AI software development is broken—and 4x founder Gregory Lind explains exactly why.

In this 22-minute interview, Gregory Lind (CEO of Buildly, 4x startup founder, and author of "Radical Therapy for Software Teams") reveals what's really happening when teams rely too heavily on AI coding tools. From "magic button vibe coding" to the hidden dangers of treating prototypes as production code, Gregory shares hard-won lessons from building four companies.

With a unique background as a professional jazz musician in Portland's legendary '90s tech scene, Gregory brings an unconventional perspective to software development and team leadership.

KEY TOPICS:

• Why AI doesn't write code—it copies it (and why that matters)

• The "magic button vibe coding" trap destroying software teams

• How low-code/no-code tools create technical debt and spaghetti code

• The danger of building proof-of-concept without knowing it

• Why CEOs and product managers need developers involved early

• How playing in a band parallels leading a dev team

• Gregory's philosophy of radical transparency in software

• The limitations of traditional agile methodologies

• Buildly's approach to sustainable software development

ABOUT GREGORY LIND:

Gregory is a 4x founder and CEO of Buildly, a platform combating the chaos of low-code and no-code tools with cloud-native, open-source solutions. He's the author of "Radical Therapy for Software Teams" and a former professional jazz musician who played in Portland, Oregon during the dot-com era.

RESOURCES:

📖 Radical Therapy for Software Teams: https://radicaltherapy.dev

🔧 Buildly Platform: https://buildly.io

🐦 Follow Gregory on Twitter: @gregorylind

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