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by Chris Gmyr, TJ Miller
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- 3 weeks ago47 min
Chemex, Prism's Comeback, and Avocet Goes Live
Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller dig into Prism v0.101, built on a community fork, and why Prism still has a place next to the Laravel AI SDK. Chris shares Avocet's launch pricing and an AI system that turns his link backlog into a nightly briefing, comparing notes on keeping up with fast-moving AI tools.LinksAsk a question or suggest a topicPodcast: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyChris: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyTJ: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyReferences MentionedAvocet - Chris's meeting recorder, now fully launched at $59 a year with a 10 meeting trialHive - one of Chris's side projects moving forward, and the home for the AI meta projectJig - Chris's idea workbench, where the AI meta project idea came from7 Brew - the drive-through chain with lines down the road near TJ's houseChemex - what Chris broke out for a quiet Sunday cupPurity Coffee Aponte Inga Dark Roast - the darker roast back in Chris's subscription boxPrism v0.101.0 - TJ's catch-up release that closed 35 PRswishborn - maintained the community fork of Prism that the release is built onPrism community fork PR - the fork TJ merged and cherry picked fromLaravel AI SDK - Laravel's first-party AI package, and where Prism fits next to itPolar - the checkout and licensing service behind Avocet's launchKrisp - the meeting recorder Avocet replaced for both hostsSonari - TJ's local transcription app, and his therapist's interest in a HIPAA-friendly notes toolAI meta project post - Chris's post about the AI inbox and nightly briefingTodoist - where Chris dumps links for the AI meta project to pick up every hourClaude Code releases - one of the release feeds the meta project checks dailyCodex releases - the other release feed it checksClaude Haiku 5.5 - on a two-week trial for read-only sub-agent tasks to cut costs
- 4 weeks ago27 min
Fall Vibes, AI Evals, and Code Review Bots
TJ Miller and Chris Gmyr compare the AI code review bots they are each building at work, from fixture repos of real PRs to requiring a line of code behind every finding. TJ also shares the eval-driven wizard he built to turn source material into learning content, sharing insights on building AI systems you can test and trust.LinksAsk a question or suggest a topicPodcast: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyChris: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyTJ: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyReferences MentionedHive - Chris's orchestration frameworkGorillaz - the show TJ saw in DetroitDeltron 3030 - the opener and TJ's all-time favorite hip hop artistLuma Brighter Learning - where TJ is building the learning content wizard and the PR review botClaude Opus 5.5 - the model TJ wants to move the content wizard to, then rerun the evalsPrism - TJ's Laravel AI package, which needs updates before the model upgradeGitHub Copilot - the reviewer that caught real issues TJ's bot missed, and the inline comment style Chris wants to copyCodeRabbit - one of the review services both teams passed on in favor of building their ownAmazon Bedrock - where Chris's reviewer runs to keep code inside their own infrastructure
- Sep 26, 202647 min
New Models, Open Source Hive, and Avocet
Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller react to Opus 5.5 and the new GPT models, then dig into Hive going open source and how its profiles shape a lead and worker workflow. They also cover Avocet, a local meeting recorder, and two small tools for agent testing and side ideas.LinksAsk a question or suggest a topicPodcast: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyChris: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyTJ: Site | Twitter/X | BlueskyReferences MentionedSonari - TJ's transcription app, waiting on business and certificate decisions this weekHalcyon - TJ's notes app, stuck at the same inflection point as SonariFantasy Lake Adventure Park - the flooded quarry with inflatable obstacle courses Chris took the Scouts toClaude Opus 5.5 - the new lead model for both hostsIntroducing GPT-6 Sol and Luna - the OpenAI models from the same launch day, which Chris is testing as Hive workersHive - Chris's meta harness for Claude Code and Codex, now open source and on npm as @cmgmyr/hiveAvocet - Chris's local meeting recorder and transcriber, with a beta wish list sign-upKrisp - the meeting recorder both hosts moved off ofRiverside - where the podcast records, and its headphones setting for echo handlingTauri - how TJ ships Halcyon updatesSparkle - the native Swift update framework TJ is still working throughLinear - the keyboard-first feel Chris is chasing in AvocetNovelhood - Chris's book club app, where Lookover startedLookover - Chris's manual-testing queue for agents and one human testerCleanShot - the screenshot tool Chris pastes images from into LookoverJig - Chris's workbench for ideas, POCs, and long-running AI conversations
- Sep 19, 202640 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
- Sep 12, 202642 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
- Sep 5, 202641 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
- Aug 29, 202643 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/
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