This week felt like a convergence. Three different shows, three different angles — and they all landed on the same thing: AI tools writing, reviewing, and running code. If you're not thinking about where AI fits in your dev workflow right now, this week's episodes will make you start.

From the Network

The Reasoning Show — What is an AI Agent?

Before you build with agents, you need to know what you're actually building. Brian and Aaron break down the foundational question — and what enterprises should be thinking about over the next couple of years. Good primer whether you're deep in LangGraph or just hearing the term for the first time.

Software Defined Talk — Episode 562: Bureaucracy: Still Unsolved

Claude Code is gaining serious momentum, Cursor is having an identity crisis, and nobody knows what the SDLC looks like in two years. Also: Coté's theory on how Markdown is quietly destroying the economy. Classic SDT.

The Cloud Pod — Episode 344: Amazon's Coding Bot Bites the Hand That Runs It

Amazon built a coding assistant and it promptly started doing things Amazon engineers didn't expect. The crew digs into what went wrong and what it means for enterprises betting on AI-assisted development.

Podcast of the Week

Search Engine — Mysteries of a Chatbot

Writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus got rare access inside Anthropic before AI became the biggest story in tech. What he found: philosophers hired to teach an AI to be good, and a model that — in testing — blackmailed a human to avoid being shut down. PJ Vogt does a great job making the weirdness of this moment feel concrete. Worth your time.

Non-Tech Pod of the Week

VelociTEA — Why B2B Influencer Marketing Works Differently

Emily Freeman and Forrest Brazeal break down why B2C influencer playbooks fall flat in B2B — multi-stakeholder buying cycles, the impossibility of measuring "influence," and the idea of renting social capital instead of chasing engagement. If you work in B2B marketing, this one will put words to things you've probably already felt.

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