AI Agents Hour Rebuilding Git in a weekend, 2025 AI Recap & 2026 AI Predictions
Jan 5, 2026
Join the conversation as one host hilariously recounts his holiday attempt to rebuild Git from scratch. They reflect on the monumental events in AI throughout 2025, including a deep dive into model releases and transformation in coding tools. Additionally, the hosts boldly predict the evolution of memory features and agent capabilities for 2026. From hiring trends at NVIDIA to the vibrant ecosystem of open-source innovations, this discussion is a treasure trove for tech enthusiasts!
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Tinker Daily To Stay Competitive
- Play and tinker with new AI tools frequently to stay current and unlock productivity boosts quickly.
- Set measurable usage goals (e.g., tokens) to push boundaries and learn what new models can do.
Small Model Gains Yield Big Workflow Changes
- Small model improvements cascade into new capabilities that change workflows, not just marginal gains.
- The programmer's role shifts toward orchestrating agents, prompts, and tooling rather than hand-coding every detail.
Rebuilt Git+GitHub Over A Holiday Weekend
- Abhi Aiyer rebuilt Git and a GitHub-like product called WIT over a holiday weekend using Claude, Cursor, and Cloud Code as autonomous contributors.
- He acted as PM merging 400+ AI-created PRs while agents wrote code, tests, docs, UI, and CI end-to-end.
