Founder Mode
Founder Mode
Podcast Description
Founder Mode is a podcast for builders—whether it’s startups, systems, or personal growth. It’s about finding your flow, balancing health, wealth, and productivity, and tackling challenges with focus and curiosity. Each week, you’ll gain actionable insights and fresh perspectives to help you think like a founder and build what matters most.
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The podcast focuses on themes of entrepreneurship, personal growth, and effective decision-making. Episodes cover topics like health management for founders, relationship maintenance during intense work periods, and creating opportunities through strategic risk-taking. For instance, Episode 1 discusses the concept that luck can be manufactured, while Episode 2 delves into the challenges of balancing health and hustle for entrepreneurs.

Founder Mode is a podcast for builders—whether it’s startups, systems, or personal growth. It’s about finding your flow, balancing health, wealth, and productivity, and tackling challenges with focus and curiosity. Each week, you’ll gain actionable insights and fresh perspectives to help you think like a founder and build what matters most.
EPISODE 32
Founder Mode sits down with Natalie Kaminski of JetRockets to cut through AI hype in software development. Natalie shares findings from a five-month experiment using code assistants: top engineers see ~30% efficiency on tedious tasks, but AI can duplicate components, forget context, and mislead juniors who can’t evaluate output. She argues developers matter more than ever—AI augments, not replaces—while real value comes from problem definition, secure architecture, and disciplined human review. Tools help with migrations, boilerplate, and tests; judgment, clarity, and empathy still decide what ships.
CHAPTERS
00:00 – There’s no “I” in today’s AI
03:30 – Do developers still matter?
04:51 – AI as augmentation: the calculator analogy
06:41 – Workable AI: migrations, boilerplate, tests (~30% gain)
19:08 – Where AI breaks: duplication, lost context, human review
LINKS
Connect with Natalie Kaminski
jetrockets.com • LinkedIn • X/Twitter
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