https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/refactoring-podcast--6091136enManagementCopyright Luca Rossihttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a743ff07dbb9224853d8e28bd80bec3e.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/refactoring-podcast--6091136Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:24:53 +0000Luca RossiLuca Rossifeeds@spreaker.comWeekly interviews with world-class engineering leaders about writing great software and working well with humans.falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/speed-is-the-only-moat-with-anush-elangovan--7302369600:00) Episode start(01:31) Introducing Anush Elangovan(01:39) AMD's open-source AI stack(04:08) Sponsor break(05:34) How AI contributions are reshaping open-source maintenance(08:33) From demo to production: the quality gates funnel(11:10) When agents game the system(17:10) Speed as a moat: the open-source flywheel(20:31) Agent-first development: what it really looks like(23:56) AI cleanup: getting legacy code ready for agents(28:24) The excavator analogy(31:08) The new engineers(34:12) VP doing IC work(43:28) Open-weight models, AI as electricity, and what's next-Today's episode is brought to you by Unblocked.Unblocked is the context layer for modern engineering teams.Get a free three-week trial at https://getunblocked.com/refactoring-
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(00:00) Episode start(01:26) Introducing Geoffrey Litt(01:58) Malleable software(05:37) Sponsor break(07:11) The nightmare bycicle analogy(09:56) Teach users just in time(14:15) How Notion exposes structure(17:41) Vibe coding vs platforms(19:18) Notion's shift from walled garden to developer hub(20:57) Bringing external coding agents into Notion(26:43) The accountants analogy: why more productivity creates more jobs(33:30) Trust and oversight: AI agents(40:32) How design engineers ship to production daily at Notion(47:39) Prototyping in code
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(00:00) Episode start(01:26) Introducing Geoffrey Litt(01:58) Malleable software(05:37) Sponsor break(07:11) The nightmare bycicle analogy(09:56) Teach users just in time(14:15) How Notion exposes structure(17:41) Vibe coding vs platforms(19:18) Notion's shift from walled garden to developer hub(20:57) Bringing external coding agents into Notion(26:43) The accountants analogy: why more productivity creates more jobs(33:30) Trust and oversight: AI agents(40:32) How design engineers ship to production daily at Notion(47:39) Prototyping in code
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(00:00) Episode start(00:40) A live chat with Rands at LeadDev(02:10) How to collect and write great leadership stories(03:38) Sponsor break(05:13) Writing as a habit: from journals to 14,000 readers(08:09) The power of naming things(10:20) Using stories to give feedback without being directive(12:40) Introverts, extroverts, and bringing calm to explosive situations(15:09) Tinkering with AI: joy, interns, and daily delight(19:18) "I was wrong" why managers should code again(21:54) Do we still need middle managers in the AI era?(27:40) The accountants analogy: why more productivity creates more jobs(36:25) Managing Robots: the book that's coming
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(00:00) Episode start(00:40) A live chat with Rands at LeadDev(02:10) How to collect and write great leadership stories(03:38) Sponsor break(05:13) Writing as a habit: from journals to 14,000 readers(08:09) The power of naming things(10:20) Using stories to give feedback without being directive(12:40) Introverts, extroverts, and bringing calm to explosive situations(15:09) Tinkering with AI: joy, interns, and daily delight(19:18) "I was wrong" why managers should code again(21:54) Do we still need middle managers in the AI era?(27:40) The accountants analogy: why more productivity creates more jobs(36:25) Managing Robots: the book that's coming
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(00:00) Episode start(01:25) Introduction(02:59) Why nuanced AI takes matter more than slogans(04:25) Sponsor break(08:54) From philosophy major to engineering director(15:09) Becoming a manager(18:54) Do humanities give you an edge in the AI era?(22:04) Teams thriving with AI vs teams struggling(28:03) Setting clear expectations without creating fear(35:52) The AHA meetings: sharing learnings, not just wins(41:40) The BICEPS framework(47:18) When frustration isn't curiosity(52:58) Reflect back what you hear
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(00:00) Episode start(01:25) Introduction(02:59) Why nuanced AI takes matter more than slogans(04:25) Sponsor break(08:54) From philosophy major to engineering director(15:09) Becoming a manager(18:54) Do humanities give you an edge in the AI era?(22:04) Teams thriving with AI vs teams struggling(28:03) Setting clear expectations without creating fear(35:52) The AHA meetings: sharing learnings, not just wins(41:40) The BICEPS framework(47:18) When frustration isn't curiosity(52:58) Reflect back what you hear
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(00:00) Episode start(01:25) Introduction(02:05) Senior engineers in 2035(05:11) Sponsor break(06:45) Level of abstraction: from compilers to AI(10:17) Excited engineers and worried engineers(12:44) The bifurcation: vibe coders vs platform engineers(16:51) Engineering managing role changes(23:21) Managing time with expanding roles(28:32) Are hierarchies flattening?(36:25) AI adoption in James' team(41:27) What's hard in the AI era(44:36) AI as a personal assistant(50:05) Remote work in 2026
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(00:00) Episode start(01:25) Introduction(02:05) Senior engineers in 2035(05:11) Sponsor break(06:45) Level of abstraction: from compilers to AI(10:17) Excited engineers and worried engineers(12:44) The bifurcation: vibe coders vs platform engineers(16:51) Engineering managing role changes(23:21) Managing time with expanding roles(28:32) Are hierarchies flattening?(36:25) AI adoption in James' team(41:27) What's hard in the AI era(44:36) AI as a personal assistant(50:05) Remote work in 2026
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(01:29) Introduction(02:30) What it loveholidays?(06:04) Sponsor break(07:00) loveholidays' AI approach(10:16) Code quality(13:36) Making quality visible(14:52) AI, MCP and top use cases(22:19) Code health and engineers' happiness(29:35) How was AI implemented at loveholidays(37:01) Experimenting with AI and skills(42:30) How to spread AI into an org(47:31) Guardrails in dev process(56:40) Other process changes
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(01:29) Introduction(02:30) What it loveholidays?(06:04) Sponsor break(07:00) loveholidays' AI approach(10:16) Code quality(13:36) Making quality visible(14:52) AI, MCP and top use cases(22:19) Code health and engineers' happiness(29:35) How was AI implemented at loveholidays(37:01) Experimenting with AI and skills(42:30) How to spread AI into an org(47:31) Guardrails in dev process(56:40) Other process changes
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>3911false61fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-engineer-is-a-manager-now-with-chris-lattner--71079960So with Chris, we talked about his vision for AI and computing. We talked about how Modular’s mission makes us closer to a future where AI is open and portable. And we talked about open source, how AI is both empowering and straining contributors, how it’s changing intellectual property, and what workflows we need to change as engineers.
And finally, we discussed how AI is changing software craftsmanship, how he’s bullish about junior engineers, and a lot more.
(00:00) Preview(02:11) Introduction(04:05) What is Modular?(06:13) Sponsor break(07:10) From CPU to GPU landscape(10:46) Objective-C Swift analogy(15:37) What is Modular for Chris?(17:37) The love for building(20:21) Chris' view on AI future(23:48) AI and open source(29:34) Figuring out new workflows(31:22) On licenses and copyright(33:42) High quality software(35:21) Coding faster with AI(41:27) The landscape of junior engineers(48:22) AI amplifies the good and the bad(52:21) Modular ceremonies(55:26) Tech debt
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And finally, we discussed how AI is changing software craftsmanship, how he’s bullish about junior engineers, and a lot more.
(00:00) Preview(02:11) Introduction(04:05) What is Modular?(06:13) Sponsor break(07:10) From CPU to GPU landscape(10:46) Objective-C Swift analogy(15:37) What is Modular for Chris?(17:37) The love for building(20:21) Chris' view on AI future(23:48) AI and open source(29:34) Figuring out new workflows(31:22) On licenses and copyright(33:42) High quality software(35:21) Coding faster with AI(41:27) The landscape of junior engineers(48:22) AI amplifies the good and the bad(52:21) Modular ceremonies(55:26) Tech debt
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(00:00) Preview(01:11) Introduction(03:26) What is "Intent"?(09:56) Splitting agents for best performance(12:32) Spec and subtasks(17:46) Decision and generation(22:15) Features, opinion and abstractions(25:37) The note system(27:41) Attitude is reflected in approach(35:21) Engineers in the new era of crafting(37:14) Managing skills applied to an agent environment(39:46) Orchestrating agents(45:50) The future of deep specialists
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(00:00) Preview(01:11) Introduction(03:26) What is "Intent"?(09:56) Splitting agents for best performance(12:32) Spec and subtasks(17:46) Decision and generation(22:15) Features, opinion and abstractions(25:37) The note system(27:41) Attitude is reflected in approach(35:21) Engineers in the new era of crafting(37:14) Managing skills applied to an agent environment(39:46) Orchestrating agents(45:50) The future of deep specialists
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>3098false59fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leading-beyond-the-framework-with-richard-hughes-jones--70503211With Richard, we talked about how to coach tech leaders through uncertainty and everything that's going on with AI, how to navigate it, how we should think about our role, and what it means to step outside of the framework.We also explored how to leverage AI for coaching, how to blend human and AI advice to get the best of both worlds.
