Logbot (Aug 29 2025 at 17:30): Logbot (Aug 29 2025 at 17:30):Arun Gupta, now a "free agent" after his surprise exit at Intel, joins us to discuss how he's dealing with his first job hunt since the 1990s. Along the way, we talk about agentic coding strategies, what GPT-5's release implies about the future, and more. (US buys 10% of Intel)++ :link: https://changelog.am/108
| Ch | Start | Title | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 00:00 | (your favorite ever show) | 01:26 |
| 02 | 01:26 | Sponsor: Depot | 02:12 |
| 03 | 03:38 | Free agency & Friends | 01:06 |
| 04 | 04:43 | Intel in the news | 02:56 |
| 05 | 07:40 | Open source Intel | 01:55 |
| 06 | 09:34 | Writing on the wall | 04:02 |
| 07 | 13:36 | Skipping grief stages | 03:43 |
| 08 | 17:19 | Action absorbs anxiety | 02:30 |
| 09 | 19:49 | Running as therapy | 01:24 |
| 10 | 21:13 | Arun's podcast list | 03:45 |
| 11 | 24:58 | Playing the field | 03:32 |
| 12 | 28:30 | Sponsor: Auth0 | 01:29 |
| 13 | 29:59 | AI open source impact | 06:12 |
| 14 | 36:11 | Diminishing GPT returns | 03:20 |
| 15 | 39:32 | More human than human | 02:01 |
| 16 | 41:32 | Adam's PEPs | 02:59 |
| 17 | 44:31 | Arun's flow | 01:37 |
| 18 | 46:08 | Micro-wishes to a genie | 03:49 |
| 19 | 49:57 | Nobody knows Linux | 01:24 |
| 20 | 51:20 | The 3D printer comparison | 02:54 |
| 21 | 54:15 | Open source tech debt | 02:41 |
| 22 | 56:56 | Required AI disclosure | 01:32 |
| 23 | 58:27 | It's still too hard | 03:01 |
| 24 | 1:01:29 | No yes persons, please | 03:09 |
| 25 | 1:04:38 | Model quality matters most | 03:07 |
| 26 | 1:07:45 | Arun's next steps | 01:32 |
| 27 | 1:09:17 | Title pressure | 04:10 |
| 28 | 1:13:27 | Free agency advice | 04:11 |
| 29 | 1:17:38 | Closing advice | 03:43 |
| 30 | 1:21:21 | Bye, friends | 00:13 |
| 31 | 1:21:33 | Next week on the pod (++) | 01:20 |
Tim Uckun (Sep 01 2025 at 03:55):Just before listening to this podcast I listened to the remote ruby podcast with Jose Valim (the creator of Elixir and the new tidewave AI product) and he talked a bit about documentation driven development. He also thinks it's going to be a very important part of our AI driven workflow. He also talked quite a bit about cucumber which I had brought up here. He said cucumber never took off because the business people were supposed to write the specs but they never did and it was too cumbersome for the devs to do it and then to implement it. Now as the "business person" you could write cucumber specs, have the AI write the test and the code and it acts as documentation and preserved context for future AI sessions.
Lars Ellingsen (Oct 01 2025 at 16:43):I enjoyed this episode. Arun's "free agent" advice is spot-on as far as I'm concerned (mostly for more experienced folks). I wish I could go that long without interviewing for a job :sob: :joy:
Lars Ellingsen (Oct 01 2025 at 16:43):Also the ++ content was nice and :chili_pepper:
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