The Forward Slash Podcast

Brought to you by Callibrity, The Forward Slash dives into the world of software engineering, digital transformation, and the future of technology , featuring insights from the people who live and breathe it every day.

The Forward Slash Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Callibrity, with 87 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Callibrity hosts The Forward Slash Podcast, a business show with 87 episodes published.

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  /prove it or park it: AI's ROI reckoning

  Aug 19, 20261h 14m

  Nearly every company is "using AI" now — but for most, it still isn't showing up in the P&L, and boards have noticed. Todd James says that gap is a leadership problem, not a technology one. The former Chief Data & Technology Officer at 84.51° and head of AI at Kroger — now advising leaders through Aurora Insights — joins James Carman to unpack why AI stalls after the first pilot, why the fix starts with the P&L, what to build versus rent, and what you should never hand to an outside model. Plus the Coast Guard lesson behind his bottom line: waiting can be as risky as moving too fast.

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  /agents on the payroll: who your AI is and what it's allowed to do

  Aug 12, 20261h 17m

  When an AI agent starts writing and shipping code inside your platform, who is it — and what is it allowed to do? Host James Carman sits down with Ajay Chankramath — founder and CEO of Platform Metrics and former head of platform engineering at ThoughtWorks — on the questions IT leaders are wrestling with right now. They get into agent identity and governance: should an agent get a login like a developer, and how do you bound its authority by time and intent. They dig into why unmeasured platforms quietly get defunded, and the "generic developer fallacy" behind Ajay's new book on domain-driven platform engineering — because a payments team and a data-science team never needed the same golden path. Plus: why DevOps is a culture, not a job title, and why the best platforms win adoption by being better than the alternative, not by mandate.

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  /seats for everyone: the AI rollout that quietly burns your budget

  Aug 5, 20261h 15m

  Your company just gave everyone a Claude or ChatGPT seat — so why isn't the ROI showing up? Host James Carman and YNDR founder Chris Thomas break down why handing out AI licenses isn't a strategy, why tokenmaxxing and prompt engineers won't deliver results, and how homegrown AI agents you actually own beat seven-figure SaaS contracts.

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  /vibe coded, now what?: the cost that comes later

  Jul 29, 202655 min

  Cancel the SaaS contract and vibe code it yourself? In this episode, host James Carman talks with Kendra Ramirez, CEO of KR Digital and a global Claude ambassador who's been building bots since 2018, about where AI actually earns its keep for business leaders. They find the line between a fast prototype and production-grade software, when off-the-shelf tools like Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT are all you need, and why the smartest first move is often to audit your tech stack before you spend a dollar on something new.

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  /vibe coded, now what?: the cost that comes later

  Jul 28, 202655 min

  Cancel the SaaS contract and vibe code it yourself? In this episode, host James Carman talks with Kendra Ramirez, CEO of KR Digital and a global Claude ambassador who's been building bots since 2018, about where AI actually earns its keep for business leaders. They find the line between a fast prototype and production-grade software, when off-the-shelf tools like Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT are all you need, and why the smartest first move is often to audit your tech stack before you spend a dollar on something new.

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