(00:00) Preview(01:08) Introduction(02:26) Richard's journey into coaching(04:23) Sponsor break(05:19) Coaching without engineering background(07:27) Most common challenges(11:39) Helping people in uncertainty(19:10) Good for the team Vs Good for the business(22:13) Are frameworks limiting?(27:10) Creating a personal framework(31:49) Am I trying to be the hero?(34:35) Usual questions(39:07) AI and coaching
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>9fec2584-bf57-428e-8703-52a366637901Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Richard Hughes-Jones, a professional executive coach with more than 20 years of experience.  With Richard, we talked about how to coach tech leaders through uncertainty and everything that's going on with AI, how to navigate it, how...With Richard, we talked about how to coach tech leaders through uncertainty and everything that's going on with AI, how to navigate it, how we should think about our role, and what it means to step outside of the framework.We also explored how to leverage AI for coaching, how to blend human and AI advice to get the best of both worlds.
(00:00) Preview(01:08) Introduction(02:26) Richard's journey into coaching(04:23) Sponsor break(05:19) Coaching without engineering background(07:27) Most common challenges(11:39) Helping people in uncertainty(19:10) Good for the team Vs Good for the business(22:13) Are frameworks limiting?(27:10) Creating a personal framework(31:49) Am I trying to be the hero?(34:35) Usual questions(39:07) AI and coaching
Link to article mentioned in the interview: https://richardhughesjones.substack.com/p/052-special-edition-what-i-learned—You can also find this at:
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>3085false58fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-master-behavioral-interviews-with-austen-mcdonald--70173650Austen, in his career, conducted more than 1,000 interviews and coached more than 200 engineers, and is here today to tell us everything about why behavioral interviews are more important than ever and how to run them right, as a candidate and as a recruiter.
(00:00) Preview(01:02) Introduction(01:37) Austen' interest in behavioral interviews(06:25) Sponsor break(07:31) Behavioral interviews as a senior or a junior engineer(09:55) The question behind a question: signal areas(13:09) Fails in behavioral interviews(16:38) Decode, select, deliver(17:15) The eight areas(19:02) How company culture reflects in hiring(21:59) Assessing company's culture as a candidate(23:49) The big three questions(29:26) Preparing for the big three questions(37:37) Deliver a story(40:28) Good preparation process(43:15) Do not lie(46:14) Recruiter side: biases(51:42) Candidate experience with AI: value questions
—You can also find this at:
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>1c773cd9-c151-491f-95ac-ea5d7d5652bcFri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Austen McDonald, former hiring committee chair at Meta, and author of the book, "Mastering Behavioral Interviews."  Austen, in his career, conducted more than 1,000 interviews and coached more than 200 engineers, and is here today to...Austen, in his career, conducted more than 1,000 interviews and coached more than 200 engineers, and is here today to tell us everything about why behavioral interviews are more important than ever and how to run them right, as a candidate and as a recruiter.
(00:00) Preview(01:02) Introduction(01:37) Austen' interest in behavioral interviews(06:25) Sponsor break(07:31) Behavioral interviews as a senior or a junior engineer(09:55) The question behind a question: signal areas(13:09) Fails in behavioral interviews(16:38) Decode, select, deliver(17:15) The eight areas(19:02) How company culture reflects in hiring(21:59) Assessing company's culture as a candidate(23:49) The big three questions(29:26) Preparing for the big three questions(37:37) Deliver a story(40:28) Good preparation process(43:15) Do not lie(46:14) Recruiter side: biases(51:42) Candidate experience with AI: value questions
—You can also find this at:
• 📬 Newsletter: https://refactoring.fm• 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Luds9dmzZDoDC8Q7EMbSw• 📱 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/refactoring-podcast/id1719137305
—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>3311false57fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/building-apps-with-your-voice-with-paige-bailey--69840974c380df9c-e874-4f3b-9300-b4c0a9708fedFri, 06 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Paige Bailey, Developer Relations Lead at Google DeepMind. And before that, Principal Product Manager at GitHub, where she launched Copilot and several other AI products.With Paige, we went through a quick demo of how to build and...2415false56fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-todoist-is-built-with-goncalo-silva--69556679This interview is an incredible behind the scenes about one of the most peculiar companies in tech.
