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Relaxed Conversations around getting AI into production, whatever shape that may come in (agentic, traditional ML, LLMs, Vibes, etc)

  1. 2 dage siden

    AI Hype vs. Real Value

    Manish Dasaur is a Managing Director at PwC with over 20 years in data and AI, having helped 100+ clients navigate AI disruption and extract real business value from data, AI, and agentic AI initiatives. In this episode, he breaks down why most enterprise AI programs stall — and the playbook the winners are using instead. Huge thanks to PwC for supporting this episode! 💰 The 30% benchmark — What "good" actually looks like: real efficiency gains clients are reporting across engineering, finance, HR, and supply chain 🔄 Workflows, not use cases — Why isolated pilots and POCs never show up in EBITDA, and how end-to-end workflow redesign does 🧪 Champion vs. challenger — Running a control group against your AI-automated process so ROI is demonstrated, not guessed 📞 Why customer care agents are still freaking hard — Context, CDP integration, billing systems, and voice-to-voice latency 💸 Tokenomics & FinOps — Consumption-based cost surprises, model selection, prompt engineering, and enforcing cost-per-workflow budgets 🔍 Auditing agentic behavior — Using AI to test AI, the missing "SOC 2 for agents," and certifying agents for sensitive use cases 👤 Human in the loop as an evolving scale — From reviewing 50% of outputs down to 10% as trust builds 🧠 88% do AI, 33% scale it — Building a culture of innovation, and why AI usage is showing up in performance reviews 💼 Jobs, reskilling & the operating model reset — Why 75%+ of jobs will be reskilled, not replacedIf you're an AI leader, platform engineer, or exec trying to turn AI experiments into P&L impact, this one's for you. Links & Resources: Connect with Manish: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manishdasaur/ PwC AI: https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics.html PwC's 2026 AI Business Predictions: https://www.pwc.com/us/en/tech-effect/ai-analytics/ai-predictions.html Timestamps: [00:00] AI Hype vs Business Value [00:44] API Spend Tracker Widget [02:18] Tokenomics and FinOps for AI [06:19] Measuring AI Impact Objectively [11:07] AI in Support Workflows [18:05] AI Innovation Culture [27:16] MCP Servers and SOC 2 [29:14] Human in the Loop in evolving scale [35:44] AI and Workforce Efficiency [39:59] AI Transformation and Mindset [42:19] Wrap-up

    AI Hype vs. Real Value

  2. 6 dage siden

    The Creator of FastMCP Explains the Future of MCP

    In this episode, we're joined by Jeremiah Lowin, Founder & CEO at Prefect and the creator of FastMCP, to explore how one of the most influential projects in the MCP ecosystem came to be - and where the protocol is heading next. We discuss the accidental origin of FastMCP, why Anthropic adopted it into the official SDK, what developers are getting wrong about MCP, and why Chris believes the biggest opportunity for AI agents isn't customer-facing applications, but internal enterprise systems. We also dive into MCP Apps, developer experience, protocol design, AI tooling, Python, and why building great abstractions is often more valuable than exposing more configuration. Along the way, we explore the rapid growth of the MCP ecosystem, how FastMCP became the default way many developers build MCP servers, why "too much magic" can actually hurt developer experience, and what the next generation of AI-powered applications will look like as agents move beyond simple tool calling into rich, interactive experiences. Prefect: https://www.prefect.io Jeremiah Lowin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlowin Demetrios: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbrinkm Timestamps:00:00 Lost My Entire Talk00:47 The Story Behind FastMCP02:08 Anthropic Adopted FastMCP02:34 When MCP Took Off04:10 FastMCP vs The Official SDK05:43 Is MCP Actually Dead?06:42 What Everyone Gets Wrong About MCP08:11 MCP's Biggest Use Case10:25 Building Internal AI Systems12:00 Why FastMCP Exploded13:29 Making Complex Software Simple15:10 Can Software Be Too Magical?20:11 MCP Apps Explained23:42 Why Python Needed MCP Apps27:54 The Future of AI Interfaces34:18 AI Should Generate UIs40:11 AI Deleted My Presentation43:30 The AI Assistant We Actually Need48:00 Personal AI vs SaaS52:28 The Future of AI Agents55:06 Final Thoughts

  3. 13. jul.

    What Happens When Every Developer Has 20 AI Agents?

