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Kavitta Ghai realized at an early age that she thought different than everyone else. She grew up neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD but was a lucky kid, having parents that helped her see the silver lining in her learning challenges, making sure she had outlets in extracurricular activities. She is a creative person always looking to build something that doesn't exist. In her off time, she enjoys turning off all the tech, learning a new language, and reconnecting with the real, analog world.

Kavitta and her co-founder found themselves frustrated with the classroom in college. For paying such an exorbitant amount of money, they were confused why the educational classroom was so ineffective. It came to a head - to the point, where Kavitta was going to change it or drop out of school.

This is the creation story of Nectir.

Sponsors

• Mailtrap
• Speakeasy
• QA Wolf
• SnapTrade

Links

• https://www.nectir.io/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavittaghai/

Lunar Analytics specializes in AI-powered claim optimization and healthcare solutions. 

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Knowtex allows healthcare providers to automate clinical workflows with generative AI. 

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Delve Deep Learning provides artificial intelligence solutions for public affairs. 

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This episode was recorded at HumanX last month. Next year’s conference will be April 6-9, 2026 in San Francisco. Register today!

Oleg Polovynko, the Chief Advisor for Digitalization to the Mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine and Former Kyiv Chief Information Officer returns to share how the city has evolved through crisis, transforming its digital infrastructure amidst a full-scale invasion. From the launch of Misto—a platform designed to help cities adapt best practices—to reflections on the pandemic’s unexpected role in building resilience, Oleg offers powerful insights on adaptability, trust, and citizen-centric design. We also discuss digital twins, the role of AI in service delivery, ensuring data security during emergencies, and why cities everywhere should start preparing now for the unpredictable challenges ahead.

• How to Write a Git Commit Message
• Caddy Web Server
• Some new PEPs approved
• juv
• Extras
• Joke

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Ranjan's experience during the financial crisis 2) The uncertainty around operating a business today 3) Why bond traders are important 4) Could the U.S. position in global trade decline? 5) Was it the tariffs or the rollout that's causing chaos? 6) Why Apple manufactures in China 7) Exposure of Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, And Meta to tariffs 8) How this might end

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Vectara is a platform-as-a-service that allows users to build AI assistants and agents. Get started with their docs.

This interview was recorded at HumanX last month. They are gearing up for next year’s conference on April 6-9, 2026. 

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Darko Fabijan is originally from Serbia, and splits his time between their and the US. He got is first computer in 1994, and eventually started tinkering and playing with Linus. He went to university in 2003, and then started a company with a college friend, which was a rails consultancy. Outside of tech, he is married, with 2 kids - ages 3 and 9. The older one is into athletics, and the younger one is more into art. He enjoys spending time in nature with his family, and got into trail running a few years ago - recently running a 64km trail. He enjoys business books because he likes to see how other people "did it", when it comes to their successes and failures.

In 2011, Darko was running his consulting shop with 7 or 8 people. As they were developing applications, they couldn't find anything for continuous integration where you just "signed up" and it worked. That was enough for them to get out there and build it on their own.

This is the creation story of Semaphore.

Sponsors

• Mailtrap
• Speakeasy
• QA Wolf
• SnapTrade

Links

• https://semaphore.io/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/darkofabijan/

They also:

• Explore key challenges engineering leaders face, including data capacity, relevance, and throttling issues.
• Highlight how emerging AI tools and applications are transforming software engineering practices.

Episode notes:

• Connect with Maureen Makes on LinkedIn. Learn more about Recursion and their open roles here.
• Read about Knowledge Solutions, a subscription-based API service that provides continuous access to Stack Overflow’s public dataset to train and fine-tune large language models.