Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller dig into Prism v0.101, built on a community fork, and why Prism still has a place next to the Laravel AI SDK. Chris shares Avocet's launch pricing and an AI system that turns his link backlog into a nightly briefing, comparing notes on keeping up with fast-moving AI tools.

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References Mentioned

• Avocet - Chris's meeting recorder, now fully launched at $59 a year with a 10 meeting trial
• Hive - one of Chris's side projects moving forward, and the home for the AI meta project
• Jig - Chris's idea workbench, where the AI meta project idea came from
• 7 Brew - the drive-through chain with lines down the road near TJ's house
• Chemex - what Chris broke out for a quiet Sunday cup
• Purity Coffee Aponte Inga Dark Roast - the darker roast back in Chris's subscription box
• Prism v0.101.0 - TJ's catch-up release that closed 35 PRs
• wishborn - maintained the community fork of Prism that the release is built on
• Prism community fork PR - the fork TJ merged and cherry picked from
• Laravel AI SDK - Laravel's first-party AI package, and where Prism fits next to it
• Polar - the checkout and licensing service behind Avocet's launch
• Krisp - the meeting recorder Avocet replaced for both hosts
• Sonari - TJ's local transcription app, and his therapist's interest in a HIPAA-friendly notes tool
• AI meta project post - Chris's post about the AI inbox and nightly briefing
• Todoist - where Chris dumps links for the AI meta project to pick up every hour
• Claude Code releases - one of the release feeds the meta project checks daily
• Codex releases - the other release feed it checks
• Claude Haiku 5.5 - on a two-week trial for read-only sub-agent tasks to cut costs

TJ Miller and Chris Gmyr compare the AI code review bots they are each building at work, from fixture repos of real PRs to requiring a line of code behind every finding. TJ also shares the eval-driven wizard he built to turn source material into learning content, sharing insights on building AI systems you can test and trust.

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References Mentioned

• Hive - Chris's orchestration framework
• Gorillaz - the show TJ saw in Detroit
• Deltron 3030 - the opener and TJ's all-time favorite hip hop artist
• Luma Brighter Learning - where TJ is building the learning content wizard and the PR review bot
• Claude Opus 5.5 - the model TJ wants to move the content wizard to, then rerun the evals
• Prism - TJ's Laravel AI package, which needs updates before the model upgrade
• GitHub Copilot - the reviewer that caught real issues TJ's bot missed, and the inline comment style Chris wants to copy
• CodeRabbit - one of the review services both teams passed on in favor of building their own
• Amazon Bedrock - where Chris's reviewer runs to keep code inside their own infrastructure

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