AI
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and everything LLM
#4840: Is Audio Learning Actually Effective?
We examine the science of audio learning, its real trade-offs, and how to use it strategically.
#4836: When AI Actually Touches Money
How Amazon uses LLMs to classify damage and set refunds — and the guardrail stack that keeps the AI from touching the dollar amount directly.
#4834: Why Your AI Bill Keeps Surprising You
How a 37-cent project and a $100 simulation reveal the hidden math of AI API pricing.
#4832: Your AI Memory Should Be Markdown Files
Why your AI project memory should live in Git-tracked Markdown files, not a proprietary platform.
#4829: Why Can't You Filter by Bluetooth on Amazon?
Technical buyers waste hours hunting specs. AI might finally fix e-commerce filtering.
#4827: When Your One-Person Stack Starts Fighting You
Your custom-built system was a perfect fit. Now it's a cast you can't escape.
#4826: Schema Design Is an Art Form
Why AI-generated schemas skip the thinking that makes databases survive contact with reality.
#4825: Russian Dolls: Skills, MCPs, and Plugins
When to use a skill vs MCP vs plugin in Claude Code — and when to keep it simple.
#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.
#4822: Cloud-Local AI Hybrid: Does It Actually Work?
Can you pair Claude's reasoning with a local Qwen 7B for savings? The gap is wider than you think.
#4815: Agent Framework Lock-In: What Actually Breaks
Code-defined vs visual builders. LangGraph vs CrewAI. How portable are agent workflows really?
#4814: The Manager Agent Nobody Sees
How supervisor agents orchestrate AI pipelines without generating content—and the three ways they fail.
#4813: The $70 Mouse That Changed Everything
How a $70 ergonomic mouse purchase reveals the quiet way we learn to trust AI.
#4809: Can a Podcast Train Itself?
Can a podcast become a self-developing project? We explore RAG vs. fine-tuning for lore memory.
#4800: The CLI That Powers Half the Internet's Video
How a French programmer's side project became the invisible engine behind YouTube, VLC, and OBS.
#4799: How to Build Your Own TTS Audiobooks
From M4B containers to chapter timing drift — the technical pipeline for creating audiobooks with synthetic voice.
#4796: How to Measure for Clothes That Actually Fit
The right measurements, fabric stretch, and whether AI try-on tools finally work for online shopping.
#4793: Fibre Isn't a Trick — It's the Thing the Trick Was Trying to Approximate
The glass in the ground is already 40 years old — and it's barely breaking a sweat.
#4792: Shadowing an IMS Forecaster in 2026
What does a human forecaster actually do when AI models already handle 95% of the routine work?
#4791: When AI Critiques Our Terminology
Can AI spot conceptual sloppiness in how we describe it? A podcast moment reveals something unexpected.