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158: The Browser Wars are Getting Weird
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This week we dig into Cloudflare's new agent-only browser, Kitesurf, built for speed over polish. Cursor made waves by ditching Solid.js for React, and Jack brings back a field report from RenderATL on the state of dev conferences in 2026. Plus, in Lightning News: pnpm's Rust rewrite, Microsoft trimming its AI feature list, Claude tackling the Riemann hypothesis with 60 subagents, and a Claude agent that accidentally hacked into a gym's registration system.
Timestamps
- 0:00 - Intro
- 1:00 - Cloudflare introduces Kitesurf: an agent-first browser
- 8:08 - Cursor moves from Solid to React
- 17:08 - Render ATL recap
- 30:44 - pnpm 12
- 32:39 - Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features
- 36:24 - Claude, the Riemann hypothesis, and Jared Sumner?
- 42:37 - A Claude agent hacked into a gym
- 48:40 - What's making us happy
News
- Paige: Cloudflare introduces Kitesurf: an agent-first browser
- Jack: Render ATL recap
- TJ: Cursor moves from Solid to React
Lightning News
- Pnpm 12 is Rust
- Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features
- The weird Mico video
- Claude, the Riemann hypothesis, and Jared Sumner?
- A Claude agent hacked into a gym
What's Making Us Happy
- Paige: ChatGPT Desktop App
- Jack: How dark is your movie & TV app
- TJ: The coolest scroll animation I've ever seen
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