Description

This week we're asking the uncomfortable question: is AI coding making us worse developers, or just changing which skills matter? We dig into OpenAI's new WebMCP Challenge and what it means for the agentic web, plus Bun's massive 1.4 release packed with performance wins and new features. Then we wrap up with TanStack AI hitting release candidate and the internet's new favorite gimmick, Hugging Face's rollerblading Microduck.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:03 - Will AI coding prevent expertise?
• 21:40 - WebMCP challenge
• 29:49 - Bun 1.4 release
• 42:17 - TanStack AI RC
• 43:14 - Microduck
• 47:21 - What's making us happy

News

• Paige: AI Coding will Prevent Expertise
• Jack: WebMCP challenge
• TJ: Bun 1.4

Lightning News

• Microduck
• TanStack AI enters RC

What's Making Us Happy

• Paige: The Paradise Problem book
• Jack: Altoids guitar pick insert website
• TJ: Still Counting Podcast

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