Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben

We (mostly) like Claude Opus 4.8 03.06.2026 1h 15min

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/clerkSOURCEShttps://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/206040869694597563100:00 - Shower Thoughts02:44 - Deep SWE Benchmark10:45 - Opus vs GPT-5.519:57 - Anthropic’s Huge Raise25:39 - Token Maxing40:02 - AI Slot Machine43:49 - Claude Code Friction50:01 - Opus, Mythos, and Safety

Google is Not a Serious Company 28.05.2026 1h 22min

Not only did Google accidentally ban Railway's account, but their new flagship model Gemini 3.5 Flash is absurdly bad. Oh and apparently Theo's building his own cloud...Thank you Macroscope and GT for sponsoring today's episode! Macroscope: ⁠nerdsnipe.link/macroscopeGeneral Translation: nerdsnipe.link/gtSOURCES⁠https://x.com/theo/status/2057359424378097823⁠⁠https://x.com/JustJake/status/2056881510939283776⁠⁠https://x.com/KorduGG/status/2059141337895604626⁠⁠https://x.com/unboringtech/status/2059144145273491610⁠TIMESTAMPS00:00 - Gemini fallout05:21 - Video gen10:10 - Google Cloud14:04 - Windsurf/Cursor25:10 - Manus/Meta30:00 - China lock-in35:00 - Cursor/xAI45:00 - Cloud workflows50:32 - Lakebed65:22 - Hermes/security

How the OpenClaw creator uses $1.3 million of tokens 20.05.2026 1h 9min

Peter, the creator of openclaw is apparently going through $1,300,000 worth of tokens every month. Seems like we're not using nearly enough tokens. Oh and the security psychosis is getting worse. (Anthropic is being bad again too)Thank you to today's sponsors!- AgentMail, email inboxes for your agents: nerdsnipe.link/agentmail- Clerk, the best experience for auth, orgs, billing, and more: nerdsnipe.link/clerkTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro02:44 - Token Spend06:47 - Token Future12:12 - Secure Agents22:50 - Anthropic Rules31:35 - Security39:36 - Token Tax49:49 - AI Psychosis59:47 - macOS01:01:43 - AI Video

Anthropic solved their compute problem by buying it from Elon? 14.05.2026 1h 36min

Anthropic seems to have finally solved their compute problems (kinda) by buying it from Elon, the security problem is getting so much worse, and apparently Bun's getting re-written in rust?Thank you to PostHog and Composio for sponsoring today's episode! - PostHog, the all in one suite of product tools: nerdsnipe.link/posthog- Composio, connect your agents to everything: nerdsnipe.link/composioSources/references: https://x.com/claudeai/status/2052060691893227611https://openai.com/index/elon-musk-wanted-an-openai-for-profit/#december-2018-elon-told-us-to-raise-billions-per-year-immediately-or-forget-ithttps://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2053391824702898475https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2051595933704761618https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2053047748191232310https://ze3tar.github.io/post-zcrx.htmlhttps://www.jefftk.com/p/ai-is-breaking-two-vulnerability-cultureshttps://x.com/thdxr/status/2053570581807722968https://x.com/badlogicgames/status/2052691176373805534 https://x.com/garrytan/status/2052996691586932783TIMESTAMPS00:00:00 - Anthropic/xAI00:08:59 - OpenAI Lawsuit00:25:40 - Bun in Rust00:34:34 - Security00:59:28 - Pottery Coding01:11:11 - Local Models

Theo Almost Lost $1 Million 06.05.2026 1h 47min

This week Theo nearly lost a million dollars and Ben got AI psychosis (from gstack)...Thank you to Coderabbit and Clerk for sponsoring today's episode! - Coderabbit, the ultimate AI code reviewer: ⁠nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit- Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: nerdsnipe.link/clerkSources/references: - https://x.com/theo/status/2014863266888233193- https://x.com/theo/status/2050305813894648289- https://x.com/theo/status/2050314995561611357- https://x.com/sama/status/2050671161915371998- https://x.com/davis7/status/2050718508372431026- https://x.com/thdxr/status/2050719575033983323- https://x.com/davis7/status/2050762009592148375- https://x.com/naval/status/2050560057675522500- https://x.com/theo/status/195222933541662359200:00 - Intro / studio return00:52 - Azure $1M / Microsoft11:22 - Cloud platform talk18:08 - Coding agents / SDKs29:06 - GPT-5.5 pricing debate45:14 - OpenClaw workflows01:12:37 - G Stack / G Brain01:29:00 - Dynamic UI / wrap-up

