Chroma | Context Engineering
Conversations with practitioners and researchers building with large language models, cutting through the hype to examine what actually works in production. Context engineering, agent architecture, model selection, and the gap between benchmark scores and real-world performance. Grounded technical perspectives for builders navigating the practical challenges of AI engineering.
Episodes
Lance Martin - LangChain
Chroma CEO Jeff Huber sits down with Lance Martin to discuss the current state of agents and more.Find Lance on X, https://x.com/RLanceMartin, and his website, https://rlancemartin.github.io/0:00 Introduction & Welcome0:09 Context Engineering: What It Is and Why It Matters2:05 Context Rot and Performance Degradation3:31 Year in Review: 2025 AI Trends4:28 Giving Agents a Computer (File System &
Drew Breunig
Jeff Huber sits down with Drew Breunig to talk about the origins of Context Engineering and more.Drew has a wide range of his writing about AI on his website: https://www.dbreunig.com/00:36 Why write about AI? (Writing as a searchable index)01:28 The two buckets of AI writing: Hype vs. Research04:08 The Gemini 1.5 Paper & Pokemon: The birth of Context Engineering 06:50 The "Karpathy Effec
Dex Horthy
Chroma CEO Jeff Huber chats with Dex Horthy about agents and context engineering.Dex on X: https://x.com/dexhorthy0:00 - Introduction0:23 - Context Engineering Origins0:33 - 12 Factor Agents0:43 - New AI Models1:43 - Model Switching Strategy3:07 - Personal Productivity Systems7:57 - AI UX Patterns13:07 - Todo List Management15:01 - Collaborative AI Workspaces22:09 - In-Person vs Remote24:05 - Tab
