Web Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast
Alex Merced explains concepts and ideas relevant to the development of software and web applications. The podcast covers a range of topics for developers, from beginner to advanced levels. Episodes are available on the host's website. Follow Alex on Twitter for more content.
Episodes
AI Models & Agentic Harnesses, Graph Engineering, Gaming on Android Devices, Dispatch
Alex talks about what’s on his mind when it comes to tech, enjoy!Find everything Alex at AlexMerced.com
AI Model Summer, Open Models, Data Lakehouse and the collision of Operational and Analytical systems.
Alex Merced gives the update on the state of the Data & AI world after this summer. Follow Alex Merced, find all links at AlexMerced.com
AI & ART, New Books, AI Harness Production
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AI Songs, Suno, The Puerto Rico Song from Saxboy
Alex Merced discusses his thoughts on the Virality of the AI Song, the Puerto Rico Song, the role of AI in music and whether it threatens art.
AI Updates, Lakehouse Streaming (Iceberg/Fluss), and more!
Alex Merced as always discusses his thoughts on news in the tech world including AI updates and streaming to data lakehouses. Follow Alex on Social: alexmerced.com
Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems
Alex Merced discusses the differences between different ways of customizing agent behavior and when to use which. – Agent Skills– Model Context Protocol (MCP)– Claude Projects/Custom GPTs/Gemini Gems Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com
Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling
Alex Merced talks about how his optimism about the Agentic AI tool and poses the question, if people can run as fast as they could before AI, instead of resenting them for it, ask yourself how much further you can now run with AI. Follow Alex on Social: AlexMerced.com The Data Lakehouse Community: https://www.datalakehousehub.com
More Thoughts on the State of AI Software Development
Alex Merced discusses more about his experience with the Google Anitgravity IDE Follow Alex Merced at AlexMerced.com
2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg
Alex Merced (AlexMerced.com) discusses:– his thoughts on thriving in 2026– His use of Google’s Antigravity– His use of NotebookLM– Dremio’s AI tools (dremio.com)– More Check out Pangolin Catalog at PangolinCatalog.org
Why do Semantic Layers matter so much?
Try the Dremio Free trial at Dremio.com/get-started Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com
Gaming Handheld Buying Guide and New Lakehouse Free Trial
Guide to the Dremio Free Trial: https://amdatalakehouse.substack.com/p/comprehensive-hands-on-walk-through?r=h4f8p In this episode I make som suggestions on great handhelds you can buy for christmas, here is some websites of the main handheld manufacturers. Retroid: https://www.goretroid.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoqmsw4dUCa7w0oODoE05TqOlQzhw8vfewFMVqVKnmF-1iL9pIt3 Anbernic: https://anbernic.com/ Konkr: ht
Lakehouse Catalogs Beyond Apache Iceberg, What could they Look Like?
Alex Merced discusses different paths to a Universal Lakehouse Catalog standard and their pros and cons. Find links to books, social and more at AlexMerced.com
Understanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2Agent
Alex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space. Buy Alex Merced’s latest book “Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse” use discount code mercedconf25 for a 40% discount. https://www.manning.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouse Follow Alex on Social at AlexMerced.com
Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer
Alex Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them. Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com Find all of Alex Merced’s blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com
Why Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse Catalog
Past is Prologue. Alex Merced discusses lessons from the table format wars that can help predict the outcome of the catalog wars. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com Join the #amtech channel on the Data Lakehouse Hub to discuss the podcast: https://join.slack.com/t/thedatalakehousehub/shared_invite/zt-274yc8sza-mI2zhCW8LGkOh1uxuf8T5Q
Bonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)
Alex Merced discusses modern AI and the new MCP standard and what it means. Follow Alex’s Blogs on and on Social at AlexMerced.com
BONUS: Data Lakehouse Crash Course (Polaris, Nessie, Unity, Gravitino, Lakekeeper and more!)
Register for the catalog Course: https://drmevn.fyi/catalogcourse1024 Watch the Iceberg Crash Course: https://drmevn.fyi/icebergcourse1024 London Meetup: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups Paris Meetup: https://drmevn.fyi/1120-france-meetup My Calendar of Events: https://lu.ma/Lakehouselinkups
FREE Apache Iceberg Crash Course
Register for the Course: https://bit.ly/am-2024-iceberg-live-crash-course-1 Free Copy of Apache Iceberg Book: https://bit.ly/am-iceberg-book My social and blog links: https://bio.alexmerced.com/data
33 – What is DevOps?
Alex Merced discusses what is DevOps? Follow Alex on Social: https://bio.alexmerced.com/web
32 – Understanding Multithreading, Events Loops, Concurrency and Parallelism
Alex Merced talks about breaking down processing into different threads, different cores, and different machines. Follow Alex on Social, all links here https://bio.alexmerced.com/web/
31 – JS Bundlers (Browserify, Webpack, Rollup, Vite, etc.)
