Best Local Llm Podcasts (2025)

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957: CSS: Advanced and Obscure 37:50

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Scott and Wes face off in a CSS-themed round of STUMP’d, quizzing each other on shape functions, scroll snap types, obscure functions, and long-forgotten spec history. From ray() to cross-fade() to print-color quirks, this episode is packed with rapid-fire frontend trivia guaranteed to sharpen your CSS brain. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:…

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942: Odds of AGI by 2040? LEAP Expert Forecasts and Workforce Implications 6:13

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What’s on the horizon for AI? Jon Krohn wades through opinions from more than experts, curated by the Longitudinal Expert AI Panel (LEAP), about what we can expect from the industry. From estimates on AI-assisted workers through energy consumption to AI performance in highly skilled domains, find out just how much LEAP thinkers believe AI is permea…

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956: Should I Keep Using WordPress? 50:10

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In this potluck episode, Wes and Scott answer your questions about paid vs. free SSL, the state of frontend jobs, headless WordPress trade-offs, organizing TypeScript types, and more! Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:51 Recapping the GitHub Meetup 05:14 Is there any real benefit to picking a paid SSL over Let's Encrypt? 08:03 Is the pure fron…

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AI Image Generation: Models, Prompts, and Commercial Use 35:15

5d ago35:15

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Learn how AI tools like DALL·E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion are changing the creative world. In this episode, we explore how professionals across HR, marketing, and content creation use AI-generated visuals, what makes a great prompt, and what to know about copyright and commercial safety. https://datazen.top/podcast-ai-8 #AI #ImageGeneration …

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941: Multi-Agent Human Societies, with Dr. Vijoy Pandey 1:06:14

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Vijoy Pandey imagines a bold new society in which agents and humans make scientific discoveries and complete physical tasks together, and he tells Jon Krohn about his work at AGNTCY, Cisco’s open-source platform for the Internet of Agents. Listen to the episode to hear Vijoy Pandey talk about how a future society in which multi-agents and humans in…

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No-Code News Week 46 9:51

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Sorry for the delay No-Code News Week 46 is here — covering the biggest updates across OpenAI 5.1, Notion 3.0, ElevenLabs, Softr, Bubble.io, n8n community nodes, Zapier’s enterprise AI survey, and the open-source tools that keep gaining momentum like OpenWebUI, NOCOBase, Skyvern, and LocalAI. If you’re a freelancer, founder, or anyone building work…

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955: SvelteKit has solved data loading 36:16

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Scott and Wes break down SvelteKit’s new remote functions and why they finally solve the long-standing pain of page-level data in Svelte. They cover queries, forms, batching, caching, and all the clever RPC ergonomics that make Svelte’s approach feel surprisingly powerful and refreshingly simple. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:45 Lots of RP…

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Discover how AI is rewriting localization with the Translation Technology Insights 2025 report

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Ready to glimpse the future of translation technology? The revolution is happening now! And we condensed all the insights in the new Translation Technology Insights 2025 report!AI, shifting market dynamics and rapid tech adoption are transforming localization. Dive into the latest episode of the Globally Speaking podcast to discover how these chang…

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Local AI GPUs, RAM, AGI Predictions on Open Source AI 13:47

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Local Ai has gotten more and more challenging to run over the past year so lets talk about this trend, what is going on with GPUs and RAM and the impacts it has on what is likely the next LLM releases. I talk about the impact of Open models and closed models and how the talk of AGI may soon backfire. Support the show…

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940: In Case You Missed It in October 2025 43:27

10d ago43:27

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Jon Krohn curates a selection of clips from the month that was. Hear from the orchestrators of an expanding AI universe in this episode of In Case You Missed It, with news, views and groundbreaking ideas from Sheamus McGovern, Jerry Yurchisin, Stephanie Hare, Larissa Schneider, and Adrian Kosowsky. We cover baby dragons, the Hippocratic Oath, and, …

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954: Fullstack TanStack! The Scoop with Tanner Linsley 18:05

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Live from GitHub Universe, Wes and Scott talk with Tanner Linsley about the latest from TanStack, including TanStack DB’s local-first syncing, new routing ideas, and fresh perspectives on server components and “magic” directives. They explore performance, incremental adoption, and what’s next for the rapidly growing TanStack ecosystem — plus a few …

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AI for Enhanced Student Productivity and Learning 29:03

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How can AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude help students and lifelong learners study more effectively? In this episode of the Data Zen AI Podcast, we explore practical ways to use AI to learn languages, prepare for exams, summarize notes, and stay motivated. Discover how to make AI your personal learning assistant — whether you’re a developer…

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No-Code News Week 45 8:32

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👉 For the video https://youtu.be/-feXrETO-As No-Code News Week 45 Highlights Host: Alfred Nutile Google Opal Google Opal keeps expanding. If you haven’t checked it out yet, give it a look — it’s a smart concept with plenty of practical applications. The fact that Google continues to invest here shows they’re taking this space seriously. Softr Downg…

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939: Mixture-of-Experts and State-Space Models on Edge Devices, with Tyler Cox and Shirish Gupta 1:06:11

