Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

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1021: We got addicted to an AI model we can't talk about

Explore episode Jul 15, 2026

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Tools and Techniques for AI Coding

At 42:20 · chapter starts 39:25

Scott asks what MCP tools and techniques are actually worth using today. Dax's personal setup is relatively vanilla, but the team's Discord bot is anything but. Running OpenCode as a Discord bot with a full suite of MCP servers connected to their data lake, the team can ask it complex analytical questions about subscriber behavior and get answers immediately. The 'Gang Growth' skill invites collective team participation on design decisions. The pattern: always tag OpenCode before tagging a person. Then the voice prompting admission — the whole team, including casual Discord messages, runs on voice now. Kit Langdon introduced it; once you see someone doing it, it unlocks something. Dax uses Handy on Linux, Hex on Mac. Scott has a foot pedal; Wes double-taps a mouse button. Someone sent Wes a prototype ring with a button on it. The LLM's tolerance for messy, rambling, imprecise speech is exactly what makes voice input viable where it failed before.

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