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AI Podcasts

December 23, 2025

Continual System Prompt Learning for Code Agents – Aparna Dhinakaran, Arize

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from model-centric to loop-centric development. Performance is now a function of the feedback cycle rather than just the weights of the frontier model.
  2. Implement an LLM-as-a-judge step that outputs a "Reason for Failure" field. Feed this string directly into a meta-prompt to update your agent's system instructions automatically.
  3. Static prompts are technical debt. Teams that build automated systems to iterate on their agent's instructions will outpace those waiting for the next model training run.
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December 23, 2025

Developer Experience in the Age of AI Coding Agents – Max Kanat-Alexander, Capital One

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: The transition from writing to reviewing as the primary engineering activity. As agents generate more code, the human role moves from creator to editor.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Build CLIs for every internal tool to give agents a native text interface. This increases accuracy and speed compared to visual automation.
  3. The Bottom Line: Developer experience is the infrastructure for AI. Investing in clean code and fast feedback loops is the only way to ensure AI productivity gains do not decay over the next 12 months.
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December 23, 2025

Small Bets, Big Impact Building GenBI at a Fortune 100 – Asaf Bord, Northwestern Mutual

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: The transition from "Human-in-the-loop" to "Agent-as-the-interface" for enterprise data.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Audit your metadata quality now because LLM accuracy is a direct function of your documentation.
  3. The Bottom Line: Success in enterprise AI is not about the biggest model but about the smallest, most frequent wins that build institutional trust.
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December 24, 2025

METR's Benchmarks vs Economics: The AI capability measurement gap – Joel Becker, METR

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Capability-Productivity Gap. We are entering a period where model intelligence outpaces our ability to integrate it into high stakes production.
  2. Audit your stack. Identify tasks where "good enough" generation is a win versus high context tasks where AI is currently a net negative.
  3. Do not mistake a climbing benchmark for a finished product. For the next year, the biggest wins are not in smarter models but in better verification loops.
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December 24, 2025

PhD Bodybuilder Predicts The Future of AI (97% Certain) [Dr. Mike Israetel]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from simple Large Language Models to Reasoning Models marks the end of the stochastic parrot era.
  2. Build agentic workflows that utilize high-context windows for recursive problem solving.
  3. We are moving toward a world where intelligence is a commodity. Your value will shift from knowing things to directing outcomes over the next 12 months.
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December 22, 2025

2026 Predictions: Will We Still Write Code, or Just Manage Agents?

Turing Post

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Pivot: Agentic Abstraction. As the cost of logic hits zero, the value of a developer moves from how to build to what to build.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Adopt Orchestrators. Replace your standard editor with agent-first platforms today to learn the art of directing sub-agents before the 2026 deadline.
  3. The Bottom Line: The next 12 months will reward those who stop writing code and start building the systems that write it for them.
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December 22, 2025

The War on Slop – swyx

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Movement: The Token Deflation. As compute becomes a commodity, the value of the "Human-in-the-Loop" moves from production to architectural oversight.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Implement Code Maps. Use AI to index and understand your entire repository to ensure every generated line aligns with existing logic.
  3. The Bottom Line: The next year belongs to the "Taste-Driven Developer." If you optimize for volume, you produce slop; if you optimize for accountability, you build a moat.
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December 22, 2025

Autonomy Is All You Need – Michele Catasta, Replit

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: Software development is moving from human-led logic to agent-led verification.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Use sub-agents to isolate testing from creation to prevent context pollution.
  3. The Bottom Line: The technical barrier is evaporating. In the next 12 months, the winning platforms will be those that require the fewest technical decisions from the user.
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December 22, 2025

Amp Code: Next Generation AI Coding – Beyang Liu

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: Context management is the new compute. As models get smarter, the winning architecture will be the one that most efficiently partitions and feeds relevant data to sub-agents.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Prioritize reviewability. When building or using agents, focus on tools that provide clear diffs and tours of changes rather than just raw code generation.
  3. The Bottom Line: The developer's role is evolving from a writer to an orchestrator. Success in the next 12 months depends on mastering the skill of agentic review rather than manual syntax.
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Crypto Podcasts

