Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben

"The only dev podcast hosted by real devs" - Theo (not a real dev)

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben is a technology podcast hosted by Theo and Ben, with 22 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Theo and Ben hosts Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben, a technology show with 22 episodes published.

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  Episode #22

  Anthropic's Answer to Astra, Gemini 3.8 Flash Killed Benchmarks, and Muse Spark 1.3's Pretty Good

  Sep 10, 20262h 5mS1

  Theo & Ben break down their latest thoughts on how Astra and Fable 5.1's releases have changed the way they work, how they interact in T3 Code, and then circle back to the latest with Codex usage limits, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Muse Spark 1.3, and the growing gap between model benchmarks and real coding workflows. Thanks to this episode's sponsor, General Translation: General Translation: https://nerdsnipe.link/gt Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify: https://nerdsnipe.link/spotify Apple: https://nerdsnipe.link/apple Elsewhere: https://nerdsnipe.link/listen Sources available on our Substack: https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 04:57 Gemini 3.8 Flash 14:48 Muse Spark & small models 22:08 AI subscriptions 34:14 GPT-6 Astra launch & pricing 56:04 Rate limits & autonomous coding 1:10:14 Fable 5.1 1:23:23 AI design & 3D demos 1:40:53 Astra vs. Fable: Which to use?

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  Episode #21

  We've Been Using GPT-6 Astra for a Few Weeks, Here's What We Think...

  Sep 3, 20261h 51mS1

  Theo & Ben break down OpenAI's latest model, Astra, and why it's their new benchmark for AI coding, computer use, and multimodal work. But it's not all good: they explain why its UI, stopping behavior, and agent reliability still create friction in real software workflows. From DEFCON puzzles to coding-agent PRs, we're comparing Astra with Fable and asking what a trustworthy OpenAI model should do next. Thank you to PostHog for sponsoring today's episode! PostHog, all-in-one suite of product tools: https://nerdsnipe.link/posthog Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify: https://nerdsnipe.link/spotify Apple: https://nerdsnipe.link/apple Elsewhere: https://nerdsnipe.link/listen Sources available on our Substack: https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/ Timestamps 00:00 Meet Astra 04:03 Best Model Ever, With Catches 06:33 Reasoning and 3D Benchmarks 20:00 Astra Rebuilds Ping.gg 30:04 Instruction-Following Problems 44:47 The Uncommitted Fix Debate 01:09:37 The PR Babysitting Failure 01:22:41 Why Fable Still Wins 01:30:41 Multimodal and Computer Use 01:39:29 Astra vs. Fable Fleet Data

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  Episode #20

  Ox Alpha Revealed, OpenAI's Latest Pricing Updates, and Our Coding Model Tier List

  Aug 28, 20262h 43mS1

  Theo & Ben break down OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol price cut, breakdown the "Ox Alpha" stealth model we now know is GLM 5.3 Flash, then take a drink every time they say "Grok" while ranking every current AI model on a tier list! What could go wrong? Thanks to this episode's sponsor, General Translation: General Translation: https://nerdsnipe.link/gt Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify: https://nerdsnipe.link/spotify Apple: https://nerdsnipe.link/apple Elsewhere: https://nerdsnipe.link/listen Sources available on our Substack: https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/ Timestamps 0:00 Intro 3:30 OpenAI vs. Anthropic 14:44 Anthropic’s delayed models 20:53 Kimi K3 and open weights 30:08 The Alpha stealth model 48:26 Model tier list begins 1:09:53 GPT-5.6 Luna 1:13:09 Opus and Sonnet 1:20:25 Gemini models 1:31:15 DeepSeek and local models 1:59:58 Fable vs. Sol 2:28:46 Final rankings

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  Episode #19

  Anthropic Doesn't Think You Can Be Trusted, China is closing the gap, SpaceXAI Leaps Ahead, and DEF CON

  Aug 20, 20262h 18mS1

  Anthropic started watermarking their model's outputs, Dario posted on X, SpaceXAi is getting really good really fast, Meta is shipping again, and we won DEF CON 2026. Thank you PostHog, the all in one suite of product tools for sponsoring today's Episode! Check them out at: nerdsnipe.link/posthog Listen wherever you get your podcasts: - Spotify: nerdsnipe.link/spotify - Apple: nerdsnipe.link/apple - Elsewhere: nerdsnipe.link/listen Sources available on our Substack: nerdsnipe.substack.com Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:56 Claude Watermarks 15:04 Meta + Muse 48:48 GLM-5.3 55:15 Qwen + DeepSeek 1:08:48 Grok 4.6 + Bot 1:20:15 Gavin vs Dario 1:43:44 DEFCON 2:15:35 Viewer Q&A

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  Episode #18

  Opus 5 Releases, China Catches Up, and the OpenAI Model Sandbox Escape

  Jul 27, 20261h 23mS1

  Theo and Ben break down why Opus 5 feels like GPT-5.5 crossed with Fable rather than GPT-5.6 crossed with Fable, what Fable found when it audited an Opus thread line by line, where Opus still clearly wins (3D, animation, and Claude Code limits at half Fable's price with no 50% weekly cap), plus Kimi K3, GLM 5.2, the Hugging Face hack, Grok 4.5, Codex, and T3 Code. Thanks to this episode's sponsor, General Translation: General Translation: https://nerdsnipe.link/gt Sources available on our Substack: https://nerdsnipe.substack.com/

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