Fast, On Time, or Fully Utilized? Choosing What to Optimize in Engineering Delivery
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss a leadership conversation where three senior stakeholders wanted different outcomes from enginee...
25 Aug 16min
The Pace of Innovation: Systems Thinking for Faster Engineering
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub open with travel and sports talk, including World Cup rules, then pivot to Scott's change-management tra...
18 Aug 56min
Method to the Madness: A CTO Framework for Systemic AI Adoption
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss how CTOs must frame narratives that help teams organize around ideas, inspired by how Scott expl...
11 Aug 45min
There's A Pattern To Follow: An Interview with Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub are honored to interview Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin, who recounts his 60+ year programming journey from a...
4 Aug 1h 1min
Is Uncle Bob Right? Reading Code vs. Architecting the Future
In this episode of "How Many CTOs Does It Take?" podcast, hosts Scott Porad and Brad Hefta-Gaub discuss how Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin—author of Clean Code and Agile Manifesto signer—sparked online con...
28 Juli 43min
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 Juli 1h
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 Juli 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 Juli 51min
