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Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller react to Opus 5.5 and the new GPT models, then dig into Hive going open source and how its profiles shape a lead and worker workflow. They also cover Avocet, a local meeting recorder, and two small tools for agent testing and side ideas.
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Chris: Site (https://chrisgmyr.dev/) | Twitter/X (https://x.com/cmgmyr) | Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgmyr.dev)
TJ: Site (https://www.tjmiller.me/) | Twitter/X (https://x.com/heytjmiller) | Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/tjmiller.bsky.social)
References Mentioned
Sonari (https://www.sonari.audio/) - TJ's transcription app, waiting on business and certificate decisions this week
Halcyon (https://www.halcyonnotes.com/) - TJ's notes app, stuck at the same inflection point as Sonari
Fantasy Lake Adventure Park (https://fantasylakescubapark.com/) - the flooded quarry with inflatable obstacle courses Chris took the Scouts to
Claude Opus 5.5 (https://www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5) - the new lead model for both hosts
Introducing GPT-6 Sol and Luna (https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-sol-and-luna/) - the OpenAI models from the same launch day, which Chris is testing as Hive workers
Hive (https://github.com/cmgmyr/hive) - Chris's meta harness for Claude Code and Codex, now open source and on npm as @cmgmyr/hive
Avocet (https://avocet.dev/) - Chris's local meeting recorder and transcriber, with a beta wish list sign-up
Krisp (https://krisp.ai/) - the meeting recorder both hosts moved off of
Riverside (https://riverside.fm/) - where the podcast records, and its headphones setting for echo handling
Tauri (https://v2.tauri.app/) - how TJ ships Halcyon updates
Sparkle (https://sparkle-project.org/) - the native Swift update framework TJ is still working through
Linear (https://linear.app/) - the keyboard-first feel Chris is chasing in Avocet
Novelhood (https://novelhood.com/) - Chris's book club app, where Lookover started
Lookover (https://github.com/cmgmyr/lookover) - Chris's manual-testing queue for agents and one human tester
CleanShot (https://cleanshot.com/) - the screenshot tool Chris pastes images from into Lookover
Jig (https://github.com/cmgmyr/jig) - Chris's workbench for ideas, POCs, and long-running AI conversations
19 Sept 2026
Peru Beans, AI Doom, and Code Review Burden
TJ Miller and Chris Gmyr get into the week's AI doom and gloom, from the Hugging Face incident to calls for regulation, before turning to a problem hitting their teams right now. They compare notes on automated code review, adversarial reviewers that never stop finding issues, and the evals it takes to tune them.
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Chris: Site (https://chrisgmyr.dev/) | Twitter/X (https://x.com/cmgmyr) | Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgmyr.dev)
TJ: Site (https://www.tjmiller.me/) | Twitter/X (https://x.com/heytjmiller) | Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/tjmiller.bsky.social)
References Mentioned
ESP32 (https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32) - the Wi-Fi controller chip TJ is wiring his shelf LED strips to
Sonari (https://www.sonari.audio/) - TJ's transcription app, with beta invites going out from the mailing list next week
Halcyon (https://www.halcyonnotes.com/) - TJ's notes app, the other project he spun back up this week
Mt. Comfort Coffee Peru Medium Roast (https://mtcomfortcoffee.com/products/peru-medium-roast-2-5-lb) - the 2.5 pound Costco bag TJ and his wife are loving
Bizzy Espresso Blend Cold Brew (https://www.bizzycoffee.com/ready-to-drink/espresso-blend) - Chris's replacement espresso cold brew
Anthropic researcher resigns with a warning (https://fortune.com/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-resigns-warn-ai-companies-gambling-with-lives/) - Jacob Coxon's resignation that kicked off the week's AI safety news
OpenAI and Hugging Face incident (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI%E2%80%93HuggingFace_incident) - the containment failure both hosts point to
Cal Newport: Anthropic Just Threatened to Kill Billions of People (https://calnewport.com/anthropic-just-threatened-to-kill-billions-of-people-this-is-not-okay/) - Cal's recap and take on the resignation
The Diary of a CEO (https://www.thediaryofaceo.com/) - the podcast where TJ heard a former OpenAI forecaster describe the race to self-improving AI
GitHub Copilot (https://github.com/features/copilot) - the org-wide reviewer Chris syncs Claude rules into
Amazon Bedrock (https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/) - what Chris's AI reviewer workflow runs on
CodeRabbit (https://www.coderabbit.ai/) - the AI review tool TJ wants to study for ideas
12 Sept 2026
Laptop Rescue, Rig, and Decision Fatigue
Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller walk through TJ's laptop locking up past safe mode, how Claude helped him rescue his work over a shared disk, and the agent state he forgot to save. They also cover Chris's Rig beta at work, off-site backups, and dotfiles, sharing insights on what to protect when your tools keep state for you.
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Chris: Site (https://chrisgmyr.dev/) | Twitter/X (https://x.com/cmgmyr) | Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgmyr.dev)
TJ: Site (https://www.tjmiller.me/) | Twitter/X (https://x.com/heytjmiller) | Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/tjmiller.bsky.social)
References Mentioned
LocalStack (https://www.localstack.cloud/) - how Rig runs one local DynamoDB instance with a table per service
Novelhood (https://novelhood.com/) - Chris's book club app, one of the side projects waiting on usage resets
Halcyon (https://www.halcyonnotes.com/) - TJ's notes app, where Fable 5.1 as the Hive lead turned the sync build around
OpenCode (https://opencode.ai/) - TJ's idea for running GPT models with a rule file extension
Pi (https://github.com/earendil-works/pi) - one of the harnesses Chris named as a base for a Rula engineering harness
Purity Coffee Sacred Cups Star Coffee (https://puritycoffee.com/products/sacred-cups-star-coffee) - the honey processed Starday bag Chris finished
Bear (https://bear.app/) - where TJ was writing therapy homework when the laptop froze
Prism (https://prismphp.com/) - one of the repos TJ rescued off the frozen disk
Sonari (https://www.sonari.audio/) - TJ's transcription app, rescued with its in-progress worktrees
Dotbot (https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot) - how TJ rebuilt his machine in 45 minutes and keeps work and personal setups in sync
Homebrew (https://brew.sh/) - what Dotbot reinstalls on a fresh machine
Setapp (https://setapp.com/) - part of TJ's rebuild script
Backblaze (https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-backup/personal) - Chris's off-site backup instead of Time Machine
Skate (https://github.com/charmbracelet/skate) - Charm's encrypted key value store TJ uses to keep secrets out of his dotfiles
PHP Tek (https://phptek.io/) - TJ's first 2027 talk submission
Laracon US (https://laracon.us/) - TJ will be there and might submit
Laracon AU (https://laracon.au/) - TJ's top speaking goal for the year
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