Chain of Thought | AI Agents, Infrastructure & Engineering

What if you could turn a requirement document into a full enterprise application in just minutes?Rodrigo Coutinho, co-founder and AI Product Manager at OutSystems, joins hosts Conor Bronsdon and Atin Sanyal to explore this new reality of AI-driven development. Rodrigo shares insights from OutSystems' nearly 25-year journey, detailing their early adoption of AI and the development of their AI platform, Mentor. Discover how the pairing of AI and low-code empowers developers, accelerates the creation of enterprise applications, and shortens the cycle from idea to deployment.But this newfound speed brings its own set of challenges. The discussion addresses the hurdles of managing AI-generated code, contrasting experiences with traditional versus low-code approaches. Learn why a dev's focus pivots from syntax to strategy, pinpointing human creativity and ideation as the crucial limiter in today's development lifecycle. Chapters00:00 Welcoming Rodrigo Coutinho of OutSystems01:30 OutSystems' Early AI Journey (Pre-LLM)03:30 The LLM Revolution & OutSystems Mentor Emerges07:30 The Critical Need for Validating AI-Generated Apps12:00 The Shifting Role of the Modern Developer13:30 Quality Control & Accountability in the AI Era16:00 Low-Code's Edge in AI Validation18:30 OutSystems Mentor: A Deeper Look23:30 Choosing the Right AI Models (In-House vs Public)27:30 Future Opportunities: Speed, Experimentation & Multimodal AI37:00 The Use Case Hurdle & Final ThoughtsFollow the hostsFollow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Atin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Conor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Vikram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Yash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Today's Guest(s)Website www.outsystems.comOutSystems MentorLinkedIn Rodrigo Sousa CoutinhoCheck out Galileo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Try Galileo⁠⁠

Show Notes

What if you could turn a requirement document into a full enterprise application in just minutes?

Rodrigo Coutinho, co-founder and AI Product Manager at OutSystems, joins hosts Conor Bronsdon and Atin Sanyal to explore this new reality of AI-driven development. Rodrigo shares insights from OutSystems' nearly 25-year journey, detailing their early adoption of AI and the development of their AI platform, Mentor. Discover how the pairing of AI and low-code empowers developers, accelerates the creation of enterprise applications, and shortens the cycle from idea to deployment.

But this newfound speed brings its own set of challenges. The discussion addresses the hurdles of managing AI-generated code, contrasting experiences with traditional versus low-code approaches. Learn why a dev's focus pivots from syntax to strategy, pinpointing human creativity and ideation as the crucial limiter in today's development lifecycle.


Chapters

00:00 Welcoming Rodrigo Coutinho of OutSystems

01:30 OutSystems' Early AI Journey (Pre-LLM)

03:30 The LLM Revolution & OutSystems Mentor Emerges

07:30 The Critical Need for Validating AI-Generated Apps

12:00 The Shifting Role of the Modern Developer

13:30 Quality Control & Accountability in the AI Era

16:00 Low-Code's Edge in AI Validation

18:30 OutSystems Mentor: A Deeper Look

23:30 Choosing the Right AI Models (In-House vs Public)

27:30 Future Opportunities: Speed, Experimentation & Multimodal AI

37:00 The Use Case Hurdle & Final Thoughts


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Follow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Conor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Follow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Yash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


Follow Today's Guest(s)

Website www.outsystems.com

OutSystems Mentor

LinkedIn Rodrigo Sousa Coutinho


Check out Galileo

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Try Galileo⁠⁠

What is Chain of Thought | AI Agents, Infrastructure & Engineering?

AI is reshaping infrastructure, strategy, and entire industries. Host Conor Bronsdon talks to the engineers, founders, and researchers building breakthrough AI systems about what it actually takes to ship AI in production, where the opportunities lie, and how leaders should think about the strategic bets ahead.

Chain of Thought translates technical depth into actionable insights for builders and decision-makers. New episodes bi-weekly.

Conor Bronsdon is an angel investor in AI and dev tools, Head of Technical Ecosystem at Modular, and previously led growth at AI startups Galileo and LinearB.