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   E22 · 10 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

   Why AI Coding Made Me More Productive - And Less Happy | Dillon Mulroy

   Why did AI coding make Dillon Mulroy more productive and less happy? He stopped writing most of his own code after Claude Opus 4.5. Six months later he ships more than he ever has, still reads every line, and enjoys the work less. The small implementation hits that used to create flow are gone. The day is now one hard design problem after another, and that is more exhausting. Dillon is a principal engineer at Cloudflare. This episode answers what Cloudflare's May layoff of about 1,100 people looked like from inside, why lab-style agent loops are a poor default for most teams, and how he…

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   E21 · 13 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 39 min

   Dex Horthy - What Actually Gets You 2-3x With AI Coding

   You can't get 10x with AI coding. Not today. Dex Horthy (Human Layer) makes the case for 2-3x if you refuse to ship slop, and why a perfect spec still produces garbage if you give the model permission to skip quality. That permission is how you burn a codebase into ash. We get into context engineering, where AI coding actually fails, why PR review is the bottleneck, how to use specs without worshipping them, cheap models vs Opus, compaction and sub-agents, and what to tell a 20-year engineer who is not living on Twitter. Dex is the founder of Human Layer. https://humanlayer.dev

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   E20 · 30 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

   How To Ship Real Code With AI (Not Junk) ft. David Cramer

   Everyone is selling 100x developer productivity, but David Cramer runs production software at Sentry and says LLMs are not making his own work faster. We talk about what actually holds up when AI meets real codebases, security review, open source economics, and why verification beats generation.

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   E19 · 12 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

   Faster Isn't Better — Mario Zechner on Everything AI Made Us Forget (creator of Pi)

   Mario Zechner has watched people generate 500,000 lines of code in a week with a swarm of agents. He'll tell you exactly how that ends.Mario is the creator of Pi, the minimal, self-modifying coding agent that took off after Claude Code stopped fitting his workflow. He now builds it alongside Armin Ronacher at Earendil. This one is a grumpy, honest conversation about where AI coding is actually heading, and the places the hype quietly falls apart.We get into:- Why "code is never free," and how a lot of today's productivity just delays the bill- The case that spec-driven development is…

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   E18 · 22 May 2026 · 55 min

   A Google Engineer's Honest Take on AI, Angular, and the Future of Your Career

   In this episode, I sit down with Minko Gechev — Google Engineer, former Angular team lead, and one of the most thoughtful voices on AI and developer productivity.We get into why AI won't replace engineers anytime soon (and what that actually means for your career), how Google's Angular team is affected by AI, the security risks of the current AI coding wave, and the single most valuable skill developers should be building right now.If you're a developer trying to figure out where you fit in the age of AI, I hope this one helps you.Connect with Minko:X/Twitter:…

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   E16 · 12 Sep 2025 · 52 min

   Why CSS is Now the Fastest-Moving Space in Web Development (with Una Kravets)

   Why CSS is Now the Fastest-Moving Space in Web Development (with Una Kravets)While everyone's talking about AI disrupting development, Una Kravets from Google Chrome reveals a surprising twist: CSS has quietly become the fastest-evolving part of web development. In this conversation, Una breaks down how features that required months of JavaScript engineering are now landing as native platform capabilities. Think customizable dropdowns, anchor positioning, and scroll-driven animations. She shares insights from working directly with Chromium engineers and explains why senior developer…

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   E15 · 29 Aug 2025 · 1 hr 7 min

   Writing a Web Browser in 2025 (with Andreas Kling)

   What does it take to build a web browser when everyone says it's impossible? In this episode, we sit down with Andreas Kling, the engineer behind Ladybird—the only major browser project that doesn't take money from Google.Andreas breaks down a uncomfortable truth: Google funds every major browser through search deals. Chrome, Firefox, Safari—they're all dependent on Google's advertising revenue. Ladybird is building the first truly independent alternative since the early Firefox days.We dive deep into the technical challenges of implementing web standards from scratch, why their 700,000…

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   E14 · 22 Aug 2025 · 54 min

   From Discord Helper to OSS Maintainer (w/ Dominik Dorfmeister)

   What does it take to accidentally become the maintainer of one of React's most popular libraries? In this episode, we sit down with Dominik Dorfmeister (aka. TkDodo), maintainer of React Query (now TanStack Query), to unpack his unexpected journey from answering Discord questions during COVID to maintaining a library with 10 million weekly downloads.Dominik reveals how spending months just helping people on Discord led to becoming a core maintainer of the TanStack ecosystem. We dive deep into React Query's stability-first approach, the challenges of managing breaking changes across multiple…

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   E13 · 11 Aug 2025 · 35 min

   Andrii Sherman: Breaking ORM Barriers with Drizzle

   What does it take to build one of the fastest-growing database ORMs from scratch? In this episode, we sit down with Andrii Sherman, co-founder of Drizzle, to unpack their philosophy: "If you know SQL, you know Drizzle."Andrii breaks down why their "headless ORM" approach is winning over developers frustrated with traditional ORMs. We dive deep into Drizzle's smart migration system, the growing ecosystem (DrizzleKit, DrizzleStudio), and how they've built a sustainable business model around open source with a 15-person team—all while working from Ukraine.From SQL template tags to building…

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    E12 · 4 Aug 2025 · 47 min

    How JavaScript Really Evolves: Inside TC39 with Daniel Ehrenberg

    Ever wondered who actually decides how JavaScript evolves? In this episode, Jan-Niklas Wortmann sits down with Daniel Ehrenberg, President of Ecma International and long-time TC39 contributor, talking about how the language evolves—from vague idea to official spec.We unpack how proposals move through the stages, the philosophy behind JavaScript’s gradual evolution, and why some ideas never make it into the spec. From syntax debates to ecosystem pressures and the role of Babel, bundlers, and browser vendors—this conversation gives you a rare inside look at how your favorite language…