You've Been a Bad Agent
Wil and Matt discuss tech, startups, and building really cool things with AI. Sometimes joined by (actual expert) friends.
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2025 Reflections: What surprised us, Comeback of the CLI, Claude Code
<p>Matt's Big Move to Lisbon</p><p>Cloudflare Code Mode: 2,500 Tools in 1,000 Tokens</p><p>Code Mode vs Bash vs SQLite: What Actually Works for Agents</p><p>2025 Reflections: The Year of Claude Code and MCP</p><p>2026 Preview: Files Are Back</p><p>Quick Fire: Best Model, Best Lab, Biggest Surprises</p>
Personal news, New Years Resolutions, Zagi, Tailwind, Ralph, The American Way
<p>CGPGrey Video on Yearly Themes</p>
Hype, bubbles and AGI, Karpathy on Dwarkesh, Claude Code is a revolution and MCP fixing humanities problems
<p>"chat to your mouth Claude and grow a new tooth"<br>"I think I would have like a huge ego now for sure"<br>"have you seen the blimp"</p><p><br>Takeaways</p><p>All of these people in this industry have suddenly become important at work.<br>Their work suddenly became important to a lot of the world.<br>If I had worked at Anthropic five years ago, I would have a huge ego now.<br>The growth in the AI industry feels unevenly distributed.<br>The current time feels strange due to the rapid changes in...
Remote Environments, Guardrails and Enterprises Adopting AI with Matt Boyle, Interview Questions and Spicy Takes on Amp Free
<p>"a brief history of a very specific building in London."</p><p>"there's a lot of room to optimize your code base for an agent."</p><p>"70 % of our code is written by an agent."</p><p>"The place I see where humans are still add tons of value…."</p><p>"spending 10, 15 minutes on a prompt is not unusual."</p><p>"I’m not sure I wanna wear a muzzle"</p><p><br>Takeaways</p><p>Matt recently joined Ona, previously known as Gitpod, and is excited about the developments there.<br>The transition from Gitpod to Ona reflects a br...
Growth with Luke Harries from ElevenLabs, Building, Hiring and Automating the Best Horizontal AI Voice Platform, Backed by Research
<p>"It's always the best."</p><p>Chapters</p><p>00:00 Introduction and Setting the Stage<br>02:34 Luke's Journey to ElevenLabs<br>04:54 Growth Strategies and Hiring at ElevenLabs<br>06:58 Understanding Growth Teams<br>09:50 The Role of Product in Growth<br>12:33 Working Dynamics at ElevenLabs<br>15:15 Use Cases for ElevenLabs' Platforms<br>18:04 Voice Agents and Market Opportunities<br>20:59 Product-Led Growth Strategies<br>24:29 The Power of Product-Led Growth (PLG) in Customer Acquisition<br>26:19 Understanding On-Prem Solutions and Their Spectrum<br>28:05 Innovations in AI Deployment with AWS Bedrock<br>31:14 Navigating the Music Industry: Partnerships and Rights<br>34:54 The Horizontal Approach: Integrating Diverse Product Lines<...
Building Software With Thorsten Ball: Decoupling Code for Agents, Finding "Your Pain" and Germans Use the Winky Face
<p>"Elderly German Landlord.. she would use these winky face emojis"<br>"Memes in blogs feel cheap"<br>"Dude.... you didn't even run this"</p><p><br>Takeaways</p><p>The podcast jingle was created using AI technology.<br>Thorsten's journey into programming began in his teenage years.<br>He transitioned from music to software engineering after realizing his passion for coding.<br>The internet has significantly influenced Thorsten's life and career choices.<br>AI-generated content is becoming a cultural phenomenon in Germany.<br>Thorsten believes that some people can tolerate challenges better than others.<br>He emphasizes the importance...
In Person!!! Topic of Agent Payments, Friendly Acquisitions, GPT-5, Endless Model Name and Many Free Ideas
<p>Chapters</p><p>00:00 Introduction and Context of the Podcast<br>07:23 Updates on SimplePoll and AI Integration<br>18:14 Telemetry and Continuous Improvement in Development<br>24:30 Acquisitions and Industry Insights<br>32:37 Discussion on GPT-5 and Future of AI Models<br>39:13 Consumer Experience with AI Models<br>48:29 The Future of AI Content Verification<br>58:17 The Impact of AI on Content Creation<br>01:05:39 Community Engagement and Trends</p>
Uncut with Danilo Leal, Design Engineer at Zed, Prototyping in React and Built in Rust, Designing for an AI Assisted UX
<p>TDLR: 10 episodes in and we are going full uncut conversation with Danilo Leal. One of the magician Design Engineers working on the Zed code editor. </p><p>“I'll be making a jingle”</p><p>“We prototype everything in React before Rust”</p><p><br></p>Danilo Leal represents a new breed of designer and engineer.The role of design is becoming more approachable with technology.AI is changing the landscape of coding and design.Prototyping in React allows for rapid iteration and testing.Debugging in Zed involves traditional methods and new tools.Collaboration is key in modern development environments.The futur...
Sub Agent or Super Agent, MCP UI Over Lunch, Bitter Lesson Learnings, Locking in on Prompts and Trying to Live in the Future
<p>TLDR</p>Matt caught whitebait for dinner during his outdoor adventures.Wing foiling is a new sport gaining popularity.Sub agents are necessary for exploring context windows in AI.A2A and MCP servers are the future of AI integration.AI-assisted code review can streamline the development process.Prompting techniques are evolving and require careful consideration.Living in the future means adapting to rapid technological changes.Time zones can create unexpected challenges in programming.The importance of personalized AI tooling is growing.Understanding the intricacies of AI models is crucial for effective use.<p><br>Chapters</p><p>00:00 Cactus...
Study Says AI Makes Developers Slower? F1 Movie Review, Coding and Testing for AI, Free Perplexity and Free Ideas
<p>News<br>The pod has twitter/x - https://x.com/badagentpod<br>Wil’s new brand - tritanclub.com</p><p><br>Links</p><p>Boris Tane post on Cloudflare DOs + Drizzle - https://boristane.com/blog/durable-objects-database-per-user/</p><p>Experience with Claude Code - https://sankalp.bearblog.dev/my-claude-code-experience-after-2-weeks-of-usage/</p><p>Focus on inputs not outputs: https://john-rush.com/posts/ai-20250701.html</p><p>Emmett Shear’s Tweet Thread on AI use and speed - https://x.com/eshear/status/1944867426635800865</p><p><br>TLDR</p>The experience level of developers affects their efficiency with AI tools.Prof...
