Development
Building software: programming, developer tools, APIs, deployment and DevOps, and building with AI (agents, MCP servers, RAG, AI coding tools). An extra channel alongside an episode's main one, so AI engineering episodes sit in both.
#1952: Why We Built a 24/7 AI Radio Station
We turned our 1800-episode archive into a continuous AI-powered radio stream. Here’s the tech stack and the philosophy behind it.
#1946: Why LangChain Built a Three-Layer Agent Stack
We unpack LangGraph, LangChain, and Deep Agents to reveal the deliberate hierarchy behind the ecosystem.
#1945: The "USB-C for AI" Is Finally Here
MCP standardizes how AI tools connect to data, solving the N-times-M integration nightmare.
#1944: PostgreSQL: The Thirty-Year Miracle
How does a volunteer-run database power the New York Stock Exchange and survive every tech trend without burning out?
#1939: API Drift and Agent Reliability
When an API changes without warning, your AI agent can crash spectacularly. Here's how to test the new "plumbing" of the agentic age.
#1938: JSON-to-SQL Type Mapping: A Practical Guide
Mapping JSON to SQL isn't as simple as it looks. Discover the hidden traps in data types that can cause performance hits and data corruption.
#1933: Building a Phone Chain to Signal Underground
Old phones can create a lifeline when signals fail, but physics and hardware impose harsh limits.
#1932: How Do You QA a Probabilistic System?
LLMs break traditional testing. Here’s the 3-pillar toolkit teams use to catch hallucinations and garbage outputs at scale.
#1931: Where Your AI Pipeline Actually Dies
Why do AI pipelines crash? It’s not the models—it’s the plumbing. We break down how to manage data between stages.
#1930: The Agent Identity Crisis: Workflow vs. Conversation
One automates invoices silently; the other chats in Slack. Why the industry's favorite word means two totally different things.
#1929: From Vibe Checks to Model Metrics
We stopped "vibe-checking" our AI scripts and built a science fair for models. Here's how we grade them.
#1928: Why Webhook Gateways Beat Direct Wiring
Unscale your chaos: Why Kong beats manual webhook sprawl for auth, routing, and latency.
#1927: Workers vs. Servers: The 2026 Compute Showdown
Is the persistent server dead? We compare Cloudflare Workers, GitHub Actions, and VPS options for modern app architecture.
#1926: How We Built a 2,000-Episode AI Podcast Engine
We pulled back the curtain on the tech stack behind our 1,858th episode. From Gemini to LangGraph, here’s how we automate quality.
#1924: Ending the Manual Update Loop
Stop manually copying files. Learn how to host your own authenticated repositories for .deb and APK files using simple static web servers.
#1923: Scaling Prosumer Automation to Enterprise
Prosumer tools like n8n break at scale. Here's why durable execution frameworks like Temporal and Prefect are the enterprise upgrade.
#1922: From Plumber to Urban Planner: AI Agent Careers
The job titles are changing from "Zapier Expert" to "Cognitive Architect."
#1921: The Three-Second Heartbeat That Keeps Israel Safe
Why a civilian website sends an empty JSON payload every three seconds, even during peacetime, and what it reveals about mission-critical architect...
#1920: InfluxDB vs. Postgres: The Time-Series Showdown
We compare specialized time-series databases like InfluxDB against traditional SQL options like Postgres with Timescale extensions.
#1919: Android Dev Without Android Studio: Is It Actually Good?
How to ship an Android app without ever opening Android Studio or touching a line of Java.