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7:25

Episode 144 - MCPs using all of those tokens!!

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/11/10

Here is the link from Anthropic about the topic being discussed.Hey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me then check out Patreon. I will have some more detailed deep dives for Patreon members as well as one-to-one sessions. Or just buy a unicorn a coffee here! Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but don’t worry, no ugly face to worry about (yet!) Get full access to Just Five Mins! at

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8:01

Episode 142 - Agents Agents MCP and A2A

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2025/10/07

Well, more agent stuff then! but what are you all doing with these AI agents?Open AI just released agent builder. If you believe their documentation, codex (their coding AI offering) wrote 80% of the agent builder itself… if that is indeed true, it is rather amazing.However, building out agent solutions other than hobby projects or small PoC’s, is probably more involved. That is where A2A protocol comes in from Google. Along with MCP (model context protocol), it provides a complimentary protocol

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8:47

Episode 141 - JetBrains free DataGrip

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/10/03

Who doesn’t like FREE ?Well, JetBrains (the folks who created WebStorm, PyCharm and Rider etc.) have now released one of my favourite database management tools free; DataGrip.Free for non-commercial use, but what a great tool to get across. So many different databases you can connect to not to mention a more lovely experience connecting to SAP HANA :)Read the blog post here and downloadHey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me then check out Patreon. I will have some

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13:28

Episode 140 - LLMs Vectors Search and Quantization...

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/08/23

Okay, a little experiment. Okay, I have been researching how LLMs work with vectors and how AI search works for a while now. But rather than me warble on for a while (and more than 5 mins!), I have tried an AI approach to explain the research ;)In fairness, I did listen back to this, and personally I was quite impressed. The explanation about quantization methods was particularly useful.If vectors, AI search and quantization mean nothing to you - take a listen :)Hey, this is a free podcast

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5:56

Episode 138 - UX Pilot UI Design with AI

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2025/07/23

Design for UI/UX is obviously an art form, but can AI do as good a job or better? or as the case may well be, using AI to help with the tedious stuff?UX PilotFigmaHey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me then check out Patreon. I will have some more detailed deep dives for Patreon members as well as one-to-one sessions.Or just buy a unicorn a coffee here!Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but

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7:27

Episode 137 - Warmwind OS AI Operating System

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2025/07/14

Okay, AI agent automation is everywhere and so are MCPs (Model Context Protocol) to allow you to connect to anything and everything via AI. However, this still needs some technical know-how, even in the low-code offerings.But what if you have a complete virtual AI employee? and better yet, where it can work with your existing applications seamlessly - even older ERP systems or applications that have no API or external connections?Let’s take a listen to find out more!Warmwind OSWarmwind OS introThis

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5:57

Episode 135 - Vibe Coding is Dead Long Live Context...

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/07/04

Oh dear, so many meme phrases!Hey, this is a free podcast however, if you feel you want to support me then check out Patreon. I will have some more detailed deep-dives for Patreon members as well as one-to-one sessions.Or just buy a unicorn a coffee here!Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but don’t worry, no ugly face to worry about (yet!). Get full access to Just Five Mins! at www.justfivemins.com/subscribe

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10:22

Episode 134 - VSCode AI Toolkit

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/06/28

Using VS Code (free and open source) along with the AI Toolkit extension allows you to play with several different AI models as well as local models - all from one user interface. Yes, you can run AI models locally! (okay, not the larger online ones!) and certainly the SLM (small language models) models like PHI-4 from Microsoft.You can even get into building AI agents visually and generate actual code!You don’t have to be a developer - this stuff is easy enough to use if you are curious about this

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8:00

Episode 133 - Microsoft AI Extensions MCPs and Azure...

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/06/20

What does all this mean?Microsoft AI Extensions: An abstract set of classes to enable a c# .Net developer to talk to different AI models/platforms instead of specific individual frameworks. Also allows you to create and interact with MCP (model context protocol).MCP: Model Context Protocol - soooo many resources out there now. I did an episode on MCP a few podcasts ago if you want to take a look/listen.Azure AI Foundry Local: A bit like Ollama allowing you to run AI models locally :) Get full

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10:17

Episode 131 - Tick Tick: The endless search for the...

