The Programming Podcast · 2026-07-21 · 42 min
A new 2.8 trillion parameter model from China is officially outperforming Claude on key AI benchmarks. Get the facts on this release. Thank You to Our Sponsors! GitKraken: Stop fighting Git and spend more time building. Get visual Git workflows, PR management, and tools built for modern AI-powered development. Check out exclusive offers at Resources & Links Mentioned The Developer's Guide to AI: Grab the newly released book by Danny Thompson from here! Commit Your Code Conference (CYC 2026): Join us Sept 2nd-4th at the Capital One Campus in Plano, Texas. Keynote by the CTO of the PGA! Resilient Coders: Free coding boot camp paying you a stipend to learn. Applications open in Boston, Philly, NY, Maine, and Pittsburgh: Plus, we cover the Friday 3 PM developer log habit, why you should always be interview-ready every six months, and answer a listener question about how to handle recruiters before your first interview round. If you made it to the end, comment: “Better talking points!” so we know who is a real one! Come to CYC! Get The Developers Guide To AI here! Stay in Touch: Have ideas or questions for the show? Or are you a business that wants to talk business?
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