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AI developer podcast turning vibe coders into software engineers, one episode at a time. Augmenting developers, not replacing their craft. 🌐 fragmentedpodcast.com 📫 buttondown.com/fragmentedcast Previously a leading Android developer podcast.
Ever wondered why they still can't fix Claude Code flickers? Spoiler: It's not because of TS/JS or react! Mitchell Hashimoto (Ghostty's author) explains in this short clip the reason behind that and how Ghostty could address the root cause, enabling even more demanding TUI applications.
🎙️ Our first guest in the AI series is the legend @mitchellh.com 🎙️ We covered a lot of ground and learned a tonne from him: 👻 Ghostty's internals and why tmux & certain shells strip its best features. His path from AI skeptic to cautious optimist.
Karpathy's goal for agents: maximize how long they run without intervention. While individual speed goes up, "system" speed doesn't (the false summit ⛰️). Listen to Ep 309 — Background Agents: fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/309 where we resolve this tension.
309 - Background Agents - Fragmented | AI Developer Podcast
Andrej Karpathy says the goal is to maximize how long an agent runs without your intervention. But there’s a false summit most teams hit first: individual speed goes up while system speed stalls, lapt...
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Our LLM explainer (ep 303) got pretty popular, so we thought we'll follow up with the natural progression - How do image models work (in 20 minutes). also... what does Michalangelo have to do with stable diffusion models? 🤔 Listen to ep 308 to find out fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/308
308 - How Image Diffusion Models Work - the 20 minute explainer - Fragmented | AI Developer Podcast
You already know how LLMs work — text into tokens, tokens into math, predict the next one. Image generation uses the same broad ideas but flips the training game: instead of predicting the next token,...
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OpenAI spent 20% of every week cleaning up AI slop from their own coding agents. So they built a "harness" shaping the agent's environment so the slop never ships in the first place. @kau.sh & @iurysouza.dev talk about "Harness Engineering" in the latest ep. fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/307/
307 - Harness Engineering - the hard part of AI coding - Fragmented | AI Developer Podcast
The hard part of AI coding isn’t generating code — it’s controlling quality, safety, and drift. Drawing from OpenAI’s Codex case study, Stripe’s Minions project, and real-world experience, Kaushik and...
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Are AGENTS[.]md files even useful? There’s finally a paper asking the obvious question. @kau.sh and @iurysouza.dev get into the paper, the sync problem, and the small amount of discipline required to stop your agent setup from turning into a mess. 🎧 fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/306
We almost shipped an episode with a silent master track 😬 Adobe Podcast returned 58 minutes of completely silent video for one of our episodes. No audio. Just two guys miming a podcast. 😨 Here's how we recovered it 🧵
Master subagents and your AI coding sessions stay sharp for hours with clean results. Under the hood though? they're just a tool call. One model prompting another in a scoped context. 💡 New ep breaks down what they are, when to spawn them, and when not to. fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/305/
305 - Subagents explained: What they are, when (not) to spawn them - Fragmented | AI Developer Podcast
Download directly Subagents are becoming a core primitive for serious AI-assisted development. In this episode, Kaushik and Iury disambiguate “agent” terminology, unpack plan mode vs subagents, and e...
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Everyone's talking about OpenClaw (Clawdbot) right now. But what makes it so extensible? Agent Skills! modular SKILL mds that teach an agent how to do anything. We do a deep dive in episode 304 on when to use them, how they work, and how not to get pwned. 🎧 fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/304
Its really useful to get some intuition of how LLMs work so that you can get the most out of them. This was tricky to do, but I guess @kau.sh and I did a good job of breaking down how LLMs work on a 20min, audio-only episode. I always learn smth when I revisit this topic. Check it out!🎙️
Duck Droid@fragmentedpodcast.com · 6mo agoEver get asked "how do LLMs work?" and freeze? 🎧 Listen to Ep 303 and fix that 🎧 fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/303/ We walk through tokenization, embeddings, and inference: the full pipeline in 20(ish) minutes. Enough to hold your own at the next dinner party.
Ever get asked "how do LLMs work?" and freeze? 🎧 Listen to Ep 303 and fix that 🎧 fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/303/ We walk through tokenization, embeddings, and inference: the full pipeline in 20(ish) minutes. Enough to hold your own at the next dinner party.
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What are MCPs? are they worth the token cost? 🎧 Listen to Ep 302 and find out! 🎧 fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/302/ We break down what an MCP actually is, how it differs from just using CLIs, the tradeoffs you should know about, and when MCPs actually make sense for your workflow.
302 - MCPs Explained - what they are and when to use them - Fragmented | AI Developer Podcast
Download directly MCPs are everywhere, but are they worth the token cost? We break down what Model Context Protocol actually is, how it differs from just using CLIs, the tradeoffs you should know abo...
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🎧 Episode 301 is out - AI coding ladder 🎧 Most developers say AI coding like it's one thing but it's not. Listen to @kau.sh & @iurysouza.dev talk about the different AI coding paradigms. Listen to this episode and find out where you are on the ladder! fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/301/
301 - The AI coding ladder - Fragmented | AI Developer Podcast
Download directly Most folks reference “AI coding” like it’s one thing. It’s really not. In this foundational episode Kaushik & Iury walk through (at least) four paradigms — from super autocomplete t...
