Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEP075: API Billing Is Product Infrastructure
API billing is no longer just an accounting detail. This episode explains why Anthropic and Claude API cost depends on payload design, long context, …
4 months ago
EP074: API Key Hygiene Is Part of AI Reliability
API key hygiene is a production AI reliability issue. This episode explains why invalid tokens, missing Authorization headers, rotated credentials, s…
4 months ago
EP073: Why AI Gateway Reliability Is More Than Uptime
AI gateway reliability is more than uptime or HTTP 200s. This episode explains provider availability, payload compatibility, output validity, task su…
4 months ago
EP072: Why MCP Needs the Same Gateway Discipline as APIs
MCP gives AI agents access to tools, but production teams need more than direct tool wiring. This episode explains why MCP needs gateway discipline: …
4 months ago
EP071: The Quiet Problem With AI Pricing Pages
AI pricing pages show unit costs, but production teams need routing decisions. This episode explains why real AI cost depends on success rate, retrie…
4 months ago
EP070: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and the Automation Tier
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite is best understood as a lightweight automation tier: fast, cheap, and useful for classification, extraction, summarization, rou…
4 months ago
EP069: Payload Compatibility Is Part of AI Model Quality
A real Claude Jupiter v1-p vs GPT-5.5 benchmark showed that model quality is not just intelligence. Payload compatibility matters too: Jupiter failed…
4 months ago
EP068: Distribution Infrastructure for AI Developer Products
Distribution is infrastructure for AI developer products. This episode explains how to build a content distribution graph across your main blog, deve…
4 months ago
EP067: Cost per Successful Task — The AI Metric That Actually Matters
Token price is only the beginning of AI cost. This episode explains why production teams should optimize for cost per successful task, including retr…
4 months, 1 week ago
EP066: Model Orchestration — The Missing Layer in Production AI Apps
Model orchestration is the practical layer between a prompt and a production AI system. This episode explains how to route by task instead of brand, …
4 months, 1 week ago