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Software engineers, tech founders, and professionals evaluating new AI tools and models.
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- 2026-10-31
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- Aakash Gupta
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- 12 recent issues
- Covers: Deep dives into emerging AI models, autonomous agents, coding assistants, and software development shifts.
- For: Software engineers, tech founders, and professionals evaluating new AI tools and models.
- Best for: Developers and tech leaders tracking the latest AI releases and tool benchmarks.
- Skip if: People seeking non-technical business strategies or general consumer news.
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- Reverse Engineer Anything.: Explores how AI impacts software defensibility and remaining product moats.
- Claude Code 5.: Examines system prompt optimization and setup insights for Claude Code models.
- Hermes Bot Mode.: Compares Hermes Bot mode capabilities directly against rival agents like Grok Bot.
Sponsors seen
In Partnership with Amplitude Custom Agents When I ran growth teams at thredUP
Reverse Engineer Anything. · 2026-10-18HyphenateSponsor
In Partnership with Hyphenate Raises $45M Series A for Autonomous Finance Hyphenate just raised $45 million in its Series A round.
Claude Duet. · 2026-10-31ArizePartner
In Partnership with Arize: The Hire-On-The-Spot Skill Arize CPO Aparna Dhinakaran told me on the pod
Grok Bot. · 2026-08-14MintlifyPartner
Partnership Agents are reading. Most company knowledge still isn’t ready. Agents now read your docs more than people do. In August, sites on Mintlify logged 257 million agent requests
Dots. · 2026-10-03First, a word from our sponsor + this week’s top news (including GPT-6). In Partnership with Amplitude Custom Agents
GPT-6. · 2026-09-03But first, a word from our sponsor, and the week’s news. In Partnership with CodeRabbit’s Change Stack: Built for how reviews actually work
Graphs. · 2026-07-30Zapier SDKSponsor
a word from our sponsor + the week’s AI news. In Partnership with Zapier SDK: I Had Claude Code Build a Link Auditor
Claude Code 5. · 2026-08-09In Partnership with 🗺️ Which AI agents should you build first? Most product teams want AI in their experimentation program. Very few know which agents to build first, or where they’ll make the biggest impact. Optimizely’s AI Experimentation Mapping Template is a free, five-step guide
Meet Claude, your new video editor. · 2026-10-26Partnership 🤖 Build three AI agents for your product team in one week Optimizely’s AI Experimentation University is a free, live cohort for growth and product managers.
Muse. · 2026-10-12But first a word from our sponsors + this week’s top news. Partnerships Amplitude Agent Analytics Two users ask your agent the same question
Jev. · 2026-09-25Arize PhoenixSponsor
First, a word from our sponsors + this week’s top news. In Partnership with Arize Phoenix: 9K Stars and Counting
Hermes Bot Mode. · 2026-08-25
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