Bill Doerrfeld

Tech journalist. Edits @NordicAPIs, the API blog. Writes for @InfoWorld @CIOonline @TheLeadDev @thenewstack. Content & consulting for tech companies.

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The @nordicapis Summit is a wrap! Here's some of my top takeaways on preparing APIs for agents from the event:
https://t.co/5AWloIof1b

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Agentics Day: MCP + Agents at #KubeCon dug into the production realities of running AI agents.

My 8 takeaways, spanning openness, security, early lessons learned and the infrastructure needed:
https://t.co/KVYx3huB64

#MCP #AIAgents

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@KristopherLeads @Zuplo Seems like a sensible approach. I wonder if that practice could also discover what approaches/workflows are too expensive to AI-ify.

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Sales doesn't use AI like engineering does. Finance doesn't use AI like marketing does. So, why give every department the same AI budget?

My latest for @Zuplo looks at setting limits, monitoring usage, and optimizing AI spend across departments.

https://t.co/7BU41rv1Z1

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In case you missed yesterday's AI Pen-Testing Conference, here's the full recap. It's got the session recordings, highlight reel, panel discussion, demos, and keynotes.

https://t.co/HyAxObP6Mq

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So, we're all using LLMs now. Cool. But are you actually monitoring them in production?

My latest for @Zuplo looks at 7 LLM observability metrics to track, from latency and accuracy to token usage, costs, and more.

https://t.co/LlyA6msT5E

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And that's a wrap! My final Road to KubeCon column for @thenewstack is out.

This week: Kubernetes workload conformance, OpenTelemetry OTTL v1, shared GPUs, and agent security horror stories.

Thanks to TNS, HPE, and @CloudNativeFdn for a fun series!

https://t.co/wQjTGg0d5U

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"Agentic workloads have no patience for a cold node."

Bursty AI agents are a recurring pain point on K8s. My latest Road to KubeCon column for @thenewstack digs in:

https://t.co/1IGsyASnkv

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Here are my slides for my opening keynote at @nordicapis Summit 2026! My 25-minute talk looked at how AI agents are forcing major shifts in how they interact with APIs.
https://t.co/A1xh95nuxe

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This week’s Road to KubeCon on @thenewstack
looks at new projects for hosting agentic workloads and running agents on Kubernetes.

Also: Platform Engineering Day, AI coding, compliance ownership, and one cautionary tale about "infrastructure theatrics."

https://t.co/T0sxEsJ7oS

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As AI agents make code easier to generate, the pendulum is swinging back toward up-front planning, understanding, and judgment.

Happy to contribute to Arthur D. Little's PRISM publication:

https://t.co/tyNoHGySDl

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Landed in Stockholm for @nordicapis Summit! Ready to talk agentic AI and APIs.

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My latest Road to KubeCon is out on @thenewstack. The focus this week: optimizing Kubernetes infrastructure for AI compute.
https://t.co/hABkZsbM5k

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More agentic development is coming, predicts Angie Jones (@techgirl1908), VP at @AgenticAIFdn.

That said, it'll take more skills development around nondeterminism, MCP governance, and agentic observability.

My latest for @TheLeadDev: https://t.co/mVuejAiHN0

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If Pied Piper existed in 2026, they'd be pivoting from video compression to AI chat compression.

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@GergelyOrosz Happy that some practical features are still being developed

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Excited to share that I'll be speaking at SecureMaine this week! I'm giving a talk on Oct. 8 on securing agentic AI, then moderating a roundtable later in the day.
https://t.co/tCp3vBulzV

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Meta is using AI agents to turn senior engineers’ judgment into reusable skills, helping recover hundreds of megawatts of power and speed up regression detection/remediation.

Interesting case study of AI agents tied to real efficiency gains:

https://t.co/SYSMma0KoA

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Why go to a conference when there's endless content to consume? Expert guidance, curated experiences, hallway discussions, serendipitous connections, and firsthand knowledge can still set in-person events apart. https://t.co/ZHvqwAOd2h

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@Corix_JC @CIOonline @cio Thank you for the shoutout, @Corix_JC!