DX is Dead: Max Stoiber on Why Software Engineering is Shifting to "Taste"

Episode 12 · May 21, 2026 · 09:47

In this episode of The Merge, recorded live at the CodeRabbit office, we sit down with Max Stoiber to tackle a massive paradigm shift shaking the industry: Why DX (Developer Experien...

Why Tanner Linsley Won’t Take VC Money for TanStack

Episode 11 · May 18, 2026 · 01:08:15

Tanner Linsley, creator of TanStack, joins The Merge to talk about what it really takes to keep open source free, independent, and sustainable.TanStack is used by millions of develop...

Google worries about OS models: Kunal Kushwaha on Why Open Source is Killing Proprietary AI

Episode 10 · May 14, 2026 · 26:15

In this episode of The Merge, we sit down with Kunal Kushwaha at Scale Con in Pasadena. Kunal is a GitHub Star and the EMEA Lead for Developer Relations at Cast AI, an application pe...

Why NVIDIA is Betting on Open Source and Ultra-Fast Inference

Episode 9 · April 28, 2026 · 56:07

Chris Alexios joins Hendrik at our CodeRabbit Office in San Francisco to pull back the curtain on NVIDIA’s latest model family, Nemotron-3 (Nano, Super, and Ultra). They dive deep in...

Claude OPUS 4.7 - Anthropic drops a new Model - David Loker (VP of AI at CodeRabbit)

Episode 8 · April 16, 2026 · 21:05

Most Founders Don't Understand Open Source | Ivan Burazin (CEO, Daytona)

Episode 7 · April 13, 2026 · 45:27

Most Founders Don't Understand Open Source | Ivan Dzido (Daytona)"Most people actually don't understand what they are signing off to...". In this episode of The Merge, we sit down wi...

TypeScript BEATS Python when building AI Agents (Mastra's YC Journey)

Episode 6 · March 24, 2026 · 47:01

Is the era of Python-only AI over? Mastra CTO Abhi Aiyer breaks down why 1.2 million developers are shifting to TypeScript to build production-ready AI agents, the brutal realities o...

DID GOOGLE JUST WIN THE AI RACE?

Episode 5 · March 16, 2026 · 20:38

Is the "Benchmark Chasing" era over? With the release of Gemini 3.1 Pro and the specialized Deep Think mode, Google isn't just releasing a faster model—they are introducing a fundame...

From Psychologist to 12k Stars on Github: The Career Pivot You Need to Hear About!

Episode 4 · March 16, 2026 · 47:34

🎙️ The Merge Episode #2: From Psychology to 12,000 Stars with Herrington DarkhomeIn this episode of The Merge, Hendrik sits down with Herrington Darkhome, the creator of ast-grep, a ...

GPT-5.3-Codex vs. Claude Opus 4.6 Comparison: Performance, Benchmarks & Agentic Coding Workflows

Episode 3 · February 11, 2026 · 16:51

THE MERGE - AI NEWSROOMGPT-5.3-Codex vs. Claude Opus 4.6: Benchmarks and Best Agentic WorkflowsOpenAI and Anthropic just changed the game for February 2026. But as these models get m...

After 2025: What’s Next for AI Coding in 2026 - The Merge (by CodeRabbit) - Episode1

Episode 2 · January 22, 2026 · 34:14

2025 was chaos in the best way: DeepSeek cracked open the model monopoly and proved world-class open weights don't need infinite budgets. Vibe coding went mainstream - prompt your wa...