The Reasoning Show

Code Red

SUMMARY: Brian talks about the rapidly expanding gap between people and companies that augment their work with AI and those who are making AI the center of their work world. SHOW: 1010SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Reasoning Show #1010 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtu.be/tFyLlCnkbsMSPONSORS:VENTION - Ready for expert developers who actually deliver?Visit ventionteams.comSHOW NOTES:WHY THE NEED FOR A CODE RED? Velocity of Code (new companies)Velocity of Productivity (employees)Velocity of Analysis (strategy)AgentOpsToken FactoriesDevs for Business, Re-Wiring the Concept of Business AnalystFEEDBACK? Email: show @ reasoning dot show Bluesky: @reasoningshow.bsky.social Twitter/X: @ReasoningShow Instagram: @reasoningshow TikTok: @reasoningshow

Inside OpenClaw and Open Source Innovation

SUMMARY: Sally O’Malley (Principle Software Engineer @RedHat, Maintainter @OpenClaw) talks about her early experiences of immersing herself into OpenClaw and evolution of the OpenClaw community.SHOW: 1009SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Reasoning Show #1009 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7xARBtgiMQgSHOW NOTES:OpenClaw - Personal AI AssistantOpenClaw - RedditOpenClaw, OpenAI and the Future (Peter Steinberger - OpenClaw creator)OpenClaw Foundation (coming soon)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background in software engineering. Topic 2 - You recently jumped into the deep end of the pool with OpenClaw. Tell us about the week of immersion with this new technology. What did you go into it thinking about?What did you learn, what did you create?What new sorts of things did you have to try?Topic 2a - For anyone that’s new to OpenClaw, can you give us the basics of what OpenClaw does?Topic 3 - You mentioned that this is a very different (or completely different) paradigm of how software is created. Can you walk us through the differences, your observations, how you had to really rethink things that you did before and after?Topic 4 - In your day job, you’re focused on software that’s used by large enterprises that have to be concerned with security and stability, as much as they do innovation. How do you see the existing OpenClaw fitting into that world? How do you expect that OpenClaw might need to change?How do you expect that enterprises might need to change to adapt to this new capability that might be unleashed with their employees?Topic 5 - You (very) recently were accepted as a committer to the OpenClaw project. I know it’s only been a few days, but what is opening your eyes about how this community operates, especially in comparison to other open projects you’ve worked on? We could probably have an entire podcast on AI development in open communities.FEEDBACK? Email: show @ reasoning dot show Bluesky: @reasoningshow.bsky.social Twitter/X: @ReasoningShow Instagram: @reasoningshow TikTok: @reasoningshow

Understanding NeoClouds with Crusoe

Erwan Menard - SVP Product Management @Crusoe talks about… SHOW: 1008SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Reasoning Show #1008 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: SPONSORS:VENTION - Ready for expert developers who actually deliver?Visit ventionteams.comSHOW NOTES:Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a bit about your background, and what you focus on now at Crusoe. Topic 2 - There has obviously been a lot of coverage of AI data center buildouts all over the world for the last few years. Tell us about Crusoe, and your approach to providing “neocloud” services. Topic 3 - What are the biggest challenges facing Crusoe today and in the immediate future - is it technology, energy, financing for expansions, etc.?Topic 4 - Crusoe started as a bitcoin-focused company and has evolved to more of a GenAI-focus. What types of architectural changes did you have to make for this new type of workload? And how do those impact the quality of the services your customers expect from Crusoe?Topic 5 - Is your focus more on environments to enable model training and customization, or more focus on inference for customer-facing applications? Topic 6 - A lot has changed in AI in the last couple years. What has changed the most in the last couple years, and what are you expecting to change the most over the next couple years? Topic 7 - Sovereign AI and Private AI have become much bigger topics over the last 12-18 months, and we’d expect that to grow. What unique things is Crusoe doing to adapt to these changing requirements from customers?Send a textFEEDBACK? Email: show @ reasoning dot show Bluesky: @reasoningshow.bsky.social Twitter/X: @ReasoningShow Instagram: @reasoningshow TikTok: @reasoningshow

What is an AI Agent?

OVERVIEW: Welcome to The Reasoning Show! We dig into one of the foundational building blocks of modern Generative AI, the AI Agent. So what is an AI Agent, and what do we need to think about for the next couple years? SHOW: 1007SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Reasoning Show #1007 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/@TheReasoningShow/SHOW NOTES:Topic 1 - We’re 3+ years into the Generative AI era. Why do you think AI Agents, or Agentic AI, is now getting so much attention? Topic 2 - If someone asked you to explain what an AI Agent is, how would you do that? Topic 3 - What are some of the core elements of AI Agents that you’re seeing impact how people think about and use agents?How to define tasksLanguages and frameworksAbility to orchestrate multiple agentsHuman-in-the-Loop vs. AutonomousOther?Topic 4 - AI Agents are going to spark the great “how much should I pay for this?” discussion. Have you given this any thought yet?  Topic 5 - How do you expect to use AI agents in your day-to-day work, and how do you expect this to impact Enterprise businesses?ESSENTIAL READINGBuilding Effective Agents" by Anthropic: designing agents with tools, memory, reasoning loopsA Comprehensive Review of AI Agents: how agents perceive, reason, decide, actTop 20 AI Agent Concepts You Should Know: covering ReAct, Chain of Thought, memory typesAI Agents in Action: Foundations for Evaluation and Governance: structured foundation for safety aspects of agent deploymentEssential ViewingAI Agentic Design Patterns w/ AutoGen: build autonomous agents that use toolsAI Agent Systems w/ crewAI: orchestrating teams of agentsLangGraph Course: how to build stateful, reliable agentsFrameworks & Tools LangGraph: standard for complex, stateful agents (nodes, edges, loops)CrewAI: Best for structured task delegation and multi-agent collaborationAutoGen: Microsoft's framework for multi-agent conversational systemsModel Context Protocol (MCP): standard for connecting agents, tools, datan8n: no-code/low-code visual agent buildingSend a textFEEDBACK? Email: show @ reasoning dot show Bluesky: @reasoningshow.bsky.social Twitter/X: @ReasoningShow Instagram: @reasoningshow TikTok: @reasoningshow

AI & Cloud News of the Month - Feb 2026

This episode marks the transition from The Cloudcast to The Reasoning Show, focusing more on AI and cloud topics. Brian Gracely (@bgracely) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard, @SoftwareDefTalk) discuss recent trends in AI, the evolution of tech teams, and the shifting landscape of enterprise AI tools.SHOW: 1006SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #1006 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES:Link to February 2026 News and ArticlesFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netBluesky: @cloudcastpod.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @cloudcastpodInstagram: @cloudcastpodTikTok: @cloudcastpod