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#2253: Why AI Agents Get Three Steps, Not Infinity
Why do AI agents get exactly three rounds of tool use? It's a critical guardrail against infinite loops and runaway costs, not a limit on intellige...
#1930: The Agent Identity Crisis: Workflow vs. Conversation
One automates invoices silently; the other chats in Slack. Why the industry's favorite word means two totally different things.
#1928: Why Webhook Gateways Beat Direct Wiring
Unscale your chaos: Why Kong beats manual webhook sprawl for auth, routing, and latency.
#1923: Scaling Prosumer Automation to Enterprise
Prosumer tools like n8n break at scale. Here's why durable execution frameworks like Temporal and Prefect are the enterprise upgrade.
#1922: From Plumber to Urban Planner: AI Agent Careers
The job titles are changing from "Zapier Expert" to "Cognitive Architect."
#1842: Building a Business on Spreadsheets? Here’s the Escape Plan
Ditch the messy spreadsheets and manual invoices. Here's how to automate your workflow using Google Workspace, Apps Script, and AI.
#1716: Seeing the AI Think: Visual Debugging for Agent Workflows
See how a visual, node-based tool lets you build complex AI agent workflows without writing code.
#1243: How to Hack a Smart Home for the Sabbath
How do you navigate a smart home when you can't flip a switch? Explore the engineering behind making modern technology Shabbat-compliant.
#1187: Strings of Code: The Ancient Art of Puppetry Meets AI
Explore the 3,000-year history of puppetry and why we are now replacing physical strings with generative code and artificial intelligence.
#558: The Briefing Gateway: Ending the "Pecked by Ducks" Email Era
Tired of flooding clients with emails? Herman and Corn explore the "Briefing Gateway," a tool that uses AI to turn messy pings into organized briefs.
#527: Who’s Really Flying? The Evolution of Aircraft Controls
From steel cables to digital signals: Herman and Corn explore how flight controls evolved and why some modern jets still use 1960s technology.
#106: From Chatbots to Computer-Use Agents
Can an AI actually use your mouse? Herman and Corn dive into the world of Computer Use Agents and the dream of seamless machine interaction.
#96: How a Sketch in the Sand Became the World's Supply Chain
Discover the hidden history and complex math behind barcodes, from beach-side sketches to the high-tech future of retail scanning.
#90: The Output Problem: Why AI Treats Your Data Like a Disposable Chat Bubble
Why can’t we group chat with AI? Herman and Corn dive into the "output problem" and the technical hurdles of communal bots.