# Very Good Ventures Podcasts

> Conversations with engineers, designers, and product leaders about Flutter, Dart, and AI.

- Source: https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/

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38 episodes, newest first. Each link points at the episode's clean Markdown version.

- 2026-07-22 — [The Future of Software Development: Embracing AI and Quality](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/chris-sells-ai-and-software-quality.md): Software engineering veteran Chris Sells on AI coding agents, redefining software quality, and building software factories, on Very Good Engineering.
- 2026-07-08 — [Building Production-Quality Software with Minimal Code](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/peter-trost-production-quality-minimal-code.md): Flutter engineer Peter Trost on using AI to ship production-quality software with a fraction of the hand-written code, on Very Good Engineering.
- 2026-06-24 — [Building Custom Figma Plugins: How a Designer Codes with AI](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/murphy-orourke-custom-figma-plugins.md): Designer Murphy O'Rourke on building a whole ecosystem of custom Figma plugins with AI to automate design system work, on Very Good Engineering.
- 2026-06-05 — [Designing AI to Fail: What a Capture the Flag Game Reveals About Where LLMs Break](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/andy-gibel-designing-ai-to-fail.md): Andy Gibel of Yum! Brands on building an AI Capture the Flag game hard enough to stump adversarial engineers and expose where LLMs break, on Very Good Engineering.
- 2026-05-28 — [The Art of Retro UI: Building an 8-Bit Design System with NES UI in Flutter](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/erick-zanardo-8-bit-design-system.md): Erick Zanardo on building NES UI, an open source 8-bit retro design system for Flutter, and encoding pixel-art icons as strings, on Very Good Engineering.
- 2026-05-08 — [From Dart to Flutter: The Evolution of a Language and a Framework](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/brian-egan-evolution-of-dart-and-flutter.md): Brian Egan traces Dart's path from a 2011 experiment to the language behind Flutter, and what type safety and hot reload changed, on Very Good Engineering.
- 2026-05-08 — [Building the Future of Web Development: The Journey of Jaspr](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/kilian-schulte-jaspr-web-development.md): Kilian Schulte on creating Jaspr, the Dart web framework behind the official Flutter and Dart sites, and bringing Flutter's model to the web, on Very Good Engineering.
- 2026-04-29 — [Fearless Refactoring: Why Flutter Is a Business Strategy, Not Just a Framework](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/steven-stamps-fearless-refactoring-flutter-business-strategy.md): Veteran technologist Steven Stamps joins Build to Succeed to unpack fearless refactoring, talent density, and why Flutter is a business strategy, not just a framework.
- 2026-04-23 — [Building a Local AI from Scratch: The Story Behind Cow](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/joanna-may-local-ai-from-scratch.md): Joanna May walks through Cow, a local AI terminal companion built in Dart, on the inaugural episode of Very Good Engineering.
- 2026-04-23 — [From Self-Taught to Google Engineer: Navigating the Flutter Ecosystem](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/rody-davis-self-taught-to-google.md): Rody Davis on teaching himself to code, building Pocket Piano in Flutter, and his work on Google's Antigravity platform, on Very Good Engineering.
- 2026-04-13 — [Fluttering Forward: Innovation and Community in Tech](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/abdallah-shaban-google-fluttering-forward.md): Google Outbound PM Abdallah Shaban on what makes Flutter a fit for enterprise mobile and why generative UI shifts frontend engineering work earlier in the process.
- 2026-04-13 — [Role of Design Systems in Software Development](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/lucas-josefiak-widgetbook-design-systems.md): Lucas Josefiak, founder of Widgetbook, discusses scalable design collaboration for Flutter teams, the ROI of developer tooling, and shifting left to catch UI bugs early.
- 2026-02-11 — [Streamlining Full-Stack Dart for Faster Teams](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/viktor-lidholt-serverpod----streamlining-full-stack-dart-for-faster-engineering-teams.md): Former Google Flutter engineer Viktor Lidholt explains how Serverpod streamlines full-stack Dart, API generation, and backend development for Flutter teams.
- 2026-01-15 — [Rebuilding Mobile Architecture With Flutter & 3D](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/kody-peterson-foresight-sports-rebuilding-mobile-architecture-with-flutter-and-3d-innovation.md): Kody Peterson shares lessons on Flutter architecture, 3D sports tools, and building high-performance visual experiences for athletic apps.
- 2025-12-17 — [Enterprise-Scale Flutter Architecture at SoFi](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/phil-rabin-sofi--enterprise-scale-flutter-modernizing-architecture-for-a-2-million-line-flutter-codebase.md): Phil Rabin shares how SoFi scales one of the largest Flutter codebases, drives velocity, and leads teams through rapid growth.
- 2025-12-03 — [Scaling Flutter DevOps and CI/CD With Community](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/martin-remmelgas-codemagic----the-power-of-community-in-scaling-devops-and-ci-cd-for-flutter.md): Codemagic CEO Martin Remmelgas on why community trust beats marketing for developer tools and how SOC 2 quietly unlocked Codemagic's enterprise pipeline.
- 2025-11-12 — [Building the Future of Apps With Flutter and LLMs](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/frank-van-puffelen-puf-low-code-no-fear-building-the-future-of-apps-with-flutter-and-llms.md): Frank van Puffelen on why validating LLM output is the new core skill for developers and why Flutter-based AI app builders ship prettier UIs than the rest.
- 2025-10-29 — [AI and Product Leadership in Enterprise Growth](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/michael-harker-ritchie-bros-the-future-of-product-leadership-ai-customer-empathy-scaling-legacy-enterprises.md): Michael Harker shares deep insights on balancing modernization with customer empathy while scaling product leadership in legacy enterprises.
