The Robotic Scholar Podcast

3D Printing Hell, AI Frontier Models & The Reality of Product Strategy Welcome to Week 51 of the Robotic Scholar Podcast! As the year winds down and the holiday "soft week" kicks in, we’re diving into the frustrations of hardware, the breakneck speed of AI releases, and the hard truth about business strategy in the age of LLMs. In this episode, I share my painful departure from "3D Printer Hell" a...

Is Siri dead? Think again. 🍎🤖In this episode of The Robotic Scholar Podcast, we’re back before the holidays with a controversial take: Apple isn't losing the AI war—they’re just getting started. We break down why the impending integration of Gemini (or a similar LLM) into the Apple ecosystem could destroy the competition through the sheer "power of default."We also have a reality check on the AI...

Hope you enjoy this episode! As an aged father of little ones, I can’t write AND podcast at the same time. My sleep-deprived brain just can’t handle it. So yes, the written version below is, in fact, AI generated based on what I discuss on the pod. Thus, the best experience I think is the audio , but in case you can’t experience that, a written version is below. Let me know if you enjoy it by subs...

Hope you enjoy this episode! As an aged father of little ones, I can’t write AND podcast at the same time. My sleep-deprived brain just can’t handle it. So yes, the written version below is, in fact, AI generated based on what I discuss on the pod. Thus, the best experience I think is the audio , but in case you can’t experience that, a written version is below. Let me know if you enjoy it by subs...

Episode Summary In this episode, Ajay dusts off the mic for the first time in a while and jumps into a stream-of-consciousness update on life: building cute household robots, wrangling LLM context engineering at work, and navigating a very real health transformation from 208 to 190 pounds. Topics Covered 1. Getting Banished to the Kids’ Playroom (But Actually Loving It) Ajay now works from the dow...

Happy Friday everyone! Welcome back to Ship Happens, your weekly product manager newsletter. I'm using this newsletter to share at least three things l've come across this week to help you build better product. Subscribe so you don't miss these when they come out: On to this week's thoughts and updates: 1. Everyone Wants a Magic Data Insight Button 🧙‍♂️📊 This week, I ran a poll on LinkedIn askin...

Happy Friday everyone! Welcome back to Ship Happens, your weekly product manager newsletter. I'm using this newsletter to share at least three things l've come across this week to help you build better product. Subscribe so you don't miss these when they come out: On to this week's thoughts and updates: At the top: I've created a podcast and video version of these newsletters! I hope you take adva...

Elena Luneva and I had a great live session on communication with stakeholders and beyond! Lots of fun talking about what works, what doesn’t at all levels, and some of our presentation fails lol. Enjoy! Subscribe so you don’t miss the next live: And join me for my next live video in the app! You’ll be notified when I’m going live next 🎙️ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this...