By By David Ramel01/16/2026
Publication Date: 2026-01-16 00:00:00
When AI Meets Reality: Hard Real-World Lessons in Modern App Delivery
At today’s online tech-educaton summit presented by Virtualization & Cloud Review, longtime author/presenter Brien Posey used his actual real-world buildout of three custom applications — including two AI-enabled apps — to illustrate what “app delivery” looks like beyond build pipelines and deployment mechanics. Rather than presenting a theoretical model, Posey framed the session around lessons learned while building, deploying, and operating the applications in his own environment.
The session, titled “Expert Takes: Modern App Delivery for a Hybrid AI World,” is available for on-demand replay thanks to sponsor A10 Networks.
“So I guess the biggest lesson is just to expect that when it comes to building and deploying and hosting custom applications, everything takes longer than you expect.”
Brien Posey, 22-time Microsoft MVP
The presentation was part of a broader “App Delivery in the Age of AI” summit examining how AI is changing the way applications are built, delivered, and scaled across hybrid environments. Sessions focused on modern delivery pipelines, performance and reliability considerations, and the practical implications of introducing AI-driven components into…
