226: The Eye of context (The Dungeon of martech architecture, part 2)

226: The Eye of context (The Dungeon of martech architecture, part 2)

June 30, 2026 · 1h 3m

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In this episode, the host explores the second part of a series on martech architecture, focusing on context and its impact on AI performance.

What’s up folks, welcome to our 4 part series of Crawling through the dungeon of martech architecture. You’ve arrived at Part 2: The Eye of Context. We cover: (00:00) - Intro (00:56) - In This Episode (01:28) - Sponsor GrowthLoop (02:32) - Sponsor: GrowthBench (03:32) - Welcome Back (04:09) - FLOOR 2: THE EYE OF CONTEXT (06:15) - Why AI Produces Believable Nonsense (09:00) - BOSS BATTLE: The Hallucination Oracle (10:07) - Data Quality: When Agents Read Your Messy Data (22:33) - Context Engineering: What It Is and Why It's Not the Same as Prompt Engineering (24:28) - Sponsor: MoEngage (25:25) - Sponsor: Knak (26:30) - Context Eng vs Prompt Eng (38:58) - Why the Industry Built the Wrong Semantic Layer in 2012 (46:33) - How Context Rot and Fragmentation Break AI Agent Performance (49:59) - BOSS BATTLE: Rotten Context Mage (50:37) - How to Build a Shared Context Layer for AI Agents (58:17) - Testing Whether Your Context Layer Works (01:01:35) - NEW ACHIEVEMENT: The Meaning Layer Is Live --------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPENING --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome back to the Dungeon of Martech…

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GrowthLoop, GrowthBench, MoEngage, Knak

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