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    Escape Your Limits
    LIFTS Episode 101 - How Myzone Is Redefining Wearable Engagement

    Escape Your Limits

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2025 37:59


    Welcome to the latest episode of L.I.F.T.S,  your bite-sized dose of the Latest Industry Fitness Trends and Stories. In this episode, hosts Matthew Januszek and Mohammed Iqbal sit down with Jay Worthy, CEO of Myzone, and Vahid Zadeh, CTO of Myzone, to explore the real future of wearable fitness technology, human motivation, and behavioral science. With data fatigue growing across the fitness industry, this conversation reveals why more metrics don't always lead to better results and what truly drives long-term engagement. Key Topics Covered: • Why most wearables lose users after 3-6 months. • The real science behind motivation and habit formation. • Data fatigue vs. meaningful fitness insights. • Why effort beats steps, HRV, and raw metrics. • How Myzone uses behavioral science to boost consistency. • The truth behind the 10,000-step myth. • How Myzone Go removes barriers to entry for gym members. • Why community is the most powerful fitness motivator.

    The Clip Out
    Thanksgiving Surprise! Peloton Adds Three New Instructors!

    The Clip Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 60:19


    Peloton welcomes three new instructors to its fitness team.Get the details on major updates to the PSL schedule.A new Club Peloton perk offers members early access to classes.Peloton's Chief Marketing Partnership Director has departed the company.Peloton's CTO sparked conversation with a discussion on ChatGPT integration.The company is hiring a Sr. Director of Digital Innovation & Enterprise AI.New yoga instructor Johanna Ricouz gives a running class a try.Jess Sims has a hilarious NSFW moment on live television.Denis Morton is at the center of "Hairgate 2.0."Instructor Cliff Dwenger has released a new song.DJ John Michael celebrates his 10-year anniversary with Peloton and drops a new remix.The latest Artist Series spotlights the music of Michael Bublé.Wicked: For Good themed classes are now available.Kristin McGee launches her very first program on the Tonal platform.Our TCO Top Five recap of the community's favorite Peloton classes.This Week at Peloton: A rundown of what's happening on the platform.TCO Radar: We highlight upcoming fitness classes you won't want to miss.Bradley Rose & Benny Adami have new rides themed around Stranger Things.A new "Meet Your New Yoga Instructors" challenge is live.Get ready for a new Holiday fitness challenge.Sam Yo's popular Top Gun ride has been removed from the class library.Happy Birthday to Peloton instructor Tunde Oyeneyin on December 5th.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Modern CTO with Joel Beasley
    Transforming IT at Hewlett Packard Enterprise through Agentic AI with Brian Gruttadauria, CTO of Hybrid Cloud

    Modern CTO with Joel Beasley

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 48:07


    Gartner placed them in the highest corner of their Magic Quadrant. Why is HPE leading their industry? Today, we're talking to Brian Gruttadauria, CTO of Hybrid Cloud at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. We discuss how agentic AI is transforming hybrid cloud infrastructure, why human-in-the-loop will remain critical for enterprise AI adoption, and how HPE went from 20% to 92% GitHub Copilot adoption in just over a year. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!  To get learn more about HPE, check out their website here.

    Cloud Security Podcast
    AI-First Vulnerability Management: Should CISOs Build or Buy?

    Cloud Security Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 61:30


    Thinking of building your own AI security tool? In this episode, Santiago Castiñeira, CTO of Maze, breaks down the realities of the "Build vs. Buy" debate for AI-first vulnerability management.While building a prototype script is easy, scaling it into a maintainable, audit-proof system is a massive undertaking requiring specialized skills often missing in security teams. The "RAG drug" relies too heavily on Retrieval-Augmented Generation for precise technical data like version numbers, which often fails .The conversation gets into the architecture required for a true AI-first system, moving beyond simple chatbots to complex multi-agent workflows that can reason about context and risk . We also cover the critical importance of rigorous "evals" over "vibe checks" to ensure AI reliability, the hidden costs of LLM inference at scale, and why well-crafted agents might soon be indistinguishable from super-intelligence .Guest Socials -⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Santiago's LinkedinPodcast Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CloudSecPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you want to watch videos of this LIVE STREAMED episode and past episodes - Check out our other Cloud Security Social Channels:-⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Podcast- Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cloud Security Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you are interested in AI Cybersecurity, you can check out our sister podcast -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ AI Security Podcast⁠Questions asked:(00:00) Introduction(02:00) Who is Santiago Castiñeira?(02:40) What is "AI-First" Vulnerability Management? (Rules vs. Reasoning)(04:55) The "Build vs. Buy" Debate: Can I Just Use ChatGPT?(07:30) The "Bus Factor" Risk of Internal Tools(08:30) Why MCP (Model Context Protocol) Struggles at Scale(10:15) The Architecture of an AI-First Security System(13:45) The Problem with "Vibe Checks": Why You Need Proper Evals(17:20) Where to Start if You Must Build Internally(19:00) The Hidden Need for Data & Software Engineers in Security Teams(21:50) Managing Prompt Drift and Consistency(27:30) The Challenge of Changing LLM Models (Claude vs. Gemini)(30:20) Rethinking Vulnerability Management Metrics in the AI Era(33:30) Surprises in AI Agent Behavior: "Let's Get Back on Topic"(35:30) The Hidden Cost of AI: Token Usage at Scale(37:15) Multi-Agent Governance: Preventing Rogue Agents(41:15) The Future: Semi-Autonomous Security Fleets(45:30) Why RAG Fails for Precise Technical Data (The "RAG Drug")(47:30) How to Evaluate AI Vendors: Is it AI-First or AI-Sprinkled?(50:20) Common Architectural Mistakes: Vibe Evals & Cost Ignorance(56:00) Unpopular Opinion: Well-Crafted Agents vs. Super Intelligence(58:15) Final Questions: Kids, Argentine Steak, and Closing

    Hipsters Ponto Tech
    Tecnologia precisa ENTREGAR VALOR pro negócio: da dev aos 13 anos à CTO | Anaterra – Dasa – Hipsters.Talks #15

    Hipsters Ponto Tech

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 40:00


    “Tecnologia pela tecnologia tem que morrer. Área de tecnologia que não pensa em entregar valor pro negócio ou pro usuário final, ela tende a morrer. Você não deveria gastar dinheiro por gastar dinheiro” No décimo quinto episódio do Hipsters.Talks, PAULO SILVEIRA, CVO do Grupo Alun, conversa com ANATERRA OLIVEIRA, CTO da DASA, sobre inovação aberta, parcerias com startups e por que experiência do usuário é mais importante que tecnologia sofisticada. Uma conversa sobre o dia a dia de quem lidera tecnologia em uma das maiores empresas de saúde do Brasil. Prepare-se para um episódio cheio de conhecimento e inspiração!

    The Art of Construction
    383: AI and Small Businesses

    The Art of Construction

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 45:26


    "Start in small areas of your business and test it there, and then you can see the impact of AI implementation." Join Devon Tilly as he chats with Shawn Kercher and Brian Watson of Humming Agent AI! Shawn Kercher is the Co-Founder and CTO of Humming Agent AI, where he focuses on making AI-powered workflow automation accessible and impactful for businesses of all sizes. With a background in engineering and over a decade of leadership in innovation at Comcast Labs, he's led teams building scalable AI solutions that solve real-world problems and drive business growth. Brian Watson is a lifelong entrepreneur that has been running businesses since he was 17. He has successfully grown companies in several industries including Retail, Service, SaaS, and AI. These experiences have given him a tremendous depth of business knowledge and provided him with tangible insights into what it takes to run a successful company. He has expertise in numerous areas including leadership, strategy, sales, marketing, operations, people management, project management, PR, and government contracting. He is a highly collaborative team player who loves winning. He is happiest when getting to contribute his skills towards solving difficult problems that move a company towards success! Follow Humming Agent AI on LinkedIn! Keep up with the Art of Construction (AOC) podcast on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn! Subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!

    Innovation and the Digital Enterprise
    Make Mistakes Matter: Turning Setbacks into Growth with Michael Ehlers

    Innovation and the Digital Enterprise

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 43:12 Transcription Available


    In this episode of Innovation and Digital Enterprise, Patrick and Shelli talk with Michael Ehlers, the new Chief Technology Officer at PlanSource. Mike outlines his leadership philosophy and career evolution, emphasizing that professional growth is rarely linear. He shares formative experiences at Hewitt and Xerox that taught him the importance of transparency during project setbacks, the value of blameless postmortems, and how to treat failure as a chance to grow.Those experiences inform his current leadership and hiring strategy, which prioritizes candidates with grit, curiosity, and collaborative spirit, over those with rigid technical expertise. He explains that technical skills can be acquired, but behavioral attributes are foundational to a successful dev culture.Mike shares insights earned through his range of experience, from startups to large multinationals, stressing that at any scale, leaders need empathy to understand customer needs, agility to make change, and transparency to build trust.(00:12) Welcome to Michael Ehlers, CTO at PlanSource(03:35) Navigating Leadership Challenges(10:40) The Importance of Career Growth and Culture(23:34) Leveraging Postmortems in Software Engineering(28:31) Cultural Shifts in Organizations(37:32) Empathy in Innovation: Understanding Customer NeedsMichael Ehlers has had a full career leading software and engineering teams, often at SaaS companies in the HR space. Currently, he is the new Chief Technology Officer at PlanSource. Previously, he has held roles at Benefitfocus, Paylocity, Voya Financial, Aon Hewitt (Alight), and Xerox, where he served as Vice President of Front End Development for their HR Outsourcing business. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Innovation and the Digital Enterprise in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. It really helps others find the show.Podcast episode production by Dante32.

    ThePrint
    Opinion: Evaluating Judges & holding them to account is risky: We must answer the 'Why?' first

    ThePrint

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 7:38


    The citizen waiting years for a verdict, the undertrial languishing in jail, the firm losing money with every delay and adjournment – they are the point. Processes for the improvement of institutions must be designed with the litigant in mind. Siddarth Raman, co-founder and CTO of The Professeer, explains why, before attempting to impose populist measures to "evaluate" judges, we must think deeply about the "why" behind such evaluation exercises. Without this basic hygiene, he warns, we risk diluting independence in the system.----more----Read article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/judges-account-collective-conscience-fix-broken-system/2795463/

    AI and the Future of Work
    365: AI and the Future of Work: What We've Learned from 364 Expert Conversations (Special Episode)

    AI and the Future of Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 13:27


    In this special episode of AI and the Future of Work, host Dan Turchin looks back on what 365 conversations have revealed about how AI is reshaping the way we work.What themes have emerged most consistently? Which ideas connect founders, researchers, and operators across industries? And what have these discussions taught us about the evolving relationship between humans and intelligent systems?Featuring Guests:Mark McCrindle, Founder and Principal at McCrindle  - Listen to the full conversation: https://www.buzzsprout.com/520474/episodes/13014260 Pradeep Menon, CTO at Microsoft - Listen to the full conversation: https://www.buzzsprout.com/520474/episodes/13034974 Dave Kellogg, EIR at Balderton Capital - Listen to the full conversation: https://www.buzzsprout.com/520474/episodes/16665133 Alex Buder Shapiro, Chief People Officer at Jasper AI - Listen to the full conversation: https://www.buzzsprout.com/520474/episodes/17522593 Gary F. Bengier, Writer, philosopher, and technologist - Listen to the full conversation: https://www.buzzsprout.com/520474/episodes/12934217 Josh Bersin, Founder and CEO at The Josh Bersin Company - Listen to the full conversation: https://www.buzzsprout.com/520474/episodes/17863187 Bryan Power, Head of People at Nextdoor - Listen to the full conversation: https://www.buzzsprout.com/520474/episodes/16837259 Dave Treat, Chief Technology Officer at Pearson - Listen to the full conversation: https://www.buzzsprout.com/520474/episodes/17557154 

