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  1. Giant Robots Ep 583: Solid Queue with Rosa Gutierrez from 37Signals

    Sami goes behind the scenes of Ruby on Rails with Rosa Gutierrez, principle programer at 37Signals, to discover what its like to work on one of the most widely used frameworks out there.

    Sami Birnbaum
    July 17, 2025
    • Podcast
  2. Giant Robots Ep 581: Crafting Community & Code: Henrique Cardoso on Euruko 2025 & BSPK

    Sami talks with Henrique Cardoso about his unified commerce platform BSPK and the challenges of organising a large scale developer conference.

    Sami Birnbaum
    July 3, 2025
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  3. Giant Robots Ep 579: Products you don't want to build with Sami and Chad

    Chad and Sami get creative as they discuss the product ideas they would like to develop.

    Chad Pytel and Sami Birnbaum
    June 19, 2025
    • Podcast
  4. Giant Robots Ep 577: Driving Innovation: Jack Burrows on Cars, Tech, and the Future of Carwow

    It’s time to start your engines as Sami talks with Jack Burrows, product director at CarWow, about the tricky world of buying and selling cars.

    Sami Birnbaum
    June 5, 2025
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  5. Giant Robots Ep 575: I might have to get dressed for these with Chad, Sami and Will

    The Giant Robots hosts are back together for more off the wall discussion about construction, movies and a special announcement!

    Chad Pytel, Will Larry & Sami Birnbaum
    May 22, 2025
    • Podcast
  6. AI-led or Human-led Coding? We have to choose.

    It is time we take a closer look about how we code with AI and the ramifications on our industry.

    Sami Birnbaum
    May 15, 2025
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Development
    • Productivity
    • AI
  7. Giant Robots Ep 573: Mocking the Future: Tom Akehurst on WireMock and API Testing

    Sami talks with Tom Akehurst, Co-Founder of WireMock, about the delay and disconnect between front and back end development and how WireMock set out to bridge the two together.

    Sami Birnbaum
    May 8, 2025
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  8. Ofcom’s Protection of Children Codes - Happy Birthday to me 🎂

    We can do it. We can make the internet a safer place for us and our children. It’s about time big tech stopped saying it can’t be done.

    Sami Birnbaum
    May 2, 2025
    • Compliance
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  9. Giant Robots Ep 571: Space, Software, and Surprises with Rémy Hannequin

    Sami and fellow thoughtboter Rémy look to the stars as they talk all things astronomical.

    Sami Birnbaum
    April 24, 2025
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  10. Giant Robots Ep 570: Rolling for Initiative with Chad, Will and Sami

    Chad, Will and Sami discuss life outside of thoughtbot and the hobbies that occupy them in their down time.

    Chad Pytel, Will Larry & Sami Birnbaum
    April 17, 2025
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