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Logs over vibes.Production over theater.

The podcast for AI builders who ship. Alex Cinovoj trades the demos for the receipts: what broke, what held, and the logs that prove it.

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A show for people who’d rather read the logs than trust the vibes.

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The problem

Most AI pilots die quietly. The demo works, the system does not, and nobody can say what actually happened.

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The approach

Every episode brings receipts. Real builds, real traces, real case studies, and the decisions behind them.

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The outcome

You leave with patterns that survive contact with production. Less theater, more systems that ship.

The format

Three segments per episode, all built around what actually shipped.

The trustworthy part of an AI system is usually the part with no AI in it. So we talk about the boring layer: approval gates, scoped permissions, token budgets, audit logs, and the humans in the loop. Practical lessons for turning AI experiments into systems that work, plus the occasional unhinged take.

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01.

Field logs

Case studies from real builds: what was stuck, what changed, and the numbers that moved.

02.

Teardowns

We open up agents, workflows, and AI-built apps, then walk the trace one step at a time.

03.

The unhinged take

One opinion per episode the hype cycle won't like. Clearly labeled. Occasionally right.

The host

Hosted by an operator who builds in public, with receipts.

I host the show the same way I build: in public, with the logs open, and with respect for how messy real work gets.

01 — Host · Columbus, Ohio

Alex Cinovoj

Founder & CTO, TechTide AI

13 years in US enterprise IT before founding TechTide AI. Builds the deterministic layer that makes AI deployable: policy engines, approval gates, observability, and custom MCP servers. Lovable Champion with 9 Anthropic Academy course completions.

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02 — Guest slot

Your build, on the show

Founders · operators · engineers

Got an AI pilot that made it to production, or failed in an instructive way? Pitch it as a case study. The best stories come with numbers.

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Season 1 · aired as Automation Vibes (2025)

A continuation of Automation Vibes, the podcast between Alex and Brianna.

Season finale

The Heartland Automation Wave

The Season 1 finale. Eight verified case studies from Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Indiana, from pizza chains automating 71% of calls to 11-person shops turning weeks into hours.

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[ok] 8 case studies verified

[ok] 5 states · 1 heartland

[ok] 9 episodes, dots connected

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