# 677: Background Code Agents, Append AI, and RSS Starter Packs

An episode of [ShopTalk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/493890455), 11 Aug 2025, 1 h 02 min.

Audio: https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/167887a0-ac00-4cf9-bc69-b5ca845997db/episodes/9c803eca-1555-4c17-b908-838d78343d22/audio/13a890a2-941d-461b-9912-c2b6d9077dc7/default_tc.mp3?nocache

Show Description What helps you remember a person's name, thinking about background coding agents, is AI for append only mode, what are MCPs and how should I think about them, what has been working for more than a month not just the last two days, and coming up with an RSS starter pack riffing off Molly White's article on using RSS. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube Links • Visual Studio Code - YouTube • Cursor - The AI Code Editor • Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined • A single data and AI development environment - Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio - AWS • Jules - An Asynchronous Coding Agent • Curate your own newspaper with RSS • Chris Coyier – Web craftsman, blogger, author, speaker. • The Homepage of Dave Rupert - daverupert.com • Chris Coyier • Molly White • The Verge • Adactio: Jeremy Keith • Adactio: Links • Jim Nielsen's Blog • Home | Rach Smith's digital garden • Maggie Appleton • Naz Hamid • kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products • live laugh blog | hi, i'm jenn schiffer and this is my lifestyle blog • Sharing what we learn about the responsive web – Cloud Four • web.dev • Blog | WebKit • Home - Microsoft Edge Blog • Blog • Lea Verou • Frontend Masters Blog – Helping Your Journey to Senior Developer • ui.dev | JavaScript, but fun. • Welcome to Ethan Marcotte's website — Ethan Marcotte • Josh Collinsworth | Blog • everything changes • Writing – Eric Bailey • Balatro University - YouTube

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