Interview based show hosted by Gergely Orosz. Episodes are also available as video on Youtube. Show notes have a summary and many relevant links.
Episodes
27 May 2026
OpenCode's rapid growth to 10 million users highlights challenges like feature overload and AI's limited impact on development speed, while underscoring tensions between innovation, product cohesion, sustainable practices, and the complexities of AI-driven workflows in software engineering.
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20 May 2026
Rust prioritizes memory safety and performance via ownership, borrow checking, and `unsafe` blocks without garbage collection, balancing robust governance, community-driven tools like Cargo and Tokio, safety features including null safety and exhaustive pattern matching, and ongoing efforts to simplify learning curves and integrate AI-driven development, while standing out in system programming compared to TypeScript, JavaScript, and C++.
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13 May 2026
Anders Heilsberg's contributions to programming languages like Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C#, and TypeScriptshaping design philosophies, developer tools, and .NETalongside discussions on AI's impact on coding, type systems, and the evolution of language innovation.
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29 Apr 2026
Pi, a minimalist self-modifiable AI coding agent for OpenClaw, examines engineering workflow challenges, ethical concerns, code quality issues, governance of non-expert contributions, and the evolving tension between AI-driven development, open-source ethics, and the enduring role of human expertise in software complexity.
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22 Apr 2026
The second edition of *Designing Data-Intensive Applications* updates its focus to cloud-native systems, serverless architectures, and data lakes while addressing distributed system challenges, ethical engineering, decentralized software, and emerging trends like AI integration and cryptographic supply chain applications.
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8 Apr 2026
David Heinemeier Hansson shifts from critiquing AI coding tools to embracing an AI-first approach at 37signals, emphasizing Ruby on Rails' token efficiency, Omachi's user-friendly design, AI-driven productivity, evolving developer roles, and the balance between automation and craftsmanship in software innovation.
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1 Apr 2026
Tuan Pham's journey from a Vietnamese refugee to Uber's tech leader, transforming its dispatch system via microservices, overcoming academic-to-industry challenges, and emphasizing adaptability, mentorship, and aligning innovation with real-world needs through AI and logistics.
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18 Mar 2026
WhatsApp's growth from 30 engineers to 450 million users through simplicity, minimal processes, and user-centric design, alongside lessons on lean engineering, startup agility, and AI's role in shaping future tech strategies.
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11 Mar 2026
Technological shifts driven by AI are accelerating, requiring software engineers to adapt and focus on developing AI agents and innovation through mashups.
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4 Mar 2026
The podcast explores AI's impact on software development, highlighting its potential to democratize access, shift workforce dynamics, and raise concerns about human agency and ethics.
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