GPT Image 2 impressions, strengths, and flaws00:43:53 - Anthropic Cloud Code Pro pricing controversy00:49:30 - GPT-5.5 first impressions: split opinions01:02:25 - Critiques of GPT-5.5 for coding, context, and prompting01:22:02 - GPT-5.5 Pro

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...

Diving into Mythos, Claude reasoning, post-AI Uncle Bob, GStack, Thank you to today's sponsors!CoderabbitThe AI code reviewer that deeply understands your codebase: ⁠https://nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit⁠ClerkThe auth platform we always either use, or regret not using: ⁠https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk00:00:00 - Welcome to the TBPNN Show00:02:50 - Anthropic's Mythos model00:11:14 - Anthropic nerfed Claude's reasoning effort00:14:20 - We should be scared of mythos00:24:20 - Post-AI Uncle Bob00:29:34 - Static Typing vs Dynamic Typing and Linting00:36:23 - Claude Code Skills00:40:49 - GStack is actually good00:46:53 - Are we boiling in the ocean?00:51:07 - Everything should be a md file00:55:23 - Peace Out Nerds

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!CoderabbitThe AI code reviewer that deeply understands your codebase: https://nerdsnipe.link/coderabbitClerkThe auth platform we always either use, or regret not using: https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk