From the Horse's Mouth: Intrepid Conversations with Phil Fersht

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From the Horse's Mouth: Intrepid Conversations with Phil Fersht

Show Notes

In the latest episode of From the Horse's Mouth, Phil Fersht sits down with Gary Hoberman, Founder and CEO of Unqork, to break down what's really happening below the AI hype, and why the race to scale AI might just be deepening enterprises' technical debt.

Enterprises are discovering that speed alone isn't the advantage they thought it was. Security, reliability, repeatability, and explainability are becoming the real bottlenecks for AI adoption. It's exposing a divide between what can be built quickly, and what can be trusted at scale.

What you'll hear in 30 minutes

* Why AI is accelerating code creation, but enhancing complexity * The hidden risks of low-code, AI-assisted development, and code replication * Why security, reliability, repeatability, and explainability matter more than speed * Why control, not velocity, will define the next phase of enterprise transformation

Guest Snapshot

Gary Hoberman is the Founder and CEO of Unqork, a no-code enterprise application platform used across key industries like financial services, insurance, healthcare, and the public sector. He is a former CIO and technology leader at firms like Citi and MetLife, and has spent more than three decades building and scaling mission-critical systems in highly regulated environments.

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