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.

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.

Techniques for Improving Communication and Connection in Technical and Social Settings

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Geoffrey Huck about how software engineers can improve their communication skills, particularly with non-technical colleagues, by actively seeking feedback, using analogies and stories to explain technical concepts and varying their speaking style to keep audiences engaged.

Intentional Culture and Continuous Compensation: An Interview with Austin Vance

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Austin Vance, about the importance of intentional onboarding and culture-building, as well as his company's unique approach to compensation and the role of managers in retaining top talent.

Building Safe and Usable Medical Device Software: A Conversation with Neeraj Mainkar

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Neeraj Mainkar about the challenges of developing safe and usable medical device software in areas where software bugs can have life-and-death consequences, and how to approach these challenges through rigorous processes, user-centered design, and leveraging emerging technologies.