Episode 22
Slop Forking Git with Pi, Opus Can't Stop Complimenting GPT-5.4, React Slides Kill PowerPoint, and OpenAI Buys Astral for How Much?!
You've Been a Bad Agent · Wilhelm Klopp & Matt Carey
March 20, 20261h 22m
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Show Notes
- Song lyrics vs content rules: how models help you route around their own restrictions
- Pi auto-research: Matt slop forks libgit2 into pure Zig, 46% faster than the Rust version
- The second opinion workflow: why Opus keeps complimenting GPT-5.4's architecture reviews
- Dwarkesh × Semi-Analysis: why we're massively GPU-constrained and ASML only makes 60 machines a year
- Cursor's pivot to background agents: from IDE hype to existential crisis
- Work trees vs separate clones: Matt's /work slash command workflow
- Building from the gym: the Mac Mini agent loop and why Wilhelm takes longer rest periods now
- Agents Anonymous meetup: Parakeet speech-to-text in 700ms, Steve Faulkner's vibe slides
- React slides > Google Slides: Matt's interactive presentation with live code demos
- Composer 2 is secretly Kimi K2.5: the modified MIT license drama
- Astral acquired by OpenAI for how much?!: is the VC → open source → acqui-hire flywheel the future?
- Anthropic's 81K interviews: everyone's both excited and worried, and less-Western countries are more bullish
https://www.anthropic.com/features/81k-interviews
Topics
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