Ryan sits down with Tom Totenberg, head of release automation at LaunchDarkly, to discuss the perils of taking too many shortcuts in software development, how business pressures and AI code tools have contributed to dangerous corner cutting, and the importance of balancing speed with sustainability to maintain system integrity.&nbsp;Episode notes:&nbsp;<a href="https://launchdarkly.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LaunchDarkly</a> is a feature management and experimentation platform that allows you to decouple software feature rollouts from code deployment so you can manage features safely and securely.Connect with Tom on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-totenberg/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Linkedin</a>.&nbsp;This episode’s shoutout goes to user <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/17523/boris-gorelik" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boris Gorelik</a>, who won a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/22/great-question" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Great Question badge</a> for asking <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7484454/removing-handlers-from-pythons-logging-loggers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Removing handlers from python's logging loggers</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/01/02/the-most-dangerous-shortcuts-in-software/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TRANSCRIPT</a>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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