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by Chris Gmyr, TJ Miller
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- 2 days ago40 min
Peru Beans, AI Doom, and Code Review Burden
TJ Miller and Chris Gmyr get into the week's AI doom and gloom, from the Hugging Face incident to calls for regulation, before turning to a problem hitting their teams right now. They compare notes on automated code review, adversarial reviewers that never stop finding issues, and the evals it takes to tune them.LinksAsk a question or suggest a topicPodcast: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyChris: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyTJ: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyReferences MentionedESP32 - the Wi-Fi controller chip TJ is wiring his shelf LED strips toSonari - TJ's transcription app, with beta invites going out from the mailing list next weekHalcyon - TJ's notes app, the other project he spun back up this weekMt. Comfort Coffee Peru Medium Roast - the 2.5 pound Costco bag TJ and his wife are lovingBizzy Espresso Blend Cold Brew - Chris's replacement espresso cold brewAnthropic researcher resigns with a warning - Jacob Coxon's resignation that kicked off the week's AI safety newsOpenAI and Hugging Face incident - the containment failure both hosts point toCal Newport: Anthropic Just Threatened to Kill Billions of People - Cal's recap and take on the resignationThe Diary of a CEO - the podcast where TJ heard a former OpenAI forecaster describe the race to self-improving AIGitHub Copilot - the org-wide reviewer Chris syncs Claude rules intoAmazon Bedrock - what Chris's AI reviewer workflow runs onCodeRabbit - the AI review tool TJ wants to study for ideas
- 1 weeks ago42 min
Laptop Rescue, Rig, and Decision Fatigue
Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller walk through TJ's laptop locking up past safe mode, how Claude helped him rescue his work over a shared disk, and the agent state he forgot to save. They also cover Chris's Rig beta at work, off-site backups, and dotfiles, sharing insights on what to protect when your tools keep state for you.LinksAsk a question or suggest a topicPodcast: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyChris: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyTJ: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyReferences MentionedLocalStack - how Rig runs one local DynamoDB instance with a table per serviceNovelhood - Chris's book club app, one of the side projects waiting on usage resetsHalcyon - TJ's notes app, where Fable 5.1 as the Hive lead turned the sync build aroundOpenCode - TJ's idea for running GPT models with a rule file extensionPi - one of the harnesses Chris named as a base for a Rula engineering harnessPurity Coffee Sacred Cups Star Coffee - the honey processed Starday bag Chris finishedBear - where TJ was writing therapy homework when the laptop frozePrism - one of the repos TJ rescued off the frozen diskSonari - TJ's transcription app, rescued with its in-progress worktreesDotbot - how TJ rebuilt his machine in 45 minutes and keeps work and personal setups in syncHomebrew - what Dotbot reinstalls on a fresh machineSetapp - part of TJ's rebuild scriptBackblaze - Chris's off-site backup instead of Time MachineSkate - Charm's encrypted key value store TJ uses to keep secrets out of his dotfilesPHP Tek - TJ's first 2027 talk submissionLaracon US - TJ will be there and might submitLaracon AU - TJ's top speaking goal for the year
- 2 weeks ago41 min
Starday Coffee, Book Club App, and Tauri vs Swift
TJ Miller and Chris Gmyr talk through Novelhood, the book club app Chris is building with his wife, and how stacking design skills got him to a version that works for readers from 20 to 80. TJ shares where Sonari stands ahead of launch, including a listener DM that has him chasing custom speech models for people with speech impediments, exploring what accessible AI tooling could look like.LinksAsk a question or suggest a topicPodcast: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyChris: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyTJ: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyReferences MentionedPurity Coffee Sacred Cups Star Coffee - the honey processed Starday bag with the galaxy packagingNorth Meet South 199 - the crossover episode on vetting vibe-coded contributionsLovable - what Zillow hands to non-technical people for prototypingNovelhood - Chris's book club management app, wait list openOpen Library - the book data behind Novelhood's title searchBookshop.org - the planned way for clubs to send book sales to a local bookstoreSonari - TJ's local-only Mac transcription appHalcyon - TJ's markdown notes app, built on TauriTauri - the framework TJ recommends over raw Swift for Mac appsSparkle - the update framework TJ is wiring into SonariPolar license keys - how TJ plans to handle Sonari licensingWhisperKit - the on-device models TJ would fine-tune for speech impediments
- 3 weeks ago43 min
Usage Limits, Codex in Hive, and a Week-Long Sync Build
Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller dig into Anthropic's expiring 50% usage bump, why both of them swapped their Hive lead from Opus to Fable, and Chris's work bringing Codex into Hive as a first-class harness. TJ shares a week-long unattended build of Halcyon's git-style sync engine, sharing insights on where agent orchestration is actually paying off.Ask a question, suggest a topichttps://slightlycaffeinated.fm/ask-a-questionPodcasthttps://slightlycaffeinated.fmhttps://bsky.app/profile/slightlycaffeinated.fmhttps://x.com/slightlycaffpodChrishttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisgmyr.devhttps://x.com/cmgmyrhttps://chrisgmyr.devTJhttps://bsky.app/profile/tjmiller.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/heytjmillerhttps://www.tjmiller.meReferences Mentionedhttps://www.halcyonnotes.com/https://opencode.ai/https://openclaw.ai/
- Aug 22, 202641 min
Hive, Halcyon Notes, and Shipping Real Products
TJ Miller and Chris Gmyr dig into Hive, the tmux-based agent orchestration tool Chris built to replace Solo, from profiles and runbooks to the optional dashboard. They also cover TJ's Halcyon notes app, his new local dictation app Sonari, and the app store compliance maze, sharing insights on turning side projects into real products.Ask a question, suggest a topichttps://slightlycaffeinated.fm/ask-a-questionPodcasthttps://slightlycaffeinated.fmhttps://bsky.app/profile/slightlycaffeinated.fmhttps://x.com/slightlycaffpodChrishttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisgmyr.devhttps://x.com/cmgmyrhttps://chrisgmyr.devTJhttps://bsky.app/profile/tjmiller.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/heytjmillerhttps://www.tjmiller.meReferences Mentionedhttps://x.com/samsappenfield1https://x.com/abbygilson28/status/2089384180597817553https://soloterm.com/https://www.halcyonnotes.com/https://www.sonari.audio/
- Aug 8, 202644 min
Boston Coffee, Just Use Laravel, and Vim in Your Vault
Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller recap Laracon Boston, from the talks and the community response to TJ's post about stepping away, to Laravel Cloud expanding beyond PHP. They also get into the native markdown note-taking app TJ started building with Tauri and React, sharing insights on picking a stack, pricing a first product, and working at the edge of your experience.Ask a question, suggest a topichttps://slightlycaffeinated.fm/ask-a-questionPodcasthttps://slightlycaffeinated.fmhttps://bsky.app/profile/slightlycaffeinated.fmhttps://x.com/slightlycaffpodChrishttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisgmyr.devhttps://x.com/cmgmyrhttps://chrisgmyr.devTJhttps://bsky.app/profile/tjmiller.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/heytjmillerhttps://www.tjmiller.meReferences Mentionedhttps://www.enderlycoffee.com/product/brazilhttps://mostlytechnical.com/https://www.tjmiller.me/posts/where-ive-been/https://laracon.us/https://www.halcyonnotes.com
- Jul 25, 202638 min
Caffeine Cutbacks, Agent Orchestration, and Content Wizards
TJ Miller and Chris Gmyr catch up after a summer break on family trips, caffeine cutbacks, and getting back into side projects. They compare notes on using Fable for PRDs and code review, cross-provider tooling like Codex and OpenCode, and TJ's new AI content-creation project at Luma.Ask a question, suggest a topichttps://slightlycaffeinated.fm/ask-a-questionPodcasthttps://slightlycaffeinated.fmhttps://bsky.app/profile/slightlycaffeinated.fmhttps://x.com/slightlycaffpodChrishttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisgmyr.devhttps://x.com/cmgmyrhttps://chrisgmyr.devTJhttps://bsky.app/profile/tjmiller.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/heytjmillerhttps://www.tjmiller.meReferences Mentionedhttps://laracon.us/https://pureintentionscoffee.com/products/porchlight-medium-roast?variant=39919760277570https://tokentown.com/https://mostlytechnical.com/https://soloterm.com/https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fablehttps://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6/
- Jun 13, 202639 min
New Grinder, Solo, and AI Burnout
Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller catch up on dead coffee grinders and summer plans, then dig into Chris's experience with Aaron Francis's Solo and its orchestrator-agent workflow. They close with an honest talk about AI burnout, brain fatigue, and stepping outside to touch grass.Ask a question, suggest a topichttps://slightlycaffeinated.fm/ask-a-questionPodcasthttps://slightlycaffeinated.fmhttps://bsky.app/profile/slightlycaffeinated.fmhttps://x.com/slightlycaffpodChrishttps://bsky.app/profile/chrisgmyr.devhttps://x.com/cmgmyrhttps://chrisgmyr.devTJhttps://bsky.app/profile/tjmiller.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/heytjmillerhttps://www.tjmiller.meReferences Mentionedhttps://www.amazon.com/Aromaster-Settings-Stainless-Adjustable-Anti-static/dp/B0G6D2G1RXBaratza Encore https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007F183LKBaratza Virtuoso+ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QMY8GLXhttps://soloterm.com/https://mostlytechnical.com/
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