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Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski bring on Dax Raad, co-founder of OpenCode, for a conversation about where AI-assisted development actually stands. The hook is in the title: Dax's team has come to depend on a proprietary model they are contractually unable to discuss in public, which becomes a springboard into model routing, the real cost profile of heavy AI usage, and how open-source models stack up against the closed frontier. Along the way they cover OpenCode 2.0, remote development environments, and the practical tooling questions developers face when AI writes a growing share of the code. A candid look at how much leverage these tools provide and how uncomfortable the dependency can get.
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"Syntax episode 1021: Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski talk with OpenCode co-founder Dax Raad about model routing, AI costs, and a model his team relies on but cannot name."
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