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In this episode of the podcast, Zach speaks with Marcus, a developer at Reddit, about the intersection of AI and voice technology. They discuss Marcus's side project, a voice agent designed for various applications, including customer feedback and gaming. The conversation explores the challenges and opportunities in voice technology, the importance of community engagement in game development, and the evolving landscape of AI tools that facilitate learning and productivity. Marcus shares insights on building in public, the role of Reddit's developer platform, and the future prospects of voice agents in business and everyday tasks.Chapters00:00 Introduction to AI and Voice Agents02:57 Building a Voice Agent for Customer Feedback05:40 Exploring Use Cases for Voice Technology08:28 Challenges in Voice Technology and AI10:52 The Future of Voice Agents in Business13:48 Voice Technology in Gaming and Community Engagement16:32 AI Tools and Learning Opportunities19:26 The Role of AI in Everyday Tasks22:09 Reddit's Developer Platform and AI Integration25:24 Feedback and Community in Game Development28:02 The Evolution of AI and Voice Technology30:53 Conclusion and Future Prospects This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit zach.codes/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zach.codesA friend working in biology recently approached me with an app idea. What caught my attention was that within two weeks, despite having zero coding experience, he had a working prototype. I was curious enough to sit down with him and dig into how he pulled it off, and what it revealed about how AI is transforming biological research.It appears they use …

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zach.codesYou can find toolfront on github. Today we meet with a cofounder of the project and discuss a lot of interesting things around database querying and how to efficiently build MCP tools for large language models.SummaryIn this conversation, Zach and Esteban discuss the integration of Docker and DuckDB in ToolFront, focusing on data discovery and querying …

Ryan and I plan to start doing a podcast more regularly starting next Friday. Enjoy our first one today as we dive into many AI coding tools and our thoughts on the different ways of using them.SummaryIn this conversation, Zach and Ryan discuss the RevenueCat hackathon, exploring app development ideas and investment strategies. They delve into the use o… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit zach.codes/subscribe

This week’s podcast is AI generated. I fed it 2 chapters of my MCP Servers with OAuth book.I was surprised just how good it turned out. They recapped the features of MCP that I had covered in the two chapters, specifically server side prompts, resources, and http streaming.This recap was so good I have to share it with you all on my podcast! It’s more professional than I currently sound 🤣 (I’m working on it, I promise)The magic is all thanks to NotebookLM from google.I am excited to use this tool for more things internally at work. Sharing code samples, new paradigms, and letting other devs ask specific questions and surfacing the answer immediately is very intuitive.I may have to do a deep dive into more Google tools because Gemini is just so good, especially with their ability to connect to the google apps suite of tools. Their upcoming agent mode inside Gemini will level up what’s already a pretty awesome scheduling system. Anyways, I’ll talk about that more in an upcoming post.If you find our AI overlords did a good job recapping this book, consider buying it for as little as $5 while it’s still in progress! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit zach.codes/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit zach.codesIn this podcast we discuss different ways of chunking large documents using Chonkie.ai, a brand new semantic chunking library. They’re YC backed and have a cloud offering.Join us as we discuss many different topics and all the ways you can use Chonkie.Free subscribers can listen to the first 15 minutes, consider upgrading to hear the entire conversation.