Episode 560: You Can Feel It Coming
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Coté, Brandon G, and Matt Ray open with banter about cars, family, and pets before the main discussion begins.
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This week, we discuss personal AI hype cycles, bottoms-up adoption, and "The Modern Stack" simplifying cloud. Plus, thoughts on new cars and the dogs that ride in them.
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Rundown
- Something Big Is Happening
- OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
- Modern Stack: Fly.io, Neon, Upstash and Cloudflare
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