Software Snack Bites

For those interested in learning about how tech powers capital markets and how enterprises approach digital transformation, this is the episode for you.Sid Bala is the CIO of Data & Analytics at BNY Mellon. He is also Head of Public Cloud at the bank. In this episode, we chat about how to approach enterprise scale transformations & architecture and taking a portfolio approach to using new and existing tech. We also cover the use cases for Generative AI and how data sharing advancements across enterprises will continue to change the landscape in the future. This is a great peek into how an enterprise leader is thinking about future use cases that enterprise software could help with.Where to Find Sid:* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coffeehead/Where to Find Shomik:* Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/* Software Snack Bites Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google.In this episode, we cover:(00:40) – Sid’s Background in Enterprise Scale Tech Transformations(02:50) – “The Art of the Possible”: Shifting to the Cloud at Large Enterprises(08:41) – Justifying Large Scale Tech Modernization & Migrations(12:20) – Enterprise Architecture(13:30) – Knowing Your Own Identity(16:25) – BNY Mellon’s Data & Analytics Platform(19:17) – How Enterprise Can Learn From Startups(21:00) – When to Explore New Tech Vs Improve Existing Tech(24:17) – How Data Sharing Across Enterprises is Unlocking New Opportunities(25:54) – Shifting from the World of Math to World of Verbal with Generative AI(30:52) – Taking a Portfolio Approach to GenAI vs Current ML Use Cases(33:18) – Tying Innovation to Client Needs(34:38) – GenAI Unlocking Knowledge in Codebases & Shortening Code Review Cycles(38:32) – How Startups Can Effectively Sell to Enterprises(42:12) – What’s Coming Up for BNY MellonShow Notes:BNY Mellon & Microsoft Strategic Alliance for Data & Analytics PlatformBNY Mellon ML Trade Settlement Models This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

For those interested in learning about OneTrust (last valued at $4.5B), this is the episode for you.Kumar Gautam is a Partner at Sands Capital, a multi-strategy asset manager where he focuses on the late stage venture practice. In this episode, we do a deep dive into OneTrust, the ~$500M ARR business that is scaling rapidly in the data privacy, trust & GRC space. We cover all the aspects of the business in depth including the platform, customer use cases & personas, competitive landscape, go-to-market motion, and the future ahead.Where to Find Kumar:* Twitter: https://twitter.com/kumargautam11* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumar-gautam-8736996/Where to Find Shomik:* Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/* Software Snack Bites Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTubeIn this episode, we cover:(00:33) – Founding Story of OneTrust(03:34) – OneTrust Scale (ARR, FCF, Customer Scale)(05:06) – Why Cookie Collection is Only the Tip of the Iceberg(09:24) – Overview of OneTrust Platform’s Components(12:45) – Buyer & User Personas(14:29) – Customer Pain Points & Case Study(19:12) – OneTrust’s TAM(20:58) – Competitive Landscape(23:40) – How OneTrust Prices & Generates Revenue(25:48) – Go-To-Market Motion Behind 14k+ Customers(27:55) – Why First Party Data is So Valuable(30:13) – OneTrust’s Moat(33:42) – Indirect Network Effects Benefiting the Business(34:58) – Regulations, Data Management, & Consumer Expectations(37:15) – Future Risks(39:12) – Wrap UpWhere to Listen:* Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

This episode is a great balance of the high level impact of AI & Cloud on enterprise use cases and detailed tech deep dives behind how they’re powered. Whether you’re a CIO, Founder, or IC, there’s stuff in here for everyone.James Barney is Director of Cloud Platform Engineering at Ally Financial. He previously was a data engineer at Accenture and Lowe’s. In this episode, we cover how Ally as a digital bank builds and utilizes cloud technology to deliver a great experience to customers. We talk about migrating through modern tech transitions, centralizing data for internal teams’ efficiency, and of course the impact of AI. James discusses where he sees the impact of AI on enterprise workflows in the future and how to manage the challenges around using LLMs.Where to Find James:·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-barney/Where to Find Shomik:·       Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/·       Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube.In this episode, we cover:(01:50) – Migrating to Hadoop & Centralizing Data at Lowe’s(07:31) – Ally’s Early Cloud Journey(10:50) – How Ally Innovates Using Modern Technology(15:46) – Managing Downtime in Systems(18:58) – Building a Cloud Workload, Security & FinOps Internal Developer Platform(26:04) – Utilizing GenAI for Platform Eng Use Cases(30:02) – How Good Are LLMs at Text to SQL(34:50) - AI’s Impact of Access to Knowledge Across the Org(38:08) - What’s Slowing Down Potential Enterprise Adoption of GenAI(42:27) - Wrap UpShow Notes:* PII Masking Module for Langchain* Early Efforts into Generative AI* Ally Tech BlogHow to Subscribe:Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

