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.
#1212: The Postgres Vector Revolution: Killing the Sprawl
Is your tech stack a sprawling suburb of microservices? Discover why a 40-year-old database is winning the AI infrastructure war.
#1211: Escaping JOIN Hell: The SQL Developer’s Guide to Neo4j
Stop struggling with 15-deep JOINs. Learn how Neo4j turns relationships into first-class citizens for faster, more intuitive data modeling.
#1209: The Agent-First Shift: Ending the Dual-Track API Tax
Stop paying the 20% "AI tax." Explore how unified backends and MCP are merging human interfaces with agentic capabilities for a seamless future.
#1208: Beyond Buttons: Is the Admin Dashboard Dead?
Tired of clicking through CMS mazes? Explore how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is replacing traditional dashboards with conversational control.
#1204: Rethinking Mastery: Beyond the 10,000 Hour Rule
Is the 10,000-hour rule dead? Explore why raw time no longer equals expertise in the fast-paced age of AI and open systems.
#1176: Can AI Resurrect the Digital Tombstones in Our Archives?
Stop saving "digital tombstones." Discover how AI and new scanning tech are turning static images into searchable, computable knowledge graphs.
#1170: The Frozen Backend Paradox: Modern Static Architecture
Explore the "frozen backend" paradox and how modern static sites use build-time logic and sharded search to mimic complex dynamic applications.
#1124: The Database Explosion: Why One Size No Longer Fits All
From vector stores to edge computing, discover why the world now has over 1,000 databases and why Postgres isn't always the answer.
#1123: When One Database Isn't Enough
Can Postgres 18 finally replace the data warehouse? We dive into data gravity, columnar storage, and the physics of scaling in the AI age.
#1122: Why AI Agents Are Abandoning Human Language
Why force AI to talk like humans? Explore how agents are ditching English for high-speed "mind-melding" and latent space communication.
#1120: The AI Handoff: From Manual Hacks to Standard Protocols
Stop the "context rot." Learn how new protocols like MCP and typed state channels are revolutionizing how AI agents collaborate.
#1115: The Rise of the AI Procurement Officer
Discover how AI is evolving from simple chat to autonomous B2B procurement agents capable of negotiating and executing million-dollar deals.
#1113: The Ghost Company: The High Cost of AI Agent Bureaucracy
Can a company run entirely on AI? Explore the hidden costs and "agentic bureaucracy" of building autonomous agent hierarchies.
#1110: The arXiv Effect: Inside the Engine of AI Research
Explore how a 1990s-style website became the central nervous system for AI breakthroughs and the power of the preprint revolution.
#1108: Beyond the Emoji: How Hugging Face Conquered AI
Discover how a quirky chatbot company became the central nervous system of AI, hosting millions of models and standardizing the entire industry.
#1103: The Kitchen War: When Theory Meets Messy Reality
Explore the mechanics of LLM context windows and attention, and witness what happens when technical debates collide with household chores.
#1100: The Truth Conflict: Why AI Ignores the Facts You Give It
Discover why AI models ignore provided documents in favor of old training data and how to build a reliable "hierarchy of truth" for RAG systems.
#1084: Why AI Models Can’t Read and Your Bill Is Rising
Why does the same prompt cost more on different models? Discover the "invisible wall" of tokenization and how it shapes AI perception.
#1083: Mapping the Second Black Box: Agentic AI Visualization
Stop reading messy logs. Discover how mapping "internal momentum" and latent value spaces can solve the black box problem in agentic AI.
#1082: Stop Ruining Your Website Speed With Tracking Scripts
Stop slowing down your site with invasive trackers. Learn how to balance privacy and performance using edge-side and proxy-based analytics.