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There is a tempting way to read the arrival of the Model Context Protocol Java SDK: as one more client library to bolt onto a service. Add the dependency, expose your existing services as tools, point an LLM at it, ship. Glue code. That framing is doing real damage to how Java teams approach LLM … Read more
Recently, I sat in on a talk at StartSe AI Festival 2026 that stayed with me for days. On stage was Isabella Piratininga, iFood’s Director of Technology and Innovation, and the subject was building agentic products at scale, told through the case of Ailo, iFood’s conversational assistant. Let me be upfront from the start: this … Read more
As mentioned in my previous post, I’m in São Paulo this week for the StartSe AI Festival 2026 (May 13 and 14, at Pro Magno Centro de Eventos). For those joining now: this is the largest AI gathering in Brazil right now, around 4,000 people in the room, with a lineup that pulled global names … Read more
I’m in São Paulo this week for the StartSe AI Festival 2026 (May 13 and 14, at Pro Magno Centro de Eventos). Context for those reading from outside Brazil: this is the largest AI gathering in the country right now. Around 4,000 people in the room, and a lineup that brought Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, … Read more
There’s a term making the rounds that you should know: tokenmaxxing. It describes engineers competing to burn AI tokens under employer-imposed usage metrics. The concept exposes something structural about how companies measure AI adoption. Here’s how it works: some companies offer generous token budgets as a recruiting perk. Then they start treating consumption as a … Read more