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the skill you need
byFour running threads — AI, cloud, security and career — so you can start where your stack, or your career, needs help most.
EST — 2021
Forty-eight episodes of practical technology skills for small business owners and the people building careers in tech.
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Every episode carries show notes and a single practical takeaway. Start with the newest, or filter to the thread you need this week.
Episode 48
The large language model hype, decoded
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Episode 48 • 32 min
The large language model hype, decoded
Why LLMs work the way they do, and the three prompts that actually save you time this week.
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Episode 47 • 38 min
Cloud bills are climbing — here's what to fix first
A cloud architect on where teams overspend, and the audit that pays for itself in a week.
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Episode 46 • 29 min
The security habit that stops most breaches
Small, unglamorous security practices that protect a team far more than another policy document.
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Episode 45 • 35 min
Breaking into tech without a computer science degree
How self-taught engineers actually get hired, told by people who did it.
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Episode 44 • 27 min
Automating the busywork without losing your judgment
Where automation genuinely helps a technical team, and where it quietly creates new risk.
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Episode 43 • 31 min
Data pipelines: what breaks and why
Rebuilding a pipeline so it survives a bad data day, told through a real production incident.
AI & Automation, season four
6 episodes / 3 h 12 min
Opening thread
FOUNDATIONS
Middle chapters
TOOLS & WORKFLOWS
Closing chapter
CAREER PATHS
