Old School / New Tech
by Ran Aroussi
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Talk: Your agent isn't stupid. It's blind.
Talk: Your agent isn't stupid. It's blind.
About this podcast
Old school thinking meets new tech — an unfiltered podcast, hosted by Ran Aroussi and a co-host you won’t see coming.
Live every episode. No production lag, no editing. Business, AI, tech, startup ideas, and whatever's worth talking about — through the lens of someone who's been building production systems for 35+ years
Episodes
- Talk: Your agent isn't stupid. It's blind. · 26 min · Season 2Own the knowledge, rent the thinking: building organizational memory for AI agents You can give an AI agent access to your company's wiki, Slack, CRM and project tracker, and it…
- E10: The Case for Resident AI in Enterprises · 32 min · Season 2The show returns after a month-long break to announce the launch of VarOps (varops.com) and introduces its premise via a short documentary about enterprises losing critical…
- E09: How to Talk AI Agents to Find Sneaky Production Bugs · 32 min · Season 2Host Ran Aroussi (Old School / New Tech) shares a recent “war story” from his agency Automaze: a hard-to-reproduce mobile bug where calls were sometimes dropped only on a…
- E08: Software Factories - Lights Out or Lights On? · 23 min · Season 2Why Software Factories Still Need Humans in the Loop Ran Aroussi discusses “software factories” as automated systems that manage the full software development and deployment…
- E07: Company-Scale Agentic AI · 28 min · Season 2Company-Scale Agentic AI: Why AI Isn’t Stupid, It’s Blind (and How to Fix It) In this episode of Old School / New Tech, Ran Aroussi explains what “company-scale agentic AI”…
- E06: How I Work: My Solo Dev Setup, Time Management, and Running two Companies · 26 min · Season 2How I Work: My Solo Dev Setup, Time Management, and Running two Companies A solo episode answering a question I keep getting asked: how do I get through it all? I walk through my…
- E05: Sessions - I built an Open-Source Secrets Tool Live (and OBS Died Halfway) · 1 h 29 min · Season 2Why can't we just commit our .env files?" A clip of that question showed up on my feed, and instead of tweeting about it, I sat down and built the answer - live, in one sitting…
- E04: AI adoption isn't something you buy · 27 min · Season 2Why AI Adoption Fails at the Human Layer (and How to Fix It) Muximus and Ran discuss why AI adoption in organizations often fails due to human and organizational factors rather…
- E03: The Cockroach of Interfaces · 22 min · Season 2Why the Terminal Never Dies: CLI Power, AI Agents, and Practical Guardrails In episode three of Old School New Tech, the hosts, Ran Aroussi and Muximus, argue that the terminal…
- E02: The New Org Chart: Embracing a System-Driven Model · 21 min · Season 2From Org Charts to Pods: Builders, Sellers, Operators, and AI Agents In episode two of Old School New Tech, Ran Aroussi and co-host Muximus debate shifting from traditional org…
- E01: AI and the Open Source Frontier (Live and Unedited) · 22 min · Season 2Old School New Tech Returns: Live Format, MUXI Agent Server, and Open Source Licensing Debate The host relaunches his podcast Old School New Tech in a live, no-edit format to…
- Agent Workflow is an Oxymoron · 10 min · Season 1The Contradiction of AI Agent Workflows: Why Your Systems Might Be Breaking The Agent Workflow Paradox In this episode of Old School New Tech, host Ran Aroussi explores the…
- The Illusion of Progress · 7 min · Season 1The Illusion of Progress: Avoiding the Faster Horses Trap in 2025 In this episode of Old School New Tech, host Ran Aroussi delves into the difference between real progress and…
- Bridging Traditional Business with AI and Decentralized Identity w/ Sumit Vekariya · 21 min · Season 1“Every business is different, but communication and networking are key. If you understand how they affect your business and apply the right tools to improve them, you’ll get the…
- Scaling Smart with No-Code Tools and AI w/Yuval Keshtcher · 26 min · Season 1In this episode of Old School New Tech, host Ran Aroussi interviews Yuval Keshtcher, the founder of UXWritingHub.com. Yuval shares his journey from a graphic designer to a…
- Kick-Off: Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Business and Modern Technology · 8 min · Season 1Old School New Tech: Bridging Traditional Business and Modern Technology In the inaugural episode of Old School New Tech, host Ran Aroussi, also known as 'Code Daddy,' introduces…
