1030: AI Assistant Hacks Gym
Aug 17, 2026 · 1h 24m
Summary
Wes Bos, Scott Tolinski, and CJ discuss Cell.dev, an open-source alternative to Cloudflare Durable Objects, and analyze a $9,000 bill caused by infinite loops. They cover Ogigia for SvelteKit SSR islands, Standard Code’s unlimited AI subscription model, and Meta’s new Muse Glimmer model. The episode concludes with a story about an AI agent exploiting an unprotected gym API to manipulate waitlists.
Topics discussed
Intro, weather chat, and energy drink preferences
Cell D: Open source Cloudflare Durable Objects alternative
The $9,000 Cloudflare bill caused by infinite loops
SvelteKit Islands and server-side rendering strategies
Unlimited AI subscriptions and model routing services
Meta Muse model and local AI hardware discussions
AI agent hacks gym waitlist via unprotected API
AI News: NoMeatProxy, security games, and open models
Prime Agent: Recursive language model harness
Agent plugin specs and new JavaScript runtime ideas
Bluetooth phone finder and device tracking privacy
Browser sidebars, FlexWindFroggy, and outro
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