Hidden Layers Podcast

If building software is becoming so cheap and so fast, what are VCs actually betting on? Where's the edge when the technology itself is no longer the advantage? Matt Małysz (Partner, Inovo VC) invests €0.5-4M in pre-seed and seed-stage startups from Central and Eastern Europe. He's seen portfolio companies grow from zero to $12M ARR in 12 months, profitably. In this episode, we dig into wh...

Traditional hiring is broken. When candidates can use AI to ace technical interviews, are they cheating or just using the same tools they'll use on the job? The answer reveals a deeper truth: we're no longer hiring humans, we're hiring human+AI systems. With Wiktor Żołnowski (CEO, Pragmatic Coders) and Łukasz Wróbel (founder, Job for Agent), we explore how companies are adapting. Some...

I sat down with Michał Warda and Tomasz Gancarczyk to discuss how vibe coding and working with tools like Cursor and Claude Code can improve the life of a senior engineer. Battle-tested advice, practical tips, and deep insights. Zero hype, just hands-on experience.