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Anthropic solved their compute problem by buying it from Elon? May 14, 2026

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Anthropic seems to have finally solved their compute problems (kinda) by buying it from Elon, the security problem is getting so much worse, and apparently Bun's getting re-written in rust?

Thank you to PostHog and Composio for sponsoring today's episode!

- PostHog, the all in one suite of product tools: nerdsnipe.link/posthog

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Sources/references:

https://x.com/claudeai/status/2052060691893227611

https://openai.com/index/elon-musk-wanted-an-openai-for-profit/#december-2018-elon-told-us-to-raise-billions-per-year-immediately-or-forget-it

https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2053391824702898475

https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2051595933704761618

https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2053047748191232310

https://ze3tar.github.io/post-zcrx.html

https://www.jefftk.com/p/ai-is-breaking-two-vulnerability-cultures

https://x.com/thdxr/status/2053570581807722968

https://x.com/badlogicgames/status/2052691176373805534 https://x.com/garrytan/status/2052996691586932783

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 - Anthropic/xAI00:08:59 - OpenAI Lawsuit00:25:40 - Bun in Rust00:34:34 - Security00:59:28 - Pottery Coding01:11:11 - Local Models

Theo Almost Lost $1 Million May 06, 2026

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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/clerk

Sources/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/1952229335416623592

00:00 - Intro / studio return

00:52 - Azure $1M / Microsoft

11:22 - Cloud platform talk

18:08 - Coding agents / SDKs

29:06 - GPT-5.5 pricing debate

45:14 - OpenClaw workflows

01:12:37 - G Stack / G Brain01:29:00 - Dynamic UI / wrap-up

We need to talk about OpenAI May 01, 2026

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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/planetscale

00:00 Intro

04:05 Sam drunk tweets1

3:13 Anthropic billing woes

28:27 OpenAI divorce

42:34 GitHub can't stop dying

59:40 GPT-5.5 retrospective

Sources/references: https://x.com/sama/status/2046808114561974567

https://x.com/sama/status/2046808217133670800

https://x.com/sama/status/2048160404376105179

https://x.com/sama/status/2047403771416940715

https://x.com/om_patel5/status/2048204411986469232

https://x.com/MSFTnews/status/2048749108127506936

https://x.com/GergelyOrosz/status/2048834949667537369

https://x.com/theo/status/2047721472521621991

https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2049213597419774026

https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2047803291988590609

https://x.com/ryanflorence/status/2048538797638599109

https://x.com/davis7/status/2048239401059434710

https://x.com/davis7/status/2048077518725366173

https://x.com/badlogicgames/status/2048444292562026713

https://x.com/0xSero/status/2048744545853030690

We've been testing GPT-5.5 for a few weeks now... Apr 23, 2026

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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/depot

Coderabbit, the ultimate AI code reviewer: nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit

Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: nerdsnipe.link/clerk

TIMESTAMPS00:00:00 - Intro, vacation chaos, and episode setup

00:01:34 - Vercel hack explained and security fallout

00:05:38 - Kimi K2.6 and the rise of strong open-weight models

00:14:29 - Cursor + xAI/SpaceX partnership and acquisition option

00:37:24 - GPT Image 2 impressions, strengths, and flaws

00:43:53 - Anthropic Cloud Code Pro pricing controversy

00:49:30 - GPT-5.5 first impressions: split opinions

01:02:25 - Critiques of GPT-5.5 for coding, context, and prompting

01:22:02 - GPT-5.5 Pro

Theo gets conspiratorial about Anthropic Apr 22, 2026

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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...

We need to talk about gstack Apr 18, 2026

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Diving into Mythos, Claude reasoning, post-AI Uncle Bob, GStack,

Thank you to today's sponsors!

Coderabbit

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00:00:00 - Welcome to the TBPNN Show

00:02:50 - Anthropic's Mythos model

00:11:14 - Anthropic nerfed Claude's reasoning effort

00:14:20 - We should be scared of mythos

00:24:20 - Post-AI Uncle Bob

00:29:34 - Static Typing vs Dynamic Typing and Linting

00:36:23 - Claude Code Skills

00:40:49 - GStack is actually good

00:46:53 - Are we boiling in the ocean?

00:51:07 - Everything should be a md file

00:55:23 - Peace Out Nerds

Anthropic Can't Stop Making Mistakes Apr 09, 2026

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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!

Coderabbit

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Clerk

The auth platform we always either use, or regret not using: https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk