Podcast Episodes

Redefining Ambition After Burnout | Zapier’s Kelly Vaughn

Season 5 Episode 20

What happens when the person trained to spot burnout becomes its next victim?

Kelly Vaughn is a Senior Engineering Manager at Zapier, the author of the After Burnout Substack, and a trained therapist.…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Foresight Over Firefighting: Being Proactive in a Reactive World | Rootly's JJ Tang

Season 5 Episode 19

Still stuck in a reactive loop with incident response, only fixing problems after they happen? 

JJ Tang, Co-founder and CEO of Rootly, joins host Andrew Zigler to reveal how to shift beyond reactive, …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The End of Specialization? How AI Shapes Modern Dev Teams | Vercel’s Lee Robinson

Season 5 Episode 18

Is front-end vs. back-end an antiquated way to structure engineering teams? With AI augmenting skills, a new model is emerging: the product engineer.

This week, Andrew sits down with Lee Robinson, VP …

Published on 5 months ago

AI Gets Eyes and Ears | LiveKit’s Russ d’Sa

Season 5 Episode 17

We've spent decades teaching ourselves to communicate with computers via text and clicks. Now, computers are learning to perceive the world like us: through sight and sound. What happens when softwar…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

The Shift to Agent-Driven API Consumption | Speakeasy’s Sagar Batchu

Season 5 Episode 16

Think building killer APIs like Stripe or Twilio is purely a technical feat? Think again.

This week, we dive into why crafting successful APIs is fundamentally an organizational challenge, demanding i…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

How Marketing Ruined Shift Left | Semgrep’s Tanya Janca

Season 5 Episode 15

When it comes to securing software, most developers feel like they're playing catch-up instead of setting the rules.

Tanya Janca (SheHacksPurple), author of "Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding," brings…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

How to Build AI Workflows You Can Trust | Infactory’s Brooke Hartley Moy

Season 5 Episode 14

Is your company rushing headlong into AI, only to find it's a 'square peg in a round hole'?

This week, Andrew tackles the critical issue of building trust in AI systems with Brooke Hartley Moy, CEO an…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Amazon Q and The Future of Autonomous Development | AWS' Adnan Ijaz

Season 5 Episode 13

AI is evolving at a breakneck speed, leaving engineering leaders with a critical dilemma: innovate or fall behind. But how do you experiment with AI without risking your credibility? 

Andrew Zigler si…

Published on 6 months ago

Ditch the Ticket Factory Mentality | Cosmic Teacups’ Thanos Diacakis

Season 5 Episode 12

Imagine a world where your engineering team ships features at lightning speed, and they're genuinely happy doing it. Sounds like a fantasy? It doesn't have to be. 

This week, we're diving into the sec…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Will AI Finally Make TDD Practical? | Diffblue’s Animesh Mishra

Season 5 Episode 11

The promise of Test Driven Development (or TDD) remains unfulfilled. Like many other forms of aspirational development, the practice has fallen victim to countless buzzword cycles. What if the answer…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago