Podcasts
Andrew Tunall, Embrace - From QA-Heavy to AI-Ready: Modernizing Product Delivery
Get ready to unpack what it really takes to modernize product delivery. In this episode, we sit down with Andrew Tunall, President of Embrace, to discuss how observability and reliability are more than a technical metric—they’re true business values. He dives into how AI is transforming product workflows and how organizations can rethink their approach to performance, culture, and tooling to ship faster, smarter, and with more confidence.
Kevin Smith and Mikel Corcuera, Snipd — Small Team, Big Vision: Shipping Fast With Autonomy and AI
From biking with podcasts to building a product that captures insights in real time, this episode unpacks how Snipd blends AI, Flutter, and startup grit to transform how we engage with audio—a candid conversation on vision, velocity, and building with purpose.
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Landon Robinson, Etsy — From Platform Silos to Product Unity: A New Era of App Development
Discover how Etsy Staff Engineer Landon Robinson and his team adopted Flutter to scale the Etsy Seller app. Learn about their “away team” model, cross-platform architecture, and how focusing on business impact drives engineering success.
Pierre Benz, Headspace — Merging Culture, Codebases, and Care With Purpose
In this episode, Pierre shares how his team at Headspace transitioned from fragmented native codebases to a unified Flutter architecture. He details the cultural, technical, and organizational hurdles of managing a high-stakes migration, balancing performance, feature parity, and developer sentiment. Pierre also reflects on parenting, leadership, and what it means to ship value fast when people’s mental well-being is on the line.
David Goldman, Celesta Capital — Investing in Deep Tech That Shapes the Future
In this episode, Celesta Capital Partner David Goldman shares his perspective on deep tech investing, the long game of venture capital, and how AI can drive meaningful impact in sectors like healthcare, housing, and education, when used with purpose and conviction.
Brian Abston, The Wendy’s Company — Redefining QSR Tech With Quality at the Core
In this episode, Brian Abston shares how he led the mobile transformation at Wendy’s by unifying fragmented native apps into a single Flutter-based platform. The result? Accelerated development, improved scalability, and faster delivery—doubling output without growing the team. Brian also reveals how tight alignment between engineering, product, and marketing enabled Wendy’s to execute seamless real-time experiences during high-stakes moments like their March Madness campaigns, ultimately driving business success in the fast-paced QSR industry.