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This Week In Za 35 Howard

Chad and Kodad review Casey's spicy sausage pizza while discussing AI, software engineering, and industry experiences.

🍕 Casey's Spicy Sausage

• Kodad: Good flavor, could use a little more. Just needs something else to push it over the top.
• Guest: It's good, but I'd probably go with like a seven.

AI applicationssoftware engineeringindustrial automationpharmaceuticalsFortune 500 companies

Date: 2026-04-13

This Week In Za 34 Gemini

Chad and Kodad review the barbecue brisket pizza from Ramos with Google's Gemini as their guest.

🍕 barbecue brisket pizza from Ramos

• Kodad: Pretty average. Maybe like a 6.6.
• Guest: I think pizza is an absolute marvel of culinary creation.

Gemini AIRamos PizzeriaSoftware EngineeringAI in Food Industry

Date: 2026-03-29

This Week in Za 33 Claude

Chad and Kodad interview Claude from Anthropic about AI and culture over a Brisket Barbecue Brisket Pizza from Ramos.

🍕 Brisket Barbecue Brisket Pizza

AnthropicAICultureClaude

Date: 2026-03-26

This Week in Za 32 Open AI ChatGPT

Chad and Kodad review the barbecue brisket pizza from Ramos with AI guest Open AI, discussing its opinions on pizza and software.

🍕 Barbecue Brisket Pizza from Ramos

• Chad: Good, but needs cream cheese.
• Kodad: Seven. Needs cream cheese.

AISoftware EngineeringOpen AIElectron App

Date: 2026-03-17

This Week in Za 31 Mark Stone

Chad and Kodad review the Sweet Heat pizza from Casey's with guest Mark Stone, discussing their opinions on the pizza and its flavor profile.

🍕 Sweet Heat

• Chad: I probably would only put it around a seven or so, though. In general, I really like Casey's pizza, but this one isn't jumping out to me especially in any way.
• Kodad: It was closer to perforated than cut. Um but it's still really good pizza. I mean, this is definitely on the way home from work.

Casey'sSweet HeatPrairie InitiativeMark StoneSoftware Engineering

Date: 2026-03-12

This Week in Za 30 Zach

Chad, Kodad, and guest Zach Lannon review a pizza from Casey's while discussing software engineering experiences and projects.

🍕 Casey's pepperoni, bacon something or other

• Guest: I've had a couple bites of this pizza. It's pretty good. I have opinions. Um, I'm enjoying it.

Casey'sSoftware EngineeringAWS BedrockIoTCobalt Mainframing

Date: 2026-02-19

This Week in Za 29 Lindsey

Chad and Kodad review the Sweet Heat Pepperoni and Sausage pizza from Casey's with guest Lindsay Ruby Yardley, discussing AI adoption in industry

🍕 Sweet Heat Pepperoni and Sausage

• Kodad: It's a good pepperoni sausage pizza, but maybe not as good as their other specials.
• Guest: The bread sticks are an eight, the pizza is a six.

Sweet HeatAI AdoptionNebraska Air National GuardLindsay Ruby Yardley

Date: 2025-12-09

This Week In Za 28 Lori

Chad, Kodad, and guest Lori review Casey's jalapeno popper pizza, discussing its flavors and ingredients.

🍕 Jalapeno Popper Pizza from Casey's

• Kodad: It's good, it's kind of a thin crust, not as moist or thick. I'd give it a six and a half.
• Guest: I think it has cream cheese and jalapenos, that's a cheat code. It'll score well with me.

Casey'sjalapeno poppershot honey sauceGitHub CopilotAI experiments

Date: 2025-11-10

This Week In Za 26 - Everett

Chad and Kodad review Casey's pizza with guest Everett Rhodess, discussing their thoughts on the flavors and potential improvements.

🍕 Jalapeno Popper

• Kodad: It's good, but a little too sweet for me. I'd probably go like a 7.4.
• Guest: A little bit. Yeah, the brisket will be better.

Casey'ssoftware engineeringcursorco-pilot

Date: 2025-10-04

This Week In Za 27 Kodad

Chad and Kodad review the Supreme pizza from Casey's, discussing its flavor and quality compared to other pizzas.

🍕 The Supreme

Casey'sTechnologyAIProductivity

Date: 2025-10-04

This Week In Za 25 Andy

Chad, Kodad, and guest Andy review Casey's pizza while experimenting with AI technology.

🍕 Casey's

AI code editorsClaude CodeKirroGitHub CopilotAngular

Date: 2025-08-28

This Week In Za 24 Ken Versaw

Chad and Kodad review a Ramos pepperoni and cream cheese pizza, discussing regional toppings and software engineering mistakes.

🍕 Ramos pepperoni and cream cheese

• Guest: This is a great pizza. I'd give it a nine.

