1018: Google fires Workspace CLI Creator

Google fires the engineer behind its Workspace CLI tool, OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 with three new model tiers, and Astro 7 lands with a full Rust rewrite. Plus: Coinbase cuts token costs with smarter routing, and more in this week’s Syntax Live

Show Notes

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:34 Welcome to Syntax!
• 01:46 Google fires Workspace CLI Creator
• 12:30 GPT 5.6 Is Coming
• 19:59 GLM 5.2 Released
• 23:23 Astro 7 Rust Re-write
• 32:46 Cursor Announces iOS App
• 35:08 Scott’s Workflow: Herdr + Mosh + Termius + Tailscale
• 40:33 Coinbase Reduces AI Cost with Model Routing
• 44:22 wayfinder-router - Local AI Routing CLI
• 48:16 Token efficiency in models and harnesses
  • Martin Woodward on X
• 52:34 performativeUI - react components for AI startups
• 54:31 Brought to you by Sentry.io
• 55:21 Reachy Mini Robot
• 01:02:21 FUTO Keyboard Swipe for Android
• 01:05:40 CSS Quake
• 01:07:35 HTML Invoker API is Baseline Available
• 01:13:17 Cloudflare Temporary Accounts for AI Agents

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