PODCAST · technology
KIRUPA
by Kirupa Chinnathambi
Thought provoking and fun content that lives at the intersection of design 🎨, development 🤖, and business 💰!
Episodes
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Critical Thinking and Staying Human with AI: A Conversation with Dave Thackeray 🔥
When AI can do all the hard things we once had to learn the hard way, what is left for education to teach our kids? My hunch is critical thinking. Knowing how to learn and being able to think critically still feel durable, even when every other answer is a fingertip away. In this conversation, I...
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Systems Thinking for Teams of AI Agents: A Conversation with Francis Ma 🔥
What happens when one person can run six to eight Claude Code sessions plus another six to eight Codex sessions at the same time? Coding stops being the only challenge. Coordinating the work starts to look a lot like leading a team.In this conversation, I chat with Francis Ma, an entrepreneur…
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CompSci, AI, and the Classroom: A Conversation with Elisa Cundiff 🔥
Artificial intelligence is changing how we learn, teach, and even think. So what happens to computer science education when students can ask ChatGPT to do their homework — or even write perfect code?In this conversation, I chat with Elisa Cundiff, computer science instructor at Colorado State...
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🚀 Den Delimarsky: The Model Context Protocol (MCP) Explained — Why It’s the "USB-C for AI"
I’m back with Den Delimarsky to talk about the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — the open standard that’s quietly transforming how AI assistants connect to data, tools, and services.We unpack what MCP is, why it matters, and how it’s becoming the foundation for agentic workflows, developer tools…
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Cameron Balahan and Helping Define the Fun 90's Tech Scene! ☕️
Among the many cool things Cameron Balahan has done, in the mid-1990’s, he created one of the best sites for tech enthusiasts. He created winshareware.com, a site where you could go and get the latest details on things you can download and run on your Windows machine. This chat is a trip down...
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Darius Monsef: Serial Entrepreneurship, Happiness, and Giving Back! 🔥
If you look up "serial entrepreneur" in the dictionary, you'll likely see Darius's profile! Darius is someone who I've known for decades both online and offline, and I've gotten a chance to see first hand his ability to create products and companies that people love. In this fun chat, we cover...
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Zach Hawtof: B2B-style Community Building in the Age of AI! 🏟️
While technology trends evolve and change, the need to connect with others and build a community has remained a constant. In this fun chat, Zach Hawtof, Co-Founder and CEO of Tightknit, shares his experience with community building and how organizations who use Slack can benefit from a deeper…
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Dan Chuparkoff: Ins and Outs of Being a Professional Keynote Speaker! 🔈
While public speaking consistently ranks as one of the most terrifying things people will ever need to do, some people like Dan Chuparkoff make it their full-time profession. In this fun chat, we talk about Dan's career progression towards becoming a keynote speaker and dive into all the ins/outs...
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Henry Kirk: The Realities of Running a Startup! 🚀
Today, I talk about Startups and Life as an Entrepreneur with Henry Kirk . Henry has the unique experience of working at large companies, working at his own startups, and jumping between them a few times. Today, he is the cofounder of Studio.init() which he started with a bunch of his colleagues...
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Dan Gookin: The OG of Technical Writing! 🏆
Dan Gookin is probably one of the most prolific tech writers and content creators this planet has ever seen with over a 100 titles to his name. He is also the first author of the legendary For Dummies series of books, helping spawn one of the most successful and recognizable brands to ever find…
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Helena Zhang: Font Design, Retro/Pixel Art, and More! 👾
Helena Zhang is the creator of Departure Mono, an excellent monospaced pixel font. She is also the creator of the instantly-recognizable and unique Phosphor icon library, used by many well-known brands. In this chat, Helena and I touch upon the ins and outs of font design, her sources of...
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Chris Raroque: Using Videos for Effective Product Marketing! 🎥
Chris Raroque is back! This time he shares some fantastic (and actionable) learnings around how he upped his marketing game by creating videos. We cover everything from how to get started, how to approach video creation, what tools to use, and a whole lot more. If you build anything online and…
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Travis Fantina: Web Gardener Extraordinaire! 🪴
Travis Fantina has been building cool technical projects for fun…well before that was considered cool! In this chat, he and I cover his journey into tech, why technology has gotten so complicated, the greatness of third places like libraries, his latest side project Postalbox, and a whole lot…
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Den Delimarsky: What Makes for Successful Products! 🎁
Den Delimarsky is many things. Product Manager. Engineer. Reverse engineer-er of things. And a whole lot more. While my goal was to go deeper into his really fascinating projects that help you better visualize your game stats in the popular Halo games, we instead spoke about how to build great...
