Machines of Code and Grace

A podcast from Graceful.Dev. Join hosts Avdi and Jessitron for short, topical discussions about the full-circle development practice; with an empahasis on how LLMs and agentic coding is changing what it means to be a software developer.

Episodes

“It’s called etiquette, and we don’t have it yet.”

September 22, 2026 • 14 mins

In which Jessitron and Avdi admit that nobody — themselves included — is ever fully caught up on the AI news cycle, and dig into why an email can smell like Claude wrote it before you've even finished the first line. Also: what aliens would conclude about humans if they only learned our language from LLM transcripts.

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“We need more scaffolding”

May 31, 2026 • 10 mins

In which Jessitron and Avdi discuss using LLM agents to make improvement to development environments for both LLM and human coders. Also: the vindication of microservices??

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“How do we give it eyeballs?”

May 10, 2026 • 13 mins

Jessitron and Avdi discuss using an agent with Obsidian, Change Intent Records, and closing the verification loop.

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“No poop candy!”

April 23, 2026 • 11 mins

Avdi and Jessitron talk about brown M&Ms, ASCII trumpets, and why we need telltales to ensure our agents haven’t missed something important. Join the Code…

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“Historically is like six months ago”

April 5, 2026 • 10 mins

In which Jessitron and Avdi discuss the merits of larger and smaller LLMs, and the challenges of code review in codebases with a lot of history.

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“I’ve often wished I could fork myself…”

March 22, 2026

Jessitron and Avdi discuss defining AI “Feature Owners” in order to avoid accidental breakage. Watch the video version Show notes

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Episodes

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“It’s called etiquette, and we don’t have it yet.”

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