(time for podcast index dot org to implement MCP server? CC: @dave@podcastindex.social , @adam@podcastindex.social )

• AI Engineering Roadmap: For those looking to enter AI, Zach breaks it down into four pillars:

1. Prompting: Learning system vs. user prompts

2. Context Engineering: Adding unstructured data (PDFs, images) to models

3. AI Agents: Using Model Context Protocol (MCP) to let AI take actions

4. MLOps & Guardrails: Implementing testing, evaluations, and safety middleware like LangChain