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Ex CTO & Founder: AI Bubble Could Burst in 18 Months and Managing Coding Agents! | Paulo André

Bits and Bolts With Paulina··8 September 2026·53 min

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Fractional CTO Paulo André joins Paulina to make the case that we're in an AI bubble — and that coding was never the real bottleneck in software delivery. They dig into why AI is making engineering teams busier without making businesses faster, the "rookie mistake" Paulo made by over-building his own AI-powered cycling app, and why token costs, guardrails, and the 80/20 principle matter more than ever in the coding agent era.