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#TheTechHustle Podcast 🎙

BobbyD, D"Hustle and Raymond...don"t call him RayRay

...where Tech, Engineering, and The Culture intersects.

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88:34

0073: Sora 2, VO3, And The Next Wave Of Social Video

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2025/10/31

What happens when a single selfie and a ten-second voice clip can produce a convincing, fully voiced video of “you” on demand? We dive into Sora 2 and why it feels less like a lab demo and more like a social media earthquake. We walk through the creative upsides—fast ideation, brand-friendly explainer reels, and a wild new cameo economy where creators can license their likeness—and the thorny edges around consent, estates, and the taste line that recent AI celebrity clips have crossed. Waterm...

62:40

0072: Thirty Days with Agentic AI, From Whispered...

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2025/10/02

What if you could stop hand-coding and still ship production-ready features at speed? We walk through a focused 30-day sprint where an agentic AI—treated like a junior engineer—helped us recreate the majority of a complex edge-compute toolkit by pairing goal-first prompts with test-driven development. Instead of micromanaging steps, we defined outcomes, wrote tests, and “whispered” constraints the agent used to plan, code, and iterate. The results weren’t just fast; they were reviewable, modu...

71:59

0071: The AI Revolution in TV Advertising

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2025/09/25

The advertising world has reached a pivotal turning point, with AI slashing production costs by up to 95% and revolutionizing who can create high-impact commercials. What once required hundreds of thousands of dollars now costs mere thousands, as evidenced by a recent NBA Finals commercial produced for just $2,000. This democratization of commercial production isn't just saving major corporations millions—it's opening doors for smaller agencies and creators who previously couldn't compete in...

61:21

0070: When ChatGPT 5 Gets Too Real: The Emotional...

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2025/09/20

The boundaries between humans and AI are blurring in unexpected ways. As revealed in this thought-provoking episode, users have developed genuine emotional connections to ChatGPT 4.0, describing it as "warm" and "supportive" while rejecting the newer version 5 for being "too blunt" and "cold." This fascinating psychological response exposes our collective discomfort with direct feedback in the digital age. "It's like when they finally introduce a model which pushes back a little bit, everybo...

59:12

Backstage with BobbyD featuring Daniel Adeyanju

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2025/09/13

Daniel Adeyanju's journey from watching his father build computers in Jamaica to becoming a tech leader represents the transformative power of intentional innovation. With Nigerian roots and a unique pathway through the tech world, Daniel shares how the simple image of his father building computers to feed their family created a lasting desire to extend that opportunity to others. Growing up between Jamaica, Antigua, and eventually California, Daniel witnessed firsthand how technology could ...

61:39

0069: From Prompt to Program: How AI Built a Secure...

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2025/09/04

How can AI transform the way software engineers build applications? In this eye-opening episode, we explore the revolutionary potential of agentic AI through a practical demonstration. Bobby shares how he built a secure file-sharing application called FShare in just 15 minutes using OpenAI's tools—a task that would traditionally take days or cost thousands to develop. The secure file transfer system Bobby created solves a common problem: how to securely send files between computers without r...

45:46

Backstage with BobbyD featuring Peter Totah

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2025/08/28

What does it really take to navigate a successful tech career without following the traditional path? In this revealing conversation, San Francisco native and Palestinian-American Peter Toto pulls back the curtain on his remarkable journey from a $7.75/hour temporary assembler to managing multi-million dollar deals at some of Silicon Valley's most influential companies. Starting with nothing but a two-year trade school degree and a knack for tinkering with electronics, Peter shares how he st...

61:23

0068: The AI Revolution Continues

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2025/08/21

The AI landscape is shifting rapidly with OpenAI's dual release of GPT-5 and two open-source models, and this episode dives deep into what these developments mean for everyone from casual users to developers. Bobby D breaks down the significance of fine-tuning - a process that allows anyone to take these base models and customize them for specific purposes like image recognition or specialized knowledge domains. "We mostly talk about open source for software engineering," Bobby explains, "bu...

50:08

Backstage with BobbyD featuring Patrick Newman

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2025/08/14

Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes when your favorite social media platform suddenly crashes? In this illuminating conversation with Patrick Newman, a veteran software engineering manager with over 20 years of experience at Google, Twitter, and Amazon, we pull back the curtain on the invisible infrastructure that powers the digital world we rely on daily. Patrick shares the high-stakes responsibility of managing Twitter's Core Infrastructure team—work he describes as "the bottom of t...

63:05

0067: Agentic AI, The Future of Automation Has Arrived

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2025/08/07

The technological landscape is transforming before our eyes, and agentic AI stands at the forefront of this revolution. Unlike the AI we've grown accustomed to, which simply responds to our queries, agentic AI takes autonomous action based on our instructions – booking flights, making dinner reservations, sending emails, and more. OpenAI's latest feature merges operator functions with deep research capabilities, creating an AI that doesn't just understand your requests but actively works to ...