    Telecom Reseller
    Clarity Voice: Real-World vCon Innovation and the Future of Conversational Data, Podcast

    Telecom Reseller

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 14:41


    At the Fall '25 vCon Conference in Washington, D.C., Doug Green, Publisher of Technology Reseller News, met with Mike Onslow, CTO of Clarity Voice, to discuss the company's hands-on work with vCons, the rise of AI-driven communications, and the transformative potential of standardizing conversational data across platforms. Onslow began by outlining Clarity Voice's 20-year journey as a communications provider serving small and very small businesses with voice, video, messaging, and increasingly, AI-powered tools. “When the customer wins, we win,” he notes, highlighting a culture centered on customer success across specialized business verticals. A major focus of the discussion was vCon, the emerging standard for representing conversations—described by Onslow as “a PDF for your conversations.” By standardizing call, message, and AI-generated analysis into a single interoperable format, vCons allow organizations to search, index, process, and share conversational data across platforms without reinventing the wheel. “Thomas calls vCons robot food,” Onslow says, noting that large AI models already understand the vCon structure because the specification predates ChatGPT. Onslow shared lessons from Clarity Voice's year-long practical deployment of vCons, including the need for strong data engineering and the importance of keeping raw recordings and raw vCons for future reprocessing as AI models evolve. He also emphasized the value of partnering with experts such as vConic and co-creator Thomas Howe to accelerate implementation, rather than tackling the open-source standard alone. One of Onslow's standout contributions at the event was his talk on using vCons for code review analysis. By transforming developer conversations inside pull requests into vCons, Clarity Voice built tools to detect burnout signals, identify subject-matter experts, and surface hidden collaboration patterns. The approach highlights the broader potential of vCons well beyond traditional UCaaS ecosystems—spanning healthcare, marketing, customer support, and any environment where interactions can be enriched with contextual data. Reflecting on the week's sessions, Onslow emphasized the value of the community emerging around vCon. “This community is the huge value,” he says. “We're figuring out what doesn't work and what does work—together.” He encourages newcomers to engage with the vCon Foundation to gain a smoother on-ramp into the technology and its ecosystem. To learn more about Clarity Voice and its work with AI-powered communications and vCons, visit https://clarityvoice.com/.

    X22 Report
    [DS] Pushing War With Russia, Trump Voids Biden/Obama Agenda, It's Like It Never Existed – Ep. 3788

    X22 Report

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 106:26


    Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:17532056201798502,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-9437-3289"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="https://cdn2.decide.dev/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs");pt> Click On Picture To See Larger PictureThe [CB] is pushing their agenda across the country and world. They are now pushing their Universal Basic Income in Illinois, this will fail. US production is picking up. SEC is cracking down on ETF’s. Trump has now nominated Kevin Hassett to take over the position of Powell. This restructuring will begin soon and the alternative currency will show it. The [DS] knows they are running out of time and they are losing control over Zelensky, this is why they are now pushing a war with Russia. They do not want peace. Trump is exposing the corruption and pushing for elections to remove Zelensky. Trump has null and voided everything Biden/Obama have done over the last 4 years. It’s like everything they did doesn’t exist. The [DS] is boxed in, there is no escape. Economy https://twitter.com/MJTruthUltra/status/1996238986650464720?s=20   government, and I’m here to help,”. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:18510697282300316,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-8599-9832"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="https://cdn2.decide.dev/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); https://twitter.com/AwakenedOutlaw/status/1996060994892955661?s=20   logs, program letters, etc. weekly or be limited to 3-months of SNAP benefits in a 3-year period. US Industrial Production Sees Biggest Annual Gain In 3 Years Despite Slowing Capacity Utilization    Industrial Production rose just 0.1% MoM (as expected) up from the downwardly revised 0.3% MoM decline in August. On a YoY basis, production rose 1.62% – its best since Nov 2022… US Manufacturing output was unchanged in September (slowing from the 0.1% MoM rise in August), but, like IP, that supported a 1.5% YoY rise in output, its highest level since April 2022… Source: zerohedge.com https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1996217766366400884?s=20  registration of ETFs that seek to provide more than 200% (2x) leveraged exposure to underlying indices or securities,” the SEC wrote. Leverage is clearly out of control. Bessent says White House may ‘veto’ Federal Reserve presidents   Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday he would push a new requirement that the Federal Reserve’s regional bank presidents live in their districts for at least three years before taking office, a move that could give the White House more power over the independent agency.  Bessent said that “there is a disconnect with the framing of the Federal Reserve” and added that, “unless someone has lived in their district for three years, we’re going to veto them.” Source: msn.com https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1995954684859941373?s=20   In a July 2025 interview, Hassett highlighted the Fed’s origins under the gold standard in 1913 to critique current practices: “When the Federal Reserve was created, we were under the Gold Standard—and the idea that the Fed could print money and then spend $2.5B on a building… I think that we’ve got a real problem of oversight and excess spending.”   This aligns with sound money ideals, where gold symbolizes disciplined, non-inflationary currency, but he stops short of calling for reinstatement.  Monetary economist Judy Shelton (author of Good as Gold) praised Hassett in July 2025 for referencing the gold standard, noting it as a reminder that “Fed has a lot to answer for” in deviating from that era’s stability.  Hassett views Bitcoin as “digital gold” for its scarcity and hedge qualities—echoing sound money without physical backing. Political/Rights https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1996252623209373754?s=20  created sweeping exemptions covering Afghans who worked for the Taliban during the first regime (1996-2001) and again after August 2021, enabling hundreds of individuals normally barred under terrorism laws to enter the U.S. TRIG waivers skyrocketed to 6,848 in FY 2024, the vast majority for refugees, including 374 Taliban civil servants and more than 3,000 individuals who provided “limited” support to Tier 1 or 2 terror groups. Now, after the ambush killing of a West Virginia National Guard soldier by Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, critics say Biden knowingly imported massive security risks into American neighborhoods. OUTRAGE: Minneapolis Police Chief Urges Somali Community to Dial 911 on Masked ICE Agents — Promises Cops Will “Intervene” Against Federal Arrests Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara speaks at a press conference alongside city officials as he urges Somali residents to call 911 on masked individuals Police leadership in Minneapolis is urging the city's Somali community, and other immigrant residents, to call 911 if they spot masked individuals detaining people in their neighborhoods. He urged community members to call 911 if they were unsure whether those enforcing arrests were legitimate law enforcement — and pledged MPD would investigate and log every such call. He did not stop at documentation, however. “If there is anything that is … a violation of someone's human rights or civil rights, excessive force or anything like that, they absolutely have a duty to intervene as police officers,” O'Hara declared. https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1995956308902879320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1995956308902879320%7Ctwgr%5E19002c76c52297fc2dd58664d00870448c39f149%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2025%2F12%2Foutrage-minneapolis-police-chief-urges-somali-community-dial%2F Source: thegatewaypundit.com UNREAL: Mayor Jacob Frey Declares He Won't Cooperate With ICE… and Suddenly Starts Speaking Somali to His Audience Mid-Speech Minneapolis far-left Mayor Jacob Frey abruptly shifted a public address into Somali, all while promising that city police will refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. At a press conference held on Tuesday, Frey stood alongside St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, Ward 6 Council Member Jamal Osman, Police Chief Brian O'Hara, and other city leaders, reacting to reports that the federal government is preparing a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota's Twin Cities. This is not the first time the far-left mayor has drawn backlash from conservatives for switching into Somali during public remarks. Source: thegatewaypundit.com https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1995991450530553880?s=20 https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1995920756203516224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1995920756203516224%7Ctwgr%5E7752673c29b3a4de82187485d2de8512019722ba%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Frusty-weiss%2F2025%2F12%2F02%2Ftim-walz-gets-skewered-by-kristi-noem-over-visa-fraud-warns-minnesota-is-about-to-feel-the-wrath-of-ice-n2196746 https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1995918101200703814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1995918101200703814%7Ctwgr%5E6e01980749bee6d0aabd2036c6c2b51da5cb194a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fkatie-jerkovich%2F2025%2F12%2F02%2Fpam-bondi-proves-trumps-flipped-script-on-crime-in-us-n2196748 https://twitter.com/DiligentDenizen/status/1996268038895907125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1996268038895907125%7Ctwgr%5Efc686f6c13365f75910a196f3fa3620a5f168083%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2025%2F12%2Fbreaking-house-oversight-committee-dems-release-never-before%2F https://twitter.com/JoeLang51440671/status/1996022839250461041?s=20 DOGE Geopolitical https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1996173544884154529?s=20  https://twitter.com/CynicalPublius/status/1996233719469035734?s=20 https://twitter.com/JimFergusonUK/status/1996175636352700892?s=20  , and even Hezbollah have a presence in South America — and their anchor presence is inside Venezuela.” Let that sink in. 8 million Venezuelans displaced Spillover into Colombia, Brazil, the U.S. Cartels, trafficking networks, and Iranian intelligence embedded in the region Rubio isn't speaking hypothetically — he's confirming what U.S. intel has known for years: Venezuela is no longer just a failed socialist state. It's a forward operating base for Iran and Hezbollah in the Western Hemisphere. This is why the situation is escalating. This is why Trump's ultimatum matters. This is why Maduro's regime cannot be ignored or “managed.” The threat isn't local — it's global. War/Peace https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1995724042285056018?s=20  that was left in unsecured parking lot in an industrial area near Burg in Saxony-Anhalt, according to the German Ministry of Defense. https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1996226688363979160?s=20   the beginning of the war for fossil fuels. Now we’re down to €1.5 billion per month…we aim to bring it down to ZERO.” “This is a good day for Europe and for our independence from Russian fossil fuels — this is how we make Europe resilient.”    “The European Union agreed on Wednesday to phase out Russian gas imports by late 2027 as part of an effort to end the bloc’s decade-long dependency on Russian energy.” – Reuters https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1996207752134488284?s=20 https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1996197728167043438?s=20   text does not address our concerns.” Meaning: No legal cover, no political suicide. The plan was simple on paper – use immobilized Russian funds as collateral for loans to keep Ukraine afloat. But Belgium is the custodian of the largest chunk of those assets. If something goes wrong, they're the ones holding the radioactive bag. This isn't some bureaucratic squabble. It's the EU's financing strategy cracking in real time. Prévot's pushback signals the core fear: If Europe touches Russian state money without watertight legal armor, Moscow retaliates – economically, diplomatically, and possibly through countersanctions on European firms. And here's the thing: the Commission thought it had majority backing. Belgium saying “nope” on the morning of rollout is a political body-slam. Happening next? The EU will scramble to rewrite the legal plumbing. Germany and France will pressure Belgium quietly – nobody wants to admit the plan is wobbling. Russia will weaponize the hesitation as proof the West can't agree on how to bankroll Ukraine. And Kyiv? Still waiting for the money that was supposed to be “already there.” Another example of Europe discovering that seizing assets is easy. Using them? That's where the real war begins.    Ursula von der Leyen did not state that she received “permission” from the US to seize Russian assets. In a recent appearance at the GLOBSEC forum, she said that she informed the incoming Trump administration (specifically mentioning a conversation with Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent) about the EU’s proposal to use frozen Russian assets as collateral for a “reparations loan” to Ukraine, and that “it was positively received.” https://twitter.com/briefing_block_/status/1996241939931201801?s=20 https://twitter.com/Dubinsky_pro/status/1996242036417028176?s=20  regime. Now the system is falling apart. Yermak is out. The crackdown is collapsing. Ukraine must release all political prisoners. I call on everyone involved in peace talks to demand this from Zelensky. These people committed no crimes. They were jailed for their faith, political views and demanding peace. Zelensky built a dictatorship – and filled prisons with dissent. I know what I'm talking about: I spent 24 months behind bars under this system. https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1996231792752287822?s=20  to Brussels to meet Zelensky, the team returned to Washington. No official reason was given, but the message is clear: there's no deal, yet. Putin's warning didn't help. He said Russia is “ready” for war in Europe and claimed any future conflict would be so fierce that “nobody will be left to negotiate with.” This setback casts doubt on whether a negotiated end to the war is possible anytime soon. It also suggests Kyiv isn't ready to engage on Moscow's terms. What's next: Watch for how Ukraine positions itself diplomatically in the coming weeks, and whether Trump's team will try again with a revised proposal. https://twitter.com/MJTruthUltra/status/1996059724173754525?s=20   situation may quickly arise where there is no one left for us to negotiate with” https://twitter.com/Panchenko_X/status/1996192741508645286?s=20  been given the black mark and is seen globally as corrupt. Many Ukrainian politicians are already quietly fleeing to Moscow in an attempt to negotiate. They hope that the Russians and Americans will come and shower everyone with money for the elections. It won’t happen that way. According to my information, the US and Russia are already discussing possible candidates for the position of President. I cannot make the names public. https://twitter.com/TimOnPoint/status/1995949121929138184?s=20   targets is the rule, not the exception. The physical status of possible survivors is not part of the consideration with stand-off weapons. This has been the norm under both Republican and Democrat administrations since the first Hellfire was mounted on a Predator years ago. Anyone who tells you otherwise, is lying or ignorant. The method is ugly, no doubt about it, but there's nothing new here except politics. https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/1996006625333727410?s=20 Medical/False Flags https://twitter.com/JoeLang51440671/status/1996048243516456967?s=20 Man in TSA Sues Feds for Not Allowing Him to “Pat Down” Women   A man who says he is a woman is suing the federal government over restrictions in his job at the Transportation Security Administration that do not allow him to “pat down” female travelers. That restriction followed an executive order from President Donald Trump against recognizing transgenderism claims in the federal government. The claim being made by Mittereder is that the policy violates federal civil rights law. According to the report on the recently filed lawsuit, Mittereder began working at the TSA in 2024 and now is stationed at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. He claims because he is not allowed to pat down women, his job prospects are being hurt. Source:  thelibertydaily.com  [DS] Agenda https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1996069477197451483?s=20   questioning people (McCord, Wolfe, Jones, Warner and various staff), not merely discussing them. Rather than talk about what XXX is doing, or what motivates XXX, they would simply be going to XXX asking questions (on/off camera) and then reporting on what XXX responds with. Instead, what we are getting is a screenplay, that the ‘journalists’ (battle for influence) sell through various platforms. From here on out when I see it, I will draw attention to it. After a few examples it will become obvious. https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/1996183770790048092?s=20  1, 2025, Maxine's California residence remains in default with a redemption amount still due totaling $21,302.95, despite her recent payment of $19,033.94 on August 13, 2025. Maxine also is incurring a monthly penalty of $301.45. Maxine is not competent to serve as the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee when she cannot even keep her own house in order. https://twitter.com/SBA_Kelly/status/1995846331202457607?s=20   executives implicated in these schemes. Despite Governor Walz's best efforts to obstruct, SBA continues to work to expose abuse and hold perpetrators accountable, full stop. https://twitter.com/GOPoversight/status/1996237594514915451?s=20 https://twitter.com/TonySeruga/status/1996226960393957435?s=20 https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1995957774510162165?s=20 https://twitter.com/almostjingo/status/1996051371251155359?s=20 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1996222235783401610?s=20 So all of these people were installed. https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1996195848087384084?s=20 https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1995934359569007036?s=20 President Trump's Plan https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1996218048458490302?s=20   imminent threat to the world and to the broader West, but especially the United States who they identify as the chief source of evil on the planet.” https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1996213829802307948?s=20  that received benefits more than twice – multiple people received benefits in 6 states – In February, for the first time ever, the Federal Government asked for alls rates to turn over their data to root out the fraud. —— 29 Red states said yes —— 21 Blue states said no “So as of next week, we have begun and will begin to stop moving federal funds into those states until they comply. California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington https://twitter.com/MediasLies/status/1996279507079008317?s=20   states already share the data with zero privacy disasters. – USDA's own audits show $10–15 billion a year in improper payments and fraud. – The “court order” she keeps citing is a preliminary injunction, not a final ruling. Refusing basic federal oversight of a fully federally funded program isn't about privacy. It's about protecting bloated rolls and hiding waste. BREAKING: In Stunning Development, President Trump Issues Full and Unconditional Pardon to Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar  Biden's DOJ charged Cuellar, a nine-term Democrat Texas lawmaker who represents an area along the US-Mexico border, after he lashed out at both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for allowing illegal aliens to pour over the border.    the TRUTH. It is unAmerican and, as I previously stated, the Radical Left Democrats are a complete and total threat to Democracy! They will attack, rob, lie, cheat, destroy, and decimate anyone who dares to oppose their Far Left Agenda, an Agenda that, if left unchecked, will obliterate our magnificent Country. Because of these facts, and others, I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don't know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over! Source: thegatewaypundit.com https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1996053923820351745?s=20  despite recent disagreements: Senator Paul: “I know we have been at odds recently but in ur first term you signed an executive order to legalize Association Health Plans (that allow individuals to buy collectively health insurance via Costco, Amazon, or Sam’s Club). This collaboration brought us together and still holds the promise of lowering insurance premiums.” Paul noted the plan failed because Democrat AGs fought it in court, but it could now pass through Congress. Here’s why this matters: the current system forces individuals to buy insurance alone, giving them zero bargaining power against massive insurance companies. Association Health Plans let people band together through retailers or organizations to negotiate as a group, the same way large corporations do for their employees. More buyers in a pool means more leverage. More leverage means lower premiums. It costs nothing to implement and simply changes labor law. Competition works. Let Americans shop for insurance the same way they shop for everything else. https://twitter.com/EliseStefanik/status/1995856738994565416?s=20  Raskin against Trump Republicans to block this provision to protect the deep state. This is an easy one. This bill is DOA unless this provision gets added in as it was passed out of committee https://twitter.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1996205447917781326?s=20 -The Director and I made a long series of important personnel changes. The new leadership team has produced dramatic results which we will produce for you, in detail, as the year wraps up. They will include a historic drop in the homicide rate, along with record disruptions, arrests and drug interdictions. Many of these personnel changes have upset a group of Comey-Wray era disgruntled former agents who prefer the old ways of operating. We are not going back -We have been working on an AI project to assist our investigators and analysts in the national security space. I received an update yesterday and I am happy to report that the product looks promising. More coming on this. – We are in the end stages of a redesign of the FBI crisis management process. The redesign is intended to make information more accessible and transparent in a crisis to enable quick and effective decision making. The project should be complete by the end of the calendar year. -We saved the taxpayers billions of dollars by scrapping the plan for an expensive new FBI headquarters building. We will be moving to the existing Reagan building after decades of fruitless haggling as the current FBI headquarters building crumbles. -We relocated over a thousand headquarters based personnel out of the Washington DC area and into the field to focus on violent crime, crimes against children, and terrorism. Those agents are now working on the mission in those regional offices. -In recognition of the growing threat, and in conjunction with the President's Executive Order, we designed, launched and completed the FBI's first-ever counter-drone school last month. Special thanks to Sebastian Gorka and DDCOS Regan for their help on the project. -The work force apprehended 4 of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives, and we are hunting down the rest. -We produced unprecedented disclosures, and took action on documents related to January 6, Crossfire Hurricane, Arctic Frost, and more. -The new leadership team, and the work force, made a series of ANTIFA related arrests in multiple states and assisted in record numbers of deportations and apprehensions. -Some of the culture changes we implemented include eliminating DEI, reforming the physical fitness test, making promotions contingent on real world results, severing ties with the SPLC and ADL, and implementing a new training curriculum to reflect current mission requirements. We dedicated significant personnel and financial assets to streamlining FOIA reform to ensure responsiveness. -We shut down multiple open air drug markets nationwide and, in conjunction with the White House, had 12 fentanyl precursors from China listed. -We created CIO and CTO positions to work with the CFO to find efficiencies and implement new technologies to assist in our mission. We conduct bi-weekly meetings and we have found and eliminated tens of millions of dollars in duplicative contracts, unnecessary real estate, and outdated technology. These are real savings to the taxpayer and each budget dollar allocated is intensely scrutinized for value. -We vastly expanded the overseas biometrics program to stop bad actors before they board a plane or vessel to the US. This gives us the ability to expand the border outwards and prevent the problems from coming here. -We are in the end stages of a reform project on our intelligence analysis positions to make them more responsive to current mission needs. We have been working with the field on this and we're happy with the progress. -We implemented a technology working group to ensure our technology tools evolve with the mission. Thank you, and God bless America and all those who defend Her.  https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1995992366553981026?s=20 (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs");

