Some event recordings are available here: https://github.com/hellovai/ai-that-works
🦄 ai that works: "Code Mode" Deep Dive
​On Monday, Pash from OpenAI shared that Codex has a secret "code mode" feature - an alternative to traditional tool calling. There's a lot of debate going on around the best way to give tools to models - skills vs. mcps, CLIs and bash vs custom tools, or letting the model write code for everything. In this episode we're going to cut through the hype and dive deep on the differences and tradeoffs between these methods.
​• What is "code mode" and how does it work • Tradeoffs between MCP vs. Bash+CLI vs. Code mode • Why it matters to agent or harness builders
​Meet the Speakers🧑‍💻
​Meet Vaibhav Gupta, one of the creators of BAML and YC alum. He spent 10 years in AI performance optimization at places like Google, Microsoft, and D. E. Shaw. He loves diving deep and chatting about anything related to Gen AI and Computer Vision!
​Meet Dex Horthy, founder at HumanLayer and coiner of the term Context Engineering. He spent 10+ years building devops tools at Replicated, Sprout Social and JPL. DevOps junkie turned AI Engineer.
Some event recordings are available here: https://github.com/hellovai/ai-that-works