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/06/05

Well, I have been trying to settle on some day-to-day tools i.e. OneNote for my note taking (don’t shoot me!) and I did have Todoist for tracking my endless lists of things to either “really do” or attempt to capture for later (yeah right!).Although there are lots of choice, and that is a good thing, I thought with Todoist I had found the perfect “ToDo” app (or just a large bucket of broken dreams!). No problem with Todoist at all, but I came across Tick Tick and dismissed it a few times.About 6

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11:34

Episode 130 - AI Code Custom Instructions

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2025/06/01

So, are you “vibe coding”? or just asking AI to help with some code?Have you come across custom instructions for VS Code? Windsurf and Cursor AI etc. all of their options too.Provide a preset app requirements and/or product requirements document (PRD) and you can make building apps with AI a bit more predictable and follow your guidelines about the tech stack you want to use, testing approach etc.Hey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me then check out Patreon. I will

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10:37

Episode 127 - Cross Platform Code Editing

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2025/04/27

So, if you code (including “Vibe Coding” if you must!) or are just a “fiddler” (like myself!) then you have no doubt used some sort of code editor.Because I mostly live in a Microsoft world, Visual Studio (as of this recording, v 2022) has been my mainstay. But what about cross platform editors (and indeed IDEs - Integrated Development Environments)? and, given all of the choices around us, what about other vendors?That is what we are talking about this time on JFM! :)Hey, subscription to this

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10:22

Episode 122 - MCP Model Context Protocol

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/03/21

Who would have thought? Tron Unicorns! oh yes!The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard designed to connect AI models with external tools, data sources, and services. Think of it as a "USB-C for AI applications"—a universal interface that simplifies how AI systems interact with various resources. MCP enables seamless integration, making it easier to build workflows and enhance AI capabilities.Quick Overview of MCP:Purpose: MCP standardizes how applications provide context to AI models,

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27:10

Episode 121 - Weekend Ramble #4

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/03/16

What to say? Well, thanks to Tim Abell for all of the JFM suggestions - I will get to them I am promise! You can also take a listen to software should be free (and actually, part of this ramble is about just how much free resources there is!).Hey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! I hadn’t realised before it forced you to pay ;) Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then please feel free with a paid subscription or via PatreonOr just buy a unicorn a coffee here!Oh, and

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8:42

Episode 120 - Msty: Local AI :)

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2025/03/08

I hadn’t realised “Play misty for me” was a crazy phycological thriller (apparently, the first film Clint Eastwood directed). But I just remembered the song actually!Anyway, similar to Ollama, LM Studio, Msty looks like a very easy option to run LLMs locally (as well as accessing larger models up in the cloud like Open AI etc.).Hey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! I hadn’t realised before it forced you to pay ;) Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then please feel

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16:43

Episode 119 - AI Overwhelm (again): Claude Code

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/02/28

Well, another day another AI tool - for coding anyway.I had a go at building a cross-platform mobile app using GitHub Copilot. It did eventually build something I wanted and better still, using best practices. But it did take some patience!I have the fortunate (or unfortunate) position to not know when to give up ;) So, also tried Claude Code. Bit more of a developer tool being a command line tool, but still pretty easy to get going. You do need an active Anthropic account (the people who

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7:35

Episode 118 - Tailscale

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/02/20

Well, do you want your own private VPN? Network all of your devices (including mobile!) together? oh, and yes for FREE?Tailscale is definitely worth a look - take a listen to learn more!FREE! Yes, indeedy for personal use.Hey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then please feel free with a paid subscription or via PatreonOr just buy a unicorn a coffee here!Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone

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4:49

Episode 117 - JSONata

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/02/15

JSON is all around us. How do you make sense of all of that JSON data?JSONataA suggestion from a good friend of mine Tim Abell - he also has a fab podcast from properly in the dev trenches! I’m just waiting until Tim just takes the next leap and becomes a symbol ;)Hey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! I hadn’t realised before it forced you to pay ;) Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then please feel free with a paid subscription or via PatreonOr just buy a

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7:39

Episode 116 - Microsoft SQL getting Vector Support

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/02/10

Well now, the explosion of vector databases is overwhelming (yes, not just “whelming”).I have been playing around with PostgreSQL pg-vector but if you use Microsoft SQL for your main day-to-day stuff, then vector support is coming! It is in preview for Azure SQL databases as well as SQL 2025 (preview).Okay, if you are not sure what a vector even is (in AI terms) then:In artificial intelligence (AI), a vector is a mathematical representation of data, such as words, images, or other entities, in a

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7:34

Episode 115 - Docker vs Podman: Need for Getting Paid!

Just Five Mins! ·

2025/01/31

Well, why would you use Docker when Podman is free/open source?It is a good question!Hey, subscription to this podcast is FREE if you want to subscribe! I hadn’t realised before it forced you to pay ;) Of course, if you wish to or must pay, then please feel free with a paid subscription or via PatreonOr just buy a unicorn a coffee here!Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but don’t worry, no ugly face to worry about

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