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  • Data Engineering Twitter: @amdatalakehouse
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  • Politics/Economics: @loveatarian

Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems – DataNation – Podcast for Data Engineers, Analysts and Scientists

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
  1. Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems
  2. Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling
  3. More Thoughts on the State of AI Software Development
  4. 2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg
  5. Why do Semantic Layers matter so much?

Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems – Web Dev 101 – The Alex Merced Coder Podcast

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
  1. Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems
  2. Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling
  3. More Thoughts on the State of AI Software Development
  4. 2025 Reflections, Google Antigravity, NotebookLM, Dremio AI Agent, Pangolin Catalog, Dremioframe & Iceframe Python Libraries for Apache Iceberg
  5. Why do Semantic Layers matter so much?

Communication and Society in the Era of AI – Economics and Finance for N00bs with Alex Merced

Alex Merced gives his optimistic take on the future AI-driven world. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com
  1. Communication and Society in the Era of AI
  2. What is my general view on politics and economics?
  3. Capitalism and Universal Healthcare, Income and Education
  4. BONUS – Trump and a Tariff Based Revenue System?
  5. Reflecting on Daily Show Episode about MMT (Modern Monetary Theory

Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling – Living Better (Health, Motivation, Productivity) with Alex Merced

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
  1. Embracing AI Disruption and AI Tooling
  2. Communication and Society in the Era of AI
  3. 7 – How to help Focus yourself
  4. 6 – Top 3 Rules to Living Healthier
  5. 5 – Exercise and its role in Weight Loss