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SOFTWARE

Anna Kim

It’s happened to Dale Wesdorp, chief revenue officer at digital product builder Miyagami, and likely plenty of IT professionals these days: an employee arrives with an app built by a large language model (LLM), and they want to use it in their current workflow.

Wesdorp’s clients have vibe-coded up mobile apps, websites, games, and even niche customer relationship management (CRM) systems.

The app may work, but that doesn’t mean IT pros should throw it into production—there may be security concerns, or the code might not play well with the existing tech stack.

We spoke with software developers about what they do with employees’ LLM output to make sure everyone stays safe and productive.

Check the checklist.—BH

Mustafa Husain is the new McDonald’s CIO

McDonald’s announced Mustafa Husain’s hiring as the company’s new CIO April 21. Husain will work on AI solutions, helping to make the technology part of how the fast food restaurant company operates.

Husain, who has been with the company in a variety of tech leadership roles for five-and-a-half years, takes over from outgoing CIO Valerie Ashbaugh. Prior to his time at McDonald’s, Husain spent more than eight years at Amazon, capping his time at the retailer as senior manager of product management.

See who else has a new job.—EH

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