Doug O'Laughlin, Founder of Fabricated Knowledge, discusses semiconductors in AI, emphasizing the importance of understanding the semiconductor level for projecting AI trends. Topics include inference chips (Groq & Cerebras), HBM's importance, Nvidia's strategy, ASICs, Broadcom, and other semis trends. Doug's insights have led to significant gains in Nvidia and Intel. The podcast also explores model stabilization, GPU evolution, networking technologies, investment strategies, and anticipation for technological events.

We hear about hackers all the time but very rarely get a glimpse into the world of what they actually do when exploiting applications. Douglas Day is a top grossing hacker on the HackerOne platform and a Senior Security Engineer at Elastic. In this episode, we dive into all things bug bounties and ethical hacking. How does Douglas find entry points, differences between defensive and offensive security, and escalating user permissions to find deep vulnerabilities are all covered. We also talk about common attack patterns for Douglas and other hackers and why WAFs are more annoying then useful.Where to Find Douglas:·       Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArchAngelDDay·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-day-39baa8108/Where to Find Shomik:·       Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/·       Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube.In this episode, we cover:(00:40) – Douglas’ Journey into Ethical Hacking(05:11) – Winning Most Value Hacker at HackerOne Event(08:03) – Bug Bounties vs Pen-testing(11:08) – Utilizing Hacking Exploits for Defensive Security(12:34) – Proliferation of Open Source Attacking Tools(14:44) – Flipping from Offensive to Defensive Security(15:27) – Working with a Team of Hackers(18:02) – Finding a Vulnerable Entry Point to an Application(21:16) – Utilizing User Permissions to Hack an App(25:48) – How Does Multi-Factor Auth Help Be More Secure(27:45) – Leveraging an Entry Point into Escalations(29:20) – Phishing As An Attack Vector (Red Teaming vs Bug Bounties)(31:15) – A Hacker’s Spidey Sense for Common Vulnerabilities(34:15) – Random Number Generators for Security(36:07) – APIs as an Attack Vector(37:32) – Why Exposed Secrets are a Common Entry Point(41:20) – Why Web Application Firewalls are Not That Effective for Stopping Hackers(43:30) – How Hackers are Using LLMs in Their Attack Workflows(45:48) – Utilizing AI Agents in Hacking(46:30) – Why Ethical Hackers are Assets to Security Teams(50:30) – Wrap UpHow to Subscribe:Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

Scaling companies is incredibly difficult but at each stage the building blocks need to be set in place properly. Charles Zedlewski has been COO, GM, and a product leader at companies like Temporal, Cloudera, and SAP. In this episode, we cover what the COO & GM roles do, stories from early Cloudera days especially around figuring out what products to sell and pricing and packaging. We cover hiring Player/Coaches, nailing positioning, and talk about countless anecdotes from both Temporal and Cloudera to learn how to build and scale a great org.Where to Find Charles:·       Twitter: https://twitter.com/zedlewski·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleszedlewski/Where to Find Shomik:·       Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/·       Newsletter: https://www.shomik.substack.com·       Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube.In this episode, we cover:(01:02) – Joining Cloudera Early from SAP(04:14) – Fighting Company Politics in Culture(07:38) – Figuring Out Commercial Products to Sell At Cloudera(14:58) – How Customers Weight Support & Services Differently Over Time(16:42) – Closing Early Customers at Cloudera(19:14) – Embracing the GM Role at Cloudera(23:41) – Reasons Cloudera Wasn’t Able to Realize Full Potential(31:00) – Moving from Cloudera to Temporal(34:34) – Differences Between COO and GM Roles(38:29) – What a COO Does in the First Few Months(44:02) – Nailing Positioning & Product Messaging(50:00) – When’s the Right Time to Hire a COO(54:35) – Hiring Player / Coaches(59:27) – Common Failure Paths of StartupsHow to Subscribe:Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

