Understanding AI Agent Skills, MCP and Custom GPTs/Gems
27/01/2026 | 13min
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
16/01/2026 | 21min
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
02/01/2026 | 24min
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
23/12/2025 | 19min
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?
25/11/2025
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Alex Merced explains Concepts and Ideas relevant development of software and web applications.
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