AI Hot Takes: Should You Read the Code, Is RAG Dead, and Did Skills Kill MCP?
Cassidy and GPS dive into a round of AI hot takes to separate the extreme, engagement-bait opinions from the actual nuance.
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The GitHub Podcast
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This is the GitHub podcast, a show dedicated to the topics, trends, stories and culture in and around the developer community on GitHub.
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AI Hot Takes: Should You Read the Code, Is RAG Dead, and Did Skills Kill MCP?
35 min
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- Biweekly
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- 32 min
- Latest release
- Sep 16
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Open-source projects, maintainers, communities, licensing, sustainability, and governance.
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Language design, runtimes, compilers, syntax, and language-specific engineering practice.
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Developer productivity, tooling, workflows, platforms, and engineering enablement.
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Host-led conversation where a guest supplies most of the subject matter.
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Detailed technical, architectural, or research-oriented examination.
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Advanced
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