Members of Technical Staff

Atlas Media Labs

Welcome to Members of Technical Staff: week-after-week of prestige narration from the hotbed of San Francisco tech culture. Featuring founders, funders, and fanatics, join Jayden (@creatine_cycle) and friends as they chronicle the culture, scandal, and humourlessness of the most important city of the 21st century.

  1. 2D AGO

    San Francisco Social Interactions

    I had both @baelentina_ and @NicoleSHsing over for some tea and to discuss different social interactions you might experience in San Francisco. We broke them down into four main categories: - networking - parties - confrontation - dating Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Blackbox AI is an AI-powered software development platform designed to help developers and non-developers build, test, fix, and deploy code and applications faster and with less manual effort than traditional tools.Superpower is a modern health platform that gives you a complete, data-driven view of your body in one place. From advanced blood testing and biomarker tracking to personalized insights and action plans, Superpower helps you understand what’s actually going on under the hood and what to do about it. Built for people who want to take their health seriously without guessing, spreadsheets, or fragmented care. Zo is an intelligent cloud computer that brings your files, tools, and AI into one persistent workspace, letting you build personal apps, automations, and projects that actually understand your full context.Morph is the better way to apply AI code edits. Merge LLM changes into your code and files - at 10,500+ tokens per second. 98% accurate + 2x faster than search-and-replace.

    58 min

  2. APR 3

    🚨 Emergency Pod 🚨 TBPN Acquired by OpenAI, with Theo Browne and Ben Davis

    I visited Theo Browne and Ben Davis to break down the monumental TBPN OpenAI acquisition and what this means for all of our favorite buzzwords like new media and AI and technology and culture and such. Theo thinks I tried too hard writing this but I'm posting it anyways. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Blackbox AI is an AI-powered software development platform designed to help developers and non-developers build, test, fix, and deploy code and applications faster and with less manual effort than traditional tools.Superpower is a modern health platform that gives you a complete, data-driven view of your body in one place. From advanced blood testing and biomarker tracking to personalized insights and action plans, Superpower helps you understand what’s actually going on under the hood and what to do about it. Built for people who want to take their health seriously without guessing, spreadsheets, or fragmented care. Zo is an intelligent cloud computer that brings your files, tools, and AI into one persistent workspace, letting you build personal apps, automations, and projects that actually understand your full context.Morph is the better way to apply AI code edits. Merge LLM changes into your code and files - at 10,500+ tokens per second. 98% accurate + 2x faster than search-and-replace.

    47 min

  3. MAR 26

    Getting Jacked in San Franisco

    Due to popular demand I sat down for 40 minutes by myself and talked about my arms (very normal) and where to train in San Francisco.  Also this is a call out to startups: ad space on my arms are for sale and i believe will become some of the most valuable real estate in San Francisco. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Blackbox AI is an AI-powered software development platform designed to help developers and non-developers build, test, fix, and deploy code and applications faster and with less manual effort than traditional tools.Superpower is a modern health platform that gives you a complete, data-driven view of your body in one place. From advanced blood testing and biomarker tracking to personalized insights and action plans, Superpower helps you understand what’s actually going on under the hood and what to do about it. Built for people who want to take their health seriously without guessing, spreadsheets, or fragmented care. Zo is an intelligent cloud computer that brings your files, tools, and AI into one persistent workspace, letting you build personal apps, automations, and projects that actually understand your full context.Morph is the better way to apply AI code edits. Merge LLM changes into your code and files - at 10,500+ tokens per second. 98% accurate + 2x faster than search-and-replace.

    42 min

  4. MAR 18

    San Francisco Side Quests and Goth ABGs

    The weather in SF has been perfect so @NicoleSHsing (summer is literally in her name) and I set up on a park bench directly in the wind and talked about different side quests in SF and goth ABGs. Everything from robot fighting to drone slaying. This is super serious media. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Blackbox AI is an AI-powered software development platform designed to help developers and non-developers build, test, fix, and deploy code and applications faster and with less manual effort than traditional tools.Superpower is a modern health platform that gives you a complete, data-driven view of your body in one place. From advanced blood testing and biomarker tracking to personalized insights and action plans, Superpower helps you understand what’s actually going on under the hood and what to do about it. Built for people who want to take their health seriously without guessing, spreadsheets, or fragmented care. Zo is an intelligent cloud computer that brings your files, tools, and AI into one persistent workspace, letting you build personal apps, automations, and projects that actually understand your full context.Morph is the better way to apply AI code edits. Merge LLM changes into your code and files - at 10,500+ tokens per second. 98% accurate + 2x faster than search-and-replace.

