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Lean Into Risk Or Get Left Behind w/ Bradley Friemel | Episode 180
TL;DR: Bradley Friemel, Vertical CTO - Rentals at Fullsteam, explains how acquisition-driven growth creates complexity through multiple legacy codebases, heavy tech debt, and constant backlog pressure. He shares how his team launched an AI party planner for rental...
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Product and Engineering Can Be Separate, but NEVER Disconnected w/ Todd Persen – Episode 176
Todd Persen, CTO of Hydrolix, explains how the company handles massive real-time log data for observability and CDN and edge use cases, why he joined after previously building observability and log companies (including an exit to ServiceNow), and what Hydrolix is...
How to Use Tech Debt WITHOUT Going Bankrupt w/ Maha Virudhagiri – Episode 175
Coalition CTO Maha Virudhagiri explains how Coalition combines cyber insurance and cybersecurity, why he joined after seven years at Tesla, and what he changed to increase speed: tackling tech debt, reducing overplanning, and adjusting org design. He shares how...
Managed Software Delivery Pods Are Replacing Staff Augmentation, And Executives Should Pay Attention
Executives are finally acknowledging a hard truth: Headcount does not equal outcomes. Adding developers often increases activity without increasing completion, resulting in more coordination, more meetings and more reasons why critical work slips. At the executive...
AI Helps, But Fundamentals WIN In Strong Product Development w/ Michael Cieri – Episode 174
Michael Cieri (EVP of Software at BILL) explains how BILL is scaling AI across financial workflows by moving from decentralized experimentation to a centralized AI platform for consistent, multi-product outcomes. He shares lessons from Square on pricing changes and...
Vibe Coding Is NOT Enough, An Engineer MUST Review The Code FIRST w/ Eric Poff – Episode 173
Steve Taplin interviews Vurvey Labs CTO Eric Poff about Vurvey’s human-centered market research platform, how AI personas are grounded in real human data to reduce hallucinations, and how stronger process (Jira discipline, hybrid cadence, and AI-assisted requirements)...
How to Use Tech Debt WITHOUT Going Bankrupt w/ Maha Virudhagiri – Episode 175
Coalition CTO Maha Virudhagiri explains how Coalition combines cyber insurance and cybersecurity, why he joined after seven years at Tesla, and what he changed to increase speed: tackling tech...
Managed Software Delivery Pods Are Replacing Staff Augmentation, And Executives Should Pay Attention
Executives are finally acknowledging a hard truth: Headcount does not equal outcomes. Adding developers often increases activity without increasing completion, resulting in more coordination,...
AI Helps, But Fundamentals WIN In Strong Product Development w/ Michael Cieri – Episode 174
Michael Cieri (EVP of Software at BILL) explains how BILL is scaling AI across financial workflows by moving from decentralized experimentation to a centralized AI platform for consistent,...
Vibe Coding Is NOT Enough, An Engineer MUST Review The Code FIRST w/ Eric Poff – Episode 173
Steve Taplin interviews Vurvey Labs CTO Eric Poff about Vurvey’s human-centered market research platform, how AI personas are grounded in real human data to reduce hallucinations, and how...
Save Countless Hours With AI, Master Prompts & Vibe Coding w/ Brian Bauer – Episode 172
Steve Taplin talks with Rational Exponent VP of AI Products Brian Bauer about building AI products for regulated industries, how re:agent helps banks map regulations to policies and improve...
Why Aligning Your Product & Engineering Teams Earlier WORKS w/ Jeff Prince – Episode 171
Steve Taplin sits down with XOi CTO Jeff Prince to discuss building usable software for field technicians, scaling and onboarding remote engineering teams, and applying AI thoughtfully with...
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