Artificial Intelligence
Episodes whose main subject is AI itself: building with, training, evaluating, or debating AI systems. AI used only as a tool for another topic goes to that topic.
#4758: Agent Credentials: Beyond the Password Manager
Why OS keychains fail for AI agents — and what the broker model does instead.
#4757: AI Agents Need a New Identity Model
How composite identity and short-lived credentials replace API keys for autonomous AI agents.
#4756: Eliminating the Secret: Workload Identity Without Credentials
How Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes are moving from long-lived keys to ephemeral, platform-issued tokens.
#4755: Why OAuth Makes You Re-Authorize Apps
Understanding delegated authority: why OAuth's consent flow is a feature, not a bug.
#4754: Why Code Authentication Needs So Many Keys
API keys, OAuth tokens, service accounts — why can't one authenticator rule them all? The answer is trust topology.
#4753: Cookies as AI Credentials: The Auth Problem
How to get browser cookies into an AI agent's hands — and why they expire so fast.
#4752: How AI Agents Map Websites to Build Stable Plugins
An AI agent explores DOM and network layers to build self-healing browser plugins.
#4751: AI Agents vs Anti-Bot Systems
Why AI agents get blocked by anti-bot systems and what actually works to get through.
#4750: Reverse-Engineering Hidden Web APIs
How to find undocumented APIs in your browser's network tab and hand them to AI agents.
#4748: Should You Upload That Old Manual?
The legal gray area of crowdsourcing orphaned product manuals and what it means for preservation.
#4740: Why FTP Still Exists and SSH Won't Die
FTP from 1985 is still not deprecated. SSH from 1995 keeps evolving. What determines which protocols survive?
#4734: Hi-Vis Fashion: Workwear Trend or Safety Risk?
Are fluorescent shirts from Carhartt and Fruit of the Loom democratizing safety gear or just borrowing the look?
#4727: Surviving the Negev: Matching VHB Tape to Desert UV & Heat
From Jerusalem UV to freezing nights — which 3M VHB tape actually survives the desert? Part numbers and specs inside.
#4723: Are Model Families Actually Different Models?
Claude Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku aren't trim levels — they're different models sharing a brand name.
#4722: Why Manuals Are Terrible (And How AI Can Fix Them)
Why appliance manuals are 22 pages of warnings and car manuals actually work — and how AI can break the cycle.
#4720: Compass vs. Warning Sign: Prompting for Long-Term AI
How positive and negative instructions reshape AI behavior differently — and why "preserve this" beats "fix this" in system prompts.
#4717: Building a Home Whisper Server: The Full Spec
Daniel wants a dedicated home server for Whisper dictation. Here's the exact build — GPU, RAM, storage, and runtime — to make it work.
#4713: MCP vs Browser-Use: The Agentic AI Showdown
Two patterns are fighting to define how AI agents interact with software. Which one wins shapes the next decade of building.
#4712: Codex vs Claude Code: The Real Agentic Coding Showdown
Benchmarks, model variants, and MCP setups — which coding agent actually wins where it matters?
#4711: When AI Agents Need a Compliance Checkbox
ISO 42001 is coming for your agentic pipeline. Small businesses need to know what's heading their way.