Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Chad Pytel

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Booking Overview

A thoughtbot podcast focused on the design, development, and business side of great software. It’s useful for PR to reach leaders and practitioners in software engineering practices, product building, and product/people strategy—often with guests from the design and venture ecosystems.

Metrics

Episodes: 626

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

Chad Pytel - Host of the podcast and co-host on episodes. In recent episodes he leads discussions and interviews guests (e.g., design leadership and venture perspectives), and he shares expertise on topics like...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Product/design leadership, engineering leadership, founders, venture partners, and experienced practitioners who can discuss building and nurturing software products (including organizational/ownership models).
Required Achievements:  
Co-founded or led notable product/design organizations, Advised or invested in product companies (venture partner/coaching), Published/appeared at industry events and panels

Recent Guest Discussions

Andy Budd - Employee Trust And Ownership; Preserving Companies Through Purpose Trust; Reflections On His Time At Clearleft

Recent Topics

Software, Product, Design, Engineering, Security

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
:

614: AI Code Audits

June 18, 2026

Our hosts Chad and Sami team up this week to discuss AI code bases and whether they can be built to be developer friendly and with best practices in mind. After a brief chat about the World Cup (and how it may affect the June thoughtbot event in London!) Sami dives into a recent code audit he did on a base that was built with AI using Spec Driven Development. Chad covers security concerns and why it’s important to have human oversight when generating codes.  — You can find Chad all ov...

613: Preserving Companies and Design with Andy Budd

June 11, 2026

Chad talks with guest Andy Budd, Design Leadership Coach & Venture Partner at Seedcamp, as they look back over Andy’s time at Clearleft, the company he co-founded back in 2005. Andy discusses employee trust ownership, how it both benefits and protects your employees, and has the potential to keep your business going for generations to come rather than living and dying by the founders interest. Chad also announces that thoughtbot is moving into a Purpose Trust model. — Our guest for thi...

612: Do fish drink?

May 28, 2026

Chad shares a recent pivot in ReadySetGo’s development, where they see the app entering a founder’s development and what they’re doing to ensure a wide set of features for all users. Our hosts also pick apart the impact of AI on developers, how valuable is speed when working with AI, is it still a good measure of success when coding, and Sami takes a moment to ask the all knowing ChadGPT about his excessive running and exercise regime. — If you’d like to meet some of our hosts in perso...

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