Hunter Hillegas
Chief Technology Officer at Mountain Goat Software with over 20 years of software and product experience, leading development of the Agile AI Toolkit and related learning tools.
Top 3 podcasts with Hunter Hillegas
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Jul 28, 2024 • 1h 56min
405: ‘Chutes and Ladders’, With Hunter Hillegas
Join Hunter Hillegas, author of the popular Vegas Mate app, as he discusses the quirky evolution of gun emojis and their cultural implications in America. He shares insight into a recent security software fiasco that disrupted travel and breaks down the challenges tech developers face in the app review process. The conversation then veers into the intriguing story of a kidnapping involving Steve Wynn's daughter, highlighting the luxurious yet dramatic past of Las Vegas that intertwines with personal anecdotes and reflections on the city's transformation.
Feb 25, 2026 • 28min
#175: When AI Makes Agile Teams Worse with Hunter Hillegas
Hunter Hillegas, CTO at Mountain Goat Software with 20+ years in development and team leadership, discusses how AI can harm agile teams. He covers erosion of developer judgment, risks to junior developer growth, accountability gaps when blaming AI, communication silos from private AI use, and the illusion of productivity from inflated metrics.
Dec 3, 2025 • 34min
#169: Building Practical AI for Agile Teams with Hunter Hillegas
Hunter Hillegas, CTO at Mountain Goat Software with 20+ years building developer tools, outlines building the Agile AI Toolkit. He discusses coaching assistants, story splitting and backlog generation. They cover handling hallucinations, context management, testing and integrating agents with real data. The conversation highlights how AI changes dev workflows while keeping humans in the loop.
