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1016: More Bots Than Humans

June 29, 2026

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More Bots Than Humans

The internet has officially crossed a threshold that feels more like science fiction than reality: Cloudflare's radar now shows bot traffic hitting 63% of all traffic flowing through their network, meaning for the first time, there are more automated requests than human ones. This wasn't a gradual shift the hosts noticed in abstract metrics—it showed up in their daily experience. Wes described seeing the same "I just graduated, where can I get late-night sushi?" post appear on both the Hamilton and Toronto subreddits within hours, posted by different accounts. The punchline: somebody running a sushi restaurant was generating fake Reddit threads so AI search summaries would recommend their business. "People think that Reddit is this beautiful place of unmolested opinions, but it's not," Wes said. "It's starting to get absolutely awful."

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:35) **Episode Kickoff** - Hosts introduce the weekly news roundup covering bots, agents, runtimes, and tooling
  • 2 (01:32) **More Bots Than Humans** - Cloudflare Radar data shows bot traffic reaching 63% of web requests in recent days
  • 3 (07:45) **Chat Interfaces Replacing Direct Browsing** - Shift to AI chat as primary web access layer reduces direct site visits and changes traffic patterns
  • 4 (10:40) **Social Media Bots and Reddit Manipulation** - Surge in generated accounts, repost spam, and coordinated engagement farming on Reddit and Instagram
  • 5 (16:34) **Projected Bot Traffic Growth** - Hosts speculate bot share could reach 90%+ long-term once deeply integrated into phones and cars
  • 6 (20:41) **New Agent Frameworks** - Vercel releases Eve and Fred K. Schott releases Flu, both aiming to simplify agent creation and packaging
  • 7 (41:27) **Deno Desktop** - New Canary feature turns any Deno project into a cross-platform desktop app using system webviews by default

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Show Notes

Wes, Scott, and CJ break down the latest web dev news. From AI agents and coding tools to Deno Desktop, Nub, and predictive UX. They also discuss bot-filled social media, remote work debates, and a slick 3D bookstore experience.

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