Navigating the Future: Gas Town and Bespoke AI Agents
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss Brad's viral LinkedIn post arguing that AI has collapsed the economics that drove generalized Sa...
27 Touko 43min
Uncovering Hidden Ambiguities: Why Product Managers Need to Adapt to AI Tooling
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss spec-driven development and SpecKit, starting with Brad's story of a product owner resisted Spec...
19 Touko 52min
A Fundamental Shift: Change Management, Psychological Safety, and AI's Impact on Engineering Leadership with Dr. Adam Link
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, host Brad Hefta-Gaub is joined by Dr. Adam Link, former senior engineering manager at Coinbase, who shares his background leading global teams...
12 Touko 51min
An Ideal Partnership: How and When to Split CTO and VP of Engineering Duties
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss the recurring question: when it's appropriate to hire a VP of Engineering and how to divide res...
5 Touko 47min
Where Does the Alpha Flow?: Rethinking Software Value in the Age of AI
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss a conversation Scott had with coworkers after discovering Confluence connected to Google Drive a...
28 Huhti 40min
Product-Market Fit and Pragmatic AI: Insight from RevenueCat's CTO Miguel Carranza
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub" interview Miguel Carranza Spanish-born co-founder/CTO of RevenueCat, who describes discovering subscrip...
21 Huhti 48min
The Most Optimized Blue: Differences Between UI and User Experience Design with Nick Cawthon
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub talk with Nick Cawthon of gauge.io, who shares highlights from RSA 2026 and his career designing UX for...
14 Huhti 48min
Balancing Innovation and Safety: CTOs Check-In About AI Evolution
In this "What's on your mind?" episode of the "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss how non-engineers using AI tools are increasing risk, with Brad co...
7 Huhti 32min
