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Trust will make or break AI agents

Why trust—not hype—will determine the future of AI tools. Without authority, adoption stalls. Here's what we need to move forward.

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Observability for MCP servers with Kestra

Learn how to track tool usage, success rates, and latency in your MCP server using Kestra workflows, Momento Cache, and the Postman …

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Your API might be someone else’s model

Should we pump the brakes on MCP? Maybe not—but we do need a CORS-like mechanism to protect APIs from unauthorized model wrapping.

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Will Waterfall Development Ever Die? Probably Not.

By Allen Helton 31 March 2020

Waterfall development has been around for a long time. Lately it’s been sneaking back into our lives with a vengeance. And that is ok.

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How to Migrate Your REST API to the New HTTP API in AWS

By Allen Helton 26 March 2020

Discover how to move your existing API over and why you may want to wait before you do

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You Should Open Up That API You’ve Been Working On

By Allen Helton 19 March 2020

The world needs what you’re working on — but probably in ways you didn’t foresee

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How I Built a Serverless Geo-Search App with DynamoDB

By Allen Helton 16 March 2020

And how you can too

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Leading From Behind: Enable Your Team By Doing Less

By Allen Helton 07 March 2020

Leading is about influence. Accelerate the influence of your team by taking a back seat every now and then.

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5 Steps to Making a Predictable Cost Model for AWS Serverless Projects

By Allen Helton 05 March 2020

Serverless is great. Pay for what you use. But how do you know how much you will use? Let’s try to figure it out

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