Because Doist is bootstrapped, profitable, has no office and has about 100 employees that are spread across about 40 countries. Yet, or maybe for this reason, they created one of the world's most beloved productivity tools, used by more than 25 million users and they're up against billion-dollar companies with hundreds of millions of funding.
So how do they pull this off? Let's find out.
(00:00) Preview(01:15) Introduction(04:26) What does Doist looks like?(06:48) The perfect number of people(09:44) Remote and async-first(15:59) Asynchronous threats(18:34) Todoist engineering teams(21:06) Continuity or chaos(28:18) A team for every platform(29:21) Product management(31:37) Product development process(34:03) Merging top-down strategies and bottom-up feedbacks(38:16) AI in product engineering(46:34) Team level AI practices
—You can also find this at:
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>eebda22e-3817-4331-8197-09a55173577fFri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Gonçalo Silva, CTO of Doist, the company behind Todoist and Twist. This interview is an incredible behind the scenes about one of the most peculiar companies in tech. Because Doist is bootstrapped, profitable, has no office and has...This interview is an incredible behind the scenes about one of the most peculiar companies in tech.
Because Doist is bootstrapped, profitable, has no office and has about 100 employees that are spread across about 40 countries. Yet, or maybe for this reason, they created one of the world's most beloved productivity tools, used by more than 25 million users and they're up against billion-dollar companies with hundreds of millions of funding.
So how do they pull this off? Let's find out.
(00:00) Preview(01:15) Introduction(04:26) What does Doist looks like?(06:48) The perfect number of people(09:44) Remote and async-first(15:59) Asynchronous threats(18:34) Todoist engineering teams(21:06) Continuity or chaos(28:18) A team for every platform(29:21) Product management(31:37) Product development process(34:03) Merging top-down strategies and bottom-up feedbacks(38:16) AI in product engineering(46:34) Team level AI practices
—You can also find this at:
• 📬 Newsletter: https://refactoring.fm• 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Luds9dmzZDoDC8Q7EMbSw• 📱 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/refactoring-podcast/id1719137305
—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>3149false55fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/career-sabbaticals-and-self-discovery-with-thiago-ghisi--693692745937021e-b0af-4795-8102-d4de45219e27Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Thiago Ghisi!Thiago is former director of engineering at Nubank and with a long and successful tech career in companies like ThoughtWorks, Apple and more. But right now, he's on a sabbatical and he's been for more than six months.So...3380false54fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-of-ai-adoption-with-matt-mcclernan--68896327With Matt, we went through the findings of our own research that we developed together with Augment, surveying more than 400 engineering teams about how they're using AI.
And we went through many topics, from the differences between personal and team adoption, challenges, how documentation looks like a secret weapon, how to manage context in AI coding, and much more. And then we talked about the future, how the UX of AI coding is changing with IDEs, CLI tools and agents, and what the future might bring.
(00:00) Preview(01:26) Introduction(02:16) Personal vs Team AI Adoption(09:25) The journey of AI adoption(13:06) The role of documentation(18:13) AI and Context: the Augment secret sauce(25:44) Helping AI with context(28:17) Quality control in AI coding(36:30) Companies and AI in the near future(45:54) The state of UX in writing code(51:54) The scope of Augment
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>4e310518-cc67-407c-8292-602e11c6d6c0Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Matt McClernan, CEO of Augment Code! With Matt, we went through the findings of our own research that we developed together with Augment, surveying more than 400 engineering teams about how they're using AI. And we went through many...With Matt, we went through the findings of our own research that we developed together with Augment, surveying more than 400 engineering teams about how they're using AI.
And we went through many topics, from the differences between personal and team adoption, challenges, how documentation looks like a secret weapon, how to manage context in AI coding, and much more. And then we talked about the future, how the UX of AI coding is changing with IDEs, CLI tools and agents, and what the future might bring.
