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#917: When AI Agents Hit the Context Wall
Herman and Corn dive into Cloud Code and nested AI agents. Can "agent mirror organizations" solve the context window crisis?
#849: From URLs to Content Hashes: The Real Web 3.0 Shift
Explore the shift from location to content-addressing as we dive into the real-world state of Web 3.0 and distributed systems in 2026.
#683: Can Smartphones Save the Grid?
Herman and Corn explore the technical and legal hurdles of replacing massive data centers with a global peer-to-peer network of consumer devices.
#605: Why Your Home Lab Can't Be One Big Computer
Herman and Corn explore how to turn separate servers into a unified supercomputer using high-speed interlinks and resource pooling.
#586: Why Your Phone's Clock Isn't Good Enough
Why spend $1,000 on a clock? Herman and Corn explore the high-stakes world of NTP hardware and the precision timing keeping civilization in sync.