<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>AppDeployed — JP Palacio</title><description>Thoughts on AI, LLMs, building products, and the developer tools I use every day.</description><link>https://appdeployed.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>GPT-5.4 Shows Real Agent Reliability Gains — Here&apos;s the Data</title><link>https://appdeployed.com/blog/gpt-54-agent-tool-use-benchmarks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://appdeployed.com/blog/gpt-54-agent-tool-use-benchmarks/</guid><description>Early benchmarks on GPT-5.4 show 15–20% better multi-step tool use accuracy and stronger few-shot agent learning. Worth testing against your current stack.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI</category><category>LLMs</category><category>OpenAI</category><category>Product</category></item><item><title>Grok V9-Medium Is Coming — 1.5 Trillion Parameters and a Coding Focus</title><link>https://appdeployed.com/blog/grok-v9-medium-training-complete/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://appdeployed.com/blog/grok-v9-medium-training-complete/</guid><description>xAI completed training on Grok V9-Medium, a 1.5T-parameter model targeting coding and agentic tasks. Expected public release: mid-June 2026.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI</category><category>LLMs</category><category>Tools</category></item><item><title>Claude 4 Is Here — What Builders Actually Need to Know</title><link>https://appdeployed.com/blog/claude-4-what-builders-need-to-know/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://appdeployed.com/blog/claude-4-what-builders-need-to-know/</guid><description>Anthropic&apos;s Claude 4 family raises the bar on reasoning, tool use, and context length. Here&apos;s what changes for developers building AI-powered products.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI</category><category>LLMs</category><category>Anthropic</category></item><item><title>Building AI Apps That Actually Ship</title><link>https://appdeployed.com/blog/building-ai-apps-that-actually-ship/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://appdeployed.com/blog/building-ai-apps-that-actually-ship/</guid><description>Most AI prototypes die in demo mode. Here&apos;s the decision framework I use to take a product from &apos;cool demo&apos; to deployed — and what I&apos;ve learned building Orion, the HBS Campus Guide, and other live apps.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI</category><category>Product</category><category>Development</category></item><item><title>GPT-5 vs Claude 4: A Builder&apos;s Comparison</title><link>https://appdeployed.com/blog/gpt-5-vs-claude-4-a-builders-comparison/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://appdeployed.com/blog/gpt-5-vs-claude-4-a-builders-comparison/</guid><description>I&apos;ve run both models through the same real-world tasks I use in production. Here&apos;s an honest comparison — not benchmarks, but what matters when you&apos;re shipping a product.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI</category><category>LLMs</category><category>OpenAI</category><category>Anthropic</category></item></channel></rss>