31 episodes

Craft. Attention to detail. Constant iteration. There’s an art to creating great software.

Crafted is a show about great products and the people who make them. Honored by the Webby Awards as a top technology podcast, and featuring an roster of incredible product and company builders.

Host Dan Blumberg speaks with engineers, designers and product people to understand: What trade-offs did they make? What experiments did they run? And what was the moment when they knew – when they just knew – that they were on to something?

Crafted is produced by Artium, where we care deeply about the craft of building great software — and great companies. We help organizations build great products, great teams, and the culture of craft needed to build great software long after we’re gone. Learn more about Artium at thisisartium.com and start a conversation at hello@thisisartium.com

And join us here as we explore the art of craft.

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    • 4.0 • 40 Ratings

Craft. Attention to detail. Constant iteration. There’s an art to creating great software.

Crafted is a show about great products and the people who make them. Honored by the Webby Awards as a top technology podcast, and featuring an roster of incredible product and company builders.

Host Dan Blumberg speaks with engineers, designers and product people to understand: What trade-offs did they make? What experiments did they run? And what was the moment when they knew – when they just knew – that they were on to something?

Crafted is produced by Artium, where we care deeply about the craft of building great software — and great companies. We help organizations build great products, great teams, and the culture of craft needed to build great software long after we’re gone. Learn more about Artium at thisisartium.com and start a conversation at hello@thisisartium.com

And join us here as we explore the art of craft.

    Taking GenAI From Prototype to Production. A Special NYC Tech Week Live Event. Featuring Leaders from AWS, Flatiron Health, Predibase, and Bauplan

    Taking GenAI From Prototype to Production. A Special NYC Tech Week Live Event. Featuring Leaders from AWS, Flatiron Health, Predibase, and Bauplan

    “The last nine months, no matter what we want to talk about, our customers want to talk about one thing, which is Gen AI.”
    One year ago, ChatGPT woke the entire world up to the possibilities of Generative AI. Since then, the conversation around AI has not ceased, with constant questions being raised about its safety, accuracy, and potential implications for the tech world.

    In this episode, Dan hosts a panel at NYC Tech Week 2023, discussing the evolution and potential of Generative AI with Jacopo Tagliabue of Bauplan, Cat Miller of Flatiron Health, Raghvender Arni of AWS Industries, and Justin Zhao of Predibase. Together, they discuss the journey in taking Generative AI from prototype to production, delving into the need for a stable foundation of best practices in data and software development, how to overcome the challenges of evaluation and performance, and the cruciality of red teaming and guardrails to ensure the viability and usability of AI models.

    • 43 min
    How to Go Fast and Not Break Things: Why Great Brakes Help You Accelerate and Innovate. Featuring John Mileham, CTO of Betterment

    How to Go Fast and Not Break Things: Why Great Brakes Help You Accelerate and Innovate. Featuring John Mileham, CTO of Betterment

    “Nobody's going to drive as fast on the straightaway if they don't have good brakes because if that's not available, then you can't go fast confidently.” John Mileham is the CTO of Betterment, and he’s also a race car driving instructor. Though they seem like vastly different roles, he has the same focus in both: going fast but doing so safely. Betterment is a digital financial advisor that builds software that can automate your finances… so safety is key. In this episode, John describes how he empowers teams and creates conditions that foster creativity, speed, and security. 


    In this episode, John breaks down how his experience on the racetrack has influenced his approach to innovation, drawing on the recent improvements to Betterment’s Cash Reserve product, the difficult transition to implementing GraphQL in the organization, and how performance envelopes are expanded with the confidence of safety.

    • 24 min
    Don’t Throw Spaghetti at the Wall: How to Build an MVP at a Big Enterprise. Featuring Neil Caron, Product and Design Leader at Gartner

    Don’t Throw Spaghetti at the Wall: How to Build an MVP at a Big Enterprise. Featuring Neil Caron, Product and Design Leader at Gartner

    “The lean startup and MVP model is absolutely the right mindset to have, but that doesn't mean that you have to throw spaghetti at the wall.” Neil Caron, Product and Design Leader at Gartner, is doing something hard: helping a big company to innovate. Gartner is the company many technology buyers turn to for advice when they’re looking to buy mission-critical products. Traditionally, that’s meant reading reports and talking to analysts, but with the new BuySmart software-as-a-service product, they can now collaborate more seamlessly with each other as they go through their checklists and make a decision. 