Alex Merced discusses JS Bundlers Subscribe on youtube youtube.com/@alexmercedcoder youtube.com/@alexmerceddata bio.alexmerced.com
Bonus: New Youtube Channel, State of the Data Lakehouse
Find all my data resources below:https://bio.alexmerced.com/data Listen to the State of the Data Lakehouse Podcast Here:https://em360tech.com/podcast/dremio-state-data-lakehouse?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=alexmercedcontent&utm_term=iceberg+lakehouse+nessie
2024 Preview – Data/Web Content
youtube.com/@alexmercedcoder youtube.com/@alexmerceddata twitter.com/alexmercedcoder twitter.com/amdatalakehouse
Call for Speakers – Subsurface 2024 (Live in NYC May 2024)
Submit your talks here: https://www.dremio.com/subsurface/
Bonus: docs.devnursery.com
Quick Update and invitation to come check out docs.devnursery.com
31 – Cross-Origin Cookies
Alex Merced talks about cross origin cookies, read his blog on the topic here: https://dev.to/alexmercedcoder/expressjs-handling-cross-origin-cookies-38l9
30 – Generative AI for Web Developers
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29 – Monolith vs Serverless Application Architecture
Alex Merced discusses the difference between a monolith and serverless architecture reflecting on Amazon’s recent migration article.
BONUS: What is Object Storage like AWS S3, Minio and more!
Alex Merced discusses what is Object Storage and the history of file systems. Join the community at datanation.click
BONUS: The Big Picture at a Tech Company (Engineering, Product, Marketing, Sales)
Alex Merced discusses the different departments at a tech company and how they all fit together to create success. follow alex on twitter Web -> @alexmercedcoder Data -> @amdatalakehouse
28 – What is a Database Connection String?
Alex Merced talks about the concept of a database connection string, database drivers and object managers. Join the community at devNursery.com Follow me @alexmercedcoder
27 – What is Hydration and Resumability? (Frontend Rendering Paradigms)
Alex Meced discusses the terms “Hydration” and “Resumability” in terms of how frontend frameworks render web applications. Follow me on twitter @alexmercedcoder
25 – TaskRunners and Build Tools
Alex Mercd discusses what is a task runner and what is a build tool.
24 – Singing Praises to Builder.io, Mitosis, Qwik, etc.
Alex Merced’s act like an outright fanboy about the amazing things coming out of builder.io.
23 – Web Terminology – Serverless, Islands, Edge
22 – What is a URL or a URI? Connection Strings Explained.
Alex Merced takes a moment to explain what is a connection string and how to understand their parts. follow on twitter @alexmercedcoder
Happy New Year Web Dev 101 & DataNation
Alex Merced kicks off the new year with some updates, follow him on twitter: -> @amdatalakehouse -> @alexmercedcoder
21 – What is Solid Start (The SolidJS Meta Framework)
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20 – How My Domain was stolen (GPDHost, Enom, and Godaddy)
Alex Merced discusses how his domain, AlexMercedCoder.com was stolen.
19 – Getting those daily git and github commits
Alex Merced discusses tips for getting those daily github commits. Learn more at GrokOverflow.com and AlexMercedCoder.dev
Don’t use GPDHost and cool content announcements
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Tech Interviews and AlexMercedCoder (.com -> .dev)
AlexMercedCoder.com is now AlexMercedCoder.dev Cool announcement about upcoming youtube content.
18 – The Streaming UI Trend (Server Components, HTMX, Livewire, Hotwire)
Alex Merced discusses the move towards streaming UI in many frameworks.
New Podcasts! Economics and Finance for N00bs & Living Better
Alex Merced introduces some new podcasts to soon show up on spotify, google play, stitcher and iTunes.
Why Open Matters – Code, Transparency and Governance in Technology
Alex Merced discusses the complexities of what is “open” and why it matters in the technology world.
17 – The Developer Hiring Process – Advice
Alex Merced breaks down his thoughts on the developer hiring process and how you should frame it for most the best success.
16 – What is Bun? New Javascript Runtime (Node/Deno Killer?)
Alex Merced discusses what is Bun and what does it mean for Javscript Ecosystem Join the community at devNursery.com and GrokOverflow.com Follow on twitter @alexmercedcoder
15 – What is a Virtual DOM?
Alex Merced explains what is a virtual DOM follow alex on twitter @alexmercedcoder
14 – The Python Programming Language
Alex Merced discusses what is Python Follow Alex on twitter @alexmercedcoder Join the community at devNursery.com and GrokOverflow.com
#13 – Authentication and Authorization
Alex Merced explains the concept of Authentication and Authorization Follow Alex on twitter @alexmercedcoder
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