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The Next Token

by Dillon Mulroy, Rhys Sullivan, and Sunil Pai

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"What's after Code Mode" - Ep 07

October 19, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

Recorded October 12, 2026. Matt Carey from Cloudflare joins Dillon, Rhys, and Sunil as Code Mode turns one year old. We discuss where it came from, how it actually works, and what comes after it. Rhys explains Claude modding video games +…
"The Senior Engineer Death Spiral" - Ep 06

September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

Recorded September 21, 2026. Sunil and Rhys join the Jevolution. Sunil explains the Senior Engineer Death Spiral, the blog post that blew up his DMs (and annoyed capital-E Engineers on Hacker News). Rhys looks back on YC and shows off his…
"I'm the Arbiter of Tokens and GPUs" - Ep 05

August 31, 2026 · 57 min

Recorded August 24, 2026. Special guest Michelle Chen answers our questions about inference. The AI industry lights money on fire. Sunil plans his LLM prepper era. Rhys takes the week off, preparing for YC Demo Day! LINKS / ON-SCREEN…
"We've Never Been Wrong on the Internet Before" - Ep 04

August 17, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

Recorded August 7, 2026. We explore AI alignment & safety, Rhys demos his workflow, and we end up mentioning a lot of books. LINKS / ON-SCREEN REFERENCES, IN ORDER AI ALIGNMENT Wikipedia, AI alignment https://en.wi…
"I'm Tired of the Uncertainty of Where This Is Going" - Ep 03

August 10, 2026 · 56 min

Recorded August 3, 2026. We discuss burnout, Claudeisms sneaking into regular speech, chip butties, how to watch movies, and what brings us joy. LINKS / ON-SCREEN REFERENCES, IN ORDER A VESSEL FOR CLAUDE Rhys "vessel for Claude" tweet…

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"I've Never Seen a Model Say 'This File Is Getting Too Big'" - Ep 02

July 23, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

Recorded July 17, 2026. We settle the model-access bet. We talk about how the labs talk to us, plus extend an open invite for OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX, and Thinking Machines to come on the show and be specific about their best-case…
"I Want Your Product to Enable My Agent" - Ep 01

July 3, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

Recorded June 30, 2026, 2pm Pacific. Live from AI Engineer World's Fair! Fable is still banned (as of recording time, ahem). Advice: Build for agents. We're still talking about loops, but which loops? And more receipts are demanded…
"None of My Software Has Gotten Better" - Ep 00

June 29, 2026 · 52 min

Recorded June 15, 2026. Dillon, Rhys, and Sunil discuss the Fable/Mythos situation and require receipts for bold claims about how AI is changing everything. Follow Dillon Mulroy - @dillon_mulroy / dillonis.online / twitch.tv/dillon Rhys…

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About the show

The Next Token is a technical, conversational podcast from Sunil Pai, Dillon Mulroy, and Rhys Sullivan about the ideas, tools, and weird edges shaping software right now. Expect candid conversations about AI, developer experience, building on the web, open source, infrastructure, and the work behind the work: what they are trying, what is breaking, what is actually useful, and what deserves a second look. Cloudflare sponsors the show, but the conversations are host-led, curious, and independent in spirit.