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Beyond The Build

by Uma Abu and Ope Osunkoya

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  • AI Plan Mode Is Dead. What Developers Are Doing Instead | LWIT

    October 5, 2026 · 53 min

    Send us Fan Mail Be part of the show: https://btb-listener-line.fly.dev/ Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9 In this episode of Beyond the Build, we talk about how personal AI agents are starting…

  • Is Polymarket A Money Laundering Machine? | LWIT

    September 28, 2026 · 58 min

    Send us Fan Mail Be part of the show: https://btb-listener-line.fly.dev/ Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9  This week on Beyond the Build, we break down some of the biggest stories in software…

  • Scams, Surveillance, Cyber Warfare: What The Dark Web Has Been Up To With AI | LWIT

    September 22, 2026 · 54 min

    Send us Fan Mail Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9 In this episode of Beyond the Build, we break down Anthropic’s latest AI misuse report and look at how bad actors are already using AI for scams…

  • Apparently AI Might Kill Us. Anyway, Here’s a PR | LWIT

    September 15, 2026 · 51 min

    Send us Fan Mail Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9 In this episode of Beyond The Build, we talk about the growing wave of AI safety warnings coming from researchers at companies like OpenAI…

  • AI Just Changed the Rules of Software Security | LWIT

    September 7, 2026 · 46 min

    Send us Fan Mail Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9 AI is changing software security faster than most engineering teams are prepared for. In this episode of Beyond the Build, we break down how AI…

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  • Why Developers Have to Start Caring About Memory | LWIT

    September 1, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    Send us Fan Mail Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9 This week on Last Week in Tech, we’re talking about what happens when memory gets expensive and software can’t afford to stay bloated. RAM prices…

  • Why Lovable.dev Migrated From Next.js (And It Worked)

    August 25, 2026 · 50 min

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beyond the Build, we break down some of the biggest AI and software engineering stories from the week, including Anthropic’s explosive revenue growth, Cursor’s new Git hosting platform, Lovable moving…

  • Prediction Markets Are the New Retirement Plans (401k)? | LWIT

    August 17, 2026 · 47 min

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Beyond the Build, we break down some of the most interesting stories happening across AI, software engineering, and the broader tech industry. We talk about AI agents moving into the browser, the growing…

  • The Unlimited Token Budget Was Never Going to Last | LWIT

    August 11, 2026 · 47 min

    Send us Fan Mail Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9 In this episode of Beyond the Build, we break down some of the biggest stories in tech this week, from Microsoft putting limits on internal AI…

  • OpenAI Slashed Prices 80% | The Real Reason They're Panicking | LWIT

    August 4, 2026 · 43 min

    Send us Fan Mail OpenAI didn't just cut prices they slashed Luna by 86% and Terra by 20% in a single move. That's not a sale. It's what happens when open-weight models from China race past you while Anthropic's Claude quietly takes the…

  • Gumroad Now Spends as Much on AI as It Does on Employees | LWIT

    July 28, 2026 · 58 min

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discussed how OpenAI's model escaped its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face, why open-weight models are now 50x cheaper, and what Big Tech's $1.65T indirect AI bet means for the future. OpenAI's model…

  • Kimi K3 AI Model is Literally INSANE! (Free) | LWIT

    July 21, 2026 · 52 min

    Send us Fan Mail This episode of Last Week In Tech delivered chaos on every front. A Chinese model nobody expected just flipped the coding leaderboard, and the gap between East and West is now thinner than most engineers want to admit. But…

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About the show

Beyond The Build is a podcast about the real, unfiltered experiences of being a software engineer. Hosted by two seasoned engineers, Uma and Ope, we dive into the highs, the lows, and everything in between—from career growth and technical challenges to work-life balance and industry insights. Whether you're an aspiring developer or a seasoned pro, join us as we explore the parts of tech that don’t get talked about enough. Connect with Ope - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osunkoyaope/ Connect with Uma: Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/umacodes) Tiktok: (https://www.tiktok.com/@umacodes) Twitter: (https://twitter.com/umacodes) LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/umaabu/)  Follow us on Social Media Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/beyondthebuildpodcast)  TikTok: (https://www.tiktok.com/@beyondthebuildpodcast)