Chemex, Prism's Comeback, and Avocet Goes Live

Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller dig into Prism v0.101, built on a community fork, and why Prism still has a place next to the Laravel AI SDK. Chris shares Avocet's launch pricing and an AI system that turns his link backlog into a nightly briefing, comparing notes on keeping up with fast-moving AI tools. Links Ask a question or suggest a topic Podcast: Site | Twitter/X | Bluesky Chris: Site | Twitter/X | Bluesky TJ: Site | Twitter/X | Bluesky References Mentioned Avocet - Chris's meeting recorder, now fully launched at $59 a year with a 10 meeting trial Hive - one of Chris's side projects moving forward, and the home for the AI meta project Jig - Chris's idea workbench, where the AI meta project idea came from 7 Brew - the drive-through chain with lines down the road near TJ's house Chemex - what Chris broke out for a quiet Sunday cup Purity Coffee Aponte Inga Dark Roast - the darker roast back in Chris's subscription box Prism v0.101.0 - TJ's catch-up release that closed 35 PRs wishborn - maintained the community fork of Prism that the release is built on Prism community fork PR - the fork TJ merged and cherry picked from Laravel AI SDK - Laravel's first-party AI package, and where Prism fits next to it Polar - the checkout and licensing service behind Avocet's launch Krisp - the meeting recorder Avocet replaced for both hosts Sonari - TJ's local transcription app, and his therapist's interest in a HIPAA-friendly notes tool AI meta project post - Chris's post about the AI inbox and nightly briefing Todoist - where Chris dumps links for the AI meta project to pick up every hour Claude Code releases - one of the release feeds the meta project checks daily Codex releases - the other release feed it checks Claude Haiku 5.5 - on a two-week trial for read-only sub-agent tasks to cut costs