Claude Code, OpenAI Drama, and Is Anyone Still Using Backstage?
Episode 568 · April 17th, 2026 · 1 hr 6 mins
About this Episode
This week, we discuss Claude's harness, OpenAI's ongoing drama, and whether Backstage is still a thing. Plus, Coté gives up on the green screen.
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Runner-up Titles
- It’s clearly an AI chair.
- I’ve given up on the green screen
- No animals, only buttholes
- I don’t know if I can think on my own
- Make your pecans really pop
- Did they shut it down? I wasn’t paying attention
- Always take the first offer for a billion dollars
- Bad Parking
- The Apple IIE had this problem
- I was paying attention but I might have had a mouthful of cereal.
Rundown
- Anthropic
- Anthropic vs. OpenAI Revenue
- Why Anthropic’s new model has cybersecurity experts rattled
- Workday CTO Joins Anthropic Amid Startup’s Push to Build HR Apps
- Clouded Judgement 4.10.26 - Long Live the Harness (Wrapper?) !
- Anthropic closes in on OpenAI as US business use surges
- Anthropic says Claude Code subscribers will need to pay extra for OpenClaw usage
- Anthropic Buys Stealth Dimension-Backed Coefficient Bio in $400M+ Stock Deal
- Claude Command /powerup
- Post-Mortem of Anthropic's Claude Code Leak
- OpenAI Palace Intrigue
- OpenAI's Fidji Simo takes medical leave, announces leadership changes
- OpenAI CEO and CFO Diverge on IPO Timing
- Industrial policy for the Intelligence Age
- OpenAI is getting weird again - Casey Newton
- OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro
- Let Us Learn to Show Our Friendship for a Man When He Is Alive and Not After He Is Dead
- OpenAI buys TBPN
- Exclusive | OpenAI Buys Tech-Industry Talk Show TBPN
- OpenAI Buys Tech-Industry Talk Show TBPN
- OpenAI acquires TBPN | OpenAI
- OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show
- OpenAI Buys Streaming Show ‘TBPN,’ Aiming to Change Narrative on A.I.
- Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
- Backstage
- Observability
- Cursor and Coding Agents
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- Post Mortem: axios npm supply chain compromise · Issue #10636 · axios/axios · GitHub
- Addressing GitHub’s recent availability issues
- Iran threatens ‘complete and utter annihilation’ of OpenAI's $30B Stargate AI data center
- Social media is turning into a freak show
- The Building Block Economy
- Giant Mac mini cluster powers Overcast podcast transcripts without the cloud
- How Amazon Dies: A Possible, Maybe Likely Future
- Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban New Data Centers
- Introducing Muse Spark: Scaling Towards Personal Superintelligence
- SiFive raises $400 million from Atreides, Nvidia for data-center chip technology
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- AI infrastructure budgets set to triple as demand soars: Deloitte
- Amazon jumps deeper into space race
- Amazon buying Globalstar, to rival SpaceX's Starlink
- Meta is making an AI Zuck to chat with employees
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Nonsense
- NASA sends Outlook around Moon, immediately needs IT help
- Top FEMA Official Doubles Down on Claim He Teleported to Waffle House
- AI CEO vs Engineer (2026).
- Poor Blue Blob
- Paul McCartney Banned From Reddit After Promoting Himself in Paul McCartney Subreddit
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- Brandon’s App: Milestone Birthday and Anniversary Tracker
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