Podcasts

Roq: Leveraging Quarkus to Build Static Sites at the Speed of Go

Andy Damevin, a developer who worked on Quarkus for almost a decade, talks about Roq, a project that started as an experiment to try to see if it’s possible to build a static web site generator on top of quarkus. He touches on the rationale for choosing Java and Quarkus, how to migrate to Roq, and the platform's future.

Mindful Leadership in the Age of AI

In this episode, Thomas Betts and Sam McAfee discuss how AI hype is reshaping organizational behavior, why many companies struggle with experimentation, and how unclear decision structures create friction. They explore psychological safety and mindful leadership as essential foundations for healthier, more effective engineering cultures.

[Video Podcast] AI Autonomy is Redefining Architecture: Boundaries Now Matter Most

This conversation explores why generative AI is not just another automation layer but a shift into autonomy. The key idea is that we cannot retrofit AI into old procedural workflows and expect it to behave. Once autonomy is introduced, systems will drift, show emergent behaviour, and act in ways we did not explicitly script.

[Video Podcast] Frictionless DevEx with Nicole Forsgren

In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Dr. Nicole Forsgren, the author of Accelerate and one of the most prominent and important minds in DevOps and developer productivity. The conversation is about identifying and removing developer friction, the subject of her new book, Frictionless.

[Video Podcast] AI-Driven Development with Olivia McVicker

In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with Olivia McVicker, a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft about AI-driven software development. The conversation covers the current, mainstream AI coding assistants and gets into where those tools are quickly heading. They then look to the future of how the entire software development lifecycle will see the benefits of AI in the next few years.

Great Engineers are Always Learning – Lessons from a Unicorn Founder

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Idit Levine, founder of Solo.io, who is on the shortlist of women-founded Unicorn status startups in the world.

Mailchimp’s Culture of Production-ready, Momentum, Togetherness, and Pragmatism

In this podcast Shane Hastie spoke to Eric Muntz of Mailchimp about how they attain production-ready, momentum, togetherness, and pragmatism. The value of internal apprenticeship systems, growing teams deliberately and removing friction in the developer experience.

Recruiting and Retaining Great Technologists

In this podcast, Shane Hastie spoke to Keren Halperin about what’s needed to recruit and retain great technologists in today’s dynamic employment environment.

Leading Beyond Change – Leadership for New Ways of Working

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Audree and Michael Sahota about leading beyond change in the 21st century.

Improving Developer Experience with Sarah Wells

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Sarah Wells about the value and importance of improving the Developer Experience, the upcoming QCon London conference and avoiding yak shaving.