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Big KRAZAM Announcement Feb 20, 2026

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Ben and Alexis join the show to talk about their new sketch comedy series, the creative chaos behind it, and what it actually takes to ship something big online. From quitting tech jobs to filming 12-hour shoot days, unreleased music videos, and creative mental breakdowns, this episode is a behind-the-scenes look at building something ambitious with friends.

It’s comedy, tech, risk, and a whole lot of “just make the thing.”

We used to be gamers Feb 14, 2026

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We used to be gamers… and honestly, we still kind of are.

In this special Standup episode, the crew skips the usual news cycle and just talks games: Terraria obsession, Slay the Spire addiction, Starcraft war stories, Pokémon Go team challenges, and the dangerous temptation of getting “back into it.” Expect chaos, nostalgia, and way too many side quests.

The AI Social Networks Have Skill Issues Feb 06, 2026

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This week on The Standup, the crew digs into the chaos of AI “skills,” agent tooling, and the growing security risks nobody seems to be paying attention to. From hallucinated commands spreading across GitHub to supply-chain nightmares and wild real-world examples, it’s a funny, slightly terrifying look at where AI tooling is headed. Laughs, hot takes, and a reality check for anyone letting agents run loose on their machine.

Luke talks RAM Pricing, Tech Youtube and LTT Developer hiring process Jan 29, 2026

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Thanks to this week's sponsor: Code Rabbit https://coderabbit.link/primeagen-vscode If you're tired of developers just replying with LGTM, then you NEED Code Rabbit. An actually useful application of AI where it can use your own rules, lints and more to provide instant feedback in your editor OR a review on Github.

This week we’re joined by Luke to break down why RAM prices are exploding, how AI and hyperscalers are reshaping the hardware market, and why consumers are getting left behind. We dig into DDR5, HBM, data centers, enterprise priorities, and what all of this means for your next PC upgrade—plus a few dumb jokes and hard truths along the way.

Scam Altman's Crypto Currency Jan 22, 2026

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Sam Altman’s “Worldcoin” is real… and somehow it’s even weirder than it sounds.

TJ walks the crew through the orb, iris scans, “proof of human,” and the pitch for AI-funded UBI.

We break down the funding, the rollout, the controversies, and why this all feels insanely ominous.

Plus: classic Standup chaos, conspiracy energy, and too many jokes about where the orb shouldn’t go.

Casey breaksdown AWS outage (Whiteboard Edition) Jan 13, 2026

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Casey breaks down the AWS outage in great detail with literally the coolest whiteboard demonstration you have ever seen.

Legendary Game Dev Jonathan Blow Jan 03, 2026

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Jon Blow shows up to the podcast and tells us all about the journey from Braid to his newest game, Order of the Sinking Star. We talk Jai, Braid and so much more. Hope you enjoy the episode!

Our Spiciest 2026 Predictions Jan 01, 2026

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We each give our best and spiciest predictions for 2026 - Amazon, AI, Tech, Hacks, and so much more are in this episode.

Hope you enjoy it, and enjoy the ad from our sponsor Code Rabbit! https://trm.sh/coderabbit

We gave $50,000 to Open Source! Dec 31, 2025

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Thanks to Planetscale for Open Source Santa this year! They gave us $30k to give away to open source projects we love, and so each of us picked a project we liked. We also gave some money from twitch chat, youtube chat and some final surprises! We hope you like the episode! Merry Christmas!!

The Secret of the AWS Outage Dec 30, 2025

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We finally figured out WHY AWS had their outage… Casey reveals the absolutely unhinged and crazy story.

00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:54 - Caseys Intro
00:01:15 - The Setup
00:02:55 - The Story
00:08:44 - The Post Mortem
00:12:11 - The Informants
00:14:10 - The Suspect
00:15:34 - The Code
00:20:33 - The Deal
00:23:05 - The Conclusion
00:24:37 - The Debrief
00:26:40 - Google Testing Utility Failure
00:28:43 - Production Code is Forever
00:40:10 - Outro

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