Welcome to Part 1 of our Compliance Engineering Mini-Series, a focused look at what it means to build secure, auditable systems by design.

In this kickoff episode, 38North Director of Engineering Larry Spector joins Chris Davis to talk about a familiar tension: engineers want to move fast, and compliance gets in the way. But what if the engineers are right? Or at least, right to feel the way they do?

Together, they explore:

• Why compliance often fails when it’s treated as a bolt-on
• How audit fatigue and rework are symptoms of deeper engineering gaps
• The difference between “checking boxes” and proving operational excellence
• What it actually means to build systems that generate their own evidence

Larry and Chris reframe the problem and set the stage for a new way of thinking about compliance, engineering, and trust.