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.
#4710: ISO 42001: The New Rulebook for AI Accountability
How the first certifiable AI management standard works, what it actually certifies, and why "AI compliance" is now its own profession.
#4709: What ISO 9001 Actually Certifies (Hint: Not Quality)
ISO 9001 doesn't measure efficiency or product quality. It certifies that you've documented your processes — and that's a much stranger, more speci...
#4704: Building a Unified AI Filesystem with Rclone and MinIO
How to build a single virtual filesystem for AI agents across multiple cloud storage providers — without the token headaches.
#4703: MCP Binary Payloads: Why URLs Beat Base64
MCP can't carry raw bytes. Here's why the URL pattern is the only legal move—and what the File Uploads Working Group might change.
#4702: Two Books, One AI Podcast: The Full Archive
Hilbert turned the entire My Weird Prompts archive into two physical books — the full production docs and all 4,620 episode descriptions.
#4701: Why Claude Code Re-Introduces Itself to Your Repo
Claude Code remembers your preferences but not your codebase. We explore why that's by design and how to work around it.
#4700: Browser Agents: Three Paths to One Protocol
How screenshot watching, dev-tools extensions, and native MCP in Chrome are converging — and what wins.
#4699: The Hidden Engine: What Makes Claude Code Tick
Is it the model or the harness? We break down the invisible scaffolding that turns LLMs into real agents.
#4696: Why AI Over-Explains Simple Tasks
Why does AI turn a simple request into a 24-page document? We explore the training biases and architectural limits behind AI's tendency to over-del...
#4694: The Hidden Light System That Guides Pilots Home
How massive light arrays extending from runways guide pilots through fog and darkness — and the engineering that keeps them precise.
#4692: Why Printed Colors Never Match Your Screen
Screen light vs. ink absorption: why RGB and CMYK clash, and how ICC profiles, rich black, and bleed save your prints.
#4691: The Machine Lane: When AI Agents Call Your Business
What if your business phone menu had a button for AI callers? The search for who's building it — and why nobody has.
#4690: Typst for Agents: Programmatic PDF Generation
How Typst's function-based design makes it the ideal document engine for AI agents generating professional PDFs.
#4686: How Claude Code's Patience Works: Fork, Wait, and the Transcript Stack
Claude Code's "waiting" is an illusion. We break down the Unix primitives behind its background task system and where the analogy cracks.
#4685: GitHub vs AWS: Agentic AI Cert Showdown
GH-600 vs AWS's AI ladder — which curriculum teaches transferable skills, and which is just product training?
#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.
#4682: When Context Windows Grow: What Survives?
If context windows jump to 10M tokens, which AI engineering practices survive? We separate load-bearing architecture from temporary scaffolding.
#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.
#4679: Inside the Machines: Amazon vs. AliExpress Marketplaces
We break down the structural differences between Amazon's FBA logistics machine and AliExpress's cross-border escrow model.
#4672: How Magic Eraser Tools Actually Work: Segmentation + Inpainting
Two AI stages — pixel-level segmentation and generative inpainting — explain how your phone erases objects cleanly.