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.
#1918: When Server Updates Break Your AI Agents
When a third-party MCP server updates its schema, your AI agents can crash. Here's how to build resilient clients that self-heal.
#1914: Google Invented RAG's Secret Sauce
Before LLMs, Google solved the "hallucination" problem with a two-stage trick that's making a huge comeback.
#1913: AI Context Windows Are Junk Drawers
Stop paying for old messages. Here's how to keep your AI sessions clean and on-topic.
#1907: Why We Still Fine-Tune in 2026
Despite million-token context windows, fine-tuning remains essential. Here’s why behavior, not just facts, matters.
#1906: Is Your AI Model Agentic-Ready or Just Wearing a Suit?
Native tool calling is the difference between a working product and a debugging nightmare.
#1905: How VCs Verify AI Startups Without Stealing Code
From the "No-NDA Paradox" to AWS bill forensics, here’s how investors separate real AI from Raspberry Pis in fancy cases.
#1904: The Hidden Math Behind Your Blocky Photos
Why are blocky sky artifacts still haunting your photos in 2026? We break down the math behind JPEG, WebP, AVIF, and the new JPEG XL.
#1870: Learning to Break Things Safely
Learn how to safely build and test autonomous AI agents using a disposable VPS, Docker containers, and secure networking.
#1863: Your AI Needs Its Own Email Address
A YC-backed startup is giving AI agents their own dedicated inboxes, moving beyond human-centric email tools to build infrastructure for autonomous...
#1860: Building a 24-Agent AI Diplomatic Swarm
Inside the three-hour, 24-voice virtual conference that stress-tested AI-generated geopolitical conflict.
#1858: Multi-Model Agents: The Instruction & Context Gap
Mixing AI models creates chaos. Learn the practical fixes for context windows, tokenization, and output formats.
#1857: The Death of the Dashboard
Why build a dashboard when you can just talk to your backend? Meet the MCP server that runs this show.
#1855: When AI Makes Game Assets, Who Owns the Art?
From blocky polygons to photorealistic assets, AI is transforming how 3D models are made.
#1848: Why Cloud Bills Can Hit $100K Overnight
From recursive loops to AI agents spending your money, we unpack the terrifying speed of cloud cost disasters.
#1847: The Home Lab Blackout: Fixing Servers From a Beach
Your server is down and you're miles away. Learn the three simple checks that keep your home lab alive and how to get back in when the front door i...
#1846: Right-Sizing Your Agent's MCP Toolkit
AI agents slow down when overloaded with tool schemas. Just-in-time usage is the fix.
#1843: Why Is My AI Pipeline Stuck? (Kanban-Style Observability)
Stop digging through JSON logs. See your AI jobs moving on a board, not just server metrics.
#1842: Building a Business on Spreadsheets? Here’s the Escape Plan
Ditch the messy spreadsheets and manual invoices. Here's how to automate your workflow using Google Workspace, Apps Script, and AI.
#1840: Your Calendar Is Now a Negotiation
AI agents are now negotiating meetings behind the scenes using JSON schemas and zero-knowledge proofs.
#1838: Tuning Search Without Losing Your Mind
Modern search bars are AI decision engines. Here's how small teams can tune fuzzy matching, semantic search, and reranking without breaking everyth...