Regular Expressions
by Ben Griswold and Noah Heldman
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AI-Native Product Development With Chris Haas
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Join Noah Heldman and Ben Griswold as they talk about technology consulting and life.
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- AI-Native Product Development With Chris Haas · 49 min · Episode 33For years, the golden rule of software development was to launch a "Minimum Viable Product" (MVP). This usually meant shipping something stripped down, unpolished, and barely…
- Anthropic Built Fable 5: AI Nobody Can Use · 28 min · Episode 32Anthropic recently launched its highly anticipated flagship model, Fable 5, boasting massive leaps in reasoning, agentic coding, and cybersecurity. But what should have been a…
- AI Is Eating Its Own Tail · 25 min · Episode 31AI has already written an estimated 1.5 to 2 trillion lines of code, representing roughly 15% of all code in existence today. With platforms like GitHub feeling the strain of…
- Making AI-First Engineering Teams Successful, With Andy LaMora · 51 min · Episode 30Long before generative AI agents were writing code, platforms like Topcoder were using crowdsourcing to solve massive technical problems. It turns out that breaking down complex…
- AI Coding Is More About The Experience Than The Model · 25 min · Episode 29The tools we use to write software are evolving at breakneck speed. Cursor recently dropped version 3 featuring a brand new agent-first interface, while Anthropic continues to…
- Turning Top Performers Into AI Champions With Boz Vitanova · 50 min · Episode 28Rolling out AI tools in an enterprise requires a different strategy than a traditional software implementation. Because large language models are probabilistic and constantly…
- The Bar Is Low In Tech Consulting. Do The Basics. Stand Out. · 23 min · Episode 27Ever feel like basic professionalism (like returning a phone call, showing up on time, or actually listening to a client) has become a rare superpower? You aren't alone. In fact…
- Rebecca George on AI, Bias, and Change Leadership · 50 min · Episode 26Organizations everywhere are rushing to implement AI, often measuring success by how many employees are actively using the tools. But treating AI adoption as a simple numbers…
- AI Is Changing The SDLC: Coding Matters Less, Specs Matter More · 24 min · Episode 25The traditional software development life cycle used to follow a fairly predictable breakdown of time spent on analysis, design, coding, and testing. Now that AI agents are…
- Shadow AI Is Here: Responsibility Matters More Than Regulation · 24 min · Episode 24The tech industry moved fast and broke things during the rise of social media, leaving society to figure out the consequences of screen addiction and algorithmic feeds years…
- Is SaaS Dead? Build vs. Buy In The Age Of AI · 27 minThe ability to generate software with AI has revived the "Build vs. Buy" debate. If a team can spin up a custom CRM or invoicing tool in a few days using AI agents, the value of…
- Ethical Billing: Time vs. Value in Consulting · 28 min · Episode 22"Billability," "Utilization," "Chargeability." For consultants, these aren't just buzzwords... they are the metrics that often dictate your worth. But is an hour worked always an…
- Vibe Coding vs. Real Engineering: AI As Help, Not Hope · 28 min · Episode 21"Vibe Coding" has become a popular way to describe building software by simply chatting with an LLM. It feels efficient, but it often lacks engineering rigor. In this episode…
- Strong Opinions, Thoughtfully Held, With Dave Holbrook · 1 h 0 min · Episode 20What happens when a perfectly designed software system crashes in production because of a single deployment error? You learn the most important lesson in engineering: If you…
- Making a Strategic Bet On The EDGE Operating model · 50 min · Episode 19We all know the problem: a company sets a high-level strategy, but the teams on the ground have no idea how their daily work connects to it. Enter EDGE, a value-driven operating…
- Lightning Round: Our 2026 Tech Predictions · 28 min · Episode 18What will break first as companies scale with AI? Which buzzword will we all be sick of by December? And what's the biggest lie tech leaders will tell themselves this year? It's…
- Shared Language or Shared Chaos: Why Words Matter · 25 min · Episode 17There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation and naming things. In this episode, we tackle the latter. A single word like "integration" or "account" can mean…
- The Consultant's Dilemma: Saying No To The Wrong Work · 28 min · Episode 16For any consultant, especially one starting their own firm, the idea of saying "no" to paid work can feel unthinkable. But not all clients are created equal, and taking on the…
- So, AI Is Going to Destroy Us All... Now What? · 25 min · Episode 15What if the relentless pursuit of superhuman AI has only one possible, inevitable outcome: the complete annihilation of humanity? That's the terrifying premise of a new #1…
- The Messy Middle: Navigating Engagement Drift · 26 min · Episode 14Every project starts with a bang and ends with a sprint to the finish line. But what about the long, messy middle? That's where "engagement drift" sets in—when focus blurs…
