Snake Oil Has an Expiration Date

About this episode

Kris and Matt discuss Apple's recent developments, AI companies' mistakes, and the significance of double-entry bookkeeping in finance.

It's Kris and Matt this week, and the conversation goes places. It starts with Matt going all-in on Apple and a leaked Claude Code source dump, then pivots into AI companies repeating social media's diversity-of-thought mistakes and why LLMs still can't beat "better than the average human" as a goalpost. The episode closes with a surprise detour into accounting, finance, and why double-entry bookkeeping is one of the original distributed systems. We've got supporter content, of course! This week that includes a home lab infrastructure rant about terrible BMC/IPMI systems, a nuanced deep dive into corporate DEI and code-switching, Matt's chocolate shop tax war stories, LLC vs S-Corp tradeoffs, and why engineers who dismiss finance are worse engineers. Not a supporter yet? Fix that today by heading over to https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe where you'll get not only extra content but also higher quality audio. Sign up today! If you prefer to watch this episode, you can view it on YouTube. No episode of Break this week. We'll have more aftershow episodes soon! In the meantime, catch up on previous episodes at https://break.show. Thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Table of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kris, Matt

Topics covered

• Apple
• AI companies
• diversity of thought
• double-entry bookkeeping
• finance
• home lab infrastructure

Keywords

• Apple
• AI
• Claude Code
• double-entry bookkeeping
• finance
• home lab infrastructure
• BMC/IPMI
• LLC
• S-Corp

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, Claude Code, AI, BMC/IPMI, LLC, S-Corp, YouTube, Fallthrough Media

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