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    Super Prompt: Generative AI w/ Tony Wan
    AI Agents at Work: Scaffold Required

    Super Prompt: Generative AI w/ Tony Wan

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 39:59


    We review four clips from the Dwarkesh Patel Podcast with Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO. I highly recommend Dwarkesh's show—technical & nerdy, but excellent.Satya talks about scaffolding—the software wrapped around AI models to make them actually work.So we speak with someone building that scaffolding: Neil McKechnie runs two AI-first startups as a CTO. He discusses how he orchestrates up to twelve different language models—GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, Cohere, Perplexity. We discuss what it actually takes to build production systems with LLMs today—and what that reveals about the agent future we're being pitched.Dwarkesh's Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/@DwarkeshPatelTo stay in touch, sign up for our newsletter at https://www.superprompt.fm

    Nerd Best Friends
    Episode 85 - 2025 Nerd Goals Check-In

    Nerd Best Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 65:47


    This week, Analese, Rob, and Dr. Intern Joan check in on their Nerd Goals for the year — the wins, the works-in-progress, and the “oh wow, we definitely forgot that was even on the list.” Analese doubled down on reading and Rob focused on becoming C3TO (or, a CTO, to be sure). In this episode, Analese, Rob, and Dr. Intern Joan:Review their 2025 Nerd Goals (with honesty and chaos)Celebrate the little victories and the big onesShare what they're excited to tackle nextAdmit which goals have been… temporarily benchedEncourage YOU to jump back into your own nerdy passionsWhether you're crushing your goals or riding the procrastination dragon, you're in good company.Also in this episode: becoming a WNBA Inaugural season ticket holder, Nerd Stores in California's state capital, and insane endings to football games.Join the Nerd Herd, hit play, and let's level up those nerd goals together!Don't forget to rate, review, and share the podcast — it helps our little nerdy universe grow! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Scrappy ABM
    Don't Get Blacklisted by the C-Suite: Start Small and Come with Value (with Yadin Porter de León from Heroku) | Ep. 230

    Scrappy ABM

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 25:03


    Scrappy ABM brings together host Mason Cosby and Yadin Porter de León, Director of Customer Stories and thought leadership over at Heroku, which is a part of Salesforce, to talk about going straight to the top of your target accounts without getting blacklisted.ㅤInstead of getting stuck in email blasts and third-party events that promise “rubbing elbows” with executives, Yadin shares a high-level framework that starts small with relationships your own C-suite already has, then builds proof points through web stories, webinars, podcasts, and thought leadership videos. The conversation walks through going top down from your CEO and bottoms up from directors and senior managers, doing the hard “eat your vegetables” work of segmentation, and mapping LinkedIn so you make it easy for leaders to say yes.ㅤThrough stories from Angel Med Flight, JetBlue, GE Healthcare, NASA Jet Propulsion Labs, Wells Fargo, Michael Dell, and a seven-figure deal, Mason and Yadin show how time and trust, podcasts, and truly helping individuals with their own goals can turn a focused ABM program into a powerful path to the C-suite.ㅤ

    EChannelNews Podcast
    AppDirect's Marketplace AI Vision for 2026

    EChannelNews Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 26:35


    Send us a textGuest: Andy Sen, CTO, AppDirect, a leading multinational technology company that provides a B2B Subscription Commerce Platform and ecosystem.Andy talked about AppDirect's vision for becoming a leading marketplace for subscription commerce tailored for advisors, outlining the company's unique positioning compared to broader marketplaces. He shared insights from his extensive e-commerce background, particularly the transformative effects of mobile technology on consumer behavior. He also highlighted AppDirect's initiatives with AI, particularly through their platform devs.ai, which empowers teams across the organization to develop their own AI solutions, enhancing productivity and fostering innovation.Andy emphasized governance and compliance as crucial for responsible AI, exploring AI's potential to replace traditional ERP systems. Finally, he stressed the challenge of measuring AI productivity while asserting the irreplaceable value of human creativity.