    30 min

  5. MAR 13

    An Update on the World of Peptides, with Max Marchione

    Since @maxmarchione and I last spoke a bunch of things have happened in the world of peptides from RFK's reclassification to Andrew Huberman posting to people discovering that bodybuilders got there first (bodybuilders drive the culture). So max and I caught up once again to cover all of this. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Blackbox AI is an AI-powered software development platform designed to help developers and non-developers build, test, fix, and deploy code and applications faster and with less manual effort than traditional tools.Superpower is a modern health platform that gives you a complete, data-driven view of your body in one place. From advanced blood testing and biomarker tracking to personalized insights and action plans, Superpower helps you understand what’s actually going on under the hood and what to do about it. Built for people who want to take their health seriously without guessing, spreadsheets, or fragmented care. Zo is an intelligent cloud computer that brings your files, tools, and AI into one persistent workspace, letting you build personal apps, automations, and projects that actually understand your full context.Morph is the better way to apply AI code edits. Merge LLM changes into your code and files - at 10,500+ tokens per second. 98% accurate + 2x faster than search-and-replace.

    35 min

  6. MAR 5

    The Politics of Tech and AI, with Noah Smith

    Yesterday I visited @Noahpinion for some tea, to play with rabbits and to get political. From the tech right to old twitter vs Elon twitter to Anthropic vs DoW, we talked about the politics of tech and AI and where it might be headed Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Blackbox AI is an AI-powered software development platform designed to help developers and non-developers build, test, fix, and deploy code and applications faster and with less manual effort than traditional tools.Superpower is a modern health platform that gives you a complete, data-driven view of your body in one place. From advanced blood testing and biomarker tracking to personalized insights and action plans, Superpower helps you understand what’s actually going on under the hood and what to do about it. Built for people who want to take their health seriously without guessing, spreadsheets, or fragmented care. Zo is an intelligent cloud computer that brings your files, tools, and AI into one persistent workspace, letting you build personal apps, automations, and projects that actually understand your full context.Morph is the better way to apply AI code edits. Merge LLM changes into your code and files - at 10,500+ tokens per second. 98% accurate + 2x faster than search-and-replace.

    44 min

  7. FEB 26

    The AI Anxietification of San Francisco

    @ashebytes and I have decided that everyone needs to get offline, find some hobbies and go touch some grass (and a woman in my case) in order to overcome this wave of AI-induced anxiety. In this episode of MOTS we address the doom and crazyposting, propose solutions and take a trip to the mall. Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Blackbox AI is an AI-powered software development platform designed to help developers and non-developers build, test, fix, and deploy code and applications faster and with less manual effort than traditional tools.Superpower is a modern health platform that gives you a complete, data-driven view of your body in one place. From advanced blood testing and biomarker tracking to personalized insights and action plans, Superpower helps you understand what’s actually going on under the hood and what to do about it. Built for people who want to take their health seriously without guessing, spreadsheets, or fragmented care. Zo is an intelligent cloud computer that brings your files, tools, and AI into one persistent workspace, letting you build personal apps, automations, and projects that actually understand your full context.Morph is the better way to apply AI code edits. Merge LLM changes into your code and files - at 10,500+ tokens per second. 98% accurate + 2x faster than search-and-replace.

    45 min

  8. FEB 23

    Are Software Engineers Screwed? with Sam Lambert

    I took a trip to the PlanetScale office last week to chat with @samlambert about a couple of under-discussed topics: - AI (heard it's a big deal) - Anxiety - Are software engineers screwed? I have a feeling this MOTS extra will calm a lot of people down Watch on X; listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sponsors Blackbox AI is an AI-powered software development platform designed to help developers and non-developers build, test, fix, and deploy code and applications faster and with less manual effort than traditional tools.Superpower is a modern health platform that gives you a complete, data-driven view of your body in one place. From advanced blood testing and biomarker tracking to personalized insights and action plans, Superpower helps you understand what’s actually going on under the hood and what to do about it. Built for people who want to take their health seriously without guessing, spreadsheets, or fragmented care. Zo is an intelligent cloud computer that brings your files, tools, and AI into one persistent workspace, letting you build personal apps, automations, and projects that actually understand your full context.Morph is the better way to apply AI code edits. Merge LLM changes into your code and files - at 10,500+ tokens per second. 98% accurate + 2x faster than search-and-replace.

    26 min
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Welcome to Members of Technical Staff: week-after-week of prestige narration from the hotbed of San Francisco tech culture. Featuring founders, funders, and fanatics, join Jayden (@creatine_cycle) and friends as they chronicle the culture, scandal, and humourlessness of the most important city of the 21st century.

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  • Creator
    Atlas Media Labs
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Members of Technical Staff
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