Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Jan 30 2025 571 ep. 38 mins 8.2k
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A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot is joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.

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559: The European Accessibility Act: Are You Ready for 2025?

Jan 30 2025 37 mins  
Sami and Rémy are back as your hots as they talk with fellow thoughtbot colleague Caro Sotillo Silva about new EU accessibility laws coming into effect later this year. Together they discuss the importance of keeping accessibility at the forefront of every project you work on, why you should be testing your code on a wide range of systems and not just the major OS, as well as a f

558: Using AI to Bring Transparency to City Government with Vikram Oberoi

Jan 23 2025 45 mins  
Chad talks with NYC local Vikram Oberoi about how he used AI to breakdown local city meetings into accessible bitesize chunks. Learn how Vikram tamed New York’s public records with AI, the lengthy review process involved to make it all and why his model is so well suited to NYC council proceedings in particular. Vikram also discusses the project’s path to sustainability and

557: AI from Automation to Transformation with Andrew Rashbass

Jan 16 2025 38 mins  
Sami talks with Andrew Rashbass, Chairman and Co-Founder of ScultureAI, about the uses of LLMs and where AI is taking us as a society. Learn about Andrew’s 35 year long journey with AI (yes that long), the differing views and reliability Sami and Andrew have of LLMs and wade into the discussion with them over whether AI is creating a more fulfilling life for humans, or a disaste

556: Connecting Generations with Kinsome

Jan 09 2025 41 mins  
Chad talks with Eben Pingree and Mike Gerbush, Co-Founders of Kinsome, about the struggles of family connection in the modern world and how they’re bringing generations together again. They discuss the importance of having a close family unit, the difficulties families often face with having relatives being spread out state to state, and how Kinsome works to facilitate daily co

555: AI Meets LEGO® Creativity with Keira Czarnota

Dec 26 2024 48 mins  
Chad is joined for a special interview by Keira Czarnota, founder of Emagineer, as they talk all about their recent collaboration on a new AI powered LEGO® app. Listen to Keira’s incredible journey, the challenges they faced with early AI models, why LEGO® was so keen to support their project and how thoughtbot was brought in to help. This episode is a unique crossover even

554: Founding a Life Saving Business from your dorm room with Luká Yancopoulos

Dec 19 2024 30 mins  
Luká Yancopoulos, Co-Founder and CEO of Grapevine, reveals to Chad how he and his team are working to revolutionise the hospital supply chain system. Luká discusses the difficulties of building such a service and the pushback they’ve received by entering such a large and established sector that’s so resistant to change. Learn how Luká’s concern for his mom’s health at

553: The One with Sami and Chad

Dec 05 2024 38 mins  
After 10 years and 550 episodes of Giant Robots, Chad and Sami are ready to discuss what’s next for the podcast. The pair dive into some podcast role-play as they test out some ideas for iterating the show’s formula. Peek behind the curtain as they discuss the inner workings of the show, the challenges of working on a mature codebase, how thoughtbot tackles impostor syndrome w

552: Scaling an Online Telehealth Experience with Aakash Shah

Nov 28 2024 34 mins  
Chad talks with Aakash Shah, Founder and CEO of Wyndly, about how he built a new online telehealth experience to expand convenient access to allergy immunotherapy. The pair discuss the mechanics of building an online healthcare operation from scratch, the challenges that arise as you begin to scale your business, and how Aakash utilised his past experience as a software engineer to

551: System Design is a Team Sport with Tom Johnson

Nov 21 2024 37 mins  
If system design is a team sport, then you need to make sure that your team has the tools they need to work together. In this episode, entrepreneur, CTO, and co-founder Tom Johnson joins us to discuss Multiplayer, a collaborative tool streamlining system design and documentation for developers. Multiplayer is often likened to “Figma for developers,” as it allows teams to map, d

550: Disrupting and Democratizing Private Chefs with Iyabo Bello

Nov 14 2024 39 mins  
What if booking a private chef was as easy as ordering an Uber? Iyabo Bello is a serial founder and entrepreneur, best known for iKooK, an app connecting private chefs to their target audience. Join us as she shares the unlikely story of how she came up with the idea to start iKooK after working in fashion design and food science. We get into the weeds with the premise of the app,