A huge week for open models: Inkling (the first big US open-weight model since Gemma 4), Qwen 3.8, and Kimi 3 all dropped. Plus Vue 3.6 RC + Vapor Mode, the slow death of Stack Overflow, a decoy font that blinds AI, and the usual grab bag of fun links.
Show Notes
00:00 Intro
00:44 Welcome to Syntax
03:01 Vue.js 3.6 RC Released
Vue.js 3.6-RC.1
09:50 Brought to you by Sentry
10:35 Rift - new worktree alternative
Rift
Explaining Rift tweet
17:46 Every new browser feature
MDN Plus Browser features updates
CSS ’text-fit’ property
23:09 Kimi K3 Released
Kimi K3 release tweet
Kimi K3 blog post
Openrouter effective pricing
29:33 What are Open Weight Models
32:46 Kimi K3 Architecture
Kimi K3’s built up
Cutting off access to Kimi
33:59 Qwen 3.8 Released
Qwen 3.8 launch announcement
36:42 Inkling from Thinking Machines
Thinking Machines release Inkling
Inkling release post from Mira Murati
Thinking Machines news blog post
40:45 Mole Cleanup App
Mole
43:21 Moshi Terminal App
Moshi app
46:05 RIP Stack Overflow
Query for new questions on Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow for Agents
StackExchange
54:10 Scott’s Foot Pedal
54:59 Scott’s Feet
56:13 Decoy Font
59:16 Jurassic Park Computers
01:03:59 Ride the Tokyo Trains LIVE
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