Web Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast

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Alex Merced explains Concepts and Ideas relevant development of software and web applications.Find all episodes here: https://host.alexmercedpodcast.com/series/webdev101/Follow Alex on Twitter @alexmercedcoderFind Alex's tutorial blogs and instructional videos at GrokOverflow.com, devNursery.com and AlexMercedCoder.com

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Episodes 49

AI Models & Agentic Harnesses, Graph Engineering, Gaming on Android Devices, Dispatch
16d ago · 25:03
Alex talks about what’s on his mind when it comes to tech, enjoy!Find everything Alex at AlexMerced.com
AI Model Summer, Open Models, Data Lakehouse and the collision of Operational and Analytical systems.
1mo ago · 21:46
Alex Merced gives the update on the state of the Data & AI world after this summer. Follow Alex Merced, find all links at AlexMerced.com
AI & ART, New Books, AI Harness Production
2mo ago · 8:58
Find everything at AlexMerced.com
AI Songs, Suno, The Puerto Rico Song from Saxboy
3mo ago · 26:23
Alex Merced discusses his thoughts on the Virality of the AI Song, the Puerto Rico Song, the role of AI in music and whether it threatens art.
AI Updates, Lakehouse Streaming (Iceberg/Fluss), and more!
4mo ago · 24:17
Alex Merced as always discusses his thoughts on news in the tech world including AI updates and streaming to data lakehouses. Follow Alex on Social: alexmerced.com
Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems
7mo ago · 13:55
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
Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling
7mo ago · 21:33
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
More Thoughts on the State of AI Software Development
8mo ago · 24:16
Alex Merced discusses more about his experience with the Google Anitgravity IDE Follow Alex Merced at AlexMerced.com
2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg
8mo ago · 19:00
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
Why do Semantic Layers matter so much?
9mo ago
Try the Dremio Free trial at Dremio.com/get-started Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com
Gaming Handheld Buying Guide and New Lakehouse Free Trial
9mo ago
Guide to the Dremio Free Trial: https://amdatalakehouse.substack.com/p/comprehensive-hands-on-walk-through?r=h4f8p In this episode I make som suggestions on great handhelds you can buy for christmas, here is some websites of the main handheld manufacturers. Retroid: https://www.goretroid.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqmsw4dUCa7w0oODoE05TqOlQzhw8vfewFMVqVKnmF-1iL9pIt3 Anbernic: https://anbernic.com/ Konkr: https://www.ayaneo.com/product/KONKR-Pocket-FIT Mangmi: https://mangmi.com/products/mangmi-air-x XU Retro: https://www.xuretro.com/collections/frontpage Powkiddy: https://powkiddy.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorEo
Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like?
10mo ago
Alex Merced discusses different paths to a Universal Lakehouse Catalog standard and their pros and cons. Find links to books, social and more at AlexMerced.com
Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent
11mo ago
Alex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space. Buy Alex Merced’s latest book “Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse” use discount code mercedconf25 for a 40% discount. https://www.manning.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouse Follow Alex on Social at AlexMerced.com
Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer
11mo ago
Alex Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them. Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com Find all of Alex Merced’s blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com
Why Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse Catalog
1y ago
Past is Prologue. Alex Merced discusses lessons from the table format wars that can help predict the outcome of the catalog wars. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com Join the #amtech channel on the Data Lakehouse Hub to discuss the podcast: https://join.slack.com/t/thedatalakehousehub/shared_invite/zt-274yc8sza-mI2zhCW8LGkOh1uxuf8T5Q
Bonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)
1y ago
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
BONUS: Data Lakehouse Crash Course (Polaris, Nessie, Unity, Gravitino, Lakekeeper and more!)
1y ago
Register for the catalog Course: https://drmevn.fyi/catalogcourse1024 Watch the Iceberg Crash Course: https://drmevn.fyi/icebergcourse1024 London Meetup: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups Paris Meetup: https://drmevn.fyi/1120-france-meetup My Calendar of Events: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups
FREE Apache Iceberg Crash Course
2y ago
Register for the Course: https://bit.ly/am-2024-iceberg-live-crash-course-1 Free Copy of Apache Iceberg Book: https://bit.ly/am-iceberg-book My social and blog links: https://bio.alexmerced.com/data
33 – What is DevOps?
2y ago
Alex Merced discusses what is DevOps? Follow Alex on Social: https://bio.alexmerced.com/web
32 – Understanding Multithreading, Events Loops, Concurrency and Parallelism
2y ago
Alex Merced talks about breaking down processing into different threads, different cores, and different machines. Follow Alex on Social, all links here https://bio.alexmerced.com/web/
31 – JS Bundlers (Browserify, Webpack, Rollup, Vite, etc.)
2y ago
Alex Merced discusses JS Bundlers Subscribe on youtube youtube.com/@alexmercedcoder youtube.com/@alexmerceddata bio.alexmerced.com
Bonus: New Youtube Channel, State of the Data Lakehouse
2y ago
Find all my data resources below:https://bio.alexmerced.com/data Listen to the State of the Data Lakehouse Podcast Here:https://em360tech.com/podcast/dremio-state-data-lakehouse?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=alexmercedcontent&utm_term=iceberg+lakehouse+nessie
Call for Speakers – Subsurface 2024 (Live in NYC May 2024)
2y ago
Submit your talks here: https://www.dremio.com/subsurface/
Bonus: docs.devnursery.com
2y ago
Quick Update and invitation to come check out docs.devnursery.com
31 – Cross-Origin Cookies
3y ago
Alex Merced talks about cross origin cookies, read his blog on the topic here: https://dev.to/alexmercedcoder/expressjs-handling-cross-origin-cookies-38l9

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Episodes 49

AI Models & Agentic Harnesses, Graph Engineering, Gaming on Android Devices, Dispatch

AI Model Summer, Open Models, Data Lakehouse and the collision of Operational and Analytical systems.

AI & ART, New Books, AI Harness Production

AI Songs, Suno, The Puerto Rico Song from Saxboy

AI Updates, Lakehouse Streaming (Iceberg/Fluss), and more!

Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems

Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling

More Thoughts on the State of AI Software Development

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

Why do Semantic Layers matter so much?

Gaming Handheld Buying Guide and New Lakehouse Free Trial

Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like?

Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent

Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer

Why Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse Catalog

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

BONUS: Data Lakehouse Crash Course (Polaris, Nessie, Unity, Gravitino, Lakekeeper and more!)

FREE Apache Iceberg Crash Course

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