Yelling at Robots
Two well-seasoned technology veterans, Ian Fosbery and Joshua Raphael Reynolds, turn their critical gaze towards the practical application of agentically augmented software engineering in the wild. Fire up the agents while you pour yourself a fresh cup o' joe and enjoy the show.
Episodes
Josh suprised Ian with an unscheduled on demand record. Enjoy a classic as they struggle for coherences.
Mostly an ad hoc update on Luna canning some sh*tbird's ass over at Andon Labs.
00:00 - Cold open
02:12 - Intro
02:30 - Chit chat tik tok
04:49 - AI boss cans an employee
12:53 - JR pitches the new spinoff
15:00 - Outro
- Andon Labs' Luna fires people now: https://andonlabs.com/blog/ai-bosses-2
- Euro edition: https://andonlabs.com/b...
On today's yell, we discuss how AI adoption is a dumb thing to measure and why your new AI boss is gonna be your best friend.
00:00 - Intro
02:40 - Today on the show
03:55 - Intro Intro
04:12 - The chit chats to start
11:59 - I love my AI boss
20:47 - AI adoption isn't real
22:28 - Yeah we're not talking about AI adoption
23:51 - Outro
- Dex Horthy on The Pragmatic Engineer: https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/context-engineering-w...
This week we yell about Claude's breakout from an jail with no bars and the battle to turn the lights on in software factories.
00:00 - Intro
01:52 - The new work that is less work
04:08 - Today on the show
07:56 - Anthropic goes balls deep on the internet
19:31 - Building a dark factory
32:23 - Outro
- Anthropic goes ham on the internet
The Zig'pire strikes back with some retro shade-burns on the Bun Rust rewrite.
Also OpenAI's baby model take a dump in the pool and we all have to clear out for a chlorine bomb.
00:00 - Intro
03:15 - Andrew Kelley has some thoughts
12:51 - Who let the models out!
26:28 - Outro
- Andrew Kelley fires back at the buns! https://andrewkelley.me/post/my-thoughts-bun-rust-rewrite.html
- OpenAI's models hug the faces: https://www.nytimes.com/2026...
We're back! Spitting on the Bun Rewrite blog post and the scourge of Forward Deployed Engineers (also JR will totally take a forward deployed engineer position if you would only return his calls, Anthropic!)
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - Today on the show
03:02 - The BUN REWRITE
15:59 - Smelly Foward Deployed Engineers
21:49 - Outro
- Why bun rewrite?! https://bun.com/blog/bun-in-rust
- Check out my Tiger Style! https://tigerstyle.dev/
We are back and better than ever.
Bear with us as we...
* Migrate our production pipeline to all open source products
* Experiment with new microphones
* Travel through space hoping that the next leap will be the leap home.
00:00 - Intro
01:40 - We talk mics
02:44 - Microsoft's fun with Copilot
09:52 - Wrap up / outro
- Microsoft copilot incident: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/critical-copilot-vulnerability-allowed-hackers-to-s...
More Zucked up motherzucking at Meta (whew!) and the lads wax poetic on hiring in an AI age.
00:00 - Intro
01:21 - On today's show
02:38 - Meta implosion and coining the phrase...
05:28 - First ever YAR merch contest!
07:00 - Back to meta
11:40 - Interviewing after the before times
19:51 - Wrap up
21:13 - Outro
- Meta Prediction Markets: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/technology/meta-prediction-markets-app.html
- Zuck doing the opposite ...
The Metastrophe continues as Supreme Commander Zuck his loyal lieutenants of fail-flail continue speed running with buckets of money turning their workforce into Reverse Centaurs. Would be great to watch if it didn't crush so many spirits along the way. On the plus side, the pay is still great! Also we talk about the loopy loop craze and why if you're not using them you are piece of human garbage.
00:00 - Intro
03:17 - On today's sho...
Ride the worm ripping through the internet's guts along with the lads as they do a debrief on their recent website coding episode, wax nostalgic about times when they could install a software package with only a 10% chance of acquiring an internet infection AND some melancholic musings on the future of humanity. Also, worms!
