Throwaway Code &Token Economics: The New ROI of IT Operations

Christopher Penido, CTO at Louis Vuitton, on building trust through tech, elevating brand experiences, and leading with empathy.

Lucas sits down with Gajus Kuizinas, Co-founder and CTO at Contra, to talk about the trade-offs behind early architecture decisions, building high-trust engineering cultures, and why developer autonomy is the foundation of velocity.

Anoop Tripathi, CTO at Sauce Labs, discusses how AI is reshaping software development, and why quality, simplicity, and engineering judgment matter more than ever.

Lucas sits down with Ro Mohindroo, former CIO/CDO, now advisor to startup CTOs, to talk about what it takes to scale startups beyond the tech: operational maturity, business alignment, and why digital transformation still fails when it starts with tools instead of intent.