RamosNebraska CodeKen Versawsoftware engineeringregional toppings

Date: 2025-08-12

This Week In Za 23 - Rob Nickolaus

Chad and Kodad review the brisket mac and cheese pizza from Ramos, while guest Rob Nicholas discusses his career and shares insights on software development.

🍕 Brisket Mac and Cheese from Ramos

• Guest: Rob would give it a low seven, likes the leathery texture of cheese, but thinks it needs more smoked brisket flavor.

RamosBrisket Mac and CheeseSoftware DevelopmentAgile MethodologyDesign Studio

Date: 2025-07-13

This Week In Za 22 Brian Ardinger

Chad and Kodad review the 'Garbage Can' pizza from Ramos, discussing its toppings and crust.

🍕 Garbage Can

• Guest: It's very good. I can eat it. I don't know if I love the Every bite is a new experience on a pizza.

Ramossoftware engineeringinnovationBrian Aringer

Date: 2025-06-16

This Week In Za 21 Brian

Chad, Kodad, and guest Brian Zimmer review the taco pizza from Ramos, discussing its flavor, crust, and presentation.

🍕 taco pizza from Ramos

• Guest: It's really, really good. It's over a nine when I add the taco sauce to it.

RamosDon't Panic LabsSoftware EngineeringGuest Interview

Date: 2025-05-27

This Week In Za 20 Rachel and Kelsea

Chad and Kodad review a Philly cheese steak pizza from Ramos with guests Kelsey and Rachel.

🍕 Philly cheese steak

• Chad: I like the sauce, green peppers are crunchy, and the meat doesn't taste greasy.
• Kodad: It's okay, not great, but I like the crust and homemade feel.

RamosPhilly cheese steakSeason 2Software engineering

Date: 2025-05-08

This Week In Za 19 Dougs Revenge

Chad and Kodad interview Doug Durham, discussing DPL's 15 years, funny moments, and career advice.

🍕 Hawaiian 50 from Ramos Pizza

DPLCareer AdviceSoftware EngineeringCultureTEDx

Date: 2025-04-22

This Week In Za 18 Steve West

Chad and Kodad review Casey's breakfast sausage pizza with guest Steve West, discussing its taste and comparing it to other pizzas.

🍕 Casey's Breakfast Sausage Pizza

• Kodad: I love this pizza, the sausage is great, but I'd give it an 8.5 out of 10.
• Guest: As a breakfast pizza, it's as good as it gets, I'd rate it an 8 or so.

Software EngineeringWordPressOpen SourceFreelance Development

Date: 2025-03-31

This Week In Za 17 Steve Kiene

Chad and Kodad interview Steve Kean, co-founder and CEO of A Vera, about his career, mistakes, and AI.

🍕 Veggie Pizza from Ramos

Software EngineeringA VeraAIHype CyclesChat GPT

Date: 2025-03-13

This Week In Za 16 Andrew Rush

Chad and Kodad review the Chipotle barbecue chicken pizza from Ramos, joined by guest Andrew Rush.

🍕 Chipotle barbecue chicken pizza

• Kodad: Good pizza, not quite as good as the brisket, but still enjoyable.
• Guest: Very happy to eat more of this, a good pizza.

RamosChipotleBarbecueSoftware engineeringKansas

Date: 2025-03-01

This Week in Za 15 Nate and Kyle

Chad and Kodad interview Nate and Kyle from Ra Technology about their biggest mistakes as engineers, including a story about a faulty capacitor.

🍕 Buffalo Chicken Alfredo from Ramos

software engineeringengineering mistakesproduct developmentelectronicsindustry insights

Date: 2025-02-09

This Week In Za 14 Jeff Stolle

Chad, Kodad, and guest discuss software engineering culture, projects, and industry insights over a slice of brisket pizza from Lazzari's.

🍕 Brisket from Lazzari's

• Chad: enjoying this quite a bit, would be better with cream cheese and jalapenos
• Kodad: solid eight, brisket makes everything better, excellent pizza

Software EngineeringNebraska CattlemanMarket Reporting ServiceCattle Feed YardsBeef Packers

Date: 2025-02-02

This Week In Za 13 Ted

Chad, Kodad, and guest Ted review a pizza from Lazari's with cream cheese, spicy pepperoni, and chicken.

🍕 Randy Ross from Lazari's

• Kodad: I think it's that good, yeah um but since I can't eat myself sick I'm going to have to go with the top what I can do so I'll stick with a six.
• Guest: Amazing Pizza really good it's got Spice got kick to it just perfect really really good

Lazari'sCream CheeseSpicy PepperoniOmaha Pizzerias

Date: 2024-12-11

This Week In za 12 Ben

Chad and Kodad review a pepperoni stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut, while Ben discusses his business, Pinkel Events, and its unique challenges.

