Arun Gupta, now a “free agent” after his surprise exit at Intel, joins us to discuss how he’s dealing with his first job hunt since the 1990s. Along the way, we talk about agentic coding strategies, what GPT-5’s release implies about the future, and more. (US buys 10% of Intel)++
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Chapters
| Chapter Number | Chapter Start Time | Chapter Title | Chapter Duration |
| 1 | 00:00 | (your favorite ever show) | 01:26 |
| 2 | 01:26 | Sponsor: Depot | 02:12 |
| 3 | 03:38 | Free agency & Friends | 01:06 |
| 4 | 04:43 | Intel in the news | 02:56 |
| 5 | 07:40 | Open source Intel | 01:55 |
| 6 | 09:34 | Writing on the wall | 04:02 |
| 7 | 13:36 | Skipping grief stages | 03:43 |
| 8 | 17:19 | Action absorbs anxiety | 02:30 |
| 9 | 19:49 | Running as therapy | 01:24 |
| 10 | 21:13 | Arun's podcast list | 03:45 |
| 11 | 24:58 | Playing the field | 03:32 |
| 12 | 28:30 | Sponsor: Auth0 | 01:29 |
| 13 | 29:59 | AI open source impact | 06:12 |
| 14 | 36:11 | Diminishing GPT returns | 03:20 |
| 15 | 39:32 | More human than human | 02:01 |
| 16 | 41:32 | Adam's PEPs | 02:59 |
| 17 | 44:31 | Arun's flow | 01:37 |
| 18 | 46:08 | Micro-wishes to a genie | 03:49 |
| 19 | 49:57 | Nobody knows Linux | 01:24 |
| 20 | 51:20 | The 3D printer comparison | 02:54 |
| 21 | 54:15 | Open source tech debt | 02:41 |
| 22 | 56:56 | Required AI disclosure | 01:32 |
| 23 | 58:27 | It's still too hard | 03:01 |
| 24 | 1:01:29 | No yes persons, please | 03:09 |
| 25 | 1:04:38 | Model quality matters most | 03:07 |
| 26 | 1:07:45 | Arun's next steps | 01:32 |
| 27 | 1:09:17 | Title pressure | 04:10 |
| 28 | 1:13:27 | Free agency advice | 04:11 |
| 29 | 1:17:38 | Closing advice | 03:43 |
| 30 | 1:21:21 | Bye, friends | 00:13 |
| 31 | 1:21:33 | Next week on the pod (++) | 01:20 |