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Ash Lamb: Building Your Personal Monopoly! 💡
Ash Lamb is a talented illustrator and content creator. He is well known for creating minimalistic illustrations that capture interesting ideas and observations about life. Chances are high that you’ve seen Ash’s creations in your timeline! We talk about everything from how he got started, the…
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Braden Snell: Turning a Passion for Coding into a Business! 👾
Braden Snell is someone who turned his love for programming in high school into a formal pursuit in college. He then spent many years working as a software developer before embarking on the great entrepreneurial journey where he created Zilch, a fantastic learning resource that helps people learn...
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Pascal Pixel: Designer, Developer, and Solopreneur Extraordinaire! 🐴
Pascal Pixel is a very talented designer, developer, and solopreneur. He has been tinkering in this space from a very early age and has a slew of fantastic projects that he can assign his name to, including his current project, the uniquely named Horse Browser. We’ll talk more about his projects…
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Jennifer Mathews: The SEO Goddess 🔥
Jennifer Mathews, more commonly known as the SEOGoddess, is one of the world's top experts when it comes to search engine optimization and helping individuals and businesses rank successfully across Google searches. In this chat, we cover the ins-and-outs of SEO, how to hire a good SEO…
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Zoran Jambor: The Past, Present, and Future of CSS! 🍱
Zoran Jambor is the influential developer and content creator behind CSSWeekly, a popular newsletter that has been going strong since 2012. In this fun chat, we talk about the early days of how we got started, what excites about CSS in the future, how he balances his time with other meaningful...
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Ronesha Dennis: Inspiring the Next Generation of Developers! ⚡️
To describe Ronesha Dennis as "multi-talented" is an understatement. She is an accomplished software developer, educator, published author, and more. In this fun chat, we discuss how she got started, how she combined multiple interests into a force multiplier for good, her passion for teaching…
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Joshua Jenkins: Design, Startups, Leadership, and More! ⚡️
In a world where most of us can claim to only have a few feathers in our cap, Joshua Jenkins's cap is literally overflowing. He is a successful designer, developer, entrepreneur, and design leader! 🎯 Josh is someone who I've known and admired for decades, so it was great to catch up with him and...
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Kirupa Chinnathambi: 26 years of KIRUPA.com, Content Creation, and more!
This time, the guest is...me! 😀 I catch up with Fei Wu, and we go back in time to talk about the early days of KIRUPA.com, how content creation has evolved, why I spend my time writing books, and a bunch of other topics that many of you have been asking me about for years. This is going to be a...
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Fei Wu: Content Strategist Extraordinaire ⚡️
Fei is a content creator’s content creator. She has been consistently sharing her knowledge around how to build audiences, how to effectively create content across blogs/video/podcasts, how to help companies use social media more effectively, and more for many years. In the following chat, we…
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Developer Platforms with Kevin Moore
When it comes to building developer platforms, Kevin Moore is a rarity. He possesses an uncanny ability to balance technical depth with an understanding of what developers need today and will need tomorrow. In this chat, he and I go back to the earliest days of the internet and walk through major...
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Generative Art + Coding with Kevin Maes 🤖
A fun area of computing is where we create art and other artifacts procedurally by writing code. This is where Kevin Maes comes in. He is a multi-talented developer and artist who has been experimenting with generative art and coding for a really long time. In this fun chat, we go deeper into…
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Impact of AI on UI/UX Design with Chloe Barreau 🎨
With AI gaining increased capabilities around generating visuals and simplifying complex UI and UX tasks, what we see and how we interact with our computing devices is going to be very different in the future. To go deeper into the creative, technical, and societal impact of this, I chat with…
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Winning as a Game Developer with Matt Roszak! 👾
Matt is the rare game developer that possesses a passion (and talent) for design, engineering, and marketing to create highly entertaining and successful games. In this chat, we walk through his path as a successful game developer and all the things he has learned along the way. Follow Matt:...
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Evolution of Marketing with Jim MacLeod! ⭐
In a world where AI, social media, personalization, and more are changing how people discover and interact with products, the role of marketing is changing. What it means to be a marketer is changing as well. To dive deep into all of these topics, let's chat with one of the best in the industry,...
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Hyperscaling with Bill Richards 🦅
Few of us can claim to have built a product and business that has over 25 million users. That is, unless you are Bill Richards. In this fun chat, we dive into and out of the technology, design, business, and marketing sides to how Bill built MixPod and grew it to astronomical heights with a very...
