๐๏ธ EP73 - AI Wonโt Fix Us. It Amplifies Us!
AI without engineering excellence is like plugging noise into a megaphone ๐ฃ
๐จ The verdict is in! ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ report confirms it:
๐ ๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ: itโs a mirror, ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ...
๐ค What the IT industry is amplifying: ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ or ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ?
This week on In the Head of a CEO, we dive into that exact question.
๐๏ธ Guest: Stephan Donze , founder & CEO of AODocs
A geek at heart, turned SaaS leader, who knows both sides of the battlefield:
โ๏ธ writing production code, andโฆ
โ๏ธ running a global SaaS trusted in mission-critical industries.
Together, we unpack the ugly truth of software:
โข Bugs are acknowledged and accepted even in contracts ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
โข Mediocrity is tolerated as โnormalโ ๐ฅบ
โข And now AI is multiplying it all โ good and especially bad ๐
What DORA + IT Revolution just made official is the
๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ w๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐-๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ of our industry:
๐ AI multiplies ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ when teams master real engineering.
๐ฅ AI multiplies ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ๐ ๐ when orgs have no clue how software is built.
๐ So, the real question isnโt โhow do we use AI?โ
๐คจ Or โhow much do we invest in AI adoption?โ
๐ง Itโs โ๐ช๐๐๐ง exactly are we amplifying with AI?โ
If fewer than 5% of teams practice TDD & XPโฆ
and only 3% of candidates can solve a simple TDD kataโฆ
CEOs, letโs be brutally honest:
๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, youโre not amplifying progress.
โก Youโre amplifying dysfunction โ chaos ๐ฅ
โฆ and with it, burnout, the signature KPI of low-performance by design.
And in this episode, one of your peers, a SaaS CEO who still codes...
๐ฃ says it loud and clear. ๐ฃ
๐ฅ The Full episode is out on the usual channels (links in the comments).
Listen. Reflect. Decide:
๐ Are we coding excellenceโฆ or just amplifying mediocrity at scale?
And if your org doesnโt yet have a tech excellence program in placeโฆ
โณ this is the moment to start.
Because otherwise youโre just pouring money into amplified chaos...
and your best talents will leave you alone with your AI bots. ๐ค
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