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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References Mentioned

• Sonari - TJ's transcription app, waiting on business and certificate decisions this week
• Halcyon - TJ's notes app, stuck at the same inflection point as Sonari
• Fantasy Lake Adventure Park - the flooded quarry with inflatable obstacle courses Chris took the Scouts to
• Claude Opus 5.5 - the new lead model for both hosts
• Introducing GPT-6 Sol and Luna - the OpenAI models from the same launch day, which Chris is testing as Hive workers
• Hive - Chris's meta harness for Claude Code and Codex, now open source and on npm as @cmgmyr/hive
• Avocet - Chris's local meeting recorder and transcriber, with a beta wish list sign-up
• Krisp - the meeting recorder both hosts moved off of
• Riverside - where the podcast records, and its headphones setting for echo handling
• Tauri - how TJ ships Halcyon updates
• Sparkle - the native Swift update framework TJ is still working through
• Linear - the keyboard-first feel Chris is chasing in Avocet
• Novelhood - Chris's book club app, where Lookover started
• Lookover - Chris's manual-testing queue for agents and one human tester
• CleanShot - the screenshot tool Chris pastes images from into Lookover
• Jig - Chris's workbench for ideas, POCs, and long-running AI conversations