    Kiosk Marketplace
    Why a loyalty program is a 'must have' for retailers

    Kiosk Marketplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 18:58


    In this episode of the CX Innovators podcast, Len Covello, CTO at Engage People, shares expert insights why no retailer today can get away without having a loyalty program and what a successful loyalty program should provide to shoppers.Consumers are participating in 17.4 loyalty programs on average, and program members want more ways to earn rewards and more ways to redeem rewards and more than half, 76%, want transactional rewards such as discounts and cashback options, according to an Antavo report, Global Customer Loyalty Report 2025.Yet despite growing consumer want and adoption there are year over year declines in overall satisfaction when it comes to loyalty programs.In the podcast, produced by Networld Media Group and sponsored by Engage People, Covello maps out what a successful loyalty program requires and how Engage People, a loyalty provider, offers with its solution. Engage People was recently recognized at the 2025 Finovate Awards, where our Access Plus platform won the award for "Best Consumer-Facing Payments Solution.

    Packet Pushers - Full Podcast Feed
    HS119: Securing 2026: How AI, Quantum, and the AI-Powered Browser are Driving Enterprise Defense (Sponsored)

    Packet Pushers - Full Podcast Feed

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 23:53


    Anand Oswal, Executive Vice President at Palo Alto Networks, joins Johna Johnson and John Burke for a wide-ranging exploration of two emerging focal points of enterprise risk: cryptographically relevant quantum computing, and browser-mediated agentic AI. The looming arrival of quantum computers that can break legacy encryption has already created the threat of “harvest now, decrypt... Read more »

    Cloud N Clear
    The doable future: making AI's biggest promises a reality in 2026 | Episode 208

    Cloud N Clear

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 28:05


    Join SADA's CTO, Miles Ward, and Associate CTO of AI & ML, Simon Margolis, for this special and final episode of the Cloud and Clear podcast. They share their biggest, most impactful predictions for 2026 and beyond, focusing on the massive shift required for businesses to get value from AI. Miles and Simon discuss how the conversation around AI investment is changing. Boards will no longer tolerate putting AI in the R&D bucket. The focus is shifting from "what's possible" to "what's profitable," demanding financial returns on a quarterly basis. In this insightful discussion, you will learn: The model choice: Why optimizing your model selection matters, noting that a model like Gemini Pro 2.5 can have output tokens that are 25 times more expensive than Gemini Flash. Service as software: The need to think of your business as a new startup, building "machinery to let you run service as if it's software." Democratization: How "anybody that knows their natural language is able to go and build some type of truly agentic system." The ability to build a prototype with a prompt is replacing lengthy Product Requirement Documents (PRDs). The luxury trap: Why reducing friction will become a required, contractually obligated expectation. This includes developing "user interfaces for an audience of one" to accommodate different customer cohorts. If you are a technology leader, cloud engineer, or executive looking to set your strategy for the next wave of transformation, this episode is packed with valuable knowledge. And even though this is the last Cloud and Clear, the journey continues with InsightON! Connect with SADA & InsightON: Check out all of our experts' 2026 predictions: https://sada.com/blog/2026-technology-trends/  InsightON: insight.com/InsightOn Host: Miles Ward, Chief Technology Officer, SADA, An Insight company Guest: Simon Margolis, Associate CTO of AI & ML, SADA, An Insight company  

    Coffee and Open Source
    Jeff Williams

    Coffee and Open Source

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 61:52


    Jeff Williams is the Co-Founder and CTO of Contrast Security, where he leads innovation in runtime-based application security. A pioneer in modern AppSec and co-founder of OWASP, Jeff has spent more than two decades helping organizations understand and manage software risk through instrumentation, context, and continuous learning.You can find Jeff on the following sites:LinkedInXHere are some links provided by Jeff:Contrast SecurityContrast Security X PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTSpotifyApple PodcastsYouTube MusicAmazon MusicRSS FeedYou can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.comCoffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

    Life on Mars - El podcast de MarsBased
    "Si te gusta programar, NO seas CTO": La dura realidad del liderazgo técnico con Sergio Gago

    Life on Mars - El podcast de MarsBased

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 62:45


    "Si lo que realmente te apasiona es picar código y nerdear, no te hagas CTO". Con esta honestidad brutal nos recibe Sergio Gago, CTO de Cloudera y autor de "The CTO Toolbox", en un episodio diseñado para romper los idealismos de la carrera tecnológica. Sergio defiende que un líder debe tener "manos de constructor" , pero nos enfrenta a la gran paradoja del rol: para triunfar, debes soltar la reconfortante certeza del código y abrazar el caos de la gestión humana y la incertidumbre del negocio.Desde sus inicios como lo que él llama un "CTO Mickey Mouse" en una startup de 3 personas hasta gestionar estrategias globales de Big Data e IA, Sergio disecciona las fases de madurez por las que pasarás, de gestionar tu casa a gobernar un país entero, y revela la verdad más incómoda de la transición: llega un día en que tu equipo deja de ser los ingenieros con los que te ibas de fiesta y pasa a ser la C-Suite, un grupo de ejecutivos que hablan un idioma financiero que probablemente necesites aprender a la fuerza (o con un MBA) para sobrevivir en la mesa de decisiones. Un viaje imprescindible sobre cómo superar el síndrome del impostor, evitar ser el cuello de botella de tu empresa y entender por qué, a veces, el éxito significa dejar de hacer lo que más te gustaba.Support the show

    GOTO - Today, Tomorrow and the Future
    Reliability Engineering Mindset • Alex Ewerlöf & Charity Majors

    GOTO - Today, Tomorrow and the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 27:10 Transcription Available


    This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.http://gotopia.tech/bookclubAlex Ewerlöf - Senior Staff Engineer at Volvo Cars & Author of "Reliability Engineering Mindset"Charity Majors - Co-Founder & CTO of honeycomb.io & Co-Author of "Observability Engineering"RESOURCESAlexhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexewerlof.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/alexewerlofhttps://www.alexewerlof.comCharityhttps://twitter.com/mipsytipsyhttps://linkedin.com/in/charity-majorshttps://charity.wtfhttps://www.honeycomb.io/blog/slos-are-the-api-for-your-engineering-teamDESCRIPTIONAlex Ewerlöf shares his journey from product engineering to reliability engineering and discusses the practical challenges of implementing Google's SRE practices in real-world companies.He emphasizes the significant gap between Google's idealized SRE approach — which he links to "a fantastic chef's recipe for Michelin-starred restaurants" — and the reality most companies face with limited resources and infrastructure. The discussion covers key topics including the evolution from traditional operations to where engineers own their code in production, the critical importance of choosing SLIs that align with business impact, and how SLOs help set expectations and help the service consumers prepare non-functional requirements.Alex coined the law of 10x per 9 highlighting that reliability isn't free and requires careful cost-benefit analysis.RECOMMENDED BOOKSAlex Ewerlöf • Reliability Engineering Mindset • https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/remC. Majors, L. Fong-Jones & G. Miranda • Observability Eng. • https://amzn.to/38scbmaC. Majors & L. Campbell • Database Reliability Eng. • https://amzn.to/3ujybdSAlex Hidalgo • Implementing Service Level Objectives • https://amzn.to/4pbWJxwBrian Klaas • Fluke • https://amzn.to/41V1CkoSimler & Hanson • The Elephant in the BrPsst! The Folium Diary has something it wants to tell you - please come a little closer...YOU can change the world - you do it every day. Let's change it for the better, together.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyBlueskyTwitterInstagramLinkedInFacebookCHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUSJoin this channel to get early access to videos & other perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/joinLooking for a unique learning experience?Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.techSUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

    My First Million
    Weird ways Ben Horowitz makes Founders more confident

    My First Million

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 72:32


    Steal Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/ohv Episode 770: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Ben Horowitz ( https://x.com/bhorowitz ) about the Tupac murder, how to be a great leader, and the best opportunities for young people.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (5:36) Why most leadership books don't work (9:25) What to do when your CTO is an asshole (17:54) What makes Zuck a great CEO (27:09) #1 reason why founders fail as CEOs (33:10) Startups solving America's problems (39:19) Opportunities for young people (44:25) Culture rules with shock value (55:25) Jeff Bezos' new startup (57:00) Ben's uncommon traits (1:00:13) Wisdom accelerators (1:03:24) Paid in Full — Links: • High Output Management - https://tinyurl.com/yejpnfs8  • The Motive - https://tinyurl.com/2ba2p52m  • a16z - https://a16z.com/  • KoBold Metals - https://koboldmetals.com/  • Flock Safety - https://www.flocksafety.com/  • Paid In Full - https://paidinfullfoundation.org/  — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam's List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //

    Modern CTO with Joel Beasley
    How AI Agents Are Redefining Customer Experience with Adrian McDermott, CTO at Zendesk

    Modern CTO with Joel Beasley

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 59:00


    When will customer service be run entirely by bots? Today, we're talking to Adrian McDermott, CTO at Zendesk, about how AI agents are transforming customer experience. We discuss why automation drives escalation instead of elimination, how Zendesk is moving from seat-based to outcome-based pricing with their resolution platform, and why the future of leadership requires being more like a slot machine than a vending machine. Thank you to Digital Ocean for sponsoring this episode. For simple cloud and powerful AI that's built to scale, check out Digital Ocean here. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!  To get learn more about Zendesk, check out their website here.

