Sami Birnbaum
Co-Host of Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
Sami Birnbaum has hosted 41 Episodes.
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616: What’s Really Going On with AI Data Centres with Dr. Victoria Plutshack
July 30th, 2026 | Season 15 | 42 mins 32 secs
Sami is back this week with Gender, Climate and Energy Specialist Dr. Victoria Plutshack, as they dive into what’s really going on with AI Data Centres in Scotland and the UK.
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615: Harvey AI and the Future of Law
July 23rd, 2026 | Season 15 | 40 mins 56 secs
Sami is joined this week by Joe Cohen, to discuss the use of AI within the legal and professional services, and how it could impact the speed, quality and efficiency of lawyers doing legal work.
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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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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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610: It’s Okay Not to Use AI
May 7th, 2026 | Season 15 | 43 mins 51 secs
Sami swims against the tide of AI with Emma Barnes, CEO of Consonance, as they examine the more controversial idea of being anti-AI.
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609: Pennylane is in my ears
April 30th, 2026 | Season 15 | 40 mins 9 secs
Sami talks with Quentin de Metz, Co-Founder and CTO of Pennylane, about the journey of building a startup into an established company.
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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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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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605: AI: It doesn't have to be this way with Lord Chris Holmes
March 19th, 2026 | Season 15 | 43 mins 26 secs
Sami talks with Lord Chris Holmes about the increasing need for AI legislation in the UK.
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604: Driving change and delivery with British Business Bank
March 12th, 2026 | Season 15 | 31 mins 36 secs
Sami talks with Taylor Spencer about driving change within a business.
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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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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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598: Animals and AI Accounting with Sam Landsberg
December 11th, 2025 | Season 15 | 40 mins 18 secs
Sami talks with Sam Landsberg, head of sales at Light, about the wide world of fintech and how they’re working to simplify accounting software for businesses big and small.
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596: Building Bridges Between Brands and Creators: The Story of Sheer
November 13th, 2025 | Season 15 | 42 mins 45 secs
Sami revisits his time on a recent project for Sheer as he talks with it’s CTO and founder Mads Ulrik Svendsen about the ever evolving and creative world of influencers.
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595: Projects in Progress and Nature’s Ultimate Sacrifice
October 23rd, 2025 | Season 15 | 43 mins 44 secs
Sami, Chad and Will share the projects they’ve been working on at thoughtbot recently and how they adapt to new systems they’re unfamiliar with.
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594: AI is Draining with Pablo Curell
October 9th, 2025 | Season 15 | 45 mins 37 secs
Sami assesses the long term viability of AI with Pablo Curell as they break down the hype and logistics that surround the popular tool.