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State space models (SSMs), granite models, and Mamba: Dell’s Tyler Cox and Shirish Gupta discuss with Jon Krohn why state space models can process information so efficiently, and how Dell’s AI factory helps enterprises manage custom AI workloads. Hear the latest on the Dell Pro AI Studio and Dell’s partnerships with IBM and Hugging Face in this epi…

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953: Why v0 creator left Vercel to fix GitHub (GOAT Jared Palmer) 16:50

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Scott and Wes sit down with Jared Palmer of GitHub (formerly of Vercel) to unpack all the biggest announcements from GitHub Universe 2025. They dive into the future of developer workflows with agents, how GitHub is rethinking project interfaces, and where there’s still room to improve the dev experience. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! GitHub U…

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938: Frontier AI Agents for Data Science, with Sphinx’s Rohan Kodialam 19:14

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Jon Krohn speaks to Rohan Kodialam, Cofounder and CEO of Sphinx, the company that redefines how machine intelligence reasons data with frontier AI. In this Feature Friday, Jon and Rohan discuss the benefits of using Sphinx to assist with data analysis. Get under the hood to learn how Sphinx operates, from running commands to ensuring your data stay…

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952: VS Code, GitHub & Copilot - UNIVERSE 25 Announcements + Reactions 35:54

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Live from GitHub Universe, Wes, Scott, and CJ talk about the latest AI and developer tools from GitHub, including Agent HQ, Copilot integrations, and the new mission control for agents. They also share stories from the Syntax meetup, hack their conference badges, and debate AI’s role in coding. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 03:39 This year’s …

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Vibe Coding from Scratch: Real Help or Just Hype? 29:39

19d ago29:39

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Can AI really help you “code by vibe”? In this episode of the Data Zen AI Podcast, we explore the growing trend of Vibe Coding — a new approach where developers rely on AI tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Cursor IDE to code more intuitively and creatively. We discuss how this style boosts productivity, where it can go wrong, and whether it’s…

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937: How to Design AI-First Products, with Marc Dupuis 59:32

20d ago59:32

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AI tools won’t eliminate but elevate data scientists, says Marc Dupuis. The CEO of fabi.ai talks to Jon Krohn about the new wave of AI-driven platforms that integrate workflows within popular work tools like Slack and email, and how building AI-first products means widening access to all ability levels. This episode is brought to you by the Gurobi⁠…

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951: A first look at Remix 3 47:41

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Scott and Wes dive into Remix 3, exploring how it embraces native web standards like Events, Signals, and Streams to become a truly full-stack framework. They unpack what “LLM-ready,” thin APIs, and a standards-based approach mean for the future of web development. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 03:21 Uses the platform - native Events, Signals…

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No-Code News Week 44 15:46

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No-Code News: Week 44 Roundup Watch the full video: Week 44 No-Code News on YouTube This week brought some of the biggest announcements in no-code and AI automation. Here's your quick rundown of what matters: 🔥 Major Platform Updates Softr Workflows Launch Native automation built directly into Softr—no need for external tools like N8n Workflows int…

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936: LLMs Are Delighted to Help Phishing Scams 5:07

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How much power – and risk – do we carry around with us in our pockets? A Reuters investigation about how easily LLMs can be utilized for online phishing scams is the subject of this week’s Five-Minute Friday with Jon Krohn. By asking six of the most popular LLMs (Grok, ChatGPT, Meta AI, Claude, DeepSeek and Gemini) to generate phishing emails speci…

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950: Even SCARIER Web Dev Nightmares (Spooky Stories Pt. 2) 57:57

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In part 2 of this year’s Spooky Stories special, Wes and Scott discuss the most chilling developer horror stories—from six-month-old unprocessed donations and runaway dog-food orders to vanishing databases, DNS disasters, code that literally tore apart a mall’s ventilation system, and more! Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:33 A Bug Beyond the…

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Hugging Face Tutorial for Beginners: Quick Start 39:01

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Want to start working with AI models but not sure where to begin? In this episode, we introduce Hugging Face — one of the most popular platforms for exploring, testing, and deploying machine learning models. You’ll learn what Hugging Face is, how to use it to run models locally or in the cloud, and why it’s a favorite tool for developers, data scie…

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935: Global Issues Accelerated by AI (with Solutions), feat. Stephanie Hare 1:17:27

27d ago1:17:27

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Jon Krohn speaks to researcher, broadcaster and author Stephanie Hare about how the Hippocratic Oath might apply to artificial intelligence, and a guiding ethos for pushing innovation while protecting users from harm. A code of conduct, she says, could be one approach to ensuring that people are using technology more mindfully and ethically, as wel…

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No-Code News Week 43 16:10

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🚀 No-Code + AI Is Entering a New Phase (Week 43 Analysis) This week was a turning point. Anthropic just gave non-developers the ability to automate desktop apps without code. Softr released workflows that could seriously disrupt tools like N8N. OpenAI wants to own the browser layer—while Google quietly rolls out “vibe coding” that lets you build ap…

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949: Web Dev HORROR Stories + Spooky Trivia! (Spooky Stories Pt. 1) 40:51