- 2025-09-04 — [Developer Relations at Google in the Agentic Era](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/andrew-brogdon-google-developer-relations-in-the-agentic-era.md): Andrew Brogdon discusses how creative storytelling and agentic apps are reshaping developer relations and software in an AI-powered world.
- 2025-08-13 — [Applied Science and the Future of AI](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/pratap-ranade-arena-the-future-of-applied-science-and-humanity-with-ai.md): Arena CEO Pratap Ranade shares how AI-native tools transform industrial data into real-world action across aerospace and defense.
- 2025-07-23 — [From QA-Heavy to AI-Ready Product Delivery](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/andrew-tunall-embrace-from-qa-heavy-to-ai-ready-modernizing-product-delivery.md): Andrew Tunall explains how to modernize product delivery with AI-ready workflows, strong observability, and resilient teams that scale with reliability.
- 2025-07-15 — [Small Team Shipping Fast With Autonomy and AI](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/kevin-smith-and-mikel-corcuera-snipd-small-team-big-vision-shipping-fast-with-autonomy-and-ai.md): Snipd founders share how AI and Flutter power rapid product development and smarter knowledge capture in podcast apps.
- 2025-06-18 — [From Platform Silos to Unified App Development](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/landon-robinson-etsy-from-platform-silos-to-product-unity-a-new-era-of-app-development.md): Etsy Staff Engineer Landon Robinson on running parallel native and Flutter seller apps to feature parity, then cutting over without disrupting sellers.
- 2025-06-02 — [Merging Culture and Code at Headspace](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/pierre-benz-headspace-merging-culture-codebases-and-care-with-purpose.md): Pierre Benz explains Headspace’s migration to Flutter and leading cultural and technical transformation at scale.
- 2025-05-07 — [Investing in Deep Tech and Innovation](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/david-goldman-celesta-capital-investing-in-deep-tech-that-shapes-the-future.md): Deep tech investing insights from David Goldman, covering AI innovation, long-term value creation and what drives success for modern ventures.
- 2025-04-16 — [Redefining QSR Technology With Quality](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/brian-abston-the-wendys-company-redefining-qsr-tech-with-quality-at-the-core.md): Brian Abston explains how Wendy’s unified mobile platforms with Flutter to accelerate development, boost quality, and scale QSR innovation.
- 2025-04-16 — [AI-Native Workflows for High-Impact Solutions](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/dan-hou-eskridge-driving-high-impact-solutions-with-ai-native-workflows.md): Eskridge founder Dan Hou on rebuilding workflows AI-native instead of bolting AI onto existing ones, and why chat interfaces fail as a UX for AI products.
- 2025-04-16 — [Design and Technology in Modern Products](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/patricia-roller-the-intersection-of-design-and-technology.md): Vidlet CEO and former Frog co-CEO Patricia Roller on why startups overinvest in product and underinvest in sales, and how culture starts with the founder.
- 2025-04-16 — [Transforming Real Estate With Modern Technology](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/chris-synan-keller-williams-realty-inc-transforming-real-estate-through-cutting-edge-tech.md): Chris Synan discusses real estate tech transformation, leading large teams, and driving innovation at Keller Williams.
- 2025-04-16 — [Scaling Mobile Platforms to 100M Users](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/thiago-ghisi-nubank-scaling-mobile-platforms-to-serve-100-million-customers.md): Thiago Ghisi shares how Nubank scales mobile platforms to 100M+ users using canonical platforms and server-driven UI.
- 2025-04-16 — [Customer Obsession Drives Better Software](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/michael-gyarmathy-pga-of-america-how-customer-obsession-drives-better-software.md): Michael Gyarmathy discusses customer-driven development, Flutter scalability, and building strong engineering culture.
- 2025-04-16 — [Building Autonomous Systems for Real Challenges](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/david-chen-building-autonomous-systems-for-real-world-challenges.md): Agtonomy's David Chen on flying drones at the Arctic Circle's Red Dog Mine and shipping three Flutter apps from one shared codebase with a small team.
- 2025-04-16 — [How AI and Flutter Are Shaping Development](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/teresa-wu-how-ai-and-flutter-are-shaping-the-future-of-development.md): Teresa Wu shares how AI, Flutter, and strategic risk-taking shape modern software development at enterprise scale.
- 2025-04-16 — [Sam Moore, Betterment - Leading Effective Mobile](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/sam-moore-leading-effective-mobile.md): Sam Moore explains migrating from native to Flutter, reducing tech debt, and scaling fintech architecture at Betterment.
- 2025-04-16 — [Shaping the Future of Cross-Platform Development](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/harnessing-innovation-to-shape-the-future-of-cross-platform-development.md): Eric Seidel discusses Flutter, Shorebird, and building scalable tech products that balance innovation, longevity, and real business impact.
- 2025-03-12 — [Solving Complex Problems at Scale in Tech](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/jorge-coca-very-good-ventures-simple-solutions-for-solving-complex-problems-at-scale.md): Jorge Coca explores scalable mobile engineering, Flutter efficiency, and balancing simplicity with complexity in enterprise tech.
- 2025-02-24 — [Innovation vs Operations in Modern Tech](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/innovation-vs-operation-striking-the-balance.md): Carsten Wierwille shares his framework for balancing innovation and operational excellence while shaping culture and sustainable growth in tech.
- 2025-02-24 — [Transforming UX With Design and Technology](https://verygood.ventures/podcasts/kyle-crouse-transforming-ux-the-power-of-design-technology.md): Kyle Crouse on running real customers through fake McDonald's drive-thrus to cut five seconds off mobile ordering, and why prototypes beat focus groups.
