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The Hidden Risks of 100% AI-Generated Code — and How to Audit It
The Hidden Risks of 100% AI-Generated Code — and How to Audit It
About this podcast
Software and web development from the side that has to ship it and then live with it. Architecture decisions with a cost attached, scoping, technical debt, hiring and vendor selection, and the AI tooling question every engineering team is now answering whether they planned to or not.
Each episode takes one decision — rewrite or refactor, framework choice, build versus buy, how to scope a fixed-bid project honestly — and works through the tradeoffs, including the ones that only show up in year two. Written for engineering leads, technical founders and the people who fund them. Five or six minutes, no hand-waving.
Topics include rewrite versus refactor, build versus buy, scoping fixed-bid work honestly, technical debt you should keep, framework and platform choices, hiring and vendor selection, code review culture, and where AI tooling actually helps.
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Episodes
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- The Hidden Risks of 100% AI-Generated Code — and How to Audit It · 5 minAI-generated code is accelerating startup development, but the legal, security, and insurance risks of unaudited codebases are quietly compounding. This episode breaks down what…
- Using AI to Build a Customer Portal: The Dos and Don'ts That Actually Matter · 5 minAI can accelerate a customer portal build — or quietly introduce its most dangerous vulnerabilities. This episode breaks down exactly where AI assistance helps, where it…
- What Enterprise API Integration Actually Costs in 2026 · 6 minEnterprise API integration budgets almost always get revised upward — sometimes dramatically. This episode breaks down the real cost ranges by integration type, the five hidden…
- AI Agents in Production: Approvals, Audits, and RBAC Explained · 5 minDeploying AI agents is the easy part — governing what they do in production is where most teams come up short. This episode breaks down the three control-plane components every…
- Secure AI Agents for ERP, CRM, and Finance Systems · 5 minWhen AI agents stop just reading ERP and finance data and start posting to the general ledger or releasing payment files, the security stakes change completely. This episode…
- AI Has Killed White Label Web Development — What Survives · 5 minAI-powered website builders have gutted the economics of white label web development — but the death is selective. This episode maps exactly where the margin disappeared, where…
- Multi-Tenant SaaS: The Full Isolation Stack Beyond the Data Model · 5 minTrue multi-tenant SaaS isolation goes far beyond choosing a data model — this episode breaks down every layer of the stack, from token validation at the edge to per-tenant…
- Custom Banking Software in 2026: Core APIs, KYC, and Security Controls That Actually Matter · 5 minBuilding custom banking software in 2026 means getting three things right before anything else: the core banking engine, KYC/identity plumbing, and security controls that satisfy…
- AI Dev ROI: What the 2026 Data Actually Says About Real Savings · 5 minThe "30% faster" AI productivity claim looks compelling on paper — but 2025–2026 research from DORA, METR, McKinsey, and others tells a far more complicated story. This episode…
- Next.js + Shopify Headless eCommerce: Architecture, Tradeoffs, and What Most Teams Get Wrong · 6 minBuilding headless Shopify stores with Next.js is as much an integration problem as a frontend one — and most teams only figure that out after the damage is done. This episode…
- Why Custom AI Rollouts Are Moving In-House in 2026 · 6 minEnterprise AI strategy is shifting away from third-party APIs and SaaS vendors — and the reasons go far deeper than cost. This episode breaks down the economic, regulatory, and…
- How to Replatform Off a Low-Code MVP Without Rewriting Everything · 5 minYour low-code MVP got you to market — now it's slowing you down. This episode breaks down how to replatform off Bubble or Retool strategically, without freezing your roadmap or…
- RAG System Cost in Year One: Real Numbers Behind the Proposal · 5 minRAG system proposals routinely miss the variables that actually drive year-one cost. This episode breaks down every real line item — build, ingestion, vector storage, inference…
- What a Customer Portal Actually Costs to Build in 2026 · 5 minBuilding a customer portal in 2026 can cost anywhere from $40K to $400K — and both figures can be completely justified. This episode breaks down exactly which modules drive that…
- The Real Cost of a Dedicated Dev Team in 2026: A Full TCO Breakdown · 5 minForget rate cards — this episode breaks down what a dedicated dev team actually costs in 2026, from geographic pricing bands and seniority premiums to hidden TCO line items that…
- PostgreSQL Logical Replication: Multi-Region Architecture That Actually Works · 5 minPostgreSQL logical replication has matured into a genuine multi-region backbone — but only if you design around it deliberately. This episode breaks down the architecture, lag…
- C# Source Generators: Writing Less Code by Letting the Compiler Do More · 5 minC# source generators let the Roslyn compiler write your boilerplate for you — at compile time, with zero runtime cost. This episode breaks down how they work, why incremental…
- Multi-Tenant Postgres: Choosing the Right Isolation Model for Your SaaS · 5 minYour Postgres multi-tenancy model is one of the most consequential early decisions in a SaaS build — and one of the hardest to undo. This episode breaks down all three isolation…
- Why Vibe Coding Still Requires a Human Element · 5 minVibe coding's creative momentum is real — but momentum isn't the same as progress. This episode breaks down why human judgment, accountability, and team culture are the…
- Kotlin Flow vs. RxJava: Choosing the Right Reactive Stream · 5 minKotlin Flow and RxJava both tackle async data streams — but they make very different tradeoffs. This episode breaks down cold vs. hot streams, backpressure handling, operator…
