Tailscale spent six months on a sixteen-year-old SQLite race they hit by checkpointing off the default path. Alex and Jordan audit DeepSeek V4 Pro's API-only "release," Qwen's 2.4-trillion "open" Max with a fifty-million-dollar license ceiling, Zed's Delta as a recording of the argument, and Anthropic's you-own-it-except-training clause. The side of tech news nobody talks about.

Hosts: Alex & Jordan

Show: Chief Skeptic Officer — The side of tech news nobody talks about.

Drop: Daily at 7:00 A.M. America/New_York

Episode date: 2026-08-13

In this episode

• Tailscale and the SQLite WAL bug — Nineteen corruptions; they paid SQLite; the well-worn path is worn for a reason.
• DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 — Flagship leaves preview as a hosted pointer; cheap for now; harness is the product.
• Qwen's fifty-mil ...