For those interested in the future of autonomous software testing & code generation, this is the episode for you.Itamar Friedman is Co-Founder & CEO of Codium AI. He previously was Head of AI at Alibaba Israel and a founder of multiple startups before that. In this episode, we cover why Prompt Engineering is shifting into Flow Engineering. We dive deep into the areas of software verification and testing. We talk about how to bring up a world of zero bugs in software development and what agent-assisted code generation, testing, & completion looks like. We also cover how future coding agents will function with Codium’s AlphaCodium which beat Deepmind and OpenAI in recent code competitions.Where to Find Itamar:·       Twitter: https://twitter.com/itamar_mar·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itamarf/Where to Find Shomik:·       Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/·       Newsletter: https://www.shomik.substack.com·       Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube.In this episode, we cover:(00:37) – What Codium AI is Building(01:42) – Itamar’s Background(04:21) – Evolution of Mobile Machine Vision & Learning(06:55) – Alibaba’s Applied AI Use Cases(10:45) – Why Software Verification is Important to Code Generation & Completion(15:00) – Challenges with Agent-Assisted Software Verification(19:05) – How AlphaCodium Won Against Deepmind and OpenAI in Competition(26:04) – Building a “System 2” Brain for Code Generation(33:54) – Multiple Agent-Assisted Developer Workflows(36:45) – Design in AI Systems(40:00) – Why Humans Will Continue to Write Code(41:25) – Future Products for CodiumAIShow Notes:-       What is AlphaCodium-       From Prompt Engineering to Flow EngineeringHow to Subscribe:Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

For anyone interested in developer tooling, you won’t be able to find better analysis than the Redmonk team and this pod goes in depth into trends, analysis, and AI’s impact on coding.James Governor and Kate Holterhoff are analysts at Redmonk, the developer focused analyst firm. They have been doing analysis of open source tooling and developer trends since 2002 when the firm was founded (20+ years ago). In this episode, we talk about analyzing what will persist in hype cycles, AI’s impact on coding practices & languages, and how not to extrapolate our biases in outcomes onto data. If you are a fan of dev tools and open source, you will love this conversation as you can’t find two people who spend more time thinking about this area than James and Kate along with the rest of the Redmonk team.Where to Find Redmonk:·       James’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/monkchips·       Kate’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateHolterhoff·       James’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesgovernor/·       Kate’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateholterhoff/·       Redmonk’s Blog: https://redmonk.com/ ·       Redmonk’s Podcast: https://redmonk.com/blog/2023/12/07/the-monkcast/ Where to Find Shomik:·       Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21·       LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/·       Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube.In this episode, we cover:(00:48) – Founding Redmonk Alongside the Rise of Open Source(03:39) – How Redmonk Analyzes Products(06:58) – Diagnosing What’s Real in Tech Hype Cycles(15:56) – Is AI Having a Large Impact on Language Rankings?(25:50) – Downstream Impact of Having AI Generate Majority of Code(29:45) – Impact of Agents Managing Code Bases(34:10) – Rise of Frontend Tooling (Again)(40:09) – Thoughts on Open Source License Changes in Prominent Projects(44:40) – New Analysis & Events Coming up for RedmonkShow Notes:-       Frontend Developers are the New Kingmakers-       What’s Going on With Language Rankings-       AI: The Difference Between Open and Open SourceHow to Subscribe:Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shomik.substack.com

Learn time management tips and calendar optimization from Clockwise CEO Matt Martin. Dive into research behind time and behavioral management, balancing single player and multi-player use cases, and importance of breaks in back-to-back meetings. Explore attention residue and personalization of time management.

The podcast discusses the importance of maintaining health for entrepreneurs. Topics include habit formation, making time for health, identifying drive for change, defining daily non-negotiables, and mastering mindset for peak performance. It also covers body composition, optimizing workout regimens, navigating nutrition in busy lives, and the power of full commitment to health.