We (mostly) like Claude Opus 4.8

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/posthog [https://nerdsnipe.link/posthog] * Clerk, the best dx in auth: nerdsnipe.link/clerk [https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk] SOURCES * https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8 [https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8] * https://x.com/theo/status/2060120708815139241 [https://x.com/theo/status/2060120708815139241] * https://x.com/Baconbrix/status/2060065875911422343 [https://x.com/Baconbrix/status/2060065875911422343] * ⁠https://x.com/zoink/status/2060769829133721974 [https://x.com/Baconbrix/status/2060065875911422343] * https://x.com/maria_rcks/status/2060937270824153251 [https://x.com/Baconbrix/status/2060065875911422343] * https://x.com/_catwu/status/2060054180379689074 [https://x.com/_catwu/status/2060054180379689074] * https://x.com/datacurve/status/2060834005998793199 [https://x.com/datacurve/status/2060834005998793199] * https://deepswe.datacurve.ai/ [https://deepswe.datacurve.ai/] * https://deepswe.datacurve.ai/blog#results [https://deepswe.datacurve.ai/blog#results] * https://github.com/scaleapi/SWE-agent/blob/402a7b8fdac8193f3f255bb53859ba274234f596/config/benchmarks/anthropic_filemap_multilingual.yaml [https://github.com/scaleapi/SWE-agent/blob/402a7b8fdac8193f3f255bb53859ba274234f596/config/benchmarks/anthropic_filemap_multilingual.yaml] * https://deepswe.datacurve.ai/ [https://deepswe.datacurve.ai/] * https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/2060061347522433422 [https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/2060061347522433422] * https://x.com/theo/status/2060199299632472494 [https://x.com/theo/status/2060199299632472494] * https://x.com/theo/status/2060901326058561795 [https://x.com/theo/status/2060901326058561795] * https://x.com/38twelveDaily/status/2060408696945975631 [https://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

Google is Not a Serious Company

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/macroscope [https://nerdsnipe.link/macroscope] * General Translation: nerdsnipe.link/gt [https://nerdsnipe.link/gt] SOURCES ⁠https://x.com/theo/status/2057359424378097823⁠ [https://x.com/theo/status/2057359424378097823] ⁠https://x.com/JustJake/status/2056881510939283776⁠ [https://x.com/JustJake/status/2056881510939283776] ⁠https://x.com/KorduGG/status/2059141337895604626⁠ [https://x.com/KorduGG/status/2059141337895604626] ⁠https://x.com/unboringtech/status/2059144145273491610⁠ [https://x.com/unboringtech/status/2059144145273491610] TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Gemini fallout 05:21 - Video gen 10:10 - Google Cloud 14:04 - Windsurf/Cursor 25:10 - Manus/Meta 30:00 - China lock-in 35:00 - Cursor/xAI 45:00 - Cloud workflows 50:32 - Lakebed 65:22 - Hermes/security

How the OpenClaw creator uses $1.3 million of tokens

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 [https://nerdsnipe.link/agentmail] - Clerk, the best experience for auth, orgs, billing, and more: nerdsnipe.link/clerk [https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk] TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 02:44 - Token Spend 06:47 - Token Future 12:12 - Secure Agents 22:50 - Anthropic Rules 31:35 - Security 39:36 - Token Tax 49:49 - AI Psychosis 59:47 - macOS 01:01:43 - AI Video

Anthropic solved their compute problem by buying it from Elon?

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 [https://nerdsnipe.link/posthog] - Composio, connect your agents to everything: nerdsnipe.link/composio [https://nerdsnipe.link/composio] Sources/references: https://x.com/claudeai/status/2052060691893227611 https://openai.com/index/elon-musk-wanted-an-openai-for-profit/#december-2018-elon-told-us-to-raise-billions-per-year-immediately-or-forget-it https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2053391824702898475 https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2051595933704761618 https://x.com/jarredsumner/status/2053047748191232310 https://ze3tar.github.io/post-zcrx.html https://www.jefftk.com/p/ai-is-breaking-two-vulnerability-cultures https://x.com/thdxr/status/2053570581807722968 https://x.com/badlogicgames/status/2052691176373805534 https://x.com/garrytan/status/2052996691586932783 TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - 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

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 [https://nerdsnipe.link/coderabbit] - Clerk, the auth platform with the best DX: nerdsnipe.link/clerk [https://nerdsnipe.link/clerk] Sources/references: - https://x.com/theo/status/2014863266888233193 [https://x.com/theo/status/2014863266888233193] - https://x.com/theo/status/2050305813894648289 [ https://x.com/theo/status/2050305813894648289] - https://x.com/theo/status/2050314995561611357 [https://x.com/theo/status/2050314995561611357] - https://x.com/sama/status/2050671161915371998 [https://x.com/sama/status/2050671161915371998] - https://x.com/davis7/status/2050718508372431026 [https://x.com/davis7/status/2050718508372431026] - https://x.com/thdxr/status/2050719575033983323 [https://x.com/thdxr/status/2050719575033983323] - https://x.com/davis7/status/2050762009592148375 [https://x.com/davis7/status/2050762009592148375] - https://x.com/naval/status/2050560057675522500 [https://x.com/naval/status/2050560057675522500] - https://x.com/theo/status/1952229335416623592 [https://x.com/theo/status/1952229335416623592] 00:00 - Intro / studio return 00:52 - Azure $1M / Microsoft 11:22 - Cloud platform talk 18:08 - Coding agents / SDKs 29:06 - GPT-5.5 pricing debate 45:14 - OpenClaw workflows 01:12:37 - G Stack / G Brain01:29:00 - Dynamic UI / wrap-up