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.

AI, ML, and Data Engineering InfoQ Trends Report 2026

In this episode, members of the InfoQ AI and ML editorial staff and friends of InfoQ discuss the current trends in the domain of AI, ML and Data Engineering. One of the regular features of InfoQ are the trends reports, which each focus on a different aspect of software dev. These reports provide the InfoQ readers and listeners with a high-level overview of the topics to pay attention to this year.

The Future of Web Apps: Will AI Agents Generate UIs on the Fly?

Rachel Lee Nabors, former React core team member, dives into the architecture and philosophy behind local-first applications, exploring how small language models (SLMs) running directly on-device can deliver privacy-focused, low-latency, and cost-effective alternatives to cloud-hosted LLM wrappers.

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 Blameless Culture Transforms Engineering Teams

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Tameem Hourani about building a blameless engineering culture through radical transparency, focusing on system resilience over individual blame, and creating high-performing teams that can embrace change and learn from failures.

The Evolution of Code Review: From Bug-Finding to Team Building

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Greg Foster about the evolution and purpose of code reviews, building teams with kindness, expertise, and urgency, and how AI tools are changing software development.

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.

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.

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.