https://dabase.com/podcast/ en-us Copyright 2026 Kai Hendry A podcast about Infrastructure & AI engineering techniques Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:56:41 +0100 Kai Hendry A podcast about Infrastructure & AI engineering techniques Infrastructure & AI engineering techniques Kai Hendry hendry+podcast@iki.fi no episodic https://dabase.com/podcast/043-fast-ai-slow-workflow/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:13:27 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/043-fast-ai-slow-workflow/ AI agents can write code faster. But every change can still get stuck waiting for an approval, a merge button or an hour-long CI run. Fast AI. Slow workflow. 43 1 full 2107 no AI agents can write code faster. But every change can still get stuck waiting for an approval, a merge button or an hour-long CI run. https://dabase.com/podcast/042-agent-ide/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:55:28 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/042-agent-ide/ Is the terminal becoming the IDE, or is the IDE becoming an agent? Kai has spent two days living in Orca, a terminal-shaped harness that runs Claude Code, Codex and friends side by side, with worktrees, a diff pager you can comment on, and a mobile app that talks to your laptop over your own LAN. Agent IDE 42 1 full 3329 no Is the terminal becoming the IDE, or is the IDE becoming an agent? Kai has spent two days living in Orca, a terminal-shaped harness that runs Claude Code, Codex and friends side by side, with worktrees, a diff pager you can comment on, and a mobile app that talks to your laptop over your own LAN. https://dabase.com/podcast/041-agent-client-protocol/ Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:37:15 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/041-agent-client-protocol/ This episode is a conversational walkthrough of Kiro Crew (an AWS-hosted agent gateway and dashboard), how it uses the agent client protocol (ACP), what running and extending it looks like, and practical lessons about memory, embeddings, deployment and costs. Agent Client Protocol 41 1 full 2811 no This episode is a conversational walkthrough of Kiro Crew (an AWS-hosted agent gateway and dashboard), how it uses the agent client protocol (ACP), what running and extending it looks like, and practical lessons about memory, embeddings, deployment and costs. https://dabase.com/podcast/040-benchmarking-ai-infrastructure/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:10:57 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/040-benchmarking-ai-infrastructure/ Quick take: a technical conversation about infrastructure-as-code, emerging frameworks, and using AI agents to automate and benchmark cloud operations. Benchmarking AI infrastructure 40 1 full 3661 no Quick take: a technical conversation about infrastructure-as-code, emerging frameworks, and using AI agents to automate and benchmark cloud operations. https://dabase.com/podcast/039-decision-records-for-ai/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:10:39 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/039-decision-records-for-ai/ For vulnerability management https://www.invicti.com/ previously known as https://kondukto.io/ was what I was referring to! Decision Records for AI 39 1 full 2193 no For vulnerability management https://www.invicti.com/ previously known as https://kondukto.io/ was what I was referring to! https://dabase.com/podcast/038-fable-maxxing/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:04:26 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/038-fable-maxxing/ https://github.com/kaihendry/members.cardinhamsports.org/commits/main/ is a demonstration of using https://github.com/kaihendry/sloc-sensor Fable maxxing 38 1 full 2635 no https://github.com/kaihendry/members.cardinhamsports.org/commits/main/ is a demonstration of using https://github.com/kaihendry/sloc-sensor https://dabase.com/podcast/037-be-nice-to-your-agent/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:20:50 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/037-be-nice-to-your-agent/ Join us as we dive into the world of AI agents and their impact on productivity! In this video, we discuss the challenges and innovations surrounding AI tools like Claude and Hermes, and how they can revolutionize your workflow. Be nice to your agent 37 1 full 3227 no Join us as we dive into the world of AI agents and their impact on productivity! In this video, we discuss the challenges and innovations surrounding AI tools like Claude and Hermes, and how they can revolutionize your workflow. https://dabase.com/podcast/036-agent-loops/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:49:40 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/036-agent-loops/ This is a wide-ranging conversation about building, running