🍕 pepperoni stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut

• Guest: I don't know how to rate this, but I'll just imagine the pepperoni for the rating

vegetarian lifestylesmall business technologyregistration platformsrunning eventssoftware engineering

Date: 2024-12-02

This Week in Za 11 Ratings

Chad and Kodad review a homemade pepperoni pizza from Trader Joe's, discussing their biggest mistakes on the podcast, software industry parallels to Kung Fu Panda, and rescoring past pizzas.

🍕 Homemade Pepperoni from Trader Joe's

• Chad: It's really good, flavor is good, pepperoni is good. Maybe a little less burnt would have made it better.
• Kodad: I think it's kind of I think it's it's good trade your piece these are these are great. One of my favorite generic pizzas but maybe some jalapenos on there or something would have put it over the top.

software engineeringTrader Joe'sKung Fu Pandaimpostor syndrome

Date: 2024-11-17

This Week In Za 10 Shonna

Chad and Kodad review Domino's Pizza Pacific Veggie, discussing time zones, technology, and their favorite pizzas.

🍕 Domino's Pizza Pacific Veggie

• Kodad: I don't like black olives and mushrooms, but this is a good pizza.
• Guest: It's very good, I would eat it again.

Domino'sPacific VeggieFloridaTime ZonesTechnology

Date: 2024-11-10

This Week In Za 9 Everett

Chad and Kodad review the Taco Pizza from Papa John's, discussing their opinions on the pizza and AI technology.

🍕 Taco Pizza

• Guest: The pizza is good, but not as good as Casey's taco pizza. It's missing something in the sauce department.

Papa John'sAI TechnologyAzure AI StudioOpen AI Playground

Date: 2024-11-05

This Week In Za 8 - Anne

Chad and Kodad review a pizza from Mellow Mushroom, discussing their biggest mistakes in software engineering.

🍕 The Mighty Mey

• Chad: It's a good pizza, but not one I'd go out of my way for. A little sweet sauce and solid crust.
• Kodad: I'm enjoying it, but it could use some heat or something to take it up a notch.

Software EngineeringMellow MushroomEngineering MistakesCareer Paths

Date: 2024-10-28

This Week In Za 7 - Michael

Chad and Kodad review Costco pepperoni pizza, discussing their experiences with lactose intolerance and embarrassing stories.

🍕 Costco Pepperoni

• Guest: It's a solid, good pizza. I'd go five out of ten. It's nothing special, but it's not bad either.

Costcopepperonilactose intoleranceembarrassing storiessoftware development

Date: 2024-10-12

This Week In Za 6 - Malika

Chad and Kodad review Casey's taco pizza, a legendary gas station specialty.

🍕 Casey's Taco Pizza

• Guest: This is really good, it's really good. I'm probably going to go with an 8 again.

Casey'sGas Station FoodTechnologyWomen in Tech

Date: 2024-09-28

This Week In Za 5 - Bo

Chad, Kodad, and guest Bo review Isles Pizza's Leaning Tower pizza, discussing its flavors and their personal experiences with construction and entrepreneurship.

🍕 Leaning Tower

• Kodad: I absolutely love this pizza, it's one of my faves.
• Guest: It's a very good pizza and I would recommend it to anybody.

LincolnConstructionEntrepreneurshipTechnology

Date: 2024-09-14

This Week In Za 4 - Jamie

Chad and Kodad review a pizza from Leaning Tower, while Jamie discusses his experience as a project integrator in software development.

🍕 Leaning Tower

• Guest: really good flavor, would be better with some heat

Leaning Towerproject managementsoftware developmentRamos cream cheese

Date: 2024-09-08

This Week In Za 3 - Bill

Chad, Kodad, and guest Billy Adell review pizzas from Blaze, discussing technology and coding experiences.

🍕 Protein Pizza (from Blaze)

• Guest: It's edible, but not my favorite food. I'd give it a 3 or 4 out of 10.

BlazeNetscapeJavasoftware development

Date: 2024-09-02

This Week In Za 2 - Doug

Chad, Kodad, and guest Doug review Yaya's Pizza, discussing software development changes and mistakes.

🍕 Yaya's Local

• Kodad: I like thin crust and the handles on this pizza are edible but optional.
• Guest: It's still good, but take off the black olives and mushrooms and it's probably an 8.

Software DevelopmentLocal PizzeriaFloating Point Data TypeBiodegradable Handles

Date: 2024-08-25

This Week In Za 1

Chad and Kodad review Valentino's chicken bacon ranch pizza, discussing technology and software development mistakes.

🍕 Valentino's Chicken Bacon Ranch

• Chad: Very solid, but the marinara sauce is a bit too sweet for me.

Valentino'ssoftware developmenttechnologyMidwestern

Date: 2024-08-17