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Developer Relations and Beyond with Jamie Barton! 🚀
Developer relations is about building relationships between developers and companies! Who better to discuss this with than Jamie Barton?! In this wide-ranging interview, I talk to Jamie about his experience creating content, entering the fun world of developer relations, and his strategies for...
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The Present and Future of AI Tools with Ray (aka devbyrayray)
Today, we'll be diving deep with Ray (of devbyrayray fame!) into the fascinating world of AI and discussing how it's shaping the future of the tools we use as developers. So sit back, relax, and get ready to be inspired and educated. Follow Ray: ------- 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/devbyrayray...
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Indie Hacking with Anthony Castrio
Meet Anthony Castrio, a highly successful indie hacker and digital nomad. With a track record of creating and launching multiple successful products, Anthony has gained a reputation as a go-to authority in the world of indie hacking. His ability to turn his ideas into successful ventures, all…
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Designing Icons and Community Building with Austin Andrews
Austin Andrews, someone who I've known for most of my life, is the rare hybrid of programmer + designer. He created one of the largest and most popular icon libraries, so in this chat we cover everything from how he designs icons to his approach for maintaining a vibrant community. Follow Austin:...
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Product Management and Beyond with Dmitry Lyalin
Meet Dmitry Lyalin. Few people know as much about the art of building, shipping, and marketing products as well as he does. In this chat, we cover his origin story with computers, touch upon a bunch of interesting topics along the way, and end with practical advice for aspiring Product Managers!...
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Broadening Creativity with Marvin Nolasco (aka Technolasko)
What is the secret to being creative? How do you stay up-to-date when the creative world keeps changing quickly. To dive into this, I chat with the talented and multi-disciplinary artist, Marvin Nolasco! Follow Marvin: ------- 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TECHNOLASKO 📻 Radioshow:...
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Cheng Lou and Scaling Great User Experiences
Cheng Lou balances a deep understanding of the visual/UX world with the technical world of software engineering and computer science. He has spent a lot of his professional career and personal time exploring how developers can build great user experiences by default as opposed to going through...
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Pasquale D'Silva and Scaling Ideas into Delightful Products
Pasquale is a talented designer, animator, and entrepreneur who returns to our show. In this chat we talk about scaling an idea and vision into a product, how to generate hype, what makes for a successful team, and more! Follow Pasquale: ------- 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/pasquale 📱 Tiktok:...
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Pasquale D'Silva and Maximizing Creativity using AI
Pasquale is a talented designer, animator, and entrepreneur. He is also someone who I've known for over 20 years, so in this chat we talk about the past and how AI-based assistance will change design/art/tools in the future. Follow Pasquale: ------- 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/pasquale 📱...
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Becoming an Effective Content Creator with Dan Hunter (DKH)
Dan Hunter (DKH) shares insightful and actionable content designed to help you become a successful content creator. In this fun chat, we discuss a wide range of topics around content creation, growing an audience, and a whole lot more more! Follow Dan: ------- 🐦 Twitter:...
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Discussing the Power of Low-Code and Design Tools with Dumeme! ⚙️
Dumeme has created one of the most visually stunning sites the internet has seen, and things only get more impressive as we learn about his background, process for turning ideas into designs, approach for learning new skills, and a whole lot more. Enjoy! Follow Dumeme: ----- 🗓️ Portfolio:...
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The Content Creator Life with Dillion Megida
In this podcast, I chat with Dillion Megida - content creator extraordinaire. His insightful articles, videos, and images around development topics have helped many people. Let's dive into how he got started, how he creates his content, where he gets inspiration from, his strategy for reaching…
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Ideating, Building, and Launching Products with Chris Raroque
Chris is the creator of both Mogul and Ellie, two apps that really highlight his ability to identify a problem, elegantly solve it, attract users, and work through the full end-to-end business and product strategy activities. In this interview, he shares with us his approach in tackling all of...
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Interview with CSSBattle's Kushagra Gour
Kushagra Gour is the co-creator of CSSBattle. In this interview, let's dive into how he got started, what made CSSBattle successful, how he thinks about the future, and more! 💻 Visit CSSBattle: https://cssbattle.dev ------------------- 📄 Visit KIRUPA: https://www.kirupa.com/ 📙 Check out…
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Thought provoking and fun content that lives at the intersection of design 🎨, development 🤖, and business 💰!
HOSTED BY
Kirupa Chinnathambi
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