Joe's Room · Spotify · 41 min
AI, Ownership, and the Future of Engineering
A conversation about AI's impact on engineering productivity, the ownership mindset, and how AI changes hiring and team culture.
Talks & Speaking
I've built two companies.I lead AI-first teams.I speak about both.
At conferences and meetups, I cover founding and growing companies, software engineering, applied AI, and the leadership it takes to hold a team together.
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What I speak about
Four things I keep coming back to.
Picked from what I actually do, not what sounds good on a slide.
Co-founding
Building two companies from zero, once as CEO and once as CTO.
Engineering
Architecture, guardrails, and the infrastructure decisions that keep systems fast to change.
AI
How AI changes system design, not just individual tasks.
Leadership and management
Leading engineering teams through change, from technical debt to team culture.
Previous talks
JavaScript London
The Compound Effect of Guardrails in the Era of AI
📍 London🏢 NewDay👥 130+ attendees
United Hacks V6
Building an Enterprise Dashboard with AI: From Architecture to Production
📍 Online👥 25+ attendeesWorkshop
TechLead Conf London 2025
Optimizing Tech Operations: Managing Technical Debt While Integrating AI
📍 LondonPanel
AI Coding Summit 2025
AI-First Architecture - Why Single Responsibility Matters More Than Ever
📍 Online👥 5,000+ attendees
LNUG
Turning Chaos into Control with Cloudflare
📍 London🏢 Cloudflare👥 90+ attendees
React Advanced London
Design Systems, AI, and the Art of Separation of Concern
📍 London🏢 Figma👥 120+ attendees
Podcast
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I speak on founding companies, AI-first development, and the leadership it takes to hold a team together. London based, happy to travel.
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