Brian Stever
I make podcasts, build software, and care a lot about people. After ten years of making things, I went back to school for computer science — turns out I still love being a student.
A place for me to keep track of all the random things I've been up to.
I tend to bounce between projects and hyperfocuses. Some things I finish, some I don't, and some I completely forget about until I stumble across an old folder months later. lately.fyi started as a way to document what I've been working on — partly so I can share it, but mostly so I can remember it myself.
It Started with a Microphone
About ten years ago, two friends and I started a podcast called Sickboy about living with chronic illness. We recorded it in my basement with no real plan. Somehow it turned into an award-winning show that's still running today.
From that came Snack Labs, a podcast production company. I handle everything from business strategy and client work to building internal tools and the website. It taught me that the best things start from genuine curiosity, not a business plan.
The best things I've built started from genuine curiosity, not a business plan.
Building at the Edge of AI
I'm currently Chief Product Officer at OslerAI, an AI-powered medical education platform. The role involves thinking about how AI can genuinely help people learn — not just as a novelty, but as something useful.
I'm also building Showrunner, an AI podcast production platform that handles research, scripting, and workflow automation for creators who'd rather be creative. Both taught me the same thing: good AI disappears into the experience.
Back to School at 36
After 15 years of learning on the job, I went back to school for Computer Science at the University of Arizona, focusing on AI. It felt like the right time to formalize the knowledge I'd been picking up along the way.
Turns out learning is more fun when you choose it. There's something freeing about being a student again — about sitting with problems long enough to actually understand them, instead of just shipping the first thing that works.
There's something freeing about being a student again — sitting with problems long enough to actually understand them.
The Perpetual Tinkerer
In between everything else, I build things. Sometimes useful, sometimes just interesting to me. I'm drawn to projects that solve problems I actually have — which is why a lot of my work comes from being mildly annoyed by something and deciding to fix it.
A bot that calls customer service lines to measure hold times. A motion capture rig made from seven microcontrollers. A potato with a brain. The projects page has the full collection.
I don't have a grand mission statement. I like building things. I like solving problems. I like when technology helps people instead of getting in their way.