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It’s that time of year again, Scott (as Dracula) and Wes (as a big bad shark) return for their annual Spooky Stories special! They’re joined by a mysterious guest for a round of creepy coding trivia and chilling true tales of web dev gone wrong; dropped databases, haunted passwords, and more. Beware: these are real developer horror stories. Show No…

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934: Is AI Replacing Junior Workers? 6:55

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With the number of jobs dramatically slowing in the last year, many question if this decline is down to companies turning to AI for completing entry-level tasks in particular. Research published earlier this month by Yale University shows no major difference in the types of roles and tasks in so-called `white-collar jobs` since late 2022, an auspic…

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948: Zed is Ready For Primetime 53:08

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Wes and Scott talk about what makes Zed—the hot new editor built in Rust—fast, beautiful, and finally ready for primetime. From Git UI to extensions and AI tools, they break down what Zed gets right, what it still lacks, and whether it’s time to finally ditch VS Code. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! Syntax San Francisco Meetup We need your Spoo…

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Where Should Your LLM Live? Local vs Cloud 29:32

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In this episode of the Data Zen AI Podcast, we explore one of today’s most practical AI questions: should your large language model (LLM) run locally or in the cloud? Discover the pros and cons of both options — from privacy and performance to cost and scalability. Learn how developers, startups, and enterprises are making the choice between tools …

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933: Future-Proofing Your Career in the AI Era, feat. Sheamus McGovern 1:15:10

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Sheamus McGovern, CEO of Open Data Science, takes Jon Krohn and his listeners on a journey to launching his popular data science and AI conference, now in its tenth year, as well as the great shifts to the fields that he has seen on the way. For Seamus, the growth of his Open Data Science Conference has shown him that an AI engineer is just the beg…

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Your guide to selecting the right LLM

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Ever find yourself wondering which AI model works best for different needs, whether it’s planning your next trip or boosting productivity at work? In this episode of the Globally Speaking Podcast, host Çetin Amirak sits down with Tomáš Burkert, Technical Lead, linguist, and AI expert with TrainAI by RWS, to unpack the art and science of choosing th…

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947: S-Tier MCP Servers for Developers 32:55

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Scott and Wes break down the top-tier MCP servers developers are using right now. From browser automation to debugging superpowers, they explore how these servers are changing what’s possible in modern dev workflows. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:52 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:46 Submit your Spooky Stories! 03:37 Syntax San Francisco M…

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932: Should You Build or Buy Your AI Solution? With Larissa Schneider 29:10

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Larissa Schneider speaks to Jon Krohn in this Feature Friday about finding the right time to invest in AI solutions, and when it’s better to build them yourself. She discusses her work leading global strategy and operations at Unframe, and how they raised $50 million in venture capital since the company’s launch in March 2025. Additional materials:…

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946: We Got Roasted for Our Websites — Fair 57:35

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In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about why devs neglect their own websites, hosting shady projects (hypothetically), AI rules in version control, balancing side projects and family life, and more! Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:43 Why devs neglect their own websites (and how to convince your parents cod…

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Protecting Sensitive Data from Generative AI Tools 31:59

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Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini are changing how we work — but what happens when they interact with private or confidential data? In this episode, we explore the hidden risks of sharing sensitive information with AI systems, how your data might be stored or reused, and what best practices can help keep it safe. We’ll discuss: …

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931: Boost Your Profits with Mathematical Optimization, feat. Jerry Yurchisin 1:13:12

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AI predictions, and how to act on them: Data Science Strategist at Gurobi, Jerry Yurchisin, speaks to Jon Krohn about how mathematical optimization helps enterprises automate decisions for business success and where to find the resources to make it happen. This episode is brought to you by the ⁠ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference, by Fabi, by ⁠D…

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945: Chrome Dev Tools MCP Server 29:14

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Scott and Wes dive into Chrome’s new MCP server; a dev tools API powered by Puppeteer that gives your scripts, editors, and AI agents full access to Chrome. They break down how it works, what it can (and can’t) do, and how it might change debugging and automation for developers Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:15 Syntax San Francisco Meetup. …

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930: In Case You Missed It in September 2025 37:25

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Jon Krohn’s highlights from this month of interviews focus on ways to future-proof your career, looking at the hardware that will get you the most mileage, the emerging roles that are well worth a look, and the developments in AI that will endure in a field constantly testing the durability of its own breakthroughs. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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944: Is Coinbase Really Writing Half Their Code With AI? 49:06

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Wes and Scott talk with Kyle Cesmat about how Coinbase is writing nearly half its code with AI—while keeping quality and security front and center. They dig into tools like Cursor and Claude Code, agent-driven workflows, code review challenges, and how AI is reshaping developer productivity without replacing developers. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to …

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929: Dragon Hatchling: The Missing Link Between Transformers and the Brain, with Adrian Kosowski 1:14:28

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In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn explores how AI is reshaping the legal industry. He investigates how AI tools are helping lawyers make conclusions faster, how paralegals are being retrained, and the latest in-demand role in law (hint: It concerns AI). Listen to hear how Harvey AI and Thomson Reuters’ CoCounsel are using AI to help lawyers get…