A podcast about people, progress & possibility
Technology For Humans
Candid conversations about AI, leadership, work, and the decisions machines should never make for us.
Series archive 001—ongoing
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Ideas worth keeping human.
A growing record of conversations for people building, leading, and making decisions alongside intelligent machines.
1:04:34Building with JRuby
Troy Mallory on bringing an electrical engineer’s perspective to software, JRuby and the unexpected paths that shape a technical career.
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54:17
How to Stay Human in the Age of AI
Tāne Hunter on adapting to AI without losing judgement, curiosity or humanity — and why people, not machines, still decide what matters.
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1:01:30
The Ruby Runtime Built for Scale, Parallelism and Enterprise
JRuby co-creator Charles Nutter on the JVM, true parallelism, open-source stewardship and expanding what Ruby developers can build.
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1:22:12
Rails, AI and the Future of the Ruby Community
Evil Martians CEO Irina Nazarova on Rails discoverability, AI-assisted development, open source and where the community goes next.
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Practical thinking for a human-led future.
Short, direct perspectives on AI, software, leadership and making better technology decisions.
18:03Refactor or Rewrite?
Six questions to answer before replacing a working system — and how to recognise the business knowledge old code still contains.
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19:31Does Your Business Really Need a CTO?
How to identify the technology leadership a business needs now — whether that is a full-time CTO, part-time help or a strong engineering manager.
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1:14Tech Consultant: What I Do
A concise introduction to how practical technology advice can help businesses make better decisions.
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13:22Before You Buy or Build AI Software, Watch This
Seven tests to apply before an AI system becomes part of an important business process.
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17:29Why AI Pilots Fail After the Demo
What to test before production: outcomes, quality, workflows, ownership, risk and human review.
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6:03
Why Startups Over Build
A more useful question than which features to add: whether anyone needs the product yet, and what to leave until later.
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10:03
AI in Education: What Is Its Role?
Use AI as an always-available tutor to deepen understanding—not as a substitute for educators or for doing the work of learning.
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15:46
The 4 Decisions You Should Never Delegate to AI
Use AI to widen the options and improve the evidence—never to outsource purpose, trade-offs or accountability.
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Technology changes quickly. Responsibility does not.
Technology drives innovation. Humanity gives it purpose.