Category: 3-SometimeTechTalk

Jordan See, Head of Government Relations & Emilee Lehenbauer, VP of the Federal Civilian Business at Qualtrics Federal join the show to discuss the state of CX in the Federal government and deep dive into the impact that the impending Government Services Delivery Improvement Act will have on agencies. We also talk about how this guidance builds on previous legislation and how it will help improve the reporting on progress that was evident in the recent U.S. GAO report.

Chris works at Sledgehammer Games (a division of Activision), which develops titles in the Call of Duty franchise. Explore their open roles here.

Want to see Chris’s engine in action? Check out COD: Modern Warfare III.

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Kudos to Stack Overflow user teh.fonsi, who earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining How to execute 1 command x times in java. 

This episode features a candid conversation with Jasiel Martin-Odoom, Africa Investment Officer at Accion Venture Lab, exploring the intersection of venture capital and connectivity-focused content creation and ecosystem building in African tech. Episode overview: Andile Masuku sits down with Jasiel Martin-Odoom to unpack his unique approach to ecosystem engagement, scaling personal impact through content creation and driving value for founders across Africa. Reflecting on his experience transitioning from investment banking to fintech-focused impact VC, Martin-Odoom offers actionable insights on building authentic connections in the digital age. Key topics: • Authenticity in digital ecosystem building • Content creation as deal flow mechanism • Impact investing in African markets • The evolution of venture capital engagement • Scaling personal impact through technology • Building sustainable founder relationships Notable points: 1) Martin-Odoom's consistent content creation spanning 792 days 2) His transition from 100 to 11,000 social media followers through authentic at-scale engagement 3) The development of AI-powered content scaling systems 4) Sneak-peek into Accion Venture Lab's investment thesis 5) Perspectives on democratising access to investor insights Listen in for practical insights into modern ecosystem building and venture capital engagement in Africa's dynamic tech landscape.

Michael Louis grew up in South Africa, spending the first 25 years of his life there. From a young age, and being surrounded by an entrepreneurial family, he was always curious. He got into robotics and coding early, and stayed competitive and active as he grew up. Outside of tech, he loves to play squash, workout in CrossFit, run, and do anything where he has an opponent. Also, per South Africa culture, he enjoys spending time with friends at any social event involving drinking.

Michael built a successful eCommerce company, where you could order different items from stores and have them delivered. Because the margins in eCommerce are low, he and his team wanted to figure out how they could optimize their operation using machine learning. The tools out there weren't ideal, and the process was hard - but they did revolutionize their operation. Post exit, he decided to build a solution that made this optimization process easier.

This is the creation story of Cerebrium.

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• Speakeasy
• QA Wolf
• SnapTrade

Links

• https://www.cerebrium.ai/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-louis-94104a113/

 

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Topics covered in this episode:

• terminal-tree
• posting: The API client that lives in your terminal
• Extra, extra, extra
• UV does everything or enough that I'm not sure what else it needs to do
• Extras
• Joke

See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/409

Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz has a background in physics and computer science. At some point, he decided to ditch the science and pursue open source, which is what got him started on his 20 year passion for tech. Outside of tech, he longs to feel like a useful member of society and engages in extracurricular projects to support this. He also is into traditional archery - IE wood bow and arrows - and finds joy in connecting with the old way of doing things. He also enjoys gardening and reading, of which, fantasy is one of his favorite genres.

Pablo built a company called Kaleidos, which aids in the creation of software solutions. They hold a core belief that there should be a close connection between designers and developers. What they found in the tooling to support these disciplines is that they weren't built to embrace this concept. So, they decided to incubate a product, and make it open source.

This is the creation story of Penpot.

Sponsors

• Speakeasy
• QA Wolf
• SnapTrade

Links

• https://penpot.app/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/pruizmuzquiz/
• https://elenya.net/
• https://kaleidos.net/

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Gustav Söderström is Spotify's co-president, chief technology officer, and chief product officer. He joins Big Technology Podcast — as we debut video episodes on Spotify — for discussion of Spotify's approach to AI generated content, algorithmic recommendations, and more. Tune in for a deep conversation covering whether Spotify wants AI-generated music and podcasts on its platform, how it can lean on AI recommendations to enhance discovery while sustaining human choice, and its long term AI vision. Stay tuned for the second half where we discuss Spotify's plans for podcasts, audiobooks, and other new formats.

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William Neill had an interesting childhood in New Zealand, rooted in being an entrepreneur. As a kid, he helped write business plans with his parents, or build makery stuff for projects. Living this type of childhood, combined with the creativity of music, it started a lifelong trend of building businesses and products. Rooted in his love for being an entrepreneur, he has always longed for a flexible life, to keep him present for his young family, and to allow for the option to travel. He loves spending time with his kids on the beach, and exploring the country as a family.

William and his co-founder met in a coffee shop in London. As they were chatting about prior projects, they figure out there was a lot of overlap in the things they were interested in. Eventually, they returned and built some solutions together - and off the back of a prior wishlist project, they decided to make an online shopping cart to end all others.

This is the creation story of Basket.

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• Speakeasy
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Links

• https://www.trybasket.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/willneill/

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Clarifai is a developer-friendly AI workflow orchestration platform built to help devs integrate AI into technical workflows and customer experiences.

We’ve written about best practices for integrating AI tools into your workflows.

Connect with Matt on LinkedIn or via his website. You can also read his posts on the Clarifai blog. 

Well-deserved congrats to Stack Overflow user Jay Wick, who earned a Populist badge by explaining how to Get image preview before uploading in React.