Token Maxxing and Local Inference: Navigating the Shift in AI Usage for Developers
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss token spending and the "token maxing" backlash, sparked by a GitHub Copilot budget issue and bro...
21 Jul 0s
This Has Always Been A Problem: Slot Machine Devs and Growing Junior Engineers in the Age of AI
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss how managing armies of coding agents can be physically draining, likening it to context switchin...
14 Jul 56min
From Chaos to Control: Bringing Specification Driven Design to Vibe Coding with David Bauer
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, host Brad Hefta-Gaub is joined by Dr. David Bauer of Axonis AI, who shares how his background in distributed computing, startups, and the U.S....
7 Jul 51min
Introducing Skein and Beaker Stack: Using AI Agent Engineers to Ship SaaS Faster
In this special episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss Brad's experiment proving that AI can dramatically boost output for teams with strong en...
30 Jun 49min
AI and the Data Swamp In Your Backyard with Ben Wilcox
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub interview guest Ben Wilcox, CTO and CISO of ProArch, a Microsoft-focused data and AI system integrator. ...
23 Jun 47min
Pioneering Music Education with John von Seggern
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, Brad Hefta-Gaub interviews John Von Seggern, founder/CEO/CTO of Future Proof Music School, about his shift from musician and online educator t...
16 Jun 44min
Removing Bottlenecks, Not People with Stephanie Sylvestre
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad is joined by guest Stephanie Sylvestre, founder of AvatarBuddy, an AI company started 10 years ago to help people be the bes...
9 Jun 41min
Pioneer or Perish: How and When to Evolve Your Engineering Org Toward the AI Development Life Cycle
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss a high-performing engineering team that has effectively cleared its product backlog while using ...
2 Jun 33min
