
AI Infrastructure
Infrastructure & AI engineering techniques
Kai Hendry
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A podcast about Infrastructure & AI engineering techniques
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S1 Ep 28Adversarial Agents from London
from a London bus and Vincent in Vietnam! Kai is attending https://www.ai.engineer/europe/schedule

S1 Ep 27Distracted by AI
Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fN_ZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?usp=sharing

S1 Ep 26If it Hurts, do it More Often (with AI)
Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fN_ZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0 00:00 - Introduction 02:00 - Automating AI Agents 04:20 - Auto Research Role 07:15 - Building CLI Tools 09:50 - AI Behavior Control 13:00 - Voice & AI Transcription 15:45 - GitHub Security 18:50 - Multi-cloud Management 22:50 - Disaster Recovery Testing 28:30 - Cost Optimization 33:00 - Terraform vs CDK 38:45 - AI Evaluations 44:00 - AI in Enterprise 50:00 - Ethical Considerations 55:00 - Kubernetes Strategies 58:00 - DevOps Myths 62:00 - Cloud Security Insights 66:00 - Closing Thoughts

S1 Ep 25How can we trust AI?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47408205 Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fN_ZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.ulxx2eqh7qsr

S1 Ep 24AI's broken mirror
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fN_ZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.nimhcz973asx https://dabase.com/podcast/ for a summary

S1 Ep 23Validating AI output & Refactoring Infrastructure
Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fN_ZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0 https://dabase.com/podcast/ for a summary

S1 Ep 22Jira is the AI adoption challenge
The elephant in the room is Jira. How can we adopt AI in a structured way in an Enterprise? https://dabase.com/podcast/
AI is a VAMPIRE

S1 Ep 20AI Vampire
Do please Rate and share to keep us rewarded / motivated to share! Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fN_ZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?tab=t.0
cfgmgmtcamp 2026 debrief

S1 Ep 19cfgmgmtcamp 2026 debrief
Previous 2025 vlog: https://youtu.be/QQB6juzzIZU?si=5mrQi_ox8ds0ENp2 I'll add more links as I find a decent internet connection! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxzghm3Fdj8&t=10718s is Adam Jacob's AI talk CDK plan we were talking about: https://gist.github.com/kaihendry/ce6574744e161d4ba8ba283b8dada85c
AI Engineer Anti-Patterns + more

S1 Ep 18AI Engineer Anti-Patterns + more
I show https://clawd.bot/ & WhatsApp integration. We touch how type checking is not done enough in Python https://docs.astral.sh/ty/ We speculate what's the "Next big thing" in Infrastructure... better state management with https://stategraph.com/? https://handy.computer/ dictation (speech to text) is shown We try capture what the the AI lifecycle looks like right now. Show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fN_ZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?usp=sharing Kai will be at https://fosdem.org/2026/ & https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/ next week ... say hello if you see me!
What makes a good AI infrastructure engineer?

S1 Ep 17What makes a good AI infrastructure engineer?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoc-0L1o1Cyxtgatb9fN_ZGBGbshZIb9BTzwEj0C4Gc/edit?usp=sharing

S1 Ep 16Measuring AI productivity, and will AI have Ads?
https://x.com/kaihendry/status/2009678360046420110 https://docs.astral.sh/uv/llms.txt
Measuring AI productivity, and will AI have Ads?
Ralph Wiggum, Gas town, Playwright right, Omarchy & Skill issues

S1 Ep 15Ralph Wiggum, Gas town, Playwright right, Omarchy & Skill issues
https://x.com/mattpocockuk/status/2008200878633931247 https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-future-of-coding-agents-e9451a84207c https://github.com/steveyegge/gastown https://github.com/kaihendry/skills 00:00 Ralph Wiggum 01:37 Gas town 13:21 Testing 16:26 Playwright demo 33:41 Ralph Wiggum memes 36:37 Omarchy 41:11 Skills for AI