39:57

Backstage with BobbyD featuring Lisa Patt-Sanchez

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2025/07/31

The path to authentic leadership isn't about climbing corporate ladders—it's about discovering your unique purpose and lifting others along the way. In this captivating conversation with Lisa Pratt Sanchez, a veteran technologist who transformed from coder to executive to purpose-driven entrepreneur, we explore how leadership transcends job titles and organizational hierarchies. Lisa shares the pivotal moments that shaped her twenty-plus year journey through tech giants like Citrix and JM Fa...

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0066: The Digital Eavesdropping Scandal: How Apple...

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2025/07/25

Your digital devices are listening—even when you think they aren't. In this eye-opening episode, we pull back the curtain on how tech giants are secretly monitoring our daily conversations and movements, sometimes without our knowledge or consent. We dive deep into the shocking privacy settlements facing Apple ($95 million) and Google ($1.4 billion) for allegedly recording users without permission. "If you say you want to go to Puerto Rico, next thing you know, you have a message in your inb...

57:08

0065: Seamless Integration, Building Voice AI into...

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2025/07/17

Voice technology is evolving beyond the robotic responses we've grown accustomed to, and today's episode takes you behind the scenes of this transformation. We test-drive Voice API, a platform that's revolutionizing how developers integrate conversational AI into applications with minimal coding effort. The demonstration reveals both the impressive natural flow and current limitations of voice agents. Listen as we explore how these systems process our speech, convert it to text for AI proces...

73:03

0064: Unleashing AI Agents: Exploring Goose's Desktop...

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2025/07/10

What if your AI assistant could literally take control of your computer? We're diving deep into Goose, a groundbreaking open-source AI agent that brings a new dimension to human-computer interaction. Unlike traditional AI tools that operate within web browsers, Goose can physically control your computer – moving your mouse, clicking buttons, and typing commands in response to your natural language instructions. This remarkable technology from Block (formerly Square) represents a significant ...

37:31

Backstage with BobbyD featuring Cyrus Harbin

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2025/06/26

The wealth-building landscape is changing dramatically, and those who understand the new rules are positioning themselves for extraordinary financial success. During this illuminating backstage conversation at the Black Wealth Summit 2025, host Cyrus delivers a paradigm-shifting perspective on cryptocurrency, tech careers, and equity that could literally be worth hundreds of millions to those who pay attention. "When was the best time to plant a tree? 100 years ago. The second best time is t...

25:02

Backstage with BobbyD featuring Alicia Lyttle

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2025/06/12

Are you ready to multiply yourself a thousand times? What if you could compete with industry giants on a shoestring budget? The future isn't coming—it's already here. Meet Alicia Lyttle, the self-proclaimed "Queen of AI," who's transforming how entrepreneurs approach business in the age of artificial intelligence. In this eye-opening conversation from the Black Wealth Summit 2025, Alicia reveals why AI isn't just another tech trend—it's the great equalizer that's rewriting the rules of busin...

24:27

Backstage with BobbyD featuring Brendan Boyd

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2025/06/05

What separates those who find massive success from those who struggle? The answer might be simpler than you think: exposure. When people know who you are, opportunities flow naturally in your direction. Brandon Boyd takes us behind the curtain of podcast monetization and brand building during this eye-opening conversation at the Black Wealth Summit. Using the recent presidential election as a case study, he reveals how Trump's strategic podcast appearances (13 to Kamala's 6) helped him conne...

19:50

Backstage with BobbyD featuring Shandra Daniels

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2025/05/29

Transforming Black economic prosperity is happening right in South Florida, and most residents don't even know it exists. Deputy Director Chandra Daniels reveals how the Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust has quietly distributed over half a million dollars in grants to Black-owned businesses throughout the county, from restaurants to healthcare providers to artists, with some receiving up to $20,000 to scale their operations. What truly sets this county agency apart is their revolutionary ap...

15:18

Backstage with BobbyD featuring Brian Brackeen

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2025/05/22

ChatGPT and a dream is all you need to build something remarkable in today's world. This revelation comes from Brian Brackine, Managing Partner of Lightship Capital, a venture fund with $1 billion under management dedicated to underrepresented entrepreneurs. The traditional barriers to entry—costly technology, complex coding, expensive infrastructure—have fallen away thanks to AI and cloud services. What remains is the pure currency of creativity, something our community has in abundance. Br...

20:57

Backstage with BobbyD featuring Michelle Lilly

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2025/05/15

Michelle Lilly—the first Black woman globally to earn a Master's degree in blockchain and digital currency—is transforming how we understand cryptocurrency's potential for building generational wealth. The racial wealth disparity demands innovative solutions beyond traditional financial systems. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies represent that opportunity, not just as investments but as revolutionary tools for economic empowerment. Speaking with the conviction of someone who's lived this tr...

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