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Navigating the SaaSpocalypse – Achieving an X-factor with an AI-native SDLC

Mike McQuade, VP of Engineering + R&D Operations at Thinkific, is a guest contributor to this post. tldr; Even with a legacy codebase, this is a case study on how code output could be doubled (2X), net velocity tripled (3X), and deployment velocity increased by 11X through the adoption of an AI-native SDLC. Framing the…

Navigating the SaaSpocalypse – AI-native is the Biggest Change for Product & Technology Teams (R&D) since Agile

Introduction AI is fundamentally transforming the size and shape of product and technology (R&D) teams in what is emerging to be the most significant transformation of software development lifecycles (SDLCs) since the advent of agile methodologies and scrum teams approximately 20+ years ago. As teams go AI-native, the previous guidelines and rule books on what…


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