    In this episode, we're joined by Stephen O'Grady, Co-Founder and Principal Analyst at RedMonk, to explore one of the biggest shifts happening in software engineering: AI is making code dramatically cheaper to produce, but everything downstream is becoming the new bottleneck. We discuss why SaaS isn't dead despite the hype, the explosive rise of MCP, why AI agents are overwhelming developer infrastructure, and what happens when every engineer suddenly has dozens of AI developers working alongside them. Stephen explains how package managers, code reviews, security, governance, and enterprise systems are all struggling to keep pace with AI-generated software. Along the way, we dive into AI coding tools, MCP adoption, developer productivity, infrastructure scaling, enterprise software, open source, package repositories, governance, and why the hardest problems in software may no longer be writing code—but managing everything that comes after. RedMonk: https://redmonk.com Stephen O'Grady: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sogrady Demetrios: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbrinkm

  4. 6. jul.

    AI Agents Should Be Treated Like Hackers

    In this episode, we're joined by Matt DeBergalis, CTO and Co-Founder of Apollo GraphQL, to explore what happens when AI agents start interacting with enterprise systems that were never designed for them. We dive into the collision between APIs, MCP, GraphQL, and agentic AI, and why traditional assumptions about trust, permissions, and security are breaking down. Matt argues that AI agents should be treated as untrusted actors by default, and explains why giving agents access to enterprise data creates entirely new challenges around governance, access control, and risk management. Along the way, we discuss semantic APIs, enterprise data silos, citizen developers, agent permissions, security boundaries, and how GraphQL and MCP can work together to make enterprise systems more accessible to both humans and AI. The conversation also explores why companies are racing to deploy agents despite the risks, and what the future of enterprise software might look like when AI becomes the primary consumer of APIs. Apollo GraphQL: https://www.apollographql.com Matt DeBergalis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debergalis Alex Salkever: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexsalkever Timestamps: [00:00] AI, APIs, and Trust [01:16] MCP API Lessons [06:16] GraphQL and MCP Integration [12:55] API Security for MCP [16:10] Linux Kernel Security Concerns [19:09] API Design and Controls [21:52] Trust in Autonomous Systems [25:06] MCP GraphQL Wish List [27:13] API Access Patterns [28:44] GraphQL API Perspective

  5. 6. jul.

    Developers May Stop Depending on Libraries

    In this episode of Agentic Conversations, we're joined by Shaun Smith, software engineer, open source advocate, and contributor at Hugging Face, to explore how AI coding has changed almost overnight. We dive into reinforcement learning, MCP (Model Context Protocol), Fast Agent, Claude Code, open source AI, and why today's language models have become so capable that many traditional software libraries are becoming "liquefied." Shaun explains how reinforcement learning unlocked long-running autonomous agents, why ideas are becoming more valuable than code, and how developers should think about building software in an era where AI can generate entire applications. Along the way, we discuss Hugging Face's MCP server, Fast Agent, AI-powered developer tools, multimodal applications, MCP Apps, context windows, coding assistants, Rust, Python, TypeScript, open-weight models, software architecture, and what the future of programming looks like when humans increasingly focus on design instead of implementation. Shaun Smith: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smithshaun Demetrios: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbrinkm Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co ⏱️ Timestamps[00:00] Introduction [01:56] The State of Open Source AI [05:18] Reinforcement Learning Changed Everything [07:50] Fast Agent Explained [10:18] Fast Agent as an MCP Reference Platform [12:20] Building Smarter AI Tools at Hugging Face [15:17] Natural Language Search Instead of APIs [17:46] Why MCP Apps Matter [20:06] The Evolution of MCP Apps [23:05] Building AI-Native User Interfaces [26:12] Context Is the New Programming Language [28:00] The End of Code Libraries [29:50] Why Developers Aren't Writing Code [31:25] AI Changes Software Engineering [33:05] The Future of Open Source AI [35:43] Claude Skills That Save Hours [38:02] Training Models with AI [39:05] Building Your Own AI Tools [40:50] MCP for Consumers, Enterprises, and Developers [43:42] Why Shell Access Makes Agents Smarter [45:18] Secure Agent Workflows [46:08] The Future of AI Interfaces [47:02] Outro #HuggingFace #MCP #OpenSourceAI

  6. 6. jul.

