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About the show

A weekly podcast covering everything Claude Code — from the latest Anthropic updates and AI coding news to practical tips, prompt strategies, and workflow optimization. Hosts Alex and Sam break down what matters for developers using AI coding tools, AI Agents, Agentic AI, compare the competitive landscape, spotlight community projects, and share actionable advice you can use in your next coding session. Topics covered: AI Software Engineering, Claude AI tutorials, Anthropic API, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agentic Coding, LLM-powered development, and Software Architecture with AI.

Latest episodes

  • Claude Code Mods Can Rewrite Your Prompts. Check This Before Installing One

    October 3, 2026 · 18 min

    Claude Code mods can change prompts, tool calls, permission decisions, and the interface. Fictional AI hosts Alex and Sam explain Anthropic's October 1 launch, show where a mod sits in the workflow, and give developers a small…

  • Opus 5.5 Is Cheaper. Is Your Agent?

    September 25, 2026 · 20 min

    Anthropic says Claude Opus 5.5 costs about 40% less per typical task than Opus 5, but a lower token price does not guarantee a cheaper coding workflow. Fictional AI hosts Alex and Sam unpack the September 22 release, show how to compare…

  • An Agent Missing One Key Burned $100. Claude Code Projects Needs This Stop Rule

    September 18, 2026 · 22 min

    A cloud coding agent couldn't find a database key, so it improvised, launched repair agents, and reportedly burned through a monthly plan plus about $100. Fictional AI hosts Alex and Sam use that warning to unpack Claude Code's relaunched…

  • Claude Code's Cache Fixes: Check Before You Switch Models

    September 11, 2026 · 21 min

    An expensive coding session can start with a broken cache, not a harder task. Fictional AI hosts Alex and Sam unpack Claude Code's September cache fixes, explain what the usage screen can actually tell you, and design a fair targeted-edit…

  • OpenAI Cut Off Cursor. Five Days Later, Four Models Went Down.

    September 5, 2026 · 23 min

    On August 29 OpenAI ended its Cursor partnership. On September 3 ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini were reported down almost simultaneously, and nobody has explained why. Fictional AI hosts Alex and Sam separate the two failure modes…

  • Same Model, 70x the Tokens—Your Harness Sets the Bill

    August 28, 2026 · 21 min

    Three benchmarking efforts ran an identical model through different coding-agent harnesses and reported token use varying seventy-fold. Fictional AI hosts Alex and Sam explain where harness tokens actually go, why Anthropic's Files API…

  • Your Coding Agent Passed the Benchmark—Then Failed the Refactor

    August 25, 2026 · 19 min

    Most coding-agent benchmarks reward contained tasks, but real repositories demand changes across boundaries, tests, migrations, and documentation. Fictional AI hosts Alex and Sam show how to run a five-part refactor trial that exposes…

  • Passing Tests Isn't Enough for Your Next Coding Agent

    August 14, 2026 · 18 min

    Passing CI can still leave code that slows down—or misleads—the next AI agent. Fictional AI hosts Alex and Sam use this week’s debate about Go and agent-friendly engineering to build a practical machine-legibility checklist, a handoff…