DISCLAIMER: Don't listen to this episode hungry, still.

To our fellow engineers, developers, and those curious minds, we dedicate the season finale to you! Yes, both parts. Millani and Guy continue their conversation, finally closing out the season. While Part 1 is all about Guy's origin story, Part 2 is all about the reality of building and deploying voice apps — the not so fun parts like:

— Dealing with multi-device ASR quirks (and how some of these models can't pick up Guy's accent 👀)

— Tracking user behavior like drop-off (Guy calls it "the moment of truth" 🙏🏼) with platform analytics 📉

— The absolutely TERRIFYING but necessary practice of removing intents 👻

— Sunsetting conversational AI applications 🌅 (there's an actual process, you can't just do it manually on Amazon)

among other fun tidbits.

This episode officially completes season 1 of the Voice This! Podcast. We thank our guests and listeners for joining us on this LONG but rewarding journey. Thank you for following along with us through every step of the software development lifecycle. And thank YOU for listening. We hoped you enjoyed this season with us! Stay tuned for season 2 💜💙💜