April 1, 2025

Are Meme Coins Really Dead? | Weekly Roundup

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Meme Coins Persist:** Pump.fun's combined volume nears ATHs post-Pump Swap launch; the game evolves, integrating social features (Zora) and platform revenue sharing, rather than disappearing.
  2. **Fees Aren't Everything:** Tron's high network fees mask an application-light ecosystem heavily reliant on CEX USDT flows, unlike Solana's more balanced app/chain fee structure.
  3. **Stablecoin Yield Ban Reshapes Market:** No native yield benefits incumbent issuers (Circle/Tether) and potentially DeFi, pushing yield generation to adjacent protocols and complicating the 'stablecoins fund US debt' narrative.
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April 1, 2025

How Zora is Redefining the Creator Economy | Jacob Horne

Bell Curve

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Zora is pioneering a shift from illiquid NFTs to fungible content coins, creating liquid markets around individual pieces of online media. This model aims to empower the long tail of creators and build a more open, composable, and value-aligned internet economy beyond ads and subscriptions.
  2. **Content is Fungible:** The market realized many NFTs were traded fungibly; coins offer a more efficient market structure for most online content.
  3. **Attention Markets Emerge:** Crypto enables open markets to price the attention and cultural relevance of content, moving beyond ad exchanges.
  4. **Simplified Creator Monetization:** Zora provides tools for creators to easily tokenize content and earn directly via integrated market mechanisms (LP fees), often surpassing earnings on traditional platforms.
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March 31, 2025

Why Stablecoins Are Crypto's Biggest Opportunity | Charlie Noyes & Bam Azizi

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Infrastructure is the Play: With issuer economics concentrated and competition fierce, the real opportunity lies in building the "picks and shovels" – APIs, UX layers, and interoperability solutions (like Mesh) – that make stablecoins usable at scale.
  2. Fragmentation is Inevitable (and an Opportunity): Expect a proliferation of stablecoins from banks, fintechs, and others. This increases complexity but creates demand for aggregators and middleware that simplify the ecosystem.
  3. Regulation Unlocks Institutions: Clearer regulations are the primary catalyst needed for risk-averse institutions to embrace stablecoins, potentially triggering a wave of adoption akin to cloud migration.
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March 30, 2025

GameStop Goes Full Saylor: Bitcoin or Bust, Lads?

blocmates.

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Debt-Fueled Gamble:** GameStop's $1.3B Bitcoin buy using convertible bonds is a high-risk bet entirely dependent on BTC price appreciation for success and debt repayment.
  2. **Stock Price Over Operations:** The primary goal seems to be inflating the stock price via Bitcoin exposure, rather than fixing the underlying retail business.
  3. **Saylor Strategy Goes Mainstream:** This move signals the "Saylor Strategy" is spreading, potentially pushing more non-tech companies towards Bitcoin treasury reserves, amplifying both adoption and systemic risk.
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March 30, 2025

Finding Successful Investments

The Rollup

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Bet on Established Networks or Speculate on Potential: Choose Bitcoin/Ethereum for proven network effects or new L1s/L2s/Meme Coins for higher-risk, potential-driven bets.
  2. Community is the First Utility: Strong communities are the initial network effect in web3; projects building utility (games, L2s) on this base signal deepening value.
  3. Meme Coins Evolve: Watch for meme communities launching games or infrastructure (L2s/L3s) as a sign of longevity and network effect expansion.
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March 28, 2025

How to Become a Millionaire Crypto Insider (FREE 5 STEP GUIDE)

Taiki Maeda

Crypto

Key Takeaways:

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1. Beware the Playbook: Recognize the cynical cycle of hype, VC validation, token launch, strategic pumping, and insider dumping.

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2. Airdrops Aren't Free Lunch: Understand that airdrop campaigns primarily benefit projects via free marketing and liquidity, with insiders potentially gaming the system.

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3. Demand Better: The crypto space needs greater transparency and accountability; the current incentive structure rewards manipulative behavior until it becomes unprofitable.

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