Agentic Orchestration
Production-grade orchestration of AI agents — frameworks, topologies, and observability tested in the real world.
Episodes
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S02E01: I Built the Same Agent in 6 Orchestrators
LangGraph vs CrewAI vs AutoGen vs OpenAI Swarm vs Pydantic AI vs LlamaIndex. Same 3-step research agent built in each — DX, cost, reliability scorecard.
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S02E02: Monolith, Handoff, or Swarm? Three Topologies I Built in Production
Architecture patterns for multi-agent systems — when each shape works and when each one breaks under load.
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S02E03: Observability for Agents — Langfuse vs LangSmith vs Arize Phoenix vs Helicone
Four observability tools tested with the same agent test harness. Pricing, trace quality, alerting, and what each one actually shows you.
About this season
What is the Agentic Orchestration season about?
Production-grade orchestration of AI agents — frameworks, topologies, and observability tested in the real world.
In what order should I listen?
Episodes are numbered, but most can be listened to standalone. The first episode usually frames the problem and the methodology; later episodes test specific tools or patterns against that baseline. If you have time for one, start with the most recent episode in the season — it tends to summarize the takeaways from the earlier ones.
Are the seasons evergreen or time-bound?
Time-bound. Each season takes a snapshot of a fast-moving category at a specific point in time. We update episode show notes when a major development changes the conclusions, but the audio itself reflects the moment it was recorded. Check the lab article (linked at the top of every episode page) for the most current view.
Where can I find the transcripts?
Each individual episode page on ctaio.dev includes the full transcript below the audio player. Transcripts are searchable and indexed by search engines, so you can also reach episode content through external search.
How do I subscribe?
Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and direct RSS — all linked at the bottom of each episode page. The RSS feed is at https://ctaio.dev/en/podcast/feed.xml for any podcast app that takes a custom feed URL.