    In this episode, Neil shares more on the challenge of innovating at a legacy corporation, including how to manage relationships with existing clients, pick the right pricing strategy, and the importance of autonomy in an innovation group — and how to go about getting it.

    • 24 min
    Enough Putting Lipstick on the Pig: Why Moov Is Rebuilding Payment Infrastructure from the Ground Up. Featuring CEO Wade Arnold

    Enough Putting Lipstick on the Pig: Why Moov Is Rebuilding Payment Infrastructure from the Ground Up. Featuring CEO Wade Arnold

    “Being a part of financial services for the last 15 or 20 years, it seemed like we were always putting lipstick on the pig”. Wade Arnold was tired of putting a nice UI on  creaky infrastructure and he saw how insufficient payment systems are for today’s internet-based businesses. So Wade founded Moov, a fintech that's building systems for the way money moves today – and they’re starting at the very bottom of the stack and building their way up. 

    On this episode, Wade shares how Moov emerged from an open source project, how its embrace of developer communities has become a competitive advantage, and why he encourages everyone to “respect the craft” of software development.

    This is Crafted from Artium: a show about great products, and the people who make them. At Artium, we help startups and enterprises build incredible products, recruit high-performing teams, and achieve the culture of craft they need to build great software long after we’re gone. Check us out at thisisartium.com and start a conversation at hello@thisisartium.com

    * Special note to Money 2020 attendees: say hi to us in Vegas! Email hello@thisisartium.com or connect with host Dan Blumberg via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dblums/ 

    • 26 min
    Putting People First: How Jack Altman Built Lattice Into an Employee Performance Powerhouse

    Putting People First: How Jack Altman Built Lattice Into an Employee Performance Powerhouse

    “We just experienced these pains of people feeling unsatisfied, they didn't necessarily feel like there were easy opportunities to be listened to by the company.” CEO Jack Altman is determined to help make work meaningful, and founding Lattice is a big part of that goal. Lattice is an employee performance and engagement software company that wants to put people first. The product was inspired by an experience Jack had with another company when he saw that staff feedback was collecting dust, and employees were disengaged.

    On this episode, Jack explains how he started Lattice with just a shadow of an idea, and the a-ha moment that clarified the product. He also takes us through Lattice's most important inflection points, his big learnings on finding product market fit, and why he thinks all work should be meaningful.

    This is Crafted from Artium: a show about great products, and the people who make them. At Artium, we help startups and enterprises build incredible products, recruit high-performing teams, and achieve the culture of craft they need to build great software long after we’re gone. Check us out at thisisartium.com

    • 25 min
    Microgravity, FTW! Why Advanced Computer Chips and Cancer Treatments May Soon Be Made…IN SPACE. Featuring Jana Stoudemire, Director of In-Space Manufacturing, Axiom Space

    Microgravity, FTW! Why Advanced Computer Chips and Cancer Treatments May Soon Be Made…IN SPACE. Featuring Jana Stoudemire, Director of In-Space Manufacturing, Axiom Space

    “When we talk about future cities in space, it seems like they're really far away. The truth is, it's happening right now. We're building those.” That’s the mind-blowing reality that Jana Stoudemire works in everyday at Axiom Space, a leading space infrastructure developer based in Texas. Axiom is building a successor to the International Space Station and developing commercial opportunities in orbit that go way beyond satellites. Central to all this is the unique environment of microgravity, which allows you to do things that just can’t be done on Earth.

    On this episode, Jana takes us to the final frontier, and shares Axiom's plans for advanced biomedical research, space-made semiconductors that could enable quantum computing, and what this means for future scientific advances. She’ll also get into the challenges of building a state-of-the-art lab that will orbit around Earth, from the equipment and personnel, to where does that exercise bike go?

    This is Crafted from Artium: a show about great products, and the people who make them.  At Artium, we help startups and enterprises build incredible products, recruit high-performing teams, and achieve the culture of craft they need to build great software long after we’re gone. Check us out at thisisartium.com

    • 23 min

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My favorite tech podcast

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Great blend of personal history and applied knowledge

Great blend of person background, strategy, and narrative arc behind the software products running our world.

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Insightful and entertaining!

It is hard to find podcasts that aren’t just ads nowadays, I like how this one highlights the challenges and hurdles that builders, entrepreneurs and leaders overcome to make great products and teams. Real situations, real stories, real insights, I love it!

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