Giant Robots Podcast Ep 612:  Do fish drink?

On the latest episode of the Giant Robots podcast, Chad shared a recent pivot in ReadySetGo’s development, with the app now entering a founder’s development phase and expanding features for all users. The hosts also debated the impact of AI on developer productivity, questioning whether speed remains a valid measure of coding success, and Sami consulted "ChadGPT" about his excessive running and exercise habits.

Chad shares a recent pivot in ReadySetGo’s development, where they see the app entering a founder’s development and what they’re doing to ensure a wide set of features for all users. Our hosts also pick apart the impact of AI on developers, how valuable is speed when working with AI, is it still a good measure of success when coding, and Sami takes a moment to ask the all knowing ChadGPT about his excessive running and exercise regime. — If you’d like to meet some of our hosts in person, be sure to check the links below to secure your place at thoughtbot’s UK meet ups over the month of June. London Tech Leader Meetup https://luma.com/c4e6hkqt - Tuesday June 23rd Brighton Tech Leader Meetup https://luma.com/tog1jb58 - Wednesday June 24th Brighton Ruby https://brightonruby.com - Thursday June 25th Evolve https://evolve.siliconbrighton.com - Friday June 26th You can find Chad all over social media as @cpytel and Sami through his website https://samibirnbaum.com . You can also connect with the trio via their LinkedIn pages - Chad https://www.linkedin.com/in/cpytel/ - Will https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-larry/ - Sami https://www.linkedin.com/in/samibirnbaum/ . If you would like to support the show, head over to our GitHub page https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot , or check out our website https://podcast.thoughtbot.com . Got a question or comment about the show? Why not write to our hosts: hosts@giantrobots.fm mailto:hosts@giantrobots.fm This has been a thoughtbot https://thoughtbot.com/ podcast. Stay up to date by following us on social media - LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/150727/ - Mastodon https://thoughtbot.social/@thoughtbot - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/thoughtbotvideo - Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/thoughtbot.com © 2026 thoughtbot, inc. Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot