Hi,
I am Austin Vance the CEO and Co-Founder of Focused. A co-host on ./deploy. I have been published in FastCompany and Forbes. I also have had the opportunity to be a guest on CodeStory, TechInnovators. I have also spoken at DataNYC, AgileDenver, AI London.
I am a proud father of three boys. I live in Colorado.
Cheers,
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Building Agentic Apps With Craft: Field Stories from Austin Vance
In this episode, I share field stories and hard-won lessons from building AI systems that go beyond flashy demos. I break down concrete criteria for identifying where AI makes sense—and where it doesn't. From legal assistants to government transparency tools, we explore practical applications that deliver real value.
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Building Agentic Apps With Craft: Field Stories from Austin Vance
Sharing field stories and hard-won lessons from building AI systems
Intentional Culture and Continuous Compensation
Onboarding, values-driven culture, and continuous small raises
Code Story S10 E21 – Austin Vance, Focused.io
Founding story of Focused; "services company that deprecates itself"
Why Generative AI Could Make Programming Languages Obsolete
Future of AI & coding; enterprise self-hosting of small models
Developing AI Agency
Chat With Your PDFs – End-to-End LangChain Tutorial
Why Big Classes Get Bigger: Understanding Preferential Attachment in Your Code
Why You Can't Retain Talent with Annual Reviews and Raise Budgets
Meta's AI Spending Plans Leave Investors Unnerved
Upgrading The Digital Customer Experience With a Modern Software Team
AI Tools and Code Development
Video interview on AI's effect on DevOps
Choosing The Right Generative AI Tools - Why & How?
Panel discussion on AI tool selection
Rising Credit-Card Debt, Focused Labs, and SEC Agenda
Chicago radio spot introducing Focused Labs
HotMic - Open-source voice dictation tool
An open source version of superwhisper for dictating emails using voice recognition
Dino - Ruby gem for Arduino prototyping
Most popular open-source project with 389 stars