GitHub, Goblins, Ghostty, and GPS III #1863

GitHub, Goblins, Ghostty, and GPS III #1863

From Geek News Central Podcast by Todd Cochrane

May 1, 2026 · 53 min · Season 1 · Episode 1863

About this episode

The episode discusses GitHub's reliability issues and the impact of AI on infrastructure and technology.

In this episode, Ray Cochrane leads with GitHub’s worst reliability month on record and the AI infrastructure pressure behind it. He also covers Warp going open source, Apple’s Mac supply crunch, OpenAI’s goblin tic, the first 1X humanoid factory in the US, Tesla’s Semi finally hitting mass production, Chinese EVs with movie-projecting headlights, the final GPS III satellite, and a quantum researcher who won 1 Bitcoin. – Want to start a podcast? Its easy to get started! Sign-up at Blubrry – Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the show. Subscribe to the Newsletter . Email Ray if you want to get in touch! Like and Follow Geek News Central’s Facebook Page . Support my Show Sponsor: Best Godaddy Promo Codes Get 1Password Full Summary Cochrane opens the show with one of the biggest infrastructure stories of the year. GitHub is buckling under unprecedented agentic load, and the world’s largest code host just had its worst reliability month on record. Furthermore, the broader episode threads a clear pattern: AI demand is reshaping infrastructure, hardware supply, and developer tooling in ways the industry did not see…

People in this episode

Host: Ray Cochrane

Topics covered

  • GitHub reliability
  • AI infrastructure
  • Open source
  • Electric vehicles
  • GPS technology
  • Quantum research

Keywords

  • GitHub
  • AI
  • Open source
  • Tesla
  • GPS III
  • electric vehicles
  • quantum research
  • 1 Bitcoin

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Organizations: GitHub, Warp, Apple, OpenAI, Tesla, 1Password

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