    Open Source Security Podcast
    TARmageddon with Alex Zenla

    Open Source Security Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 42:39


    Josh discusses the TARmageddon vulnerability with Alex Zenla, CTO of Edera. In this episode, we explore the discovery of the TARmageddon vulnerability. It's especially interesting because it's Rust, but also involves multiple end of life crates. Alex shares the story of how Edera managed to figure all this out (it was not simple). Hard problems are still hard, but there's a lot of lessons in this one. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at https://opensourcesecurity.io/2025/2025-12-tarmageddon-alex/

    Hustleshare
    Pam Belen - The Hustle Behind Umpisa

    Hustleshare

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 94:56


    This week on Hustleshare, Ron Baetiong sits down with Pam Belen, Founder and CEO of Umpisa, to unpack how a CPA-turned-tech-founder is on a mission to make the Philippines recognized globally as a tech hub. Pam shares her journey from accountancy to winning a startup weekend in San Francisco, the fundamentals that keep Umpisa profitable and sustainable, and why Filipino founders need to stop putting bamboo ceilings on themselves.Ep Timeline:00:03:07 – Pam's hustle: leveling up the Philippines as a global tech hub00:10:13 – Origin story: from Alaminos, Laguna to leadership roles early on00:16:18 – The skills that matter: treating people with respect, optimism, and sports discipline00:21:27 – Why accountancy fundamentals are critical for every founder00:30:41 – The pivot: from Big 4 accounting to Winston Damarillo's startup world00:38:42 – Why Filipino founders must work in high-growth startups first before going all in00:48:05 – The trigger to take the leap of starting her own company00:56:38 – Finding the right co-founder: Dennis, the CTO who worked with Pam for 2 years first01:02:54 – How Umpisa grew methodically: revenues, cashflow, execution, and the right people01:10:14 – Growing and evolving as a leader and as an organization01:22:31 – Mentors who shaped Pam's entrepreneurial journey, in and out of Endeavor's Scale Up01:29:04 – How to achieve Umpisa's ultimate goal"If you're going to have a co-founder, you have to make sure that you've worked with the person. At least give it a year, maybe two years. Because you won't know how the person deals with pressure unless you've been through it together." — Pam BelenResources:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pambelen/Website: https://umpisa.coEmail: pam@umpisa.coLinks/Sponsors:OneCFO: https://www.onecfoph.co/PLDT Enterprise: https://pldtenterprise.comHustleshare is powered by PodmachineDiamond Supporters: Sarisuki, PayMongo, SeekCap, Shoppable Business, Qapita, GoTyme Bank, Sprout Solutions, UNO Digital Bank Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Tech Lead Journal
    #241 - Your Code as a Crime Scene: The Psychology Behind Software Quality - Adam Tornhill

    Tech Lead Journal

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 61:51


    (04:00) Brought to you by UnleashUnleash is a private, flexible, and scalable feature flag system that lets teams decouple deployments from releases. It reduces the risk of shipping new features and gives organizations real-time control over what reaches production. And as AI accelerates development, Unleash helps engineering teams move fast and stay stable with safe rollouts and instant kill switches. Start a free trial of Unleash at ⁠getunleash.io/pricing⁠.Why do so many software projects still fail despite modern tools? The answer often lies in the psychology of the team, not the technology stack.Software development is often viewed purely as a technical challenge, yet many projects fail due to human factors and cognitive bottlenecks. In this episode, Adam Tornhill, CTO and Founder of CodeScene, shares his unique journey combining software engineering with psychology to solve these persistent industry problems. He explains the concept of “Your Code as a Crime Scene,” a method for using behavioral analysis to identify high-risk areas in a codebase that static analysis tools often miss.Adam covers the tangible business impact of code health, specifically how it drives predictability and development speed. He explains why 1-2% of our codebase accounts for up to 70% of our development work, and how focusing on these hotspots can make our team 2x faster and 10x more predictable. Adam also provides a critical reality check on the rise of AI in coding, exploring whether it will help reduce technical debt or accelerate it, and offers strategies for maintaining quality in an AI-assisted future.Key topics discussed:Combining psychology and software engineeringWhy predictability matters more than speedTreating your codebase as a crime sceneBehavioral analysis vs. static analysisThe hidden danger of the “Bus Factor”Will AI help or hurt code quality?Why healthy code helps both humans and AIEssential guardrails for AI-generated codeTimestamps:(00:00) Trailer & Intro(01:29) Career Turning Point: From Developer to Psychologist(02:36) Combining Psychology and Software Engineering(04:00) Why Engineering Leaders Need Psychology Knowledge(05:46) The Root Cause of Failing Software Projects(07:43) Why Code Abstractness Makes Quality Hard to Measure(09:29) Aligning Code Quality with Business Outcomes(11:37) Code Health: 2x Speed, 10x Predictability(12:58) Why Predictability is Undervalued in Software(19:53) Introducing “Your Code as a Crime Scene”(21:57) Behavioral Code Analysis: Hotspot Analysis vs Static Code Analysis(24:06) Behavioral Code Analysis: Understanding Change Coupling(26:30) Dealing with God Classes(29:40) Behavioral Code Analysis: The Social Side of Code(31:33) Why Developers Aren't Interchangeable(33:14) Introduction to CodeScene(36:48) Will AI Help or Hurt Code Quality?(39:14) Essential Guardrails for AI-Generated Code(42:06) Using CodeScene to Maintain Quality in the AI Era(43:06) How AI Accelerates Technical Debt at Scale(45:54) Why AI-Friendly Code is Human-Friendly Code(48:32) Documentation: Capturing the “Why” for Humans and AI(50:42) The Reality Check: Future of Software Development with AI(52:41) 3 Tech Lead Wisdom_____Adam Tornhill's BioAdam Tornhill is the founder and CTO of CodeScene and the best-selling author of Your Code as a Crime Scene. Combining degrees in engineering and psychology, Adam helps companies optimize software quality using AI-driven methodologies. He is an international keynote speaker and researcher who enjoys retro computing and martial arts in his spare time.Follow Adam:LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/adam-tornhill-71759b48CodeScene – codescene.com Your Code as a Crime Scene – pragprog.com/titles/atcrime2/your-code-as-a-crime-scene-second-editionLike this episode?Show notes & transcript: techleadjournal.dev/episodes/241.Follow @techleadjournal on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.Buy me a coffee or become a patron.

    The Connectivity Podcast
    EP61: Trends and challenges in optical networking

    The Connectivity Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 21:59


    How has optical networking evolved over the past 25 years – and what's next? In this episode, Kent Lidström, CTO at Smartoptics, joins Mattias Fridström to explore:The biggest shifts in optical networking and what still needs to changeOpenness and disaggregation in the telecom industryShannon's limitHow mergers and acquisitions are reshaping the industryWhy enterprises are moving toward simpler services like “raw bandwidth”Encryption-based and physical security Strategies for managing component shortages through dual sourcingIf you're curious about the past, present, and future of optical networking, this conversation is packed with insights.

    Startup Inside Stories
    Probé la IA médica de Ovianta… y funciona MEJOR que un Humano

    Startup Inside Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 25:31


    En este episodio de Inside The Fund nos adentramos en la historia de Ovianta, una startup healthtech que está transformando la manera en que clínicas y hospitales gestionan su día a día gracias a la inteligencia artificial. Visitamos a Álex y Rubén en su nueva oficina, aún con cajas por abrir, para entender cómo han pasado de ser solo dos founders a un equipo en pleno crecimiento, cómo levantaron 540.000 euros en tiempo récord y por qué decidimos invertir en ellos desde Itnig.La historia de Ovianta empieza de una forma poco habitual: con un oyente del podcast que llevaba 15 años queriendo emprender. Álex, tras toda una vida en el sector salud, se dio cuenta de que la ola de la IA no era una moda pasajera, y que allí había una oportunidad real para mejorar la experiencia de los pacientes y liberar tiempo al personal sanitario. Su búsqueda de un cofundador lo llevó hasta Rubén, ex CTO de Playtomic, con quien conectó de inmediato y decidieron construir algo grande juntos.Durante el episodio descubrimos cómo han evolucionado desde aquellas primeras ideas hasta su producto actual: una plataforma de agentes de voz capaz de gestionar llamadas, confirmar citas, hacer seguimiento de pacientes e incluso resolver dudas logísticas con un nivel de naturalidad sorprendente. Probamos una demo real, sin guion, en la que la IA llama, pregunta por la evolución tras una operación, interpreta síntomas y agenda una visita médica en segundos. Todo completamente automatizado y cumpliendo con los estrictos requisitos de privacidad y gestión de datos del ámbito sanitario.Hablamos también de su go-to-market, de cómo venden a clínicas de distintos tamaños, de la complejidad de integrarse con docenas de softwares médicos, del onboarding clínico, de las alucinaciones en modelos de lenguaje y de cómo su equipo combina ingeniería, medicina y producto para construir una herramienta fiable en un sector donde no hay margen de error. No pretenden sustituir a nadie: quiere liberar al personal para que se enfoque en tareas de mayor valor y mejorar la experiencia del paciente desde la primera llamada.Si te interesa ver cómo se construye una startup de IA desde cero, cómo se escalan productos en sectores regulados o simplemente quieres descubrir por qué este equipo nos convenció para invertir, este episodio te va a encantar. No te pierdas su historia, su demo y todo lo que hay detrás de una de las startups healthtech más prometedoras del momento.Suscríbete para no perderte los próximos Inside The Fund, y recuerda que en el canal principal de Itnig encontrarás entrevistas en profundidad con founders y operadores que están construyendo el futuro de la tecnología y el emprendimiento.

    Backyard Conversations
    Google Pixel, say hello to AirDrop & Shoutout to making art with humans.

    Backyard Conversations

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 51:12


    Google say they've finally cracked their AirDrop headache. Seems a lot of their users have been clamoring for a way to share outside of Google and into the Apple walled garden. Their prayers may have been finally answered.PayStack is finally let go of their controversial co-founder and CTO, Ezra Olubi, after a series of old tweets resurfaced alongside recent allegations from an aggrieved ex. This won't be the last we hear of this, as Ezra has shared that his legal team will be looking into the termination.Apple in their annual holiday tradition have dropped a new ad promoting indie creation with filmmakers and puppeteers making a film with the iPhone 17 Pro. This ad is a stark departure away from what other large tech companies are doing with doubling down on AI replacing artists, or even Coca Cola's recent attempt at AI mega slop.Abductions of children in Nigeria seems to have stuck around after all these years. This has plagued the country and it has recently gotten some deserved global attention. We question what happens to the kidnappers after the children are rescued, and if there's enough government effort in bringing this to an end.Donald Trump in the news again this week like he always is, had decided to halt immigration from some third world countries. This came after the shooting of National Guard members, and an Afghan national was named suspect.Google's AI chips seem to be the talk of the town, and Meta and OpenAI want some of that action. How is NVIDIA reacting to this, in a world where they've been the poster boys for more AI, more compute?On theme with Google, their recent announcements of Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro have been turning heads, and rightfully so. They just need to figure out how to market their products as well as the competition to stay top of mind.Paystack fires co-founder Ezra Olubi amid sexual misconduct controversy - Techpoint.AfricaAndroid and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 family - Google BlogThe Making of The Apple Holiday Film - Greg Joswiak's TwitterTwenty-four Nigerian schoolgirls released over a week after abduction - BBCTrump pauses immigration from ‘Third World' countries: What that means - Al JazeeraHow Google Finally Leapfrogged Rivals With New Gemini Rollout - The Wall Street JournalNvidia plays down Google chip threat concerns - BBCConnect with us:@backyardconversations @iGbenga @TemiDavis @dpencilpusher

    WolfTalk: Podcast About Audio Programming (People, Careers, Learning)
    Audio and the C++ Standard with Timur Doumler | WolfTalk #031

    WolfTalk: Podcast About Audio Programming (People, Careers, Learning)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 80:28


    How do you become a C++ Standards Committee member?Why is C++ prevalent in audio?Should you still use it for audio software?Honestly, Timur Doumler is someone I have looked up to ever since I saw his “C++ in the audio industry” talk at CppCon 2015.He has a rich development history with C++ and/or audio:developer at Native Instrumentsdeveloper of the JUCE C++ framework (podcast sponsor ❤️)C++ linter developer and developer advocate at JetBrains (who make the CLion IDE)founder of Cradle, an audio plugin startupC++ Standards Committee memberCppCast podcast hostnotorious Audio Developer Conference and CppCon speakerI have probably missed a ton of stuff here, but that should already give you a flavor of what Timur is up to