and governing AI agents for developer workflows: live anecdotes about agent wins and failures, how agents can run deterministic tooling versus exploratory simulations, security and CI/CD implications, choices between skills and managed... Agent loops 36 1 full 3859 no This is a wide-ranging conversation about building, running and governing AI agents for developer workflows: live anecdotes about agent wins and failures, how agents can run deterministic tooling versus exploratory simulations, security and CI/CD implications, choices between skills and managed... https://dabase.com/podcast/035-ai-is-transforming-security/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:06:28 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/035-ai-is-transforming-security/ This episode is a wide-ranging conversation about how AI and agents are reshaping security, supply-chain risk, developer workflows and tool choices. AI is transforming Security 35 1 full 3719 no This episode is a wide-ranging conversation about how AI and agents are reshaping security, supply-chain risk, developer workflows and tool choices. https://dabase.com/podcast/034-claude-dynamic-workflows-/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:22:58 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/034-claude-dynamic-workflows-/ Otw to AI Native devcon, you can view the videos @tessl-ai Claude Dynamic Workflows 🤑 34 1 full 1278 no Otw to AI Native devcon, you can view the videos @tessl-ai https://dabase.com/podcast/033-bau-is-fun-with-ai/ Thu, 21 May 2026 16:45:41 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/033-bau-is-fun-with-ai/ Chapters BAU is fun with AI 33 1 full 3152 no Chapters https://dabase.com/podcast/032-where-does-spec-driven-development-fit/ Sat, 16 May 2026 13:52:52 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/032-where-does-spec-driven-development-fit/ My first spec kit (SDD) project: https://github.com/kaihendry/ai-check-guardrails Where does Spec Driven Development fit? 32 1 full 3311 no My first spec kit (SDD) project: https://github.com/kaihendry/ai-check-guardrails https://dabase.com/podcast/031-checking-for-ai-guard-rails/ Wed, 06 May 2026 12:50:03 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/031-checking-for-ai-guard-rails/ This is a recorded conversation about rebuilding Spec Ledger and how teams should integrate AI agents safely into developer workflows: architecture choices (Golang CLI, Vercel/NextJS frontend → monorepo + open backend), skills registries, agent-triggered commits that capture session transcripts... Checking for AI guard rails 31 1 full 3002 no This is a recorded conversation about rebuilding Spec Ledger and how teams should integrate AI agents safely into developer workflows: architecture choices (Golang CLI, Vercel/NextJS frontend → monorepo + open backend), skills registries, agent-triggered commits that capture session transcripts... https://dabase.com/podcast/030-managing-context-is-the-challenge/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:28:00 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/030-managing-context-is-the-challenge/ Chapters Managing context is the challenge 30 1 full 4598 no Chapters https://dabase.com/podcast/029-spec-driven-discovery/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:39:32 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/029-spec-driven-discovery/ A long, wide-ranging conversation that rolls through current model-ops pain points (Anthropic/Claude caching, plan limits and account terminations), context and session management tactics, practical agent tooling (desktop apps, remote control, command-control), security and supply-chain trouble... Spec Driven Discovery 29 1 full 5185 no A long, wide-ranging conversation that rolls through current model-ops pain points (Anthropic/Claude caching, plan limits and account terminations), context and session management tactics, practical agent tooling (desktop apps, remote control, command-control), security and supply-chain trouble... https://dabase.com/podcast/028-adversarial-agents-from-london/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:28:02 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/028-adversarial-agents-from-london/ from a London bus and Vincent in Vietnam! Kai is attending https://www.ai.engineer/europe/schedule Adversarial Agents from London 28 1 full 2125 no from a London bus and Vincent in Vietnam! Kai is attending https://www.ai.engineer/europe/schedule https://dabase.com/podcast/027-distracted-by-ai/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:15:35 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/027-distracted-by-ai/ Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fNZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?usp=sharing Distracted by AI 27 1 full 4243 no Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fNZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?usp=sharing https://dabase.com/podcast/026-if-it-hurts-do-it-more-often-with-ai/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:35:13 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/026-if-it-hurts-do-it-more-often-with-ai/ Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fNZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0 If it Hurts, do it More Often (with AI) 26 1 full 3663 no Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fNZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0 https://dabase.com/podcast/025-how-can-we-trust-ai/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:23:26 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/025-how-can-we-trust-ai/ Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fNZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0heading=h.ulxx2eqh7qsr How can we trust AI? 25 1 full 3231 no Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fNZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0heading=h.ulxx2eqh7qsr https://dabase.com/podcast/024-ais-broken-mirror/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:11:12 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/024-ais-broken-mirror/ https://dabase.com/podcast/ for a summary AI's broken mirror 24 1 full 4002 no https://dabase.com/podcast/ for a summary https://dabase.com/podcast/023-validating-ai-output-refactoring-infrastructure/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:05:49 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/023-validating-ai-output-refactoring-infrastructure/ Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fNZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0 https://dabase.com/podcast/ for a summary Validating AI output & Refactoring Infrastructure 23 1 full 2126 no Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fNZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0 https://dabase.com/podcast/ for a summary https://dabase.com/podcast/022-jira-is-the-ai-adoption-challenge/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:10:43 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/022-jira-is-the-ai-adoption-challenge/ The elephant in the room is Jira. How can we adopt AI in a structured way in an Enterprise? Jira is the AI adoption challenge 22 1 full 3881 no The elephant in the room is Jira. How can we adopt AI in a structured way in an Enterprise? https://dabase.com/podcast/021-ai-is-a-vampire/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:12:00 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/021-ai-is-a-vampire/ Do please Rate and share to keep us rewarded / motivated to share! Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fNZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0 AI is a VAMPIRE 21 1 full 4196 no Do please Rate and share to keep us rewarded / motivated to share! Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fNZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0 https://dabase.com/podcast/020-cfgmgmtcamp-2026-debrief/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:17:22 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/020-cfgmgmtcamp-2026-debrief/ Previous 2025 vlog: https://youtu.be/QQB6juzzIZU?si=5mrQiox8ds0ENp2 I'll add more links as I find a decent internet connection! cfgmgmtcamp 2026 debrief 20 1 full 2892 no Previous 2025 vlog: https://youtu.be/QQB6juzzIZU?si=5mrQiox8ds0ENp2 I'll add more links as I find a decent internet connection! https://dabase.com/podcast/019-ai-engineer-antipatterns-more/ Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:20:25 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/019-ai-engineer-antipatterns-more/ I demonstrate https://clawd.bot/ & WhatsApp integration. We touch how type checking is not done enough in Python https://docs.astral.sh/ty/ We speculate what's the "Next big thing" in Infrastructure... better state management with https://stategraph.com/? AI Engineer Anti-Patterns + more 19 1 full 5343 no I demonstrate https://clawd.bot/ & WhatsApp integration. We touch how type checking is not done enough in Python https://docs.astral.sh/ty/ We speculate what's the "Next big thing" in Infrastructure... better state management with https://stategraph.com/? https://dabase.com/podcast/018-what-makes-a-good-ai-infrastructure-engineer/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:09:28 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/018-what-makes-a-good-ai-infrastructure-engineer/ Kai Hendry and Vincent discuss the evolving landscape of AI infrastructure engineering, focusing on how large language models (LLMs) are shifting the definition of seniority from manual coding to orchestration and strategic thinking. What makes a good AI infrastructure engineer? 