Episode 64 - Context is King

The number one reason folks struggle with AI tools is they don't give the model enough to work with. Context is the cheapest upgrade you can make to any AI workflow today.

Episode 63 - AI in ArcGIS, How to Start

Esri now has a whole family of AI assistants built into ArcGIS—Arcade, Pro, Survey123, Item Details, Story Maps, Hub, Documentation, and more. I suggest starting with a workflow you do every week so you can start to learn when to trust the AI tools.

Episode 62 - Break The AI

I built an 8-bit video game-style AI red teaming game that lets you try to break various chatbots with different guardrails so you can see how it works.

Episode 61 - Ask Jaws

I built a chatbot for my website using the five-layer guardrail stack from Episode 58. My AI agent wrote the code, then a separate AI agent attacked it. You can try to break it too.

Episode 60 - Say Hello, Jaws

I built an autonomous AI agent that runs 24/7 on a Mac Mini, manages my home office, triages my email, helps write content, and improves itself every night at 3 AM. Here's an introduction to how it actually works.

Episode 59 - Poison Pills

Poison pills are hidden instructions in data your AI consumes. They’re a fun defensive trick for content creators and a serious attack vector if you’re building AI tools that touch external data.

Episode 58 - Guardrails

It takes more than a good system prompt to protect an AI from abuse, and it is worth making it as hard as possible for attackers.

Episode 57- We will all be Software Gardeners

Do you garden? I do, sometimes. I have a raspberry bed that I am proud of. Sometimes I grow a few tomatoes, lettuce, and the occasional pepper.

Episode 56 - The Levels of AI Assisted Software Development

There are four levels of AI coding available today, from fancy autocomplete to full agentic engineering. The interesting stuff starts at Level 2. And Level 3 is where it gets weird.