Karachi Wala Developer

Karachi Wala Developer

Mashhood Rastgar

Episodes 67
Avg. Duration 9m
Activity Highly Active
Since May 2020
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
62%
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anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

10 minute weekly ramblings of a software engineer based in Karachi sharing about tech and startups. Recently started a series on Engineering Leaders in Pakistan.

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Recent Episodes

S4E4 From Coder to Architect: The Power of the Producer Mindset

Apr 03, 2026 9m

The role of the developer is changing. In this episode, we discuss how to stop being a "consumer" of AI prompts and start becoming a "producer" of AI systems. By shifting your focus from writing code…

S4E3 The AI Autonomy Paradox: Why Software Engineers Must Unlearn "Control"

Mar 26, 2026 8m

As software engineers, we are trained to control every detail—from code formatting to system architecture. But autonomous AI demands the exact opposite. In this episode, we discuss the "Autonomy…

S4E2 Agentic Transformation Concept: Progressive Disclosure

Mar 13, 2026 8m

If you are dumping your entire codebase into Claude or Gemini and hoping for the best, you are doing it wrong.In today's episode, we tackle Context Engineering. AI agents have short-term memory (the…

S4E1 Agentic Transformation: My Story

Mar 06, 2026 7m

In this episode, I share a personal story of building an ERP system with AI in the field, and how it forced me to confront the "5 Stages of Grief" as a veteran software developer. The way we have…

GPT-5: Is AGI here?

Aug 31, 2025 7m

Dive into the much-anticipated GPT-5 update. We cut through the hype to analyze OpenAI's latest offering, covering its new unified architecture, efforts to reduce hallucinations, enhanced memory, and…

S3E5 The AI Code Revolution: What Developers Need to Know

Jul 22, 2025 10m

Dive into the AI coding revolution! This episode explores how AI is transforming software development, from rapid prototyping and coding assistance with tools like GitHub Copilot, to the rise of…

S3E4 Your AI Just Got Local: Gemini CLI is Automating Your Workflow

Jul 06, 2025 10m

Ever wished your AI could actually do things directly from your terminal, beyond just chatting? Google's new Gemini CLI is here, and it's a game-changer! Unlike previous closed-source tools, this…

S3E4 Beyond Benchmarks: Understanding LLM's Accuracy Collapse in Reasoning

Jun 19, 2025 11m

Are Large Language Models (LLMs) truly intelligent, or just sophisticated pattern matchers? This episode dives deep into a fascinating debate sparked by Apple's recent research paper, which…

S3E3 Your LLM's New Best Friend: Should You Be Using MCP Now?

Jun 11, 2025 9m

Dive deep into the world of AI communication with this episode, focusing on the game-changing MCP (Model Context Protocol). Discover how this protocol, pioneered by Anthropic, acts as a universal…

S3E2 Navigating the Newest AI Models & Future Insights

May 17, 2025 10m

Dive into the rapidly evolving world of Large Language Models! This episode breaks down the latest updates on cutting-edge models like Gemini 2.5 Pro (with its 2 million context window), the…

S3E1 So is everyone vibe coding now?

Apr 26, 2025 9m

In this episode - I take on the task of explaining what vibe coding is, and if we should keep studing software engineering. I introduce some vibe coding tools, including the latest one Firebase…

Does OpenAI O1 change everything?

Sep 15, 2024 10m

Last week OpenAI released a new model called O1 - which has advanced capabilities to reason and does a lot better in maths and coding. How does it do this and what does this change? This and more in…

LLMs: Understanding Google Gemma

Jun 30, 2024 10m

In the world of many open source LLM models, Google Gemma stands out with some unique capabilities. Firstly its made by Google after all - so its implementation is fully optimized and memory…

AI in Your Pocket - LLMs on Smartphones

Jun 04, 2024 7m

This episode dives into the exciting world of on-device AI, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs) running directly on your smartphone! We'll explore why cramming this powerful tech into your…

Whats next for LLMs? Reviewing updates from Google and OpenAI

May 18, 2024 8m

In this episode we cover the latest updates from Google IO and OpenAI Spring update. The all new ChatGPT-o and Gemini 1.5 Flash. We talk about where are LLMs headed next.

LLMs: Will Lama3 destroy the competition?

Apr 28, 2024 7m

Lama3 is a popular open source model by Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp. They have release the next iteration of the famous Lama2 model, this is a popular open source LLM…

LLMs: Finetuning - do you need it?

Apr 19, 2024 8m

As we move to use LLMs more and more for different use cases, we will run into at times issues or limitations with the model. There are many different ways to train the model to do a specific task…

I am now a Google Developer Expert in Machine Learn (GDE ML) for GenAI

Apr 14, 2024 6m

This episode covers my journey as a GDE over the last few years, what got me into it, and what is the big outcome. Also joined another category for GDE in Machine Learning.

LLMs: Are AI Software Engineers ready to take over?

Mar 19, 2024 8m

In this episode I share my thoughts on the latest additional to AI development called Deven, and where the industry is moving towards. Will software engineering be taken over by AI in the next few…

LLMs: My thoughts on Gemini Pro 1.5 and OpenAI Sora.

Feb 17, 2024 5m

So this week we had 2 back to back announcements which completely shook up the LLM worlds. Gemini Pro 1.5 with its 10 million token context length makes it super powerful to run on large codebases…

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