Behind the Craft · 2026-08-02 · 47 min
Copy my personal AI system to save time and build with AI: Get my free AI newsletter read by 150K+ professionals: Karan co-founded Nous Research, the company behind Hermes, the #1 personal agent and AI app overall on OpenRouter. I found him incredibly down to earth as we discussed why open-source AI must win, how Hermes gets better the more you use it, and even a live demo of how Hermes can mod your favorite childhood games. Karan and I talked about: (00:00) How Hermes differs from Claude Code and Codex (02:20) Why every AI model now sounds exactly the same (11:16) How to stop AI from saying “you’re absolutely right” (15:16) How Hermes creates skills without bloating its context (16:40) The open vs.
5 Rules for Building AI Agents That Work in Production | Nan Yu & Jacob Shumway91 / 100Inside Anthropic’s Bet on Claude Agents that Work While You Sleep | Jess Yan70 / 100ChatGPT Work + Codex Tutorial: My Complete System at OpenAI | Jason LiuHow I Plan, Build, and Run Loops with Claude Code in 40 Minutes | Thariq ShihiparHow to Build AI Agents That Check Their Own Work | Jared Zoneraich