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Alex Merced Tech Podcast
NFC Tags, Suno, Gemini 4 Argon, much more
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
AI Models & Agentic Harnesses, Graph Engineering, Gaming on Android Devices, Dispatch
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
AI Model Summer, Open Models, Data Lakehouse and the collision of Operational and Analytical systems.
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
AI & ART, New Books, AI Harness Production
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
AI & ART, New Books, AI Harness Production
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
AI Songs, Suno, The Puerto Rico Song from Saxboy
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
AI Songs, Suno, The Puerto Rico Song from Saxboy
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
AI Updates, Lakehouse Streaming (Iceberg/Fluss), and more!
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
Communication and Society in the Era of AI
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
More Thoughts on the State of AI Software Development
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
Why do Semantic Layers matter so much?
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
Guide to Getting Started in DevRel and Developer Advocacy
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
Gaming Handheld Buying Guide and New Lakehouse Free Trial
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like?
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer
Alex Merced Tech Podcast
Why Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse Catalog
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
What is my general view on politics and economics?
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
#8 – Bluesky and Mastondon for DevRel and Dev Advocacy
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
The Loveatarian Talks Reparations
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
Thoughts on Deadpool and Wolverine (tldr; SEE IT NOW!)
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
Capitalism and Universal Healthcare, Income and Education
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
Trump, Criminal Immunity and Civil Immunity
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
BONUS – Trump and a Tariff Based Revenue System?
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
7 – Building Momentum in the Speaking Circuit
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
Reflecing on “The Weeds” Episode about Limitarianism (Banning Millionaires)
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
2024 Preview – Data/Web Content
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
BONUS – Emmet Shear and a 50% Inheritance Tax (My Thoughts)
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
11 – What I would tell a child about beliefs
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
6 – The Starlight Docs Framework for Creating Community Knowledge Bases
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
5 – Docker and Dev Education
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
10 – Politics and Division
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
9 – Thoughts on the Discussion around Gender Affirming Care
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
8 – Summary of my Libertarian Worldview in 2023
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
7 – Florida and the LGBT community
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
4 – Video & Audio Content
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
6 – Morality Beyond Politics (Libertarianism Internal and External)
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
5 – Are people having too many or too few babies? (Discussing Birth Rate Doves and Hawks)
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
3 – Good Media Apps & Generative AI
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
BONUS: The Big Picture at a Tech Company (Engineering, Product, Marketing, Sales)
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
4 – How to Push back against hate with kindless
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
2 – Blogging as a Dev Rel or Developer Advocate
DevRel & Developer Advocacy
1 – What is Dev Rel & Dev Advocacy? Who am I?
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
3 – Has Disney Lost its Magic and Kang after Antman
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
2 – Antman and the Wasp Quantumania Review (Spoiler Warnings included)
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced
1 – Tolerance and Diversity
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced