I Automated My First Content Episode (Sort Of)
A rough first attempt at building a docs-to-audio content pipeline using Google Drive, NotebookLM, Gemini CLI, and Claude Code — honest notes on what it actually is.
5 min read
Building and governing agentic AI in public
Twelve years in security.
Now I build and govern
agentic AI.
I'm Chris Watkins, also known as Bingo Codes. I spent over a decade defending systems in a SOC. Now I help regulated organizations design, build, and govern agentic AI systems, voice agents included, with practical IAM and security controls on Azure and GCP. I also build my own products out in the open and write down everything I learn along the way. No hype, just the work.
The work
Shipped and in progress.
Melanin Map
Live on the App StoreExplore Black history, culture, and community in one place: curated stories, Black-owned businesses, landmarks, events, and Big Mama as your guide.
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Big Mama
In development · beta inside Melanin MapA culturally grounded, voice-first agent helping Black communities discover businesses and preserve culture, and helping SMBs actually grow.
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Djembe AI
BuildingThe umbrella company. Everything I build lives here: the brand, the infrastructure, the long-term bet on voice and agentic systems.
Kelpie AI
In designAI governance control plane for regulated industries.
The Bingo Board
LiveAgentic coding, graded.
A living scoreboard of every model and harness that matters for agentic coding, scored across five real-world dimensions. The facts sync themselves. The grades are mine. No hype, just where each tool actually lands.
16 of 16 models graded
7 harnesses
5 dimensions
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Recent writing.
Voice AI Engineering · 12
How to Become a Voice AI Engineer: A Builder's Roadmap
Voice AI engineering spans ML, real-time systems, security, and product design—here's the exact phased learning path, skill map, and public build strategy being used to make the transition from security engineering to frontier voice AI.
10 min read
Voice AI Engineering · 11
Building AI for Black Communities and SMBs
Black communities shouldn't only be consumers of AI—they should be builders, owners, and beneficiaries: the case for starting with real community friction, not the latest model, and why data stewardship is a non-negotiable design constraint.
11 min read
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LiveAI in Living Color
A weekly roundup of what actually matters in AI and agentic engineering, cutting through the noise, plus a monthly deep-dive series built for people starting from zero. Honest, practical, and in plain language.
- Weekly news roundup
- Monthly beginner deep dive
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I'm building Big Mama and Kelpie out loud, and I read everything that comes in. If you're working on voice, agentic systems, or AI governance for regulated industries, or you just want to compare notes on going from the SOC to shipping AI, reach out. No pitch deck required.