    DataTalks.Club
    Qdrant 2025 Conference Interviews

    DataTalks.Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 51:59


    At Qdrant Conference, builders, researchers, and industry practitioners shared how vector search, retrieval infrastructure, and LLM-driven workflows are evolving across developer tooling, AI platforms, analytics teams, and modern search research.Andrey Vasnetsov (Qdrant) explained how Qdrant was born from the need to combine database-style querying with vector similarity search—something he first built during the COVID lockdowns. He highlighted how vector search has shifted from an ML specialty to a standard developer tool and why hosting an in-person conference matters for gathering honest, real-time feedback from the growing community.Slava Dubrov (HubSpot) described how his team uses Qdrant to power AI Signals, a platform for embeddings, similarity search, and contextual recommendations that support HubSpot's AI agents. He shared practical use cases like look-alike company search, reflected on evaluating agentic frameworks, and offered career advice for engineers moving toward technical leadership.Marina Ariamnova (SumUp) presented her internally built LLM analytics assistant that turns natural-language questions into SQL, executes queries, and returns clean summaries—cutting request times from days to minutes. She discussed balancing analytics and engineering work, learning through real projects, and how LLM tools help analysts scale routine workflows without replacing human expertise.Evgeniya (Jenny) Sukhodolskaya (Qdrant) discussed the multi-disciplinary nature of DevRel and her focus on retrieval research. She shared her work on sparse neural retrieval, relevance feedback, and hybrid search models that blend lexical precision with semantic understanding—contributing methods like Mini-COIL and shaping Qdrant's search quality roadmap through end-to-end experimentation and community education.SpeakersAndrey VasnetsovCo-founder & CTO of Qdrant, leading the engineering and platform vision behind a developer-focused vector database and vector-native infrastructure.Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrey-vasnetsov-75268897/Slava DubrovTechnical Lead at HubSpot working on AI Signals—embedding models, similarity search, and context systems for AI agents.Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/slavadubrov/Marina AriamnovaData Lead at SumUp, managing analytics and financial data workflows while prototyping LLM tools that automate routine analysis.Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-ariamnova/Evgeniya (Jenny) SukhodolskayaDeveloper Relations Engineer at Qdrant specializing in retrieval research, sparse neural methods, and educational ML content.Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evgeniya-sukhodolskaya/

    Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast
    AI Assisted Coding: Transactional AI Development - Commit, Validate, and Rollback With Sergey Sergyenko

    Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 41:03


    AI Assisted Coding: Treating AI Like a Junior Engineer - Onboarding Practices for AI Collaboration In this special episode, Sergey Sergyenko, CEO of Cybergizer, shares his practical framework for AI-assisted development built on transactional models, Git workflows, and architectural conventions. He explains why treating AI like a junior engineer, keeping commits atomic, and maintaining rollback strategies creates production-ready code rather than just prototypes. Vibecoding: An Automation Design Instrument "I would define Vibecoding as an automation design instrument. It's not a tool that can deliver end-to-end solution, but it's like a perfect set of helping hands for a person who knows what they need to do."   Sergey positions vibecoding clearly: it's not magic, it's an automation design tool. The person using it must know what they need to accomplish—AI provides the helping hands to execute that vision faster. This framing sets expectations appropriately: AI speeds up development significantly, but it's not a silver bullet that works without guidance. The more you practice vibecoding, the better you understand its boundaries. Sergey's definition places vibecoding in the evolution of development tools: from scaffolding to co-pilots to agentic coding to vibecoding. Each step increases automation, but the human architect remains essential for providing direction, context, and validation. Pair Programming with the Machine "If you treat AI as a junior engineer, it's very easy to adopt it. Ah, okay, maybe we just use the old traditions, how we onboard juniors to the team, and let AI follow this step."   One of Sergey's most practical insights is treating AI like a junior engineer joining your team. This mental model immediately clarifies roles and expectations. You wouldn't let a junior architect your system or write all your tests—so why let AI? Instead, apply existing onboarding practices: pair programming, code reviews, test-driven development, architectural guidance. This approach leverages Extreme Programming practices that have worked for decades. The junior engineer analogy helps teams understand that AI needs mentorship, clear requirements, and frequent validation. Just as you'd provide a junior with frameworks and conventions to follow, you constrain AI with established architectural patterns and framework conventions like Ruby on Rails. The Transactional Model: Atomic Commits and Rollback "When you're working with AI, the more atomic commits it delivers, more easy for you to kind of guide and navigate it through the process of development."   Sergey's transactional approach transforms how developers work with AI. Instead of iterating endlessly when something goes wrong, commit frequently with atomic changes, then rollback and restart if validation fails. Each commit should be small, independent, and complete—like a feature flag you can toggle. The commit message includes the prompt sequence used to generate the code and rollback instructions.  This approach makes the Git repository the context manager, not just the AI's memory. When you need to guide AI, you can reference specific commits and their context. This mirrors trunk-based development practices where teams commit directly to master with small, verified changes. The cost of rollback stays minimal because changes are atomic, making this strategy far more efficient than trying to fix broken implementations through iteration. Context Management: The Weak Point and the Solution "Managing context and keeping context is one of the weak points of today's coding agents, therefore we need to be very mindful in how we manage that context for the agent."   Context management challenges current AI coding tools—they forget, lose thread, or misinterpret requirements over long sessions. Sergey's solution is embedding context within the commit history itself. Each commit links back to the specific reasoning behind that code: why it was accepted, what iterations it took, and how to undo it if needed. This creates a persistent context trail that survives beyond individual AI sessions. When starting new features, developers can reference previous commits and their context to guide the AI. The transactional model doesn't just provide rollback capability—it creates institutional memory that makes AI progressively more effective as the codebase grows. TDD 2.0: Humans Write Tests, AI Writes Code "I would never allow AI to write the test. I would do it by myself. Still, it can write the code."   Sergey is adamant about roles: humans write tests, AI writes implementation code. This inverts traditional TDD slightly—instead of developers writing tests then code, they write tests and AI writes the code to pass them. Tests become executable requirements and prompts. This provides essential guardrails: AI can iterate on implementation until tests pass, but it can't redefine what "passing" means. The tests represent domain knowledge, business requirements, and validation criteria that only humans should control. Sergey envisions multi-agent systems where one agent writes code while another validates with tests, but critically, humans author the original test suite. This TDD 2.0 framework (a talk Sergey gave at the Global Agile Summit) creates a verification mechanism that prevents the biggest anti-pattern: coding without proper validation. The Two Cardinal Rules: Architecture and Verification "I would never allow AI to invent architecture. Writing AI agentic coding, Vibecoding, whatever coding—without proper verification and properly setting expectations of what you want to get as a result—that's the main mistake."   Sergey identifies two non-negotiables. First, never let AI invent architecture. Use framework conventions (Rails, etc.) to constrain AI's choices. Leverage existing code generators and scaffolding. Provide explicit architectural guidelines in planning steps. Store iteration-specific instructions where AI can reference them. The framework becomes the guardrails that prevent AI from making structural decisions it's not equipped to make. Second, always verify AI output. Even if you don't want to look at code, you must validate that it meets requirements. This might be through tests, manual review, or automated checks—but skipping verification is the fundamental mistake. These two rules—human-defined architecture and mandatory verification—separate successful AI-assisted development from technical debt generation. Prototype vs. Production: Two Different Workflows "When you pair as an architect or a really senior engineer who can implement it by himself, but just wants to save time, you do the pair programming with AI, and the AI kind of ships a draft, and rapid prototype."   Sergey distinguishes clearly between prototype and production development. For MVPs and rapid prototypes, a senior architect pairs with AI to create drafts quickly—this is where speed matters most. For production code, teams add more iterative testing and polishing after AI generates initial implementation. The key is being explicit about which mode you're in. The biggest anti-pattern is treating prototype code as production-ready without the necessary validation and hardening steps. When building production systems, Sergey applies the full transactional model: atomic commits, comprehensive tests, architectural constraints, and rollback strategies. For prototypes, speed takes priority, but the architectural knowledge still comes from humans, not AI. The Future: AI Literacy as Mandatory "Being a software engineer and trying to get a new job, it's gonna be a mandatory requirement for you to understand how to use AI for coding. So it's not enough to just be a good engineer."   Sergey sees AI-assisted coding literacy becoming as fundamental as Git proficiency. Future engineering jobs will require demonstrating effective AI collaboration, not just traditional coding skills. We're reaching good performance levels with AI models—now the challenge is learning to use them efficiently. This means frameworks and standardized patterns for AI-assisted development will emerge and consolidate. Approaches like AAID, SpecKit, and others represent early attempts to create these patterns. Sergey expects architectural patterns for AI-assisted development to standardize, similar to how design patterns emerged in object-oriented programming. The human remains the bottleneck—for domain knowledge, business requirements, and architectural guidance—but the implementation mechanics shift heavily toward AI collaboration. Resources for Practitioners "We are reaching a good performance level of AI models, and now we need to guide it to make it impactful. It's a great tool, now we need to understand how to make it impactful."   Sergey recommends Obie Fernandez's work on "Patterns of Application Development Using AI," particularly valuable for Ruby and Rails developers but applicable broadly. He references Andrey Karpathy's original vibecoding post and emphasizes Extreme Programming practices as foundational. The tools he uses—Cursor and Claude Code—support custom planning steps and context management. But more important than tools is the mindset: we have powerful AI capabilities now, and the focus must shift to efficient usage patterns. This means experimenting with workflows, documenting what works, and sharing patterns with the community. Sergey himself shares case studies on LinkedIn and travels extensively speaking about these approaches, contributing to the collective learning happening in real-time.   About Sergey Sergyenko   Sergey is the CEO of Cybergizer, a dynamic software development agency with offices in Vilnius, Lithuania. Specializing in MVPs with zero cash requirements, Cybergizer offers top-tier CTO services and startup teams. Their tech stack includes Ruby, Rails, Elixir, and ReactJS.   Sergey was also a featured speaker at the Global Agile Summit, and you can find his talk available in your membership area. If you are not a member don't worry, you can get the 1-month trial and watch the whole conference. You can cancel at any time.   You can link with Sergey Sergyenko on LinkedIn.

    Modern CTO with Joel Beasley
    Our Best Advice on Communication and Hiring Strategies with Mark Porter, CTO at dbt Labs

    Modern CTO with Joel Beasley

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 25:41


    This is some of the best advice we've ever heard on managing teams. Today, we're talking to Mark Porter, CTO at dbt Labs. We discuss why knowing your audience is the foundation of effective communication, how to create psychological safety for escalation without surprises, and why hiring remarkable talent requires unconventional tactics like asking for negative references and spending six hours with final candidates. Thank you to Digital Ocean for sponsoring this episode. For simple cloud and powerful AI that's built to scale, check out Digital Ocean here. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!  To get learn more about dbt Labs, check out their website here.

    alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders
    #132 - Clarity Over Tooling: Velocity & Building Teams Without Drama with Loïc Houssier // CTO @ Superhuman Mail

    alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 54:11 Transcription Available


    What drives execution velocity—better tools or better clarity? Loïc Houssier, CTO of Superhuman Mail (post-Grammarly acquisition), argues that most velocity problems stem from unclear team missions, not inadequate tooling. From steering DocuSign's French acquisition through complex carve-out negotiations to building Superhuman's offline-first architecture with a 100-millisecond interaction rule, Loïc shares hard-won lessons about engineering metrics that actually matter (PR per engineer per week trends over absolutes), when to resist microservices (until it's genuinely painful), and why promotion frameworks determine product quality. Technical leaders will learn how vertical team alignment eliminates dependencies, why guild structures maintain consistency without blocking speed, and how European safety nets create under-appreciated opportunities for technical risk-taking.

    Bitcoin Italia Podcast
    S07E43 - La vasca dei piragna

    Bitcoin Italia Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 78:49


    Un nuovo paper del Fondo Monetario Internazionale certifica il fallimento delle valute fiat dal 1971 ad oggi, dimostrando come i grandi deprezzamenti valutari nel mondo siano una caratteristica intrinseca di questa forma di moneta.Inoltre: anche il CTO di Samoura Wallet è stato condannato, primo audit di sicurezza per Bitcoin Core, JP Morgan chiude i conti a Jack Mallers e l'MSCI pensa di escludere Strategy dal proprio indice.It's showtime!

