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Front-End Fire · October 19 · 1 hr 5 min

166: The AI Clone Wars Continue

The AI clone wars continue. The developer who vibe-coded replacements for Adobe's Creative Suite last week is back, this time with open-source clones of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. How long before the cease-and-desist letters start arriving? We also dig into the newly stable TanStack Start 1.0, check out what's new in OpenCode 2.0, and take a look at Meta's new Wonder models and what they mean for AI agents. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - TanStack Start 1.0 18:37 - The Office suite has been vibe cloned now too 31:11 - OpenCode 2.0 41:00 - Meta’s new “Wonder” models 50:48 - What’s making us happy News Paige: OpenCode 2.0 Jack: TanStack Start 1.0 is stable TJ: The Office suite has been vibe cloned now too (and this legal writeup) Lightning News Meta’s new “Wonder” models Anthropic redesigns source control What's Making Us Happy Paige: Whirlyball Jack: University of Miami football TJ: Video podcasts Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube. Front-end Fire website Blue Collar Coder on YouTube Blue Collar Coder on Discord Reach out via email Tweet at us on X @front_end_fire Follow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast

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The AI clone wars continue. The developer who vibe-coded replacements for Adobe's Creative Suite last week is back, this time with open-source clones of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. How long before the cease-and-desist letters start arriving? We also dig into the newly stable TanStack Start 1.0, check out what's new in OpenCode 2.0, and take a look at Meta's new Wonder models and what they mean for AI agents.

Timestamps

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 1:00 - TanStack Start 1.0
  • 18:37 - The Office suite has been vibe cloned now too
  • 31:11 - OpenCode 2.0
  • 41:00 - Meta’s new “Wonder” models
  • 50:48 - What’s making us happy

News

Lightning News

What's Making Us Happy

Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube.

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