Software engineering job postings up 18% even as AI doom narratives peak — Jevons' Paradox and real labor data are rewriting the displacement thesis. Codex runs 14-hour unattended sessions; Stripe built a live design-system MCP to stop getting 'Blurple Slop.'

Source episodes:

- Is AI Doom Going Out of Style? (The AI Daily Brief) https://anchor.fm/s/f7cac464/podcast/play/119477213/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-4%2F423457255-44100-2-fe6b9de1ef78c.mp3

- The Codex Feature Everyone's Obsessed With (RAmjad) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p88mkfPkOZc

- The internal AI tool that's transforming how Stripe designs products | Owen Williams (How I AI) https://anchor.fm/s/1035b1568/podcast/play/119195462/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-30%2F423229381-44100-2-2f32a32aa9cde.mp3

- STOP Paying for Claude Code, Use Codex Instead (Robin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgK1TE_OM1A