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Been a Fragmented listener since before I got my first dev job. Surreal to now be joining @kau.sh as co-host for this new Al focused season! Looking forward to getting into the ins and outs of Al coding! What actually works, what doesn't, and how to think about all of it. Let's do this! 🎙️🤘
Duck Droid@fragmentedpodcast.com · 7mo ago🎧 Episode 300 is now out! 🎧 From Vibe Coding → Software Engineering Announcing our biggest pivot and our new cohost @iurysouza.dev 🤭 You have to listen to the episode just to hear Iury's take on AI. 🤭 fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/300
🎧 Episode 300 is now out! 🎧 From Vibe Coding → Software Engineering Announcing our biggest pivot and our new cohost @iurysouza.dev 🤭 You have to listen to the episode just to hear Iury's take on AI. 🤭 fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/300
300 - From Vibe coding to Software engineering - Fragmented | AI Developer Podcast
Download directly Fragmented is changing. New direction, new cohost. Kaushik explains the pivot from Android to AI development and introduces Iury Souza. From vibe coding to software engineering — on...
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Big changes coming to @fragmentedpodcast.com New direction. New cohost. New episode numbering. Full story drops in the episode coming out on Monday. But if you want a sneak peek (updates in our email newsletter). buttondown.com/fragmentedcast
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vibe coding → software engineeringFragmented is a developer podcast that helps turn vibe coders into software engineers, one episode at a time. Our goal is to share our learnings with AI assisted deve...
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excited to end the @fragmentedpodcast.com hiatus with a new season: a developer's crash course on #AI #programming just enough theory but more "how do I actually build with this?" i'll start with fluency, then dive deep. help me shape the first few episodes:
I had the honor of chatting with @kau.sh and sharing some predictions, hot takes, mental models and how I'm thinking about where to spend my time amid all the chaos. We anchor the conversation on the recent interview that I published in my newsletter with 10 other Android experts. #AndroidDev
Duck Droid@fragmentedpodcast.com · last yr.Ever wonder if your #AndroidDev skills will still be relevant in 3 years? 🤔 @vinaygaba.bsky.social did the digging for you! We got the juicy predictions and some sage wisdom 🧘. New ep out: 🎧 Future of AndroidDev (in an AI world) with Vinay Gaba 🎧 fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/257
Ever wonder if your #AndroidDev skills will still be relevant in 3 years? 🤔 @vinaygaba.bsky.social did the digging for you! We got the juicy predictions and some sage wisdom 🧘. New ep out: 🎧 Future of AndroidDev (in an AI world) with Vinay Gaba 🎧 fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/257
257 - Future of AndroidDev in an AI world with Vinay Gaba · Fragmented | #androiddev Podcast
Download directly Join us as we talk with Vinay Gaba, Android GDE and leading voice in Android development, about the future of the field. Vinay shares insights from interviews with top Android devs ...
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New episode it out! 🎧 Rapid prototyping with Kotlin tech 🎧 What are the tools in your utility belt? fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/256/
256 - Rapid prototyping with Kotlin · Fragmented | #androiddev Podcast
Download directly In this episode, we dive into the power of rapid prototyping for Android developers using Kotlin. We explore how this crucial skill can impress stakeholders, accelerate your workflo...
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Thanks for sharing episode 255 on DOP (Data Oriented Programming) @androidweekly.bsky.social in your latest letter 🙌 I really think this paradigm pushes us to model systems better and is a powerful tool for improving software engineering craftsmanship. fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/255/
255 - Data Oriented Programming · Fragmented | #androiddev Podcast
Download directly In this episode, we dive into the programming paradigm — Data Oriented Programming (DOP) and why making data the star can simplify your code. Learn how well-modeled data reduces def...
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Android Weekly@androidweekly.bsky.social · last yr.Latest Android Weekly Issue 663 is out! androidweekly.net/issues/issue... #AndroidDev #Kotlin
🔈 Our first episode of this year and season is out — Data Oriented Programming 🎧 First #AndroidDev #podcast episode for 2025. We're resumed our new season, so episodes coming your way every week! fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/255/
255 - Data Oriented Programming · Fragmented | #androiddev Podcast
Download directly In this episode, we dive into the programming paradigm — Data Oriented Programming (DOP) and why making data the star can simplify your code. Learn how well-modeled data reduces def...
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Excited to announce the next season of @fragmentedpodcast.com. Starting next week, I should drop a fresh episode every Tuesday for the next 5 weeks. The switch lets me prep better (and take a breather 😅). Want to catch up on prev episodes? check our 📬 - buttondown.com/fragmentedca...
2025 Jan 📨
Happy New Year, folks! Welcome to the January edition of the Fragmented Podcast newsletter. It’s been a while since we last sent out an email update— my...
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Kotlin Weekly #439 has just been published! - mailchi.mp/kotlinweekly...
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Final phase of @fragmentedpodcast.com's reboot is nearly done! 📬 Newsletter drops early Jan with some fun exclusive meta talk on how some of the episodes came about. Subscribe for free → buttondown.com/fragmentedca...
8× increase in speed and 5× reduction in memory usage with Dan Rusu's Immutable Arrays in Kotlin 🤯 Tune into our grand finale #AndroidDev #podcast episode for 2024. https://fragmented-android-developer-podcast-479ffc54.simplecast.com/episodes/254
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