We need to talk about OpenAI 01.05.2026 1h 35min

OpenAI and Microsoft are breaking up, Sam's drunk posting, Anthropic is being stupid again, and we still disagree about GPT-5.5Thanks to this episode's sponsors: - Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk- Coderabbit, the ultimate AI code reviewer: ⁠https://nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit- PlanetScale, the fastest and most scalable cloud databases: https://nerdsnipe.link/planetscale00:00 Intro04:05 Sam drunk tweets13:13 Anthropic billing woes28:27 OpenAI divorce42:34 GitHub can't stop dying59:40 GPT-5.5 retrospectiveSources/references: https://x.com/sama/status/2046808114561974567https://x.com/sama/status/2046808217133670800https://x.com/sama/status/2048160404376105179https://x.com/sama/status/2047403771416940715https://x.com/om_patel5/status/2048204411986469232https://x.com/MSFTnews/status/2048749108127506936https://x.com/GergelyOrosz/status/2048834949667537369https://x.com/theo/status/2047721472521621991https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2049213597419774026https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2047803291988590609https://x.com/ryanflorence/status/2048538797638599109https://x.com/davis7/status/2048239401059434710https://x.com/davis7/status/2048077518725366173https://x.com/badlogicgames/status/2048444292562026713https://x.com/0xSero/status/2048744545853030690

We've been testing GPT-5.5 for a few weeks now... 23.04.2026 1h 44min

Anthropic month is finally over. We've got a ton to talk about: GPT-5.5 pre-release impressions, the Vercel hack, Cursor + xAI, Qwen models, Kimi k2.6, and so much more...Thank you to today's Sponsors!Depot, truly modern CI: nerdsnipe.link/depotCoderabbit, the ultimate AI code reviewer: nerdsnipe.link/coderabbitClerk, the auth platform with the best DX: nerdsnipe.link/clerkTIMESTAMPS00:00:00 - Intro, vacation chaos, and episode setup00:01:34 - Vercel hack explained and security fallout00:05:38 - Kimi K2.6 and the rise of strong open-weight models00:14:29 - Cursor + xAI/SpaceX partnership and acquisition option00:37:24 - GPT Image 2 impressions, strengths, and flaws00:43:53 - Anthropic Cloud Code Pro pricing controversy00:49:30 - GPT-5.5 first impressions: split opinions01:02:25 - Critiques of GPT-5.5 for coding, context, and prompting01:22:02 - GPT-5.5 Pro

Theo gets conspiratorial about Anthropic 22.04.2026 1h 4min

Really hope that Anthropic month is almost over. But at least for now we gotta talk about Opus 4.7, Claude Design, and much much more...Thank you to this episode's sponsor Clerk! The best DX in auth by a mile: https://nerdsnipe.link/clerkOur RSS feed: https://nerdsnipe.link/rssFollow on spotify and everywhere else you get your podcasts! https://nerdsnipe.link/podTIMESTAMPS00:00:00 Anthropic Again...00:07:30 T3 Code Banned?00:16:08 How Claude Caching Works00:24:00 Why Claude Seems Dumber00:38:03 The Conspiracies Begin...

We need to talk about gstack 18.04.2026 1h 1min

Diving into Mythos, Claude reasoning, post-AI Uncle Bob, GStack, Thank you to today's sponsors!CoderabbitThe AI code reviewer that deeply understands your codebase: ⁠https://nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit⁠ClerkThe auth platform we always either use, or regret not using: ⁠https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk00:00:00 - Welcome to the TBPNN Show00:02:50 - Anthropic's Mythos model00:11:14 - Anthropic nerfed Claude's reasoning effort00:14:20 - We should be scared of mythos00:24:20 - Post-AI Uncle Bob00:29:34 - Static Typing vs Dynamic Typing and Linting00:36:23 - Claude Code Skills00:40:49 - GStack is actually good00:46:53 - Are we boiling in the ocean?00:51:07 - Everything should be a md file00:55:23 - Peace Out Nerds

Anthropic Can't Stop Making Mistakes 09.04.2026 1h 21min

Talking about everything that went wrong with Anthropic last week (source code leak, rate limits, banning openclaw, and so much more) + our new favorite coding agent Pi.Thank you to this episode's sponsors!CoderabbitThe AI code reviewer that deeply understands your codebase: https://nerdsnipe.link/coderabbitClerkThe auth platform we always either use, or regret not using: https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk