About this episode
It’s been almost 3 weeks since the React Compiler hit v1.0 and Jack gives an update on the ease of adding it to a React-based project and immediate performance improvement he’s seen from it.
Popular AI-powered IDE Cursor just released v2.0, and it’s going hard on the agent mode, offering things like: a multi-agent interface where agents can run in parallel working on the same task with different models, and a new frontier model that’s 4x faster.
Then the hosts then get existential about whether the AI hype bubble is about to burst, if it’s really capable of stealing anyone’s jobs, and how much you should trust an LLM when making decisions about things like the tech stack for a new project.
Timestamps:
- 1:43 - React Compiler 1.0
- 8:13 - Cursor 2.0
- 22:28 - AI discussion on bubbles and more
- 43:13 - What’s making us happy
News:
- Paige - AI: bubbles and more bubbles, employment impact, and proper use
- Jack - React Compiler 1.0
- TJ - Cursor 2.0
What Makes Us Happy this Week:
- Paige - Heated Under Desk Foot Rest
- Jack - The Toxic Avenger movie
- TJ - A London reporter interviewed the wrong Bill DeBlasio
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