ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Convos.dev is a podcast for nerdy people who love digging into what’s happening in tech. Each week, Chris and Jess (2 devrel engineers) share their takes on new tools, industry shifts, and the quirks of developer life. If you like thoughtful conversations and staying plugged into what’s next in software, you’ll feel right at home here.
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
24 minutes
English
United States
26 episodes
since July 24, 2025
episodic
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In this episode of convos.dev, Jess brings three of Anthropic's research papers she's been reading and teaches Chris through each one — starting with how people ask Claude for personal guidance, and how Anthropic trains newer models to push back instead of caving when someone really wants to hear &…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
In this episode of convos.dev, Chris brings two essays on AI and writing. The takeaway is that "slop" means something different depending on whose craft it's stepping on, and the same designers who fiercely guard their own work will happily let AI write everything.They dig into gradations…
In this episode of convos.dev, Jess brings a blog post that got almost no attention online and deserved way more: Henry Pan's "What 1,000+ Harness Experiments Taught Me About Self-Improving Agents." She walks Chris through Pan's three-loop framework — inner, middle, and outer — and the me…
In this episode of convos.dev, Jess and Chris try a new format: each brings a piece of content they've been chewing on and teaches it to the other. Chris kicks off with Andy Matuschak's MIT talk on the "two accidental tyrannies" — the app model and programming-as-specialization — and how …
In this episode of Convos.dev, Chris and Jess delve into the intricacies of side projects—why they do them, how they find the time, and the various motivations behind each endeavor. They explore the balance between professional commitments and personal passions, highlighting how side projects serve…
In this episode of Convos.dev, the Chris and Jess reflect on their growth since their first discussion on the topic, especially in the context of AI's impact on tech startups. Both hosts share the unique challenges of being the only DevRel in their teams, highlighting the importance of automating r…
In this episode of convos.dev, Jess and Chris dig into how they're actually using OpenClaw — at work, at home, and in some weirdly elaborate personal setups. Chris walks through his team's multi-agent deployment at Resend, his personal Obsidian-vault task manager run entirely over Signal text messa…
In this episode of convos.dev, Jess and Chris share what they learned giving their first dev talks. They trade tips on prep, managing nerves, and why giving people something tangible to take away matters more than you think.
In this episode of convos.dev, Jess and Chris tackle the gray areas of AI ethics — not the big global questions, but the personal ones. When is it okay to use AI for writing? What do you lose when you stop crafting sentences yourself? They get into the guilt of using AI-generated art, whether compa…
In this episode of convos.dev, Jess and Chris dive into the world of hiring and interviewing for tech roles. Chris shares what he's learning from screening 300+ applicants for a technical writer role at Resend — from red flags in applications to the culture-fit questions he's found most revealing. …
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