Artificial Intelligence
Episodes whose main subject is AI itself: building with, training, evaluating, or debating AI systems. AI used only as a tool for another topic goes to that topic.
#2470: Where Intelligence Should Live in Your Pipeline
When should you fine-tune a tiny model for prompt enhancement instead of prompting a large one? The answer depends on latency, precision, and domain.
#2469: Embedding Model Deprecation: RAG's Silent Killer
When OpenAI retires an embedding model, your RAG pipeline breaks silently. Here’s how to fix it.
#2468: When Tokens Meet GPU Seconds
How to track AI spend across Open Router, Replicate, and more — without a unified dashboard.
#2467: The Time Tax on API Access
How OpenAI and Anthropic structure API tiers, rate limits, and why your billing history matters more than you think.
#2466: The Hidden Trap of Embedding Model Lock-In
What happens when your vector database works great — until your embedding model gets deprecated and your vectors become useless.
#2464: Batch APIs: The 50% Discount You're Probably Misusing
Batch inference APIs offer 50% off — but only for the right workloads. Here's when they actually make sense.
#2462: Pick Two: Server-Resident, Mobile-Native, Agentic CLI in 2026
How to run Claude Code on a server and use it from your phone — the honest tradeoffs in 2026.
#2461: How Claude Code's Conversation Compaction Actually Works
The three-tier system, what survives, what dies, and why you shouldn't rely on auto-compact.
#2460: Shopping in a Fragmented Market
The real challenges of building an AI agent that navigates Hebrew e-commerce, geographic shipping quirks, and whitelist curation.
#2458: Can Graph Databases Go Mainstream?
Graph databases are powerful but niche. Will they ever power mainstream CRMs and ERPs?
#2456: Choosing Between AI Cloud Providers
A practical guide to choosing between Modal, RunPod, Nebius, and Baseten for AI workloads.
#2453: Escaping the AI Doom Loop in Hiring
What if job matching was built on desire, not desperation? How one signal outperforms 100 applications.
#2451: Why Old Fighter Jets Still Train New Pilots
Why air forces still train pilots on 50-year-old aircraft instead of simulators or frontline fighters.
#2447: Why Netflix Shows Differ by Country
Why your Netflix library differs by country — and how territorial licensing funds the movies you love.
#2445: How to Pick a Music Distributor Without Getting Trapped
Why can't you upload music directly to Spotify? And how to pick a distributor without losing your catalog.
#2443: How Podcast RSS Feeds Can Speak Every Language
One RSS feed, a transcript tag, and TTS voice cloning — the emerging standard for letting any podcast speak any language.
#2442: Why Enterprises Choose AWS Bedrock Over Direct AI APIs
The real reasons behind the cloud intermediary's dominance in enterprise AI inference.
#2441: When One Sentence Beats Four Clicks
What happens when you ditch the admin panel and let AI agents manage your systems directly?
#2440: Build Your Own CRM With AI Agents
Off-the-shelf CRMs are built for sales teams, not solo operators. Here's why building your own with AI might be smarter.
#2439: AI Collapses the Framework Decision
Why Airtable fails for multi-user tools, and how AI builders are changing the framework decision for small businesses.