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Ditch the Ticket Factory Mentality

Dive into the secrets of building high-performing, happy engineering teams with Thanos Diacakis, a fractional CTO and engineering coach with over 25 years of experience.

Will AI Snap That?

A sharp, funny, and insightful podcast exploring the chaotic intersection of AI and real-world impact. Hosts Thanos and Rollins dig into the hype and hard truths of artificial intelligence—covering everything from bugs in production to whether AI will replace teachers, coders, or even God. Featuring spirited debates, expert guests, and a healthy dose of skepticism, this show cuts through the buzzwords to uncover how AI is really changing work, creativity, and society.

 

Business Lessons From Uber

In this podcast episode of Entrepreneurship Lab, my guest is Thanos Diacakis, a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience in optimizing software development and engineering teams for startups and high-growth companies.

Engineering Culture, Operational Excellence & Designing for Scale

In this session, we explore lessons on engineering culture and operational excellence across experiences from large companies to startups with Shibani Sanan (CTO @ Ladder), Rakesh Rajan (VPE @ Rippling) & Thanos Diacakis (Software Engineering Effectiveness Coach & Technical Leader @ Cosmic Teacups)!

They’ll share insights on scaling systems and platform strategy to encourage speed, innovation and to minimize dependencies. Plus perspectives on shaping culture for engineering and operational excellence covering expectations for managers, production operational reviews, rewarding excellence, prioritization and more.

 

Architecting for Ambiguity

We write software for an uncertain world. From agile development to progressive delivery, we've built software delivery practices around the assumption that we'll build the wrong thing and we'll build it wrong. So we optimize for fast feedback and adjust on the fly. But how do you architect a system if you're not sure what you're building?
 
In this fireside chat, CircleCI CTO Rob Zuber will explore the role of architecture in the face of ambiguity–from identifying the things you do know to designing systems centered around change. With a focus on deeply understanding your domain and your business, this chat will venture into DDD, system evolution, technology choices, and how to put your energy into the most impactful decisions.