Podcasts

Educating an Architect: A Conversation with Luca Mezzalira

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke to Luca Mezzalira about software architecture as a socio-technical discipline that balances technological design with an organization's social and managerial context. They explored how architectural choices must be adapted to a company's unique culture and team structure rather than relying blindly on universal best practices.

What Does it Really Mean to Program with AI: a Conversation with Joy Ebertz

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke to Joy Ebertz about how the use of artificial intelligence is changing the way architects and developers do their jobs. Focusing on the long term success of the business is one of the most neglected tasks of an architect. This task becomes particularly important as the nature of artificial intelligence changes the landscape of software development.

The AI Revolution Fails without Psychological Safety for Developers: a Conversation with Erin Doyle

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke to Erin Doyle about how artificial intelligence tools are transforming the software development process, and how they are affecting software engineers. Architecture skills are now critical because engineers need to understand how to build systems and handle the constraints and associated ambiguity in the requirements.

How Will We Train Developers if AI Does the Routine Work? A Conversation with Scott Hanselman

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke to Scott Hanselman about developing new software engineers when artificial intelligence agents are doing most of the work on which junior developers were trained. Hanselman suggests the software industry should adopt a preceptorship model similar to the nursing profession.

Scott Jenson on Evolving Desktop OS, Local-First, & Agentic UX

In this episode, Scott Jenson, a veteran UX designer known for his work on the Macintosh, Google Maps, and Chrome, examines the long-term stagnation of desktop operating systems and the limitations of current mobile and cloud-centric models.

Building a Resilient and Inclusive Engineering Culture with Matthew Card

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Matthew Card about his resilience framework (CAPSS - Confidence, Adaptability, Purpose, Social Support) which has helped him overcome career challenges and now guides him in building inclusive engineering cultures by empowering teams and breaking echo chambers.

Using AI Code Generation to Migrate 20000 Tests

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Sergii Gorbachov, a staff engineer at Slack, about how they successfully used AI combined with traditional coding approaches to migrate 20,000 tests in 10 months, discovering that AI alone was insufficient and required human oversight and conventional tools to work effectively.