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    <title>#267 - The Father of AI Assistant on Why Joy Comes Before Success - Kevin Surace</title>
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    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Kevin Surace, the Father of AI Assistant behind the tech licensed by Siri and Alexa, discusses how agentic AI is reshaping software development and testing, why junior developers must adapt, and the science behind his new book, Joy-Success Cycle.]]></description>
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    <title>#258 - Why Your AI Strategy Is Failing: The AI Paradox of Optimizing Coding Alone - Andrew Haschka</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 23:05:01 &#43;0200</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[Andrew Haschka, Field CTO at GitLab for Asia Pacific & Japan, explains why organizations hit the AI paradox when optimizing coding alone. With coding taking less than 20% of SDLC time, true value comes from intelligent orchestration across planning, security, compliance, and delivery.]]></description>
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    <title>#246 - Agnes AI: Southeast Asia&#39;s Answer to ChatGPT (And 20x Cheaper) - Bruce Yang</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:33:16 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Bruce Yang, CEO of Agnes AI, shares how they're building a Southeast Asia-focused AI model that's 20x cheaper than ChatGPT with 4M users and 300K DAU.]]></description>
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    <title>#244 - Gene Kim: Vibe Coding Solved What I Couldn&#39;t in 13 YEARS</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:19:03 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Is the era of writing code by hand coming to an end? Gene Kim explains how vibe coding solved problems he abandoned for 13 years and why the best days of coding might be ahead of us.]]></description>
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    <title>#243 - CTO Coach: Why Tech Companies are Really Laying Off Developers (It’s Not Just AI) - Stephan Schmidt</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:19 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Why are tech companies really laying off developers? Stephan Schmidt, CTO coach and author of “The Amazing CTO's Missing Manual,” shares an uncomfortable truth: it has nothing to do with AI efficiency and everything to do with running out of ideas.]]></description>
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    <title>#238 - AI is Smart Until It&#39;s Dumb: Why LLM Will Fail When You Least Expect It - Emmanuel Maggiori</title>
    <link>https://techleadjournal.dev/episodes/238/</link>
    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:24:05 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Why does an AI that brilliantly generates code suddenly fail at basic math? In this episode, Emmanuel Maggiori, author of “Smart Until It's Dumb” and “The AI Pocket Book,” cuts through the AI hype to reveal what LLMs actually do and, more importantly, what they can't.]]></description>
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    <title>#236 - From Figma to Code: The Rise of Design Engineers (And Why It Matters Now) - Honey Mittal</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:01:39 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[In this episode, Honey Mittal, CEO of Locofy.ai, reveals how Locofy's Large Design Models are revolutionizing front-end development by converting Figma designs into production code in seconds. Learn why LLMs fail at design-to-code and why design engineers are the future of software development.]]></description>
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    <title>#233 - Data Beats Hype: Measuring Your AI Adoption Impact - Laura Tacho</title>
    <link>https://techleadjournal.dev/episodes/233/</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:10:22 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
    <guid>https://techleadjournal.dev/episodes/233/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Is your AI investment paying off? Many leaders struggle to see real ROI beyond the hype. In this episode, Laura Tacho, CTO of DX, introduces DX’s new AI Measurement Framework™ with its three critical dimensions: utilization, impact, and cost.]]></description>
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    <title>#226 - Ex-Google Duplex Eng Lead on Disrupting $2B Clinical Trials with AI - Patrick Leung</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:45:45 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Ever wondered how AI is being applied in the world of clinical trials where human lives are at stake? In this episode, Patrick Leung, CTO of Faro Health and former Google Duplex Engineering Lead, reveals how AI is transforming the clinical trial process that normally costs billions and takes years to complete.]]></description>
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    <title>#223 - The Software Engineer Identity Crisis in the AI-Driven Future - Annie Vella</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:59:31 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Is AI taking over the craft of coding? In this episode, Annie Vella discusses her recent ACM paper on AI’s impact on software development, including the trade-offs between speed vs quality and the emerging software engineer identity crisis in the age of AI coding assistants.]]></description>
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