Slightly Caffeinated

Peru Beans, AI Doom, and Code Review Burden

September 19, 2026·40 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

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

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