Alex Merced on Technology

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Channel • 7 Shows

Technology

Technology

Updated Jan 27
Technology

Technology

Updated Jan 27
Technology

Technology

Updated Jan 27
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Technology

Updated 12/05/2025
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Updated Jan 16
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Updated Jan 27

JAN 27

Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems

Alex Merced discusses the differences between different ways of customizing agent behavior and when to use which. – Agent Skills– Model Context Protocol (MCP)– Claude Projects/Custom GPTs/Gemini Gems Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com

Jan 27

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14 min
JAN 27

Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems

Alex Merced discusses the differences between different ways of customizing agent behavior and when to use which. – Agent Skills– Model Context Protocol (MCP)– Claude Projects/Custom GPTs/Gemini Gems Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com

Jan 27

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14 min
JAN 16

Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling

Alex Merced talks about how his optimism about the Agentic AI tool and poses the question, if people can run as fast as they could before AI, instead of resenting them for it, ask yourself how much further you can now run with AI. Follow Alex on Social: AlexMerced.com The Data Lakehouse Community: https://www.datalakehousehub.com

Jan 16

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22 min
04/06/2025

Bonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)

Alex Merced discusses modern AI and the new MCP standard and what it means. Follow Alex’s Blogs on and on Social at AlexMerced.com

04/06/2025

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11/25/2025

Why do Semantic Layers matter so much?

Try the Dremio Free trial at Dremio.com/get-started Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com

11/25/2025

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05/19/2022

#8 – Backend Development

Alex Merced discusses what is Backend Development. Follow Alex on Twitter @alexmercedcoder Find tutorials and blogs at devNursery.com and GrokOverflow.com

05/19/2022

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12/23/2025

2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg

Alex Merced (AlexMerced.com) discusses:– his thoughts on thriving in 2026– His use of Google’s Antigravity– His use of NotebookLM– Dremio’s AI tools (dremio.com)– More Check out Pangolin Catalog at PangolinCatalog.org

12/23/2025

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19 min
05/20/2022

#9 – Rendering Web Pages (Server, Client, Static)

Alex Merced discusses the differences between Server Side Rendering, Client Side Rendering and Static Site Generation. Learn more at devNursery.com and GrokOverflow.com Follow Alex on Twitter @alexmercedcoder

05/20/2022

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JAN 2

More Thoughts on the State of AI Software Development

Alex Merced discusses more about his experience with the Google Anitgravity IDE Follow Alex Merced at AlexMerced.com

Jan 2

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24 min
JAN 2

More Thoughts on the State of AI Software Development

Alex Merced discusses more about his experience with the Google Anitgravity IDE Follow Alex Merced at AlexMerced.com

Jan 2

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24 min

Podcasts where Alex Merced discusses technology like Web Development and Data Engineering. Join the devNursery slack community for web developers at devNursery.com Join the DataNation slack community for data engineers, scientists and analysts at datanation.click