    The Data Exchange with Ben Lorica
    Building the Knowledge Layer Your Agents Need

    The Data Exchange with Ben Lorica

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 47:40


    This episode features Philip Rathle, CTO of Neo4j, discussing the real-world state of Graph RAG and its journey from prototype to production in enterprise AI systems. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter

    Black Hills Information Security
    Shai-Hulud malware leaks secrets on GitHub – 2025-17-24

    Black Hills Information Security

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 65:00


    ???? Register for FREE Infosec Webcasts, Anti-casts & Summits – https://poweredbybhis.com00:00 - PreShow Banter™ — Stressed about lithium batteries04:59 - Shai-Hulud malware leaks secrets on GitHub – BHIS - Talkin' Bout [infosec] News 2025-17-2405:57 - Story # 1: Shai-Hulud malware infects 500 npm packages, leaks secrets on GitHub11:19 - Story # 2: CrowdStrike catches insider feeding information to hackers15:50 - Story # 3: Fidelity sues Broadcom over access to key software to avoid outages22:17 - Story # 4: NetApp sues former CTO for alleged data breach26:49 - Story # 5: CrowdStrike Research: Security Flaws in DeepSeek-Generated Code Linked to Political Triggers36:05 - Story # 6: A major Cloudflare outage took down large parts of the internet - X, ChatGPT and more were affected, but all recovered now37:11 - Story # 6b: Cloudflare outage on November 18, 202541:43 - Story # 7: Iran-Linked Hackers Mapped Ship AIS Data Days Before Real-World Missile Strike Attempt46:35 - Story # 8: This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Antivirus Monitoring System51:10 - Story # 10: Microsoft to integrate Sysmon directly into Windows 11, Server 202556:41 - Story # 9: Crypto and Carcasses: Undercover Sting Recovers $700K in Bitcoin Miners, Foils $75K Frozen Turkey Heist

    Becker’s Healthcare Podcast
    Chris Carmody, SVP and CTO of UPMC

    Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 25:04


    In this episode, Chris Carmody, SVP and CTO of UPMC, discusses the health system's journey toward a single Epic instance, including the technological and organizational hurdles of wave one of the UPMC Bridges project. He shares lessons learned, how UPMC approaches integrating newly acquired sites, and what sets their large scale consolidation apart as they prepare for Wave Two.

    Hunters and Unicorns
    Meet our NEW Sponsor!

    Hunters and Unicorns

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 18:48


    In this episode, we talk to Jason Eubanks, CEO and Co-founder of Aurasell (our brand NEW Sponsor!), about his transition from a 20-year go-to-market operator to a builder and founder. Jason shares the exact moment he became obsessed with solving a major product problem, the complexity and low productivity caused by massive tool sprawl (over 20 products) and unintentional data silos in the go-to-market stack. He details the crucial steps of founding Aurasell: partnering with a complementary CTO, validating the huge market problem (estimating over $1 billion in services spend), and securing a significant seed round to build the world's first AI-native CRM platform focused on customer-problem-centric design.

    IFTTD - If This Then Dev
    #338.src - Evaluation de GenAI: Pourquoi l'évaluation de l'IA n'a rien d'automatique avec Louis Pinsard

    IFTTD - If This Then Dev

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 50:17


    "La solution à tout, pour moi, c'est une complémentarité de technologie. Mais pour ça, il faut comprendre les limites de chacune." Le D.E.V. de la semaine est Louis Pinsard, cofondateur et CTO chez Dialog. On plonge dans les coulisses de l'évaluation des modèles d'intelligence artificielle générative appliqués au e-commerce. Louis partage comment son équipe adapte tests A/B, datasets et observabilité pour améliorer les performances des assistants IA. Ils abordent la difficulté des tests unitaires face au non-déterminisme des LLM et la nécessité de nouvelles pratiques, notamment contre les hallucinations. Un échange pragmatique sur l'humain derrière la tech et l'importance de garder un esprit critique face à la hype GenAI.Chapitrages00:01:00 : Introduction à l'IA Générative00:01:30 : Présentation de Louis00:01:53 : Être AI First00:05:10 : Évaluation des Modèles00:09:09 : Outils d'Observabilité00:09:53 : Tests Unitaires en IA00:12:28 : Agents et Workflow00:17:55 : Évaluation des Réponses00:18:29 : Évaluation et Labellisation00:23:08 : Démarche de Recherche00:26:09 : L'Importance des ML Engineers00:28:45 : Conversion vs Qualité00:34:54 : Gestion des Hallucinations00:39:00 : Normes de Qualité00:43:34 : Humanisation des Réponses00:47:02 : Recommandations et Conclusion Liens évoqués pendant l'émission Thomas Walter : Comment j'ai codé 2 mois de features en 3 semaines 🎙️ Soutenez le podcast If This Then Dev ! 🎙️ Chaque contribution aide à maintenir et améliorer nos épisodes. Cliquez ici pour nous soutenir sur Tipeee 🙏Archives | Site | Boutique | TikTok | Discord | Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Youtube | Twitch | Job Board |Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

    Packet Pushers - Full Podcast Feed
    HS118: Bricking the Company – Discussing Existential Threats with Leadership

    Packet Pushers - Full Podcast Feed

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 35:05


    AI and other technologies are increasingly capable of delivering company-ending events. How do you  have “the conversation” with senior leadership–the one about the existential risks your organization faces, and the steps needed for remediation–in a way that ensures that your company is maximally protected, and that you get the resources you need? AdSpot Sponsor: Meter ... Read more »

    Healthy Mind, Healthy Life
    Is Burnout the Wake-Up Call Every Founder Ignores Until It Is Too Late? With Barry Luijbregts

    Healthy Mind, Healthy Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 22:59


    Entrepreneurship looks slick on LinkedIn. Real life is messy. In this Healthy Mind, Healthy Life episode we go into the trenches With Barry Luijbregts. The CTO who built a global SaaS from scratch while wrestling with burnout, emotional overload, and the hidden pressure of being a solo creator.This conversation cuts through the noise. We talk about sleep deterioration as the first red flag, why ignoring your body is the fastest road to collapse, the toxicity of people-pleasing in tech, and the hard shift from doing everything to finally letting go.Listeners get practical clarity on recovery, decision fatigue, healthy boundaries, and building something meaningful without losing yourself in the process. ABOUT THE GUEST   Barry Luijbregts is the creator and CTO of Podhome.fm, one of the most modern podcast hosting platforms engineered for speed, automation, and creator-first innovation. He built the platform from the ground up and now supports creators worldwide. His journey includes surviving a full burnout, rebuilding his life through lifestyle changes, and redefining what sustainable entrepreneurship looks like. KEY TAKEAWAYS  : • Burnout rarely arrives suddenly. It starts with subtle signals like poor sleep, emotional heaviness, and motivation disappearing• Ignoring your body is the fastest path to collapse. Founders often prioritize activity over awareness• Recovery requires changing your environment, your habits, and your willingness to say no• Food, sleep, and toxic load influence burnout as much as workload• Over-helping customers at all hours destroys mental capacity. Systems and support are essential• Your audience defines growth. Serving “everyone” slows traction• Technical leadership is easier when you enjoy the puzzle. Managing people is a different skill entirely• Parenting and mission keep life grounded. Entrepreneurship should serve your life, not consume it• Focus is the most underrated founder skill. Choose your lane or lose your energy• Worry less about the world you cannot change and more about the actions in your control CONNECT WITH THE GUEST  : LinkedInPlatform: https://podhome.fm/Podcast Player App: Available on iOS and Android YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Podhomefm WANT TO BE A GUEST ON HEALTHY MIND, HEALTHY LIFE   DM on PM via PodMatchDM here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik DISCLAIMER   This video is for educational and informational purposes only. The views expressed are the personal opinions of the guest and do not reflect the views of the host or Healthy Mind By Avik™️. We do not intend to harm, defame, or discredit any person, organization, brand, product, country, or profession mentioned. All third-party media remain the property of their respective owners and are used under fair use for informational purposes. By watching, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer. ABOUT HEALTHY MIND BY AVIK™️   Healthy Mind By Avik™️ is a global platform redefining mental health as a necessity. Born during the pandemic, it has become a sanctuary for healing and conscious living. Hosted by Avik Chakraborty, the platform now spans 4400 plus episodes and 168.4K plus listeners across powerful shows exploring mental health, spirituality, holistic healing, and trauma recovery.Subscribe and be part of this movement. CONTACT   Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™Email: join@healthymindbyavik.com | podcast@healthymindbyavik.comWebsite: www.healthymindbyavik.comBased in India and USA CHECK PODCAST SHOWS AND BE A GUEST   Listen to all 17 shows: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-network/healthymindbyavikBe a guest: https://www.healthymindbyavik.com/beaguestVideo testimonials: https://www.healthymindbyavik.com/testimonialsCommunity: https://nas.io/healthymindNewsletter: https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/ OUR SERVICES   Business Podcast Managementhttps://ourofferings.healthymindbyavik.com/corporatepodcasting/Individual Podcast Managementhttps://ourofferings.healthymindbyavik.com/Podcasting/Share Your Storyhttps://ourofferings.healthymindbyavik.com/shareyourstory STAY CONNECTED   Medium: https://medium.com/@contentbyavikYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@healthymindbyavikInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthyminds.pod/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcast.healthymindLinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/healthymindbyavikLinkedIn (Avik): https://www.linkedin.com/in/avikchakrabortypodcaster/Twitter: https://twitter.com/podhealthclubPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/Avikpodhealth/ SHARE YOUR REVIEW   Google Review: https://www.podpage.com/bizblend/reviews/new/Video Testimonial: https://famewall.healthymindbyavik.com/ Because every story matters and yours could be the one that lights the way.   #podmatch #healthymind #healthymindbyavik #wellness #HealthyMindByAvik #MentalHealthAwareness#comedypodcast #truecrimepodcast #historypodcast #startupspodcast #podcasthost #podcasttips#podcaststudio #podcastseries #podcastformentalhealth #podcastforentrepreneurs #podcastformoms#femalepodcasters #podcastcommunity #podcastgoals #podcastrecommendations #bestpodcast#podcastlovers #podcastersofinstagram #newpodcastalert #podcast #podcasting #podcastlife#podcasts #spotifypodcast #applepodcasts #podbean #podcastforspeakers #StorytellingAsMedicine#PodcastLife #PersonalDevelopment #ConsciousLiving #GrowthMindset #MindfulnessMatters#VoicesOfUnity #InspirationDaily #wellnesspodcast #healthpodcast #mentalhealthpodcast#wellbeing #selfcare #mentalhealth #mindfulness #healthandwellness #wellnessjourney#mentalhealthmatters #fyp #foryou #viral #trending #tiktok #tiktokviral #explore#inspiration #mindset #selflove #success  

    IoT For All Podcast
    What is Hybrid Connectivity for IoT? | Monogoto's Maor Efrati | Internet of Things Podcast

    IoT For All Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 18:45


    In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Maor Efrati, co-founder and CTO of Monogoto, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss hybrid connectivity in IoT. The conversation covers why hybrid connectivity matters, the evolving landscape of IoT connectivity, the importance of edge AI and LPWAN, the critical role of built-in security in IoT solutions, the need for market education to dispel misconceptions about IoT connectivity, the impact of SIM virtualization on device management, hybrid connectivity with GEO and LEO satellies, and the future of hybrid connectivity.Maor Efrati is the CTO and co-founder of Monogoto. With 25+ years of experience in cellular networks and internet platforms, Efrati has built an API-driven cellular infrastructure for enterprises, running IoT connectivity, private CBRS, and 5G use cases with an as-a-service approach. He has a deep technical knowledge of the entire cellular space including mobile and fixed operator networks, IT, billing architecture, and mobile application development.Monogoto is a self-service global software-defined connectivity cloud platform. Its API-driven Connectivity-as-a-Service enables secure IoT connectivity and Private 5G/LTE networks, with seamless interoperability between public and private and NTN Satellite infrastructure with optional value-added services ranging from AI-based anomaly detection to deep packet inspection and third party cloud integration.Discover more about IoT at https://www.iotforall.comFind IoT solutions: https://marketplace.iotforall.comMore about Monogoto: https://monogoto.ioConnect with Maor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maor-e-923b0615a/Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2NlcEwmJoin Our Newsletter: https://newsletter.iotforall.comFollow Us on Social: https://linktr.ee/iot4all

