Giant Robots Podcast Ep 614:  AI Code Audits

Chad and Sami discussed AI code audits on the Giant Robots Podcast, focusing on developer-friendly AI code bases and security concerns. Sami shared insights from a recent audit of an AI-built codebase using Spec Driven Development, while Chad emphasized the need for human oversight in code generation.

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. After a brief chat about the World Cup and how it may affect the June thoughtbot event in London Sami dives into a recent code audit he did on a base that was built with AI using Spec Driven Development. Chad covers security concerns and why it’s important to have human oversight when generating codes. — You can find Chad all over social media as @cpytel and Sami through his website https://samibirnbaum.com . You can also connect with our duo via their LinkedIn pages - Chad https://www.linkedin.com/in/cpytel/ - 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/@thoughtbot - Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/thoughtbot.com © 2026 Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots Podcast Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot