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  1. Our UK Tech Leader Tour

    In addition to our regular tech leader event in London, we’re partnering with local tech leaders to bring the event to Manchester, Bristol, Brighton, and Edinburgh this year.

    Chad Pytel, Rob Whittaker & Maria Filimonova
    January 16, 2026
    • Events
    • London
  2. Giant Robots Podcast Ep 599: Be Bold

    Chad and Will start the new year off right by discussing their aspirations for 2026.

    Chad Pytel and Will Larry
    January 15, 2026
    • Podcast
  3. Building programmable QA with AI

    What’s one of the biggest challenges with using AI for QA? It’s the lack of programmability. We set out to find a solution by pairing Playwright MCP with several different LLM models. Find out where we landed.

    Chad Pytel, Clarissa Borges & Michelle Taute
    January 14, 2026
    • AI
    • Automation
    • Llm
  4. Rapid prototyping with Claude Code: How we transformed our design sprint process

    We’ve been running product design sprints for over a decade. Now Claude and Claude Code are helping us prototype faster than ever—without sacrificing quality. Here’s how we built a working prototype in hours, not days.

    Chad Pytel, Kevin Kwon & Michelle Taute
    January 13, 2026
    • AI
    • Design Sprint
    • Design
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    • Product Design Sprint
  5. ChatGPT agent: Experimenting with QA automation

    Doing manual QA can be slow and tedious, but can ChatGPT agent handle real product QA? We ran a few experiments checking FrontrowMD widgets across sample web pages and discovered a lot of potential—plus a few pitfalls.

    Chad Pytel, Michelle Taute & Yaser Mahmoud
    January 6, 2026
    • AI
    • Automation
  6. Giant Robots Podcast Ep 597: Say Yes with Nick Merwin

    Chad talks with developer and guitarist Nick Merwin about the challenges of balancing his career in development with his life as a musician.

    Chad Pytel
    November 20, 2025
    • Podcast
  7. AI in Focus: Pair programming with AI

    Trying to optimize your AI coding workflow? One size doesn’t fit all. During an AI pair programming session, we discovered some insights about control, context and trust that might help you sharpen your own process.

    Chad Pytel, Clarissa Borges & Michelle Taute
    November 20, 2025
    • Artificial Intelligence
  8. Giant Robots Podcast Ep 590: Making AI work for users with Louis Gutierrez

    Chad talks with Louis Gutierrez about the various challenges of implementing AI into a product or business.

    Chad Pytel
    September 4, 2025
    • Podcast
  9. Giant Robots Ep 586: What is your self-age? with Leanne Clark-Shirley

    Chad discusses the changing world of AgeTech with Leanne Clark-Shirley, as they break down how age really has just become a number.

    Chad Pytel
    August 7, 2025
    • Podcast
  10. AI in Focus: Refactoring Rails with AI tools

    Exploring how Github Copilot can help identify and fix Ruby on Rails AntiPatterns, and the challenges of using AI for complex refactoring tasks.

    Chad Pytel, Sarah Lima & Kate Young
    July 22, 2025
    • AI
    • Rails
    • Refactoring
    • Large Language Models
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