Episodes

Oct. 8, 2025

Episode 10: Claude Code Security Reviewer

Before the Commit – Episode 10 Summary (≈3,950 characters) Episode 10 of Before the Commit dives into three main themes: the AI investment bubble , Claude Code’s AI-powered security review tool , and AI security vulnerabiliti...

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Sept. 29, 2025

Episode 9: Open Source Models

In episode nine, hosts explore open source AI models and introduce the "KILLM chain" segment on LLM vulnerabilities. Co-host Dustin mentions an upcoming move, prompting an early recording. The discussion expands on last week'...

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Sept. 23, 2025

Episode 8: LLM Caching

In this episode, the hosts discuss the latest news and trends in AI, focusing on LLM caching, a new EU regulation on AI-generated code, the changing landscape for Stack Overflow, and a recent AI security vulnerability. The ho...

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Sept. 9, 2025

Episode 7: LiteLLM

Hosts Dustin Hillgartner and Danny Gershman discuss securing large language models (LLMs) amid rising "shadow AI" risks, where employees use unmonitored tools like ChatGPT, leading to unintentional data spills (e.g., sensitiv...

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Sept. 2, 2025

Episode 6: Model Context Protocol (MCP)

This episode discussion AI coding topics, starting with MCP ("Model Context Protocol"), an open-source framework by Anthropic for reflective APIs. MCP enables LLMs to self-discover and use external capabilities dynamically, b...

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Aug. 26, 2025

Episode 5: AWS Kiro

Before the Commit Episode 5 Summary Hosts Dustin Hillgartner and co-host discuss Amazon's Kiro (pronounced "Kira Code" or "Cairo Code"), AWS history, AI coding security, and news on AI browsers and emotional distress. AWS Ori...

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Aug. 19, 2025

Episode 4: Claude Code Github Action

In this episode of Before the Commit , the hosts dive deep into the evolving landscape of software development, automation, and AI’s role in reshaping industries beyond tech. The discussion spans GitHub Actions with Cloud Cod...

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Aug. 12, 2025

Episode 3: Claude Code

In episode three of "Before the Commit," the hosts delve into a detailed comparison of AI coding assistants, the implications of the new GPT-5 model, the evolution of search optimization, and a plausible AI-related security t...

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July 22, 2025

Episode 2: Cursor Background Agents

🎧 Before the Commit – Episode 2 The Future of Coding Isn’t Coming — It’s Already Here. In this episode, we dive into the cutting edge of agent-powered development with Cursor’s new background agents — are we on the verge of c...

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July 8, 2025

Episode 1: Kilo Code

Kilo Code, Cloudflare Blocks, and Apple Intelligence Shifts

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