Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben

Theo and Ben
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"The only dev podcast hosted by real devs" - Theo (not a real dev)

  1. 1d ago

    5 different models dropped last week & the GPT-5.6 usage limits are brutal

    This week Grok 4.5, Muse Spark 1.1, GPT-Live, and GPT 5.6 all dropped. ⁠Theo⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Ben⁠⁠ break down which models you should care about, how OpenAI fumbled the Codex to ChatGPT app transition, the abysmal usage numbers for 5.6, and the latest drama surrounding OpenAI and Sam Altman. Plus, how many satellites would it take to trap humanity on Earth, and how many data centers to heat up the ocean? Thank you to this episode's sponsors: Composio & WorkOs. https://nerdsnipe.link/composiohttps://nerdsnipe.link/workos Sources available on Substack: https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/

  2. 6d ago

    We Tested GPT 5.6 Sol Early

    We've spent six figures in tokens testing OpenAI's 5.6 Sol model to see whether if its better than Fable and what OpenAI have done to make it even better than 5.5. Also, we breakdown why we both moved our agents to Linux boxes, how to actually burn $65k on a single loop, and the Codex vs Claude Code subagent gap that's now bigger than the model gap itself. Thanks to this episode's sponsors Clerk and General Translation: Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: https://nerdsnipe.link/clerkGeneral Translation: https://nerdsnipe.link/gt Sources Available on our Substack: https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/

  3. Jul 8

    Fable Is Back...kinda?

    Fable was supposed to give us 14 days and instead we got 3 before the export ban. Now it's back at half the rate limits. Also, we break down why AI-generated Claude Code skills fall apart, what actually triggers Fable-to-Opus rerouting, the Mythos export-control timeline, and whether GLM 5.2 can really touch Sonnet 5. Thank you to PostHog for sponsoring today's episode! PostHog, all in one suite of product tools: ⁠https://nerdsnipe.link/posthog Sources available on our Substack: https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/

  4. Jun 30

    GPT-5.6 is here! And none of us can use it.

    A new "government-approved rollout" for GPT-5.6 is coming, and it's got us wondering: are we entering the next dark age of AI model access? Additionally, we break down the launch of T3 Code x Grok CLI, Apple's price hikes, the memory supply crunch driving RAM and SSD costs up, a repo-poisoning and AI PR spam wave hitting open source, the GPT-5.6 non-launch, and what frontier model access looks like in a Fable/Mythos-tier world. Thank you to Composio for sponsoring this episode! Composio, connect your agents to everything: https://nerdsnipe.link/composio Sources Available on our Substack: https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/

  5. Jun 24

    The US Government Banned Claude Fable 5...

    The US government banned Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models just after launch so we break down exactly how Project Glass Wing, a panicked AWS engineer, and Dario's failure to communicate with Washington triggered the chaos. Plus: SpaceX's $60B Cursor acquisition, GLM 5.2 beating Google, the Codex trick for running 200 parallel agents, and why your next GPU will ship with a GPS tracker Thank you to Composio and WorkOS for sponsoring this episode! Composio, connect your agents to everything: https://nerdsnipe.link/composioWorkOS, your enterprise ready solution: https://nerdsnipe.link/workos Sources Available on our Substack: https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/

  6. Jun 15

    Our impressions of Claude Fable/Mythos (we filmed this before the ban)

    RIP Fable 5. We recorded this before it got taken offline, but it's still worth talking about. The model is incredible. We really miss it. Thank you, Firecrawl, Depot, and Clerk for sponsoring! Firecrawl, the best api for searching and crawling the web: nerdsnipe.link/firecrawlDepot, better CI in every way: nerdsnipe.link/depotClerk, the best dx in auth: nerdsnipe.link/clerk Sources https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2043177597434306699https://cognition.ai/blog/frontier-codehttps://x.com/paradite_/status/2064585901351792887https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/d00db56fa754a1b115b6dd7cb2e3c342ee809620.pdf (page 13 has the “prompt modification” quote)https://www.anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement Timestamps 0:00 Intro3:29 Fable First Impressions10:24 Benchmark Drama26:42 Claude Code & Workflows36:07 Pricing & June 22 Cutoff39:54 Data Retention45:58 Hidden Safeguards1:07:01 The Claude Constitution

  7. Jun 10

    Now even Google's buying GPUs from SpaceX?

    Cloudflare buys Void0, Google buying up compute from xAI, and Claude seems to be getting more anxious so we're here to break down everything this week on another episode of Nerd Snipe! Thank you to Composio for sponsoring today's episode! Composio, connect your agents to everything: https://nerdsnipe.link/composio Sources: https://x.com/vite_js/status/2062525206158078047https://x.com/EdLudlow/status/2062970770612199542https://x.com/nrehiew_/status/2063099050719846719https://www.reddit.com/r/EconomyCharts/comments/1lp34n4/china_vs_us_energy/https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1963443919150330139https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/2062568862479208923https://x.com/HSVSphere/status/2060396271756595666https://x.com/theo/status/2061018426152530232https://x.com/Teknium/status/2062522290504613944 01:58 Cloudflare vs Vercel 13:03 Convex angle 19:59 SpaceX compute 35:49 AI self-improvement 44:45 Article reactions 50:28 Claude anxiety 57:42 Guardrails 01:08:21 Cursed image gen 01:19:18 Hermes agents

  8. Jun 3

    We (mostly) like Claude Opus 4.8

    Opus 4.8 + a ton of new stuff in Claude Code dropped this week, and we actually kinda like it. There's also a new benchmark that's actually good, and we have a lot of thoughts about the future of these AI labs... Thank you PostHog and Clerk for sponsoring! PostHog, the all in one suite of product tools: nerdsnipe.link/posthogClerk, the best dx in auth: nerdsnipe.link/clerk SOURCES https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8https://x.com/theo/status/2060120708815139241https://x.com/Baconbrix/status/2060065875911422343⁠https://x.com/zoink/status/2060769829133721974https://x.com/maria_rcks/status/2060937270824153251https://x.com/_catwu/status/2060054180379689074https://x.com/datacurve/status/2060834005998793199https://deepswe.datacurve.ai/https://deepswe.datacurve.ai/blog#resultshttps://github.com/scaleapi/SWE-agent/blob/402a7b8fdac8193f3f255bb53859ba274234f596/config/benchmarks/anthropic_filemap_multilingual.yamlhttps://deepswe.datacurve.ai/https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/2060061347522433422https://x.com/theo/status/2060199299632472494https://x.com/theo/status/2060901326058561795https://x.com/38twelveDaily/status/2060408696945975631 00:00 - Shower Thoughts 02:44 - Deep SWE Benchmark 10:45 - Opus vs GPT-5.5 19:57 - Anthropic’s Huge Raise 25:39 - Token Maxing 40:02 - AI Slot Machine 43:49 - Claude Code Friction 50:01 - Opus, Mythos, and Safety

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