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They trace the rapid renaming saga and capabilities of a personal AI assistant that clears inboxes and automates chats. Hardware chat about Mac Mini local inference and recommended specs. A developer replaces paid apps with weekend DIY tools and they debate the ethics of killing personal SaaS. They link DIY trends to wobbling SaaS stocks and argue for bespoke, API-first software and stronger SRE roles.

Nicholas C. Zakas, longtime JavaScript developer and ESLint creator, weighs in on npm security and registry risks. He criticizes recent platform responses and explores trusted publishing, token tradeoffs, and detection versus prevention. He also examines alternatives like JSR and Volt, explains dangers of install scripts, and discusses why registries struggle financially.

Clawdbot drives Mac Mini sales, Swizec Teller on the future of software engineering being SRE, Daniel Stenberg decided to end curl’s bug bounty program, zerobrew takes some of the best ideas from uv and applies them to Homebrew, and Phil Eaton on LLMs and your career. View the newsletterJoin the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Tiger Data – Postgres for Developers, devices, and agents The data platform trusted by hundreds of thousands from IoT to Web3 to AI and more. Featuring:Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Techno Tim (YouTuber and homelab creator known for deep Proxmox, TrueNAS, and self-hosted AI dives) talks hardware scarcity and why 2026 is the Year of Self-Hosted Software. Short demos and tools pop up: unleashing Claude on a UDM Pro, Proxmox automation with PXM, and document OCR/RAG pipelines. He forecasts a return to one big homelab box and shares practical ZFS and networking trade-offs.

Damien Tanner, founder of Pusher and LayerCode, discusses the transformative changes in software development shaped by AI. He highlights the decline of SaaS, stating that intelligent agents are changing how work is done. Damien explores how small teams can create enormous products without traditional code review bottlenecks. He shares insights on building voice AI infrastructure and how agents can autonomously handle tasks, making room for non-technical users. Tune in for a lively conversation on ambitious development in the age of AI!

AI agent psychosis may be making developers go insane, as discussed by Armin Ronacher. Dan Abramov introduces an innovative concept treating social platforms as social file systems with the AT Protocol. RepoBar emerges as a handy tool to streamline GitHub visibility without opening a browser. Ethan McCue shares transformative Postgres patterns that can enhance database management. Meanwhile, Lea Verou highlights the urgent need for better web dependency management to fix the broken ecosystem.

Gerhard Lazu, a reliability expert and Kaizen contributor, returns to discuss the nuances of 'let it crash' philosophy and how it boosts system resilience. He dives into troublesome out-of-memory crashes and shares insights on bandwidth spikes that challenge Varnish. Their humorous investigation into a wildly popular podcast episode reveals surprising patterns of downloads from Asia, leading to questions of scraping or user behavior. Plus, Gerhard showcases innovative tools to monitor system health, paving the way for efficient troubleshooting.

Mat Ryer, an experienced software engineer known for his work with Go and UTF-8, discusses the implications of GitHub's monopoly on open source. He shares intriguing insights about the community's backlash against GitHub's pricing shifts and explores alternatives like Codeberg. The conversation takes a forward-looking turn with predictions for 2026, highlighting themes like agent-first design and the debate over whether businesses will ultimately pay more for AI than human labor. Ryer even spices things up with a humorous musical interlude about AI responsibility!

Linus Torvalds embraces AI-generated code, marking a notable shift in the development landscape. Jordan Fulghum discusses how CLI agents are making self-hosting accessible to everyone. The concept of Fractured JSON is introduced, offering a balance between compactness and readability. Scott Werner predicts a surge of adequate software on the horizon. Lastly, Sean Goedecke highlights the pitfalls of generic design advice, emphasizing that only those intimately familiar with a system can truly design it effectively.

In this discussion, Sid Sijbrandij, the founder of GitLab and current CEO of Kilo.ai, shares his inspiring journey after a bone cancer diagnosis. He talks about combining treatments and innovative diagnostics from international sources to enhance his recovery. Sid also dives into his new venture, Kilo, which aims for an all-in-one coding platform that accelerates engineering productivity using agentic parallelism. He emphasizes the vital role of AI in intersecting fields and offers insights on the future of tech while managing health challenges.