CTO Lunches

CTO Lunches Ep5 - Advice for new (and old!) devs with Dan Moore

This week Rishi and Kendall are joined by Dan Moore, Senior Director of CIAM Strategy and Identity Standards at FusionAuth, Author of Letters to a new Developer, and community leader.

Find Dan at fusionauth.io, https://bsky.app/profile/mooreds.com, and letterstoanewdeveloper.com

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00:00 Introduction and Context Setting

05:21 Navigating the New Developer Landscape

09:53 The Changing Nature of Software Development

15:56 Advice for Aspiring Developers

20:18 The Evolving Landscape of Job Applications

22:05 The Shift from Programmer to Developer

24:24 Leveraging AI in Development

27:31 Navigating Career Transitions in Tech

29:57 Development Adjacent Paths

33:03 The Value of Blogging and Content Creation

38:27 The Impact of AI on Original Content

42:14 Building Long-Term Relationships in Tech

CTO Lunches Ep4 - Diana Pfeil on Evals

This week Rishi and Kendall are joined by Diana Pfeil, PhD (from MIT), founder of Sunbeam Consulting, and expert on AI and AI evals. She fills us in on the background, context, why you need them, and why you're probably already doing them wrong. Fix that, and unlock AI for you and your organization.

Find Diana at https://sunbeams.ai/

The CTO Lunches Podcast is sponsored by Friday Deployment Spirits. Computers were a mistake. Delicious spirits are not.

Get Force Push Gin and Generative A-Rye at https://fridaydeployment.co/

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And of course, pull up a chair at https://ctolunches.com/

00:00 Introduction to AI and Evals

06:20 Understanding Evals in AI

13:17 Error Analysis and Evaluation Process

19:06 The Future of LLMs and Evals

22:50 The Future of Evals and Decision Making

29:20 Evaluating AI: The Importance of Context

30:48 The Journey to Understanding Evals

33:26 Should LLM's create Evals?

36:59 Hot Takes on Evals and AI's Future

CTO Lunches Ep3 - Thread(s) of the Week

This week Rishi and Kendall talk about Fractional CTO work and AI Sandboxing

The CTO Lunches Podcast is sponsored by Friday Deployment Spirits. Computers were a mistake. Delicious spirits are not.

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Find Kendall Miller at https://dplyd.io/

Find Rishi Malik at https://gethypeup.com/

And of course, pull up a chair at https://ctolunches.com/

00:00 Introduction to the episode and guest overview

01:59 Discussion on fractional CTO billing models

10:00 Exploring AI sandboxing and security tools

19:56 Client relationship management and contract strategies

30:08 Threat modeling and security risks in AI development

40:01 Using Kubernetes as a sandbox for AI agents

43:56 Wrap-up and key takeaways

CTO Lunches Ep2 featuring Rick Manelius enlighting us on the Forward Deployed Executive is sponsored by Friday Deployment Spirits. Computers were a mistake. Delicious spirits are not.

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00:00 Introduction to the episode and guest Rick Manelius

01:59 What is a forward deployed executive?

04:06 Rick's background and journey into AI leadership

09:45 The three facets of a successful AI leader: technical, visionary, operational

14:48 How rapid prototyping with AI changes decision-making

19:53 The importance of evals and rubrics in AI projects

25:05 Guardrails and quality control in AI-driven work

30:10 The future of executive roles and AI's influence on business models

34:59 Adapting to rapid change and the importance of agility

39:51 Implications for investment, VC, and startup ecosystems

45:03 Closing thoughts and key takeaways

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https://www.massdriver.ai/
https://www.massdriver.cloud/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/coryodaniel/

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CTOLunches brings on Cory O'Daniel from Massdriver to talk about the rise of Citizen Developers.

There's the usual banter before we dive into to the challenges and changes in the software development landscape, highlighting the rise of consumer-facing products, the organizational thinking challenge, the role of DevOps engineers, Massdriver's context engine and configuration management, the evolution of citizen developers and the changing role of software developers. Make sure to listen for the part where Cory also tells us we're doing podcasts wrong!

Takeaways

• The concept of the citizen developer is gaining traction, leading to significant changes in software development within organizations.
• Citizen development presents challenges and implications that need to be addressed, including security, compliance, and scalability. The evolving role of software developers
• The impact of citizen developers on software development

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Light Banter

07:28 The Rise of the Citizen Developer

14:21 Challenges and Solutions for Citizen Developers

15:09 Navigating the Nightmare of Data Security

19:33 The Context Engine Revolution

23:21 The Future of Application Hosting

28:39 The Evolution of Software Development Roles

32:04 The Changing Landscape of Engineering

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The conversation covers a range of topics including choosing the right drink, discussion on AI assistants, Friday Deployment Spirits and college tuition, tasting and creating spirits, CTO lunches and AI assistance, and concerns about AI agents. The conversation delves into the challenges of infrastructure, the design of secure systems, the impact of venture capital on AI, the need for guardrails in AI models, personal projects enabled by AI, risk and trust in AI, security concerns, the future of the software industry, and the significance of CTO lunches and community.

Takeaways

• Choosing the right drink is a light-hearted and engaging topic that sets the tone for the conversation.
• The discussion on AI assistants highlights the excitement and concerns surrounding the use of AI in everyday life. Challenges in infrastructure and secure system design are critical for AI development.
• Venture capital plays a significant role in the advancement of AI technology.

Chapters

00:01 Meet the Hosts: College is expensive
00:48 Introduction
* 01:01 Friday Deployment Spirits
* 05:12 AI Assistants
* 06:59 The AI Assistant Market
* 18:39 Who Can Win the AI Race?
* 20:26 Kendall's Hot Take
* 25:36 Rishi's Hot Take
* 32:06 Upcoming CTO Lunches Events