Chemex, Prism's Comeback, and Avocet Goes Live

Oct 17, 2026

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Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller dig into Prism v0.101, built on a community fork, and why Prism still has a place next to the Laravel AI SDK. Chris shares Avocet's launch pricing and an AI system that turns his link backlog into a nightly briefing, comparing notes on keeping up with fast-moving AI tools.

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Avocet - Chris's meeting recorder, now fully launched at $59 a year with a 10 meeting trial
Hive - one of Chris's side projects moving forward, and the home for the AI meta project
Jig - Chris's idea workbench, where the AI meta project idea came from
7 Brew - the drive-through chain with lines down the road near TJ's house
Chemex - what Chris broke out for a quiet Sunday cup
Purity Coffee Aponte Inga Dark Roast - the darker roast back in Chris's subscription box
Prism v0.101.0 - TJ's catch-up release that closed 35 PRs
wishborn - maintained the community fork of Prism that the release is built on
Prism community fork PR - the fork TJ merged and cherry picked from
Laravel AI SDK - Laravel's first-party AI package, and where Prism fits next to it
Polar - the checkout and licensing service behind Avocet's launch
Krisp - the meeting recorder Avocet replaced for both hosts
Sonari - TJ's local transcription app, and his therapist's interest in a HIPAA-friendly notes tool
AI meta project post - Chris's post about the AI inbox and nightly briefing
Todoist - where Chris dumps links for the AI meta project to pick up every hour
Claude Code releases - one of the release feeds the meta project checks daily
Codex releases - the other release feed it checks
Claude Haiku 5.5 - on a two-week trial for read-only sub-agent tasks to cut costs