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Why AI Reasoning Trumps Raw Speed

Welcome to the fifth edition of The AI Native Engineer by Zencoder, this newsletter will take approximately 5 mins to read. If you only have one minute, here are the 5 most important things: Gemini 3's quiet rollout and Deep Think mode confirm that reasoning is the new frontier for LLMs, not just token count. The massive $40B and $10B data center investments...

The RAG Revolution: Why Your Database Isn't an Afterthought Anymore

Welcome to the fourth edition of The AI Native Engineer by Zencoder, this newsletter will take approximately 5 mins to read. If you only have one minute, here are the 5 most important things: The Vector Database is not a new tool; it's the fundamental architecture change enabling all agentic AI and RAG. Anthropic's Claude 4 is now the preferred model for com...

Autonomy is a Dial, Not a Switch: The 5 Levels of the AI Agent

Welcome to the third edition of The AI Native Engineer by Zencoder, this newsletter will take approximately 5 mins to read. If you only have one minute, here are the 5 most important things: GPT-5 is now the preferred "reasoning engine" for complex agentic workflows, moving beyond simple code generation. The key design decision in 2026 isn't if to use agents...

Why MoE Models Are the Future of AI Agents?

Welcome to the second edition of The AI Native Engineer by Zencoder, this newsletter will take approximately 5 mins to read. If you only have one minute, here are the 5 most important things:

The Hidden Bill of AI: Why Inference Cost Is the Real Scaling Challenge

Issue #1 Welcome to the first edition of The AI Native Engineer by Zencoder, this newsletter will take approximately 5 mins to read. If you only have one, here are the 6 most important things: