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We're All Addicted To Claude Code

Wondering why your maker-turned-manager suddenly seems distracted in meetings? Maybe they're addicted to coding agents! In this episode of Lightcone, Calvin French-Owen — a co-founder of Segment and former engineer on OpenAI's Codex team — joins us to talk about why coding agents suddenly feel so powerful, the differences between Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor, and what the future of work will look like.

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  The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces with Science's Max Hodak

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  How To Avoid AI Design Slop

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  The Fastest Path To Super Intelligence

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  The AI Agent Economy Is Here

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  Inside Claude Code With Its Creator Boris Cherny

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  The New Way To Build A Startup

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  OpenClaw And The Future Of Personal AI Agents

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  How To Get Your First Customers

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  Inside The Startup Building Reusable Rockets

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  What Surprised Us Most In 2025

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  How Intelligent Is AI, Really?

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  The End of the Designer–Engineer Divide

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  From Pivot Hell To $1.4 Billion Unicorn

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  The Best Consumer Startup Ideas Were "Impossible" Until Now

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  Cursor Head of Design Reviews Startup Websites