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63 episodes
#5536: Staging Environments for Blog Posts and AI Pipelines That's 54 characters. This captures both the content workflow angle and the AI pipeline angle. Good.
Content teams are reinventing staging, draft states, and version history on their own — and AI pipelines are adding autonomous review stages betwee...
#5401: When Companies Hide Humans Behind the AI Curtain
A system prompt and a cheap model can make human decisions read like bot output — and that's exactly the point.
#5285: Two Queues, One Cron Tick: Serverless Batch Pipelines
What does a queue look like when your process is disposable? Two queues, one cron tick, and a 50% batch discount.
#5277: AI Handles the GTD Inbox So You Don't Have To
GTD says capture everything — then caps your inbox at 100 items. What if AI did the organizing layer instead?
#5055: The Invisible Machinery of Autonomous Agents
Heartbeats, state stores, and budget caps — the unglamorous infrastructure that actually makes always-on AI agents work.
#5033: The Greatest Dumbest Home Assistant Automations
Doorbell goal horns, toilet dashboards, and a lamp that dims on guests. The ten most gloriously unnecessary smart home automations, ranked.
#4995: What a Bad Thermostat Teaches Us About Control
How phase lead, decay, and knowing when to do nothing fix the oscillation problem.
#4902: Backward Batching: Fixing Slow Uploads Without Blocking Users
How one developer used background threads and deferred AI processing to fix a cataloguing workflow.
#4824: Build vs Pull: Docker Deploy Strategies for Solo Devs
Where to build your Docker image and how to trigger deploys — three patterns for small teams on a VPS.
#4731: Teaching Your Router Bedtime: Automated QoS with OPNsense
Can your router learn when to prioritize Netflix over backups? We build schedule-aware QoS with OPNsense and cron.
#4683: Parallel vs Sequential Agent Loops: The Real Tradeoffs
When should AI agents run in parallel vs sequential chains? The dependency graph isn't enough — join costs and error handling matter more.
#4681: Loops vs Workflows: Defining AI's New Unit of Work
What makes a Claude Code loop different from a prompt or workflow? We pin down the actual definition—and who owns the off switch.
#4680: Inside Amazon's Delivery Machine: From Robot Picking to Your Doorstep
How Amazon's fulfillment centers, 750K robots, and Prime's economics make next-day doorstep delivery feel like gravity.
#4568: Building a Smarter Text Expansion Library
Move beyond addresses and signatures — build snippets that shape how you think, decide, and communicate on mobile.
#4453: Workers vs Workflows: Recovering From SSD Failure
When your VPS SSD dies at 3AM, how do you know what broke? A practical guide to self-hosted worker management.
#4452: YouTube Backup Pipeline: RSS + yt-dlp + Wasabi
Build a free, reliable pipeline to auto-download and backup YouTube videos using RSS feeds, yt-dlp, and cloud storage.
#4414: Shared Shopping Carts That Auto-Order
Why cross-device cart sync fails and what it would take to build a system that orders for you.
#4394: How to Buy a Reliable Used Car in Israel
Avoid French cars, stick to Toyota or Mazda, and always get a compression test before buying.
#4393: Should You Repair or Sell Your Old Car?
How to decide whether to fix your aging car or sell it, using real Israeli market numbers.
#4291: Car Battery Lifespan, Dash Cams & Jump Starters
Realistic battery life, why dash cams drain them fast, and whether portable jump starters actually work.
#4195: The 90-Second Tire Walk-Around That Could Save Your Life
A pilot-style tire inspection protocol you can do at the gas station — catches the failures that cause 78% of tire crashes.
#3984: Eurobox Garage: Stocking a Seat Ibiza Cabinet
Build a VDA-standard Eurobox cabinet for your Seat Ibiza, with real part numbers and shelf logic.
#3972: Car Maintenance Apps That Actually Work
Turn your phone into a car maintenance log with photo tracking, mileage-based reminders, and cost analysis.
#3959: The 9-Point Car Inspection That Actually Prevents Breakdowns
Oil and tire checks aren't enough. Add these 5 inspections to avoid the three biggest causes of roadside tows.