    10 Cities. 4 Countries. One Unexpected MCP Lesson.

    In this episode, we're joined by Ben Morss, Developer Advocate at DeepL, who spent months traveling across North America and Europe teaching developers about MCP, building MCP servers, and helping teams understand how AI agents actually use tools. We dive into the biggest misconceptions around MCP, why so many developers still misunderstand how it works, and what Ben learned after giving talks and workshops in 10 cities across four countries. Along the way, we explore MCP server design, tool calling, security concerns, translation workflows, developer education, and how DeepL is using MCP to bring high-quality language translation into AI-powered applications. DeepL: https://www.deepl.com Ben Morss: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-morss-ph-d-15bab15/ Alex Salkever: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexsalkever Timestamps: [00:00] AI and API Integration [00:41] DeepL at DevSummit [01:19] MCP Roadshow Origins [03:47] MCP Hackathon Insights [07:52] Security in Model Protocols [10:25] AI Expert vs Noob Queries [16:08] DeepL vs Frontier LLMs [18:16] MCP vs REST API [21:39] MCP Servers and DeepL

  7. 6. jul.

    The Next Programming Language Is English

    In this episode, we're joined by Cornelia Davis, Developer Advocate at Temporal and a longtime software architect who has spent decades helping shape modern cloud-native systems. We explore how programming has evolved from assembly language to cloud-native architectures, and why AI is forcing us to rethink software development once again. Cornelia argues that natural language is becoming a new programming abstraction, while durable execution may be the missing layer that makes AI agents reliable in production. The conversation dives into probabilistic software, long-running AI agents, MCP tasks, human-in-the-loop workflows, durable timers, distributed systems, and why developers may no longer need to think about infrastructure the way they once did. Cornelia Davis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corneliadavis Demetrios: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbrinkm Temporal: https://temporal.io Timestamps [00:00] AI Programming Abstractions [00:52] Abstraction Evolution in Programming [04:05] Text to SQL Evolution [10:08] Compensations for Natural Language [12:13] Durable MCP in AI [18:34] Streaming Session Explanation [21:31] Batch Processes with Tasks [29:29] Complexity Relocation in Systems [33:10] Complexity Relocation in Dev [36:36] Programming Model Shifts

  8. 3. jul.

    Omnigent: Composition, Control, and Collaboration for AI Agents

    Denny Lee is PM Director, Startups & Ecosystem at Databricks, a longtime Apache Spark, MLflow, and Delta Lake contributor — and one of the people behind Omnigent, the open-source meta-harness Databricks just released under Apache 2.0. He joins Demetrios to explain why the industry is moving from models to harnesses to meta-harnesses, why token spend is replaying the CapEx-to-OpEx shift all over again, and why he's using debating AI agents to plan a matcha farm in Taiwan. In this episode: 🍵 Agents as research partners — Denny uses dueling agents to scout matcha-growing regions in Taiwan, down to soil pH, elevation, and processing infrastructure 🥊 Why agents should debate each other — letting two models argue surfaces the questions you didn't know to ask 🔱 Forking conversations — the missing UX pattern: branch a session, keep the shared context, explore two threads in parallel 🧠 The meta-harness layer — how Omnigent sits above Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and custom agents so models and harnesses become hot-swappable parts 👥 The two-pizza rule for agents — military span-of-control logic says you can manage 5–7 agents before you lose the thread 💸 Tokenomics is the new DevOps — the CapEx→OpEx playbook repeats: give developers spend visibility, keep central governance for the rest 🛡️ Policies, budgets, and guardrails — enforcing cost caps and approval rules at the harness layer instead of inside prompts 🤖 Auto model selection — why classic machine learning (not another LLM) may be the right way to route tasks to cheap vs. frontier models ✍️ "Created by" vs. "assisted by" — the open source accountability debate: whoever submits the code owns the code 🗄️ Databases are back — agents need cheap, stateful memory, which is why Postgres, Lakebase, and serverless databases are having a moment If you're building with coding agents, managing AI spend, or trying to keep up with the harness arms race, this one's for you. Links & Resources: Omnigent (open source): https://www.databricks.com/blog/introducing-omnigent-meta-harness-combine-control-and-share-your-agents Omnigent GitHub: https://github.com/databricks/omnigent Denny Lee on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennyglee Denny's blog: https://dennyglee.com Tokenomics Foundation announcement: https://www.finops.org/insights/finops-x-2026-day-1-keynote/ Timestamps: [00:00] SOA to LLMOps Transition [01:06] Agentic Research Workflow [10:45] Agent Debate for Execution [13:53] Agentic Footnote Concept [24:41] Harnesses in Agent Systems [32:43] Harnessing Multi-Layered Agents [38:06] Token Spending Awareness [41:01] Token Spend Efficiency [43:53] Model Selection Frustration [51:06] Meta Harness in AI [53:15] Harness Layers Model [57:17] Wrap up #Tokenomics #AIAgents #Omnigent

    Omnigent: Composition, Control, and Collaboration for AI Agents
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