"Half Stack Data Science" is a podcast by David Asboth and Shaun McGirr about the realities of Data Science in the enterprise business world.
Half Stack Data Science
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"Half Stack Data Science" is a podcast by David Asboth and Shaun McGirr about the realities of Data Science in the enterprise business world.
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May 4, 2026
S05E02 - Magical Glue Person
<p>In this episode, we discuss:</p><p>- Will people really just write all their own software instead of buying it?</p><p>- Is the change management around GenAI projects any different from other technologies?</p><p>- What is the right approach when giving people freedom to vibe code internal tools?</p><p>- Is there room for a new role to emerge as a bridge between vibe coding and useful internal tools, a technical connector of AI capability and business value?</p><p><br></p><p>Things we mention in the episode:</p><p>- Matthew Yglesias's tweet about vibe coding: <a href="https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2049105745132585161" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2049105745132585161</a></p><p>- Vicki's post on BlueSky about software libraries: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vickiboykis.com/post/3mkpmimhnls2q" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://bsky.app/profile/vickiboykis.com/post/3mkpmimhnls2q</a></p><p>- That paper about fake GitHub stars: <a href="https://awesomeagents.ai/news/github-fake-stars-investigation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://awesomeagents.ai/news/github-fake-stars-investigation/</a></p><p>- The reverse centaur article: <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington</a></p><p>---</p><p>David’s book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst is out! <a href="https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst</a></p><p>If you want to find out more, we have a whole episode about it: <a href="https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth</a></p>
March 16, 2026
S05E01 - Will GenAI kill software?
<p>In the first episode of the new season, we discuss:</p><ul><li>whether it's a good thing that we can produce more with GenAI,</li><li>how GenAI will force us to consider the purpose of education,</li><li>how we are supposed to develop wisdom if GenAI can just build everything for us,</li><li>how AI-written code introduces "cognitive debt",</li><li>and in a roundabout way we discuss whether GenAI will kill software companies</li></ul><p>---</p><p>David’s book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst is out! <a href="https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst</a></p><p>If you want to find out more, we have a whole episode about it: <a href="https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth</a></p>
January 24, 2026
S04E05 - 2025 in review
<p>In this episode, we wrapped up 2025 by reflecting on what we talked about on the podcast, where AI is and where it's heading, and looked ahead to 2026. We also discussed some of our favourite sci-fi books we read last year!</p><p><br></p><p>Links from the show:</p><p><br></p><p>- that YouTube video Shaun mentioned, "Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever?": <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZTOjd_bOQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZTOjd_bOQ</a></p><p>- our interview with Scott Hanselman whose blog post about Dark Matter Developers is always on our mind: <a href="https://halfstackdatascience.com/s4e1-meaningful-uses-of-ai-with-scott-hanselman" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://halfstackdatascience.com/s4e1-meaningful-uses-of-ai-with-scott-hanselman</a></p><p>- our interview with Kirsten Hill who's empowered by AI to build the survey platform of her dreams: <a href="https://halfstackdatascience.com/s4e4-better-survey-design-with-ai-with-kirsten-hill" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://halfstackdatascience.com/s4e4-better-survey-design-with-ai-with-kirsten-hill</a></p><p><br></p><p>The sci-fi books we mentioned (and loved):</p><p><br></p><p>- The Three-Body Problem (book 1 of the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy): <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-problem" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518872-the-three-body-problem</a></p><p>- Children of Time: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25499718-children-of-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25499718-children-of-time</a></p><p>- Sea of Tranquility: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58446227-sea-of-tranquility" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58446227-sea-of-tranquility</a></p><p>- Sleeping Giants (book 1 of The Themis Files trilogy): <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25733990-sleeping-giants" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25733990-sleeping-giants</a></p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>David’s book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst is out! <a href="https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you want to find out more, we have a whole episode about it: <a href="https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://halfstackdatascience.com/s3-finale-the-well-grounded-data-analyst-with-david-asboth</a></p>
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