Matt Stauffer
CEO of Tighten, where we write Laravel and more w/some of the best devs alive. "Worst twerker ever, best Dad ever" –My daughter
Appears in 17 Episodes
Using AI As a Thinking Partner, Not a Vending Machine
In this episode, Matt Stauffer talks with Greg Storey — author of Creative Intelligence: Don’t Ask AI, Think With It — about why most people are using AI like a produc...
AI Researcher Michelle Yi on Watson, World Models, and Why AI Should Be for Everyone
Matt Stauffer is joined by Michelle Yi — co-founder of Generationship, board member of Women in Data, and AI Researcher at Basis Research Institute — who shares her 20...
AI in Elementary Schools: A Principal’s Take
In this episode, Matt Stauffer is joined by Amie McCaw, an elementary school principal in Southwest Michigan with 19 years of experience leading K-5 buildings. Togethe...
Teaching Non-Developers to Build Real Apps With AI
Matt Stauffer talks with Brian Casel about what it means to be a “builder” in 2026—and how that definition is rapidly expanding beyond traditional developers.They expl...
Is AI Replacing Developers or Just Changing the Job?
Matt Stauffer talks with Ian Landsman — 20-year SaaS founder, bootstrapper, and the person many credit with making the Laravel ecosystem possible — about what it actua...
Kent C. Dodds on MCP and How Product Engineering Might Outlast Coding
Matt Stauffer talks with Kent C. Dodds — educator, JavaScript expert, and creator of Epic Web, Epic React, and Epic AI — about what it actually looks like to use AI at...
Creating AI Workflows for Designers
In this episode, Steve Schoger, designer and partner at Tailwind Labs, shares how he’s actually using AI in his day-to-day work, including tools like Claude in his des...
Advocating for more AI Governance
Matt Stauffer talks with Karen Maria Alston, a 20-year communication strategist turned AI governance advocate, about why AI is impacting everyone, whether they use it ...
The Nexus of Technology & Theology
Matt Stauffer talks with Nick Peterson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Homiletics at Christian Theological Seminary, ordained AME minister, executive pastor, and grant di...
A Framework for Approaching Worrying Technology
Matt Stauffer talks with Reuben Johnson — aka YoBigRube — founder of Fly Duo, a storytelling studio specializing in high-trust narratives for complex and sensitive mes...
Beyond “Spicy Autocomplete”: What AI Models Actually Do
Matt Stauffer sits down with Sam Rose, developer educator at ngrok, to unpack what’s actually happening inside the AI models we use every day. Sam breaks down ideas li...
Understanding, and Automating, Business with AI
In this episode, Matt Stauffer talks with AI strategist Blessing Richardson about how businesses can use AI in practical, responsible ways. They explore the importance...
How AI Is Changing Writing and Creative Work
In this episode of Pragmatic AI, Matt Stauffer and Jordan Keller discuss how AI is reshaping writing, content creation, and the people who make their living with words...
The Education Business in an AI World
In this episode of Pragmatic AI, Matt Stauffer interviews Jeffrey Way, the creator of Laracasts, to talk about what AI is really doing to developer education. They exp...
AI’s Impact on Open Source Funding
In this episode, Matt Stauffer sits down with Adam Wathan, creator of Tailwind CSS, to talk about the very real impact AI is having on product companies, open source c...
Dreaming Bigger With AI - Aaron Francis
In this episode of Pragmatic AI, host Matt Stauffer interviews Aaron Francis, a Laravel developer and co-founder of Try Hard Studios. They discuss Aaron's journey from...
Pragmatic AI Season One Trailer
AI is *everywhere*, like it or not. Everyone's either hating or hyping. But where do you find the middle?New podcast alert! First episode drops 2/10/26. Short, practic...