(00:00) Preview(01:26) Introduction(02:16) Personal vs Team AI Adoption(09:25) The journey of AI adoption(13:06) The role of documentation(18:13) AI and Context: the Augment secret sauce(25:44) Helping AI with context(28:17) Quality control in AI coding(36:30) Companies and AI in the near future(45:54) The state of UX in writing code(51:54) The scope of Augment
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>3381false514fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-build-product-development-teams-with-rob-zuber--6869177518bca479-5da9-490a-ba8e-024b4e300972Sat, 22 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Rob Zuber, CTO of CircleCI!With Rob, we talked about software delivery, the impact of AI, and how to build great product engineering teams. And next, we discuss trade-offs between standardization versus flexibility in software...4153false512fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-knowledge-to-wisdom-with-hywel-carver--68458849560e5ce4-1ea8-46a3-8a17-2c69b5f79d28Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Hywel Carver! Hywel is co-founder and CEO of Skiller Whale, which provides live team coaching for software engineering teams. With Hywel, we got deep into what makes traditional developer training awful, what engineers truly learn and...3513false512fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ai-transformation-at-intercom-with-darragh-curran--68262454Darragh is the CTO of Intercom, which is one of the world's leading customer service products with more than 600 million users.
With Darragh, we talked about how AI poses at the same time an existential risk and an incredible opportunity for Intercom, and how this led them to the decision of creating a completely separate product and deflect most team resources to it. Then we discussed how AI is being adopted inside Intercom itself to achieve Darragh's ambitious goal of doubling the team's productivity.And finally, we explored Darragh's own role as CTO and what he believes he needs to get right to make all of this happen. 
(00:00) Preview(01:31) Introduction(02:19) How Intercom changed with AI(07:02) Intercom and Fin(11:37) AI productivity gains(16:36) Measuring productivity increase(25:06) Experience and AI(31:02) AI in large and legacy systems(32:47) The CTO role in an AI framework(38:56) Good for human = Good for AI(42:03) Improving AI models: Fin's case(45:03) How Fin improved so fast(49:08) One big challenge
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>6ea0c9bc-fd36-4678-9537-21cedb6dc221Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Darragh Curran!  Darragh is the CTO of Intercom, which is one of the world's leading customer service products with more than 600 million users. With Darragh, we talked about how AI poses at the same time an existential risk and an...Darragh is the CTO of Intercom, which is one of the world's leading customer service products with more than 600 million users.
With Darragh, we talked about how AI poses at the same time an existential risk and an incredible opportunity for Intercom, and how this led them to the decision of creating a completely separate product and deflect most team resources to it. Then we discussed how AI is being adopted inside Intercom itself to achieve Darragh's ambitious goal of doubling the team's productivity.And finally, we explored Darragh's own role as CTO and what he believes he needs to get right to make all of this happen. 
(00:00) Preview(01:31) Introduction(02:19) How Intercom changed with AI(07:02) Intercom and Fin(11:37) AI productivity gains(16:36) Measuring productivity increase(25:06) Experience and AI(31:02) AI in large and legacy systems(32:47) The CTO role in an AI framework(38:56) Good for human = Good for AI(42:03) Improving AI models: Fin's case(45:03) How Fin improved so fast(49:08) One big challenge
—You can also find this at:
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>3328false511fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/building-psychologically-safe-teams-with-meg-adams--68088287586fe7fa-0872-4044-80e7-2c5a6faed6e6Fri, 10 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Meg Adams!Meg is Senior Director of Engineering for the New York Times. With Meg, we talked about her fantastic journey in tech, from management in sales and retail, to learning software development from scratch, to management again,...2948false510fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/navigating-ai-development-workflows-with-birgitta-bockeler--67905407Birgitta is is a distinguished engineer and global lead for AI-assisted software delivery at ThoughtWorks. Her full-time work is to figure out how engineering teams can make the most out of AI.
With Birgitta, we talked about her favorite workflows, how she uses AI in the IDE, in the terminal or in a genetic mode. We discussed AI impact on productivity and what the best teams are getting right, which others are not. And finally, we talked about how AI impacts both junior and senior engineers and how we can get the best out of both skeptics and optimists.
(01:27) Introduction(04:58) A day in the work of data(11:04) Large and smalls change sets(15:57) The strength of Cloud Code(18:35) Using AI tools in ThoughtWorks(21:41) Figuring AI productive value(27:24) Getting the most out of AI(30:10) AI assistance in large code bases(32:21) Good for humans = Good for AI(39:10) AI and documentation(41:49) Software engineer role in AI landscape(48:24) Junior engineers and learning
—This episode is brought to you by Augment Code! Augment Code is the only AI engineering platform built for real engineering teams.
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>b9c9ffec-4dd4-4787-bb5f-56bc41f8f792Fri, 26 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Birgitta Böckeler! Birgitta is is a distinguished engineer and global lead