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/2046808114561974567

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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!

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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

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,

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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

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.

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