Chad Pytel
Co-Host of Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
Chad Pytel has hosted 153 Episodes.
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628: Incorruptible with Eric Ries
October 22nd, 2026 | Season 15 | 57 mins 24 secs
Chad talks with Eric Ries about why good companies go bad, and how great companies stay great.
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625: Sorting Through The Noise with Brandon Swalve
October 1st, 2026 | Season 15 | 37 mins 25 secs
Chad is joined on the thoughbot couch this week by Brandon Swalve, CEO of AppSignal.
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621: My twin brother responds… with Doron Birnbaum
September 3rd, 2026 | Season 15 | 47 mins 18 secs
Would you ever go into business with your family? As a follow up to last week’s episode, we’ve brought on the one and only Doron Birnbaum (Sami's twin brother) to get both sides of the story about their latest business venture.
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620: My Twin Brother Forced Me To Be His CTO
August 27th, 2026 | Season 15 | 43 mins 3 secs
Would you ever go into business with your family? In this week’s episode, our hosts take on Sami’s tale of becoming the CTO of his brother’s business venture.
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614: AI Code Audits
June 18th, 2026 | Season 15 | 48 mins 56 secs
Our hosts Chad and Sami team up this week to discuss AI code bases and whether they can be built to be developer friendly and with best practices in mind.
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613: Preserving Companies and Design with Andy Budd
June 11th, 2026 | Season 15 | 56 mins 43 secs
Chad talks with guest Andy Budd, Design, as they look back over Andy’s time at Clearleft, the company he co-founded back in 2005.
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612: Do fish drink?
May 28th, 2026 | Season 15 | 46 mins 48 secs
The Giant Robots trio are back to discuss the development of thoughtbot’s ReadySetGo app, and whether AI might be causing developers to go backwards.
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611: Magic is the right word, with Brennan Dunn
May 14th, 2026 | Season 15 | 50 mins 2 secs
Chad talks with a returning guest from the early days of the show, Brennan Dunn about how things have changed for him since his first appearance in 2012.
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608: Project Updates with Will, Chad and Sami
April 16th, 2026 | Season 15 | 52 mins 10 secs
Our hosts provide a peek behind the scenes as they discuss their work on recent thoughtbot projects.
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607: Applying the Efficiency of Credit Cards to the Healthcare Industry with Raja Rajamannar
April 2nd, 2026 | Season 15 | 47 mins 4 secs
Chad talks with Raja Rajamannar about how he reimagined marketing and strategy at Mastercard.
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606: AI layoffs are BS
March 26th, 2026 | Season 15 | 49 mins 43 secs
Chad, Sami and Will bring a growing issue to the forefront as they discuss whether AI really is to blame for recent industry layoffs.
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603: The product we are going to build
February 19th, 2026 | Season 15 | 47 mins 15 secs
Sami makes his triumphant return to the Giant Robots Smashing into other Giant Robots Podcast as he and his fellow hosts discuss a brand new tool currently in pre-production at thoughtbot.
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602: Understanding the Impact with Jason Stadther
February 12th, 2026 | Season 15 | 33 mins 55 secs
Chad talks with Jason Stadther about striking the right balance with AI in programming and its overall impact on the industry now and in the future.
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601: The thing that makes us human
January 29th, 2026 | Season 15 | 54 mins 15 secs
Chad and Will examine the ever expanding AI bubble and ponder on what we can expect it to see evolve in the coming years.
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600: The Special One
January 22nd, 2026 | Season 15 | 1 hr 19 mins
Celebrate Giant Robots’ 600th episode in style as Sami pulls together thoughtbot staff old and new to celebrate this monumental milestone.
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599: Be Bold
January 15th, 2026 | Season 15 | 44 mins 21 secs
Chad and Will start the new year off right by discussing their aspirations for 2026.