    Heavy Strategy
    HS118: Bricking the Company – Discussing Existential Threats with Leadership

    Heavy Strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 35:05


    AI and other technologies are increasingly capable of delivering company-ending events. How do you  have “the conversation” with senior leadership–the one about the existential risks your organization faces, and the steps needed for remediation–in a way that ensures that your company is maximally protected, and that you get the resources you need? AdSpot Sponsor: Meter ... Read more »

    The Builder Circle by Pratik: The Hardware Startup Success Podcast
    S3 E5: AI in Hardware: The Future of Design, Manufacturing, and Innovation with Kristen Edwards

    The Builder Circle by Pratik: The Hardware Startup Success Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 71:55


    Host Sera Evcimen welcomes Kristen Edwards, CTO and co-founder of Pensa Technologies and PhD candidate at MIT, for a deep dive into the intersection of artificial intelligence and hardware engineering. Kristen shares her expertise on AI-driven solutions for manufacturing, the challenges of integrating AI into engineering workflows, and the future of design and manufacturing.Key Topics Covered:Kristen's background: AI, engineering, and manufacturing research at MIT and Pensa Technologies.The evolving role of AI in engineering: from automating tedious tasks to enabling new forms of design iteration and optimization.Trust and explainability in AI: When to trust AI outputs, the importance of data governance, and the need for human oversight.Data privacy and security: Foundation models, federated learning, and inference-time techniques for protecting intellectual property.The gap between academic research and industry application: Real-world constraints, manufacturing realities, and the importance of context.Organizational and social challenges: Why successful AI adoption requires both technical and cultural change.Exciting AI tools and companies: From generative CAD to defect detection in manufacturing, including shoutouts to Onshape, 1000 Kelvin, and Bucket Robotics.White spaces and future opportunities: Design-manufacturing interfaces, spatial reasoning, and capturing engineering intuition.Lightning round: The future of engineering jobs, the irreplaceable value of human creativity and empathy, and the importance of adapting to new technologies.Actionable Takeaways:Track not just engineering decisions, but the reasoning behind them, this is key for effective AI integration.Data management is foundational: Know where your data lives, how it's labeled, and how it can be used to train or inform AI.Embrace AI as a “co-pilot” to augment, not replace, human expertise, especially for creative and high-consequence tasks.Be proactive about upskilling and adapting to new tools; engineers who leverage AI will have a competitive edge.The hardware world is full of opportunities for software talent, collaboration is needed to drive the next wave of innovation.Sponsors & Resources:Onshape: Cloud-native product development platform. Apply for the Onshape Startup Program at onshape.pro/thebuildercircle.Jiga: Direct access to vetted manufacturers for reliable hardware sourcing. Learn more at jiga.io.Companies mentioned: 1000 Kelvin (AI for metal additive manufacturing), Bucket Robotics (AI for defect detection), Auto PCB (automated PCB design), Monolith (AI for test data analysis).Connect & Learn More:Follow the show's Substack for hardware tools, frameworks, and tips.Reach out to thebuildercircle@pratikdev.com if you have problems or ideas there are innovators ready to help!Music by: Tom StokeDISCLAIMER "The Builder Circle” and “Pratik Development LLC” are independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by any other company. All views expressed are solely those of the guests. Content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, financial, or any professional advice. Listeners are responsible for their own decisions and should consult qualified professionals. By listening, you agree we are not liable for any outcomes.

    HomeKit Insider
    In Depth Talk with Philips Hue Founder & Head of Technology George Yianni

    HomeKit Insider

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 71:36


    In this episode of HomeKit Insider, host Andrew O'Hara welcomes George Yianni, the visionary founder and CTO of Signify, Philips Hue. Dive into the fascinating journey of Philips Hue, from its groundbreaking launch with Apple to its evolution into a leader in smart lighting. Discover the latest innovations, including the MotionAware technology and the new Hue Bridge Pro, and explore how Philips Hue continues to redefine the role of lighting in our homes. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or a smart home aficionado, this episode is packed with insights and inspiration. Tune in to learn how Philips Hue is lighting the way to a smarter future.Send us your HomeKit questions and recommendations with the hashtag homekitinsider. Tweet and follow our hosts at:@andrew_osu on Twitter@andrewohara941 on ThreadsEmail me hereSponsored by:Shopify: Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at: shopify.com/homekitIncogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Get 60% off an annual plan at https://incogni.com/homekit and use code HOMEKIT at checkout.CleanMyMac:  Get Tidy Today! Try 7 days free and use my code HOMEKIT for 20% off at clnmy.com/HOMEKITINSIDERHomeKit Insider YouTube ChannelSubscribe to the HomeKit Insider YouTube Channel and watch our episodes every week! Click here to subscribe.Links from the showShelly Flood Gen 4Avia Smart LockMeross Presence SensorPhilips HueThose interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: andrew@appleinsider.com

    The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
    20VC: Base44's Maor Shlomo on How Vibe Coding Will Kill SaaS and Salesforce | Why it is BS that Vibe Coding Platforms Do Not Have Defensibility and Bad Margins | Why He Worries About Google, Not Replit and Lovable | Why Long Anthropic, Not OpenAI?

    The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 71:43


    Maor Shlomo is the Founder and CEO of Base44, the AI building platform that Maor built from idea to $80M acquisition by Wix, in just 8 months. Today the company serves millions of users and will hit $50M ARR by the end of the year. Before Base44, Maor was the Co-Founder and CTO of Explorium. AGENDA: 00:05 – 00:10: How Vibe Coding is Going to Kill Salesforce and SaaS 00:13 – 00:15: Do Vibe Coding platforms have any defensibility? 00:22 – 00:24: I am not worried about Replit and Lovable, I am worried about Google… 00:28 – 00:29: Margins do not matter, the price of the models will go to zero 00:31 – 00:32: Speed to copy has never been lower; has the technical moat been eroded? 00:47 – 00:48: How does Base44 beat Cursor? 00:56 – 00:57: Do not pay attention to competition: focus on your business 00:57 – 00:58: How Base44 is helped, not hurt by not being in Silicon Valley? 00:58 – 00:59: What percent of code will be written by AI in 12 months? 01:01 – 01:02: OpenAI or Anthropic: Why Maor is Long Anthropic? 01:03 – 01:04: If I could have any board member in the world it would be Jack Dorsey      

    Packet Pushers - Full Podcast Feed
    Tech Bytes: How IBM SevOne Delivers App-Centric Network Observability (Sponsored)

    Packet Pushers - Full Podcast Feed

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 24:23


    A lot of network monitoring tools allow you to say, “It's not the network,” but a more useful tool would not only tell you that it's not the network, but also what the problem actually is. Today our guest is Brandon Hale, CTO at IBM SevOne. He is here to give us an overview of... Read more »

    Lenny's Podcast: Product | Growth | Career
    A guide to difficult conversations, building high-trust teams, and designing a life you love | Rachel Lockett

    Lenny's Podcast: Product | Growth | Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2025 105:19


    Rachel Lockett is a sought-after executive coach and former HR leader at Stripe and Pinterest who now works with CEOs, founders, and tech leaders on emotional intelligence, resilience, and leadership skills. In this episode, Rachel shares powerful frameworks for coaching reports, having difficult conversations, avoiding burnout, and strengthening co-founder relationships. She also demonstrates these techniques through a live coaching session with me.We discuss:* When to coach and when to just tell people what to do [09:00]* The GROW technique for helping people figure out a solution for themselves [18:37]* Techniques for making difficult conversations less difficult [01:20:28]* Avoiding burnout and designing a more energizing career [41:55]* Building and sustaining a healthy co-founder relationship [01:06:50]* Creating a one-page plan that aligns your entire company [01:31:47]* Practical ways AI is transforming executive coaching and leadership development [01:36:50]* Why you should ask, “Would I enthusiastically rehire this person?” to clarify talent decisions [23:55]Also on Spotify and Apple PodcastsBrought to you by:Stripe—Helping companies of all sizes grow revenueVanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security.Persona—A global leader in digital identity verificationWhere to find Rachel Lockett:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhlockett/• Website: https://www.lockettcoaching.comReferenced:• One-page plan template: https://www.lockettcoaching.com/#resources• Lockett Coaching Leadership Toolkit: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/s74a9cn1ka1ebz6pglypf/Leadership-Toolkit_-Coaching-Rachel-Lockett.pdf?rlkey=yg2m9df2ziwy0fa6p0dt4gcfu&st=dgzvnf76&dl=0• Renew Your Co-Founder Vows—and Other Tactics for Strengthening the Most Important Relationship in Your Startup: https://review.firstround.com/five-practices-to-strengthen-your-co-founder-relationship/• First Round Guide to Co-Founder Check-Ins: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yUosmfMuE-8-sAwPrEPDcGqkJLVLWg5dC2_8lcXm7U4/edit?tab=t.0• Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com• Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?: https://hbr.org/1999/11/management-time-whos-got-the-monkey• Chuck Palahniuk's quote from Fight Club: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1338270-people-don-t-listen-they-just-wait-for-their-turn-to• Patrick Collison on X: https://x.com/patrickc• Stripe: https://stripe.com• Remind: https://www.remind.com• Zach Abrams on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharyabrams• Brex: https://www.brex.com• Bridge: https://www.bridge.xyz• Superhuman's secret to success: Ignoring most customer feedback, manually onboarding every new user, obsessing over every detail, and positioning around a single attribute: speed | Rahul Vohra (CEO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/superhumans-secret-to-success-rahul-vohra• Zigging vs. zagging: How HubSpot built a $30B company | Dharmesh Shah (co-founder/CTO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/lessons-from-30-years-of-building• The Enneagram Institute: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com• How to build deeper, more robust relationships | Carole Robin (Stanford GSB professor, “Touchy Feely”): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/build-robust-relationships-carole-robin• How have I been complicit in creating the conditions I say I don't want? | Jerry Colonna (CEO of Reboot, executive coach, former VC): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/jerry-colonna• How Netflix builds a culture of excellence | Elizabeth Stone (CTO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-netflix-builds-a-culture-of-excellence• What Is PeopleFirst?: https://alpineinvestors.com/story/what-is-peoplefirst• How to break out of autopilot and create the life you want | Graham Weaver (Stanford GSB professor, founder of Alpine Investors): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-break-out-of-autopilot-graham-weaver• Granola: https://www.granola.ai• KPop Demon Hunters on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81498621• Loom: https://www.loom.com• Joseph Campbell's quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21396-if-you-can-see-your-path-laid-out-in-front• Wes Anderson's short films (Roald Dahl) on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/wes-anderson-netflix-short-filmsRecommended books:• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships: https://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Life-Changing-Relationships/dp/189200528X• The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success: https://www.amazon.com/15-Commitments-Conscious-Leadership-Sustainable/dp/0990976904• Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life: https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Your-Life-Well-Lived-Joyful/dp/1101875321• Roald Dahl books: https://www.amazon.com/Roald-Dahl-Collection-Books-Box/dp/0241377293Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed.My biggest takeaways from this conversation: To hear more, visit www.lennysnewsletter.com

    The CyberWire
    Satya Gupta: Rising to your contribution. [CTO] [Career Notes]

    The CyberWire

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2025 9:55


    Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Co-founder and CTO of Virsec, Satya Gupta shares his story of how he has over 25 years of expertise in embedded systems, network security and systems architecture. He also talks about how a colleague of his told him something that resinated with him, he said " that was really a remarkable statement that I heard from that person. You rise to the point where you can actually contribute." He also discusses how he got into the startup atmosphere and how different scenarios in his life helped to lead him to the successful man he has become in the cyber community. We thank Satya for sharing his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices