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production systems.

Two shows. Zero hype. Honest conversations with engineers building and breaking things at scale — exploring what actually works when the demo is over.

01 — The Shows

Two shows, one honest voice

The Unboxing

Technology, stress-tested in production

Every episode picks one tool, framework, or pattern and runs it against real production criteria. No benchmarks, no vendor demos — just what happens when engineers actually use it.

Episodes27 published
FrequencyBi-weekly
Avg length50 min
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Field Notes

War stories from the platform engineering trenches

Shorter, sharper episodes from engineers who've been through it. Cost disasters, incident retrospectives, migration nightmares — real stories, real lessons.

Episodes14 published
FrequencyMonthly
Avg length35 min
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EP4

Latest episode · The Unboxing

Skills Are Not MCP Servers: When to use, Which and How to make it work together

Guest
Jyoti Bisht and Animesh
Episode
Ep 4 · 12 Jul 2026
Duration
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The Unboxing

02 — Upcoming

Next on the schedule

Ravi Kumar Atrey
Demo To Production · Ep 3 · Thu 3
Only AI Governance Guide You Need | Enterprise
with Ravi Kumar Atrey · Associate Principal Architect
Thu 3
MCP · Ep 2 · 16 Jun 2026
Why Nobody Is Talking About AI Agent Security | Ayesha Dissanayaka
with Ayesha Dissanayaka · Associate Director / Architect at WSO2
16 Jun 2026
MCP · Ep 1 · 23 Jun 2026
Building Interactive Tools with MCP Elicitation
with Ashwin Hariharan · MCP Elicitation
23 Jun 2026

03 — Archive

All episodes

4
Skills Are Not MCP Servers: When to use, Which and How to make it work together
Jyoti Bisht and Animesh
The Unboxing
3
Only AI Governance Guide You Need | Enterprise
Ravi Kumar Atrey · Associate Principal Architect
Demo To Production
2
Why Nobody Is Talking About AI Agent Security | Ayesha Dissanayaka
Ayesha Dissanayaka · Associate Director / Architect at WSO2
MCP49:50
1
Building Interactive Tools with MCP Elicitation
Ashwin Hariharan · MCP Elicitation
MCP1:00:50

04 — Guests

Meet the guests

Jyoti Bisht and Animesh

Ep 4 — Skills Are Not MCP Servers: When to use, Which and How to make it work together (upcoming)

Ravi Kumar Atrey

Associate Principal Architect

Ep 3 — Only AI Governance Guide You Need | Enterprise (upcoming)

Ayesha Dissanayaka

Associate Director / Architect at WSO2

Ep 2 — Why Nobody Is Talking About AI Agent Security | Ayesha Dissanayaka

Ashwin Hariharan

MCP Elicitation

Ep 1 — Building Interactive Tools with MCP Elicitation

Saurabh Singh

Founder · Make0 AI

Upcoming — Building AI native apps

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