18 1 full 4427 no Kai Hendry and Vincent discuss the evolving landscape of AI infrastructure engineering, focusing on how large language models (LLMs) are shifting the definition of seniority from manual coding to orchestration and strategic thinking. https://dabase.com/podcast/017-measuring-ai-productivity-and-will-ai-have-ads/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:41:56 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/017-measuring-ai-productivity-and-will-ai-have-ads/ This episode is a wide-ranging conversation that starts with a storm anecdote and quickly centers on practical questions about measuring AI-driven productivity, the human friction that accompanies adoption, how teams build trust in LLM-generated code via testing and spec-driven workflows, and the... Measuring AI productivity, and will AI have Ads? 17 1 full 3230 no This episode is a wide-ranging conversation that starts with a storm anecdote and quickly centers on practical questions about measuring AI-driven productivity, the human friction that accompanies adoption, how teams build trust in LLM-generated code via testing and spec-driven workflows, and the... https://dabase.com/podcast/016-ralph-wiggum-gas-town-playwright-right-omarchy-skill-issues/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:02:30 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/016-ralph-wiggum-gas-town-playwright-right-omarchy-skill-issues/ This clip is a technical conversation that jumps between memes, agent orchestration, LLM-driven testing, and developer tooling. Ralph Wiggum, Gas town, Playwright right, Omarchy & Skill issues 16 1 full 3607 no This clip is a technical conversation that jumps between memes, agent orchestration, LLM-driven testing, and developer tooling. https://dabase.com/podcast/015-scaling-askuserquestiontool/ Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:32:42 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/015-scaling-askuserquestiontool/ Vibe coded Chrome extension to show Amazon UK Data First Available: https://github.com/kaihendry/date-first-available My failed thought experiment to get AI to setup my PI https://github.com/kaihendry/ai-pi My blog about how I got my Pi setup as a VPS host... Scaling AskUserQuestionTool 15 1 full 4130 no Vibe coded Chrome extension to show Amazon UK Data First Available: https://github.com/kaihendry/date-first-available My failed thought experiment to get AI to setup my PI https://github.com/kaihendry/ai-pi My blog about how I got my Pi setup as a VPS host... https://dabase.com/podcast/014-spec-kit-vs-conductor/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:22:34 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/014-spec-kit-vs-conductor/ Clip is from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEvIs9y1uog Don't paste screenshots of terminals, use: Spec Kit vs Conductor 14 1 full 3135 no Clip is from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEvIs9y1uog Don't paste screenshots of terminals, use: https://dabase.com/podcast/013-why-do-we-need-the-cloud-development-kit/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:39:22 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/013-why-do-we-need-the-cloud-development-kit/ The Cloud is too complex, we need a programming language, we need abstractions. Terraform isn't enough for AWS. Why do we need the Cloud Development Kit? 13 1 full 4216 no The Cloud is too complex, we need a programming language, we need abstractions. Terraform isn't enough for AWS. https://dabase.com/podcast/012-cdk-for-terraform-and-two-pizza-teams/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:25:10 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/012-cdk-for-terraform-and-two-pizza-teams/ Trying to plot the changing Infrastructure landscape. CDK for Terraform and two pizza teams 12 1 full 3712 no Trying to plot the changing Infrastructure landscape. https://dabase.com/podcast/011-beads-speckit-perles-opus-agents-oh-my/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:41:40 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/011-beads-speckit-perles-opus-agents-oh-my/ Do please comment & Europeans must go to these FREE events: Beads, Speckit, Perles, Opus, Agents, oh my! 11 1 full 2521 no Do please comment & Europeans must go to these FREE events: https://dabase.com/podcast/010-adopting-ai-with-steveyeggebeads/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:06:45 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/010-adopting-ai-with-steveyeggebeads/ Goredo: http://www.goredo.cypherpunks.su/ Adopting AI with steveyegge/beads 10 1 full 2766 no Goredo: http://www.goredo.cypherpunks.su/ https://dabase.com/podcast/009-ai-infrastructure-addicts/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:38:31 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/009-ai-infrastructure-addicts/ Two developers discuss the evolving landscape of AI-assisted engineering, focusing on the practicalities of managing multiple high-cost subscriptions and the technical shifts in model behavior. AI Infrastructure addicts 9 1 full 2318 no Two developers discuss the evolving landscape of AI-assisted engineering, focusing on the practicalities of managing multiple high-cost subscriptions and the technical shifts in model behavior. https://dabase.com/podcast/008-ai-acceleration-with-anthropic-and-beads/ Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:34:14 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/008-ai-acceleration-with-anthropic-and-beads/ Chatting about @t3dotgg turning onto @anthropic-ai Phone a farmer https://www.youtube.com/live/nW7-igJA798 https://www.youtube.com/live/cMSprbJ95jg for Steve Yegge about an hour in. Beads skill that Vincent didn't realise was in the context: AI acceleration with Anthropic and Beads 8 1 full 3739 no Chatting about @t3dotgg turning onto @anthropic-ai Phone a farmer https://www.youtube.com/live/nW7-igJA798 https://www.youtube.com/live/cMSprbJ95jg for Steve Yegge about an hour in. Beads skill that Vincent didn't realise was in the context: https://dabase.com/podcast/007-ai-for-infrastructure-engineers/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:02:20 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/007-ai-for-infrastructure-engineers/ If you're using an IDE you're a bad engineer! AI for Infrastructure Engineers 7 1 full 3715 no If you're using an IDE you're a bad engineer! https://dabase.com/podcast/005-trunk-based-infrastructure-with-feature-flags/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:32:19 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/005-trunk-based-infrastructure-with-feature-flags/ https://github.com/vincenthsh & https://github.com/kaihendry/ - two infrastructure engineers talking about Instructure sprawl Trunk based infrastructure with feature flags 5 1 full 4104 no https://github.com/vincenthsh & https://github.com/kaihendry/ - two infrastructure engineers talking about Instructure sprawl https://dabase.com/podcast/004-who-is-vincent-de-smet-what-is-grid/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:16:37 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/004-who-is-vincent-de-smet-what-is-grid/ Vincent De Smet discusses his professional journey from implementing ERP systems in Vietnam to becoming a specialist in cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes. Who is Vincent DE Smet & what is Grid? 4 1 full 3949 no Vincent De Smet discusses his professional journey from implementing ERP systems in Vietnam to becoming a specialist in cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes. https://dabase.com/podcast/003-infrastructure-as-code-platform-teams/ Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:45:23 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/003-infrastructure-as-code-platform-teams/ This detailed conversation between two seasoned infrastructure engineers explores the evolving landscape of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), the technical limitations of Terraform, and the organizational challenges of building effective platform teams. Infrastructure as Code & Platform teams 3 1 full 5559 no This detailed conversation between two seasoned infrastructure engineers explores the evolving landscape of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), the technical limitations of Terraform, and the organizational challenges of building effective platform teams. https://dabase.com/podcast/002-what-is-specdriven-development/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:40:26 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/002-what-is-specdriven-development/ Spec-kitting an existing project: https://youtu.be/SGHIQTsPzuY?si=19uhEGXQv-leUh9J WDYT? Comments below! What is Spec-Driven Development? 2 1 full 2398 no Spec-kitting an existing project: https://youtu.be/SGHIQTsPzuY?si=19uhEGXQv-leUh9J WDYT? Comments below! https://dabase.com/podcast/001-terralith-the-future-of-terraform-automation-and-collaborati/ Sat, 04 Oct 2025 16:42:12 +0000 https://dabase.com/podcast/001-terralith-the-future-of-terraform-automation-and-collaborati/ Vincent De Smet is working on https://terraconstructs.dev/ Opentaco trailer from https://www.linkedin.com/posts/izalutskitoday-i-am-excited-to-announce-diggers-biggest-activity-7376635476264374272-O2Cp/ (without the copyrighted aggressive music) Terralith: the Future of Terraform Automation and Collaboration? (Re-Upload) 1 1 full 2853 no Vincent De Smet is working on https://terraconstructs.dev/ Opentaco trailer from https://www.linkedin.com/posts/izalutskitoday-i-am-excited-to-announce-diggers-biggest-activity-7376635476264374272-O2Cp/ (without the copyrighted aggressive music)