LutzTalk

Jeff Gadway, co-founder of Clicks Technology, discusses the journey of Clicks Technology; from the purpose of device input, and lessons from launching products at BlackBerry, Jeff peels back the curtain of what it takes to bring a new product to life in the smartphone space. https://clicks.tech/ Clicks Communicator is a purpose-built device that aims to simply the communication tasks we perform da...

In this episode of LutzTalk, Chad Patterson, a technical leader at Cisco, discusses the evolution of cloud collaboration, the role of a technical leader, and the challenges of troubleshooting in a cloud-based environment. He emphasizes the importance of mentorship, the shift from hardware-based solutions to cloud-hosted services, and the impact of rapid feature releases on support engineers. The c...

The conversation covers topics such as career journey, curiosity, competition, market share, evolution of observability, automatic recovery, debugging, and the future of software development. It delves into the impact of AI on observability and the changing role of software developers in the AI era. The conversation covers the topics of pair programming, moving fast vs. moving slow in software dev...

The conversation covers a range of topics, including the shift from fire and forget scripts to the world of macOS GitOps, the importance of a creative perspective in IT engineering, the impact of technology on user experience and user support, the role of technology as a tool, the security and privacy focus of macOS, and the value of a framework for managing Mac scripts. Additionally, it explores...

LutzTalk is where real systems builders talk about the technology that actually keeps people connected. In this episode, Austin sits down with Noah Holzberg, a Trader at Morgan Stanley, to go inside one of the fastest, most data-dense environments on the planet: the New York trading floor. While many view trading through the lens of "gut feelings" and blinking charts, Noah’s career has been a mast...

LutzTalk is where real systems builders talk about the technology that actually keeps people connected. In this episode, Austin sits down with Stetson Doggett and Trevor Mann, founders of CoverageMap.com, the platform crowdsourcing real-world cellular coverage data to reveal how mobile networks actually perform. What started as curiosity about carrier maps and signal strength turned into a growing...

LutzTalk is where real systems builders talk about the technology that actually keeps people connected. In this episode, Austin sits down with Philip Lemaster, Software Engineer at Meta, whose path into engineering was anything but traditional. From studying psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and working as a medical assistant in healthcare, to building APIs for financial...

LutzTalk is where real systems builders talk about the technology that actually keeps people connected. In this episode, Austin sits down with Neil Schneider, Safety and Health Specialist at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, whose career path is a complex mix of both technical interest and engineering excellence. From studying civil engineering at the University of Louisiana at La...

LutzTalk is where real systems builders talk about the technology that actually keeps people connected. In this episode, Austin Lutz turns the mic inward and reflects on the path that led him here. From early curiosity about networks and media, to years spent building, operating, and designing communication systems, this episode is about how mentors, lived experience, and hands-on work shape the w...

LutzTalk is where real systems builders talk about the technology that actually keeps people connected. In this episode, Austin sits down with Jai Misra, Software Engineering Manager at Cisco Meraki, whose path into engineering started nowhere near a computer science classroom. From studying Globalization and Arabic at Gettysburg College and working in immigration advocacy, to leading engineering...