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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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