Podcasts

Architecture Should Model the World as it Really is: a Conversation with Randy Shoup

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Randy Shoup about how to evolve your software after a software failure, and how to improve the resilience of your software by modeling transient states using events and workflows. Software failure is inevitable, but learning from failure, including making the necessary changes to organizational culture, can make your software more resilient.

If You Can’t Test It, Don’t Deploy It: The New Rule of AI Development?

Magdalena Picariello reframes how we think about AI, moving the conversation from algorithms and metrics to business impact and outcomes. She champions evaluation systems that don't just measure accuracy but also demonstrate real-world business value, and advocates for iterative development with continuous feedback to build optimal applications.

Effective Error Handling: a Uniform Strategy for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems

Jenish Shah, a back-end engineer focused on distributed systems at Netflix, provides more insights into how to handle failures in a distributed systems setup. He shares details on how he built a library that handles exceptions uniformly, regardless of the underlying communication protocol.

Cloud and DevOps InfoQ Trends Report 2025

In this episode of the podcast, members of the InfoQ editorial staff and friends of InfoQ will discuss current trends in the cloud and DevOps domains as part of our annual trends report creation process. These reports provide InfoQ readers with a high-level overview of key topics to watch and also help the editorial team focus on innovative technologies.

Mental Models in Architecture and Societal Views of Technology: a Conversation with Nimisha Asthagiri

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Nimisha Asthagiri about the importance of system thinking, multi-agent systems, the consequences of society applying a technology into an area for which it was not designed, and whether we can ever have a healthy relationship with artificial intelligence.

Resilience, Observability and Unintended Consequences of Automation

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, the Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Courtney Nash about her research on the unintended consequences of automation in software systems, the importance of learning from incidents, and maintaining human expertise in complex systems.

Engineering Excellence as a Journey: Platform Engineering, Culture, and Technical Leadership

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Ganesh Datta about building excellent engineering organizations and treating platform engineering as a product.

Building Responsible AI Culture: Governance, Diversity, and the Future of Development

Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Inna Tokarev Sela, CEO of illumex, about implementing generative AI in development teams, emphasizing the critical need for robust governance across data, policy enforcement, and explainability layers. She also discusses how intentional workplace policies and female-oriented mentorship programs have helped achieve gender balance in tech.

The Human Factor in UX and Data-Driven Decisions

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to John Heintz about the gap between technical expertise and user experience, highlighting the importance of understanding human psychology in data-driven decision-making.

Cultivating Healthy Engineering Cultures: Insights from Sophie Weston

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Sophie Weston, Principal Engineer at ClearBank, about her career in tech, the importance of good team practices, the evolution of DevOps, and the need for a supportive engineering culture.