# The good, the bad, and the AI apps

DevFeed: [The good, the bad, and the AI apps](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ai-apps-2186.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/07/03/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ai-apps/>)

Author: Phoebe Sajor

Published: 2026-07-03T07:40:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Stack Overflow Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/stack-overflow-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Human-AI evaluation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/human-ai-evaluation.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Generative AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/generative-ai.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apps.md>), [eval](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eval.md>), [evaluation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/evaluation.md>), [generative](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative.md>), [generative-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative-ai.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [podcast](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcast.md>), [se-stackoverflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/se-stackoverflow.md>), [se-tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/se-tech.md>)

## AI overview

Ryan welcomes Benny Chen, co-founder of Fireworks AI, to discuss what makes an AI application good or bad, how qualitative signals and quantitative metrics can be balanced in AI evaluation, and how open-source protocols and community efforts are shaping evaluation standards.

## Source excerpt

Ryan welcomes Benny Chen, co-founder of Fireworks AI, to the show to explore what actually makes an AI application good or not, how to balance qualitative signals with quantitative metrics when evaluating AI, and how open-source eval protocols and community efforts are setting the standard for AI evaluation.