Many businesses misunderstand the true distinction between AI capabilities and traditional workflow automation, often leading to confusion and underutilized potential in their digital transformations. This episode dives deep into the "new stack" of technology, driven by three major forces: the necessity for applications to be "AI-ready" to integrate with powerful foundational models, the rise of "vibe coding" where AI itself develops code, and the evolving user experience moving towards conversational interfaces rather than traditional navigation. The core problem for many lies in the fuzzy middle layer—the middleware—which is undergoing a significant transformation to enable seamless interaction between advanced language models (LLMs) and intuitive user interfaces