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - On today's episode
01:50 - Website retro & announcement
11:45 - Ian cleans his camera
1...
CODING EPISODE
Join JR & the Foz as they use their one shot at using Mythos (Fable) to vibe code their way to mediocrity.
You'll never believe what happens next!
This week, the lads slop on Cloudflare and Stripe's agent baby, Github's continual f**kery, and Vercel's speed run towards the security cliff.
00:00 Cold open
00:47 Intro
02:23 What's on the show today
03:35 Cloudflare & Stripe give keys to the kids
09:56 Vercel gets bit in the ass
16:51 Github is still f***ed
30:45 Outro
Cloudflare & Stripe: https://www.infoworld.com/article/4165857/are-we-ready-to-give-ai-agents-the-keys-to-the-c...
JR and the Foz vibe up a homepage using nothing but their wits and a massively subsidized earth shattering infrastructure to inference ideas into magic.
Big Pickle and Nematron collide to make Haskell magic on today's episode.
JR and The Foz wax analytic about the gap in the tracks as the industry races towards a funky future. Let the Chaos Magick Continue!
00:00 - Intro
01:04 - On today's episode
01:51 - Zuck's Clone Wars
05:17 - Bakery update!
07:46 - Lovable's SecOps Sucks
12:32 - Cursor + Railway DB Delete!
21:45 - That's a wrap!
Zuckerberg Clone Wars:
Episode 8 - JR and Foz talk about bakeries, Trendslop, and The Great Claude Shakedown™ of 2026!
00:00 - Intro
02:00 - On today's episode
04:34 - Bakery update!
11:32 - Trendslop
12:22 - JR and Foz plan the final episode
13:03 - Moar Trendslop
17:18 - The Great Claude Shakedown™
23:52 - Outro
Trendslop Article: https://hbr.org/2026/03/researchers-asked-llms-for-strategic-advice-they-got-trendslop-in-return
Episode 7: Memory Palaces, Security Hell, and the Slow Collapse of Society
This week on Yelling at Robots, JR and Foz dive headfirst into the cheerful little topic of AI security doom — with a brief stop at Milla Jovovich apparently becoming an AI memory systems founder.
They unpack Mem Palace, a celebrity-adjacent AI memory project that sent Twitter into a frenzy, then quickly into forensic open-source critique mode. ...
JR and The Foz dig deep on Easter Sunday in to the claude code own goal of publishing their agent harness, the dangers of slopsquatting and the rising tide of local models.
Anthropic Leak
- What happened: https://medium.com/@anhaia.gabriel/claude-codes-entire-source-code-was-just-leaked-via-npm-source-maps-here-s-what-s-inside-eb9f6a1d5ccb
- Choufan Shou (person who found the leak): https://x.com/Fried_Rice
- Claw Codes Codes: https://cl...
The Foz dares set foot in JR's hood for a very special European edition. Back from a 3 week vacation hiatus and holy crap! In the reverse-black-hole of AI, 3 weeks is like a year in the real world.
They review the failure to launch ChatGPT's saucy edition, Meta's acquisition of MoltBook and other things!
Come and drink from the AI-news-and-topic firehose!
- Builder Identity Crisis?: https://engineeringafterai.substack.com/p/from...
Discoursing...
- Dario (Anthropic CEO) breaks the AI CEO Covenant
- Another one of Sam's non-dystopian startups!
- The beautiful new world of prompt injection *Klaw replication
- JR got fired from his bread making app gig in a way that deeply sparked his interest and curiosity
- Larry Ellison gives great hair
Dario's Memo:
- https://www.theinformation.com/articles/read-anthropic-ceos-memo-attacking-openais-mendacious-pentagon-announcem...
JR and The Foz dissect the latest openclaw shenanigans and dig in to a claude augmented sourdough bread baking application.
Use coupon code YELLING for two openclaws for the price of one!
In this episode we - crack wise on the Zuck - I don't remember else what - actually have a good idea for NEXT episode (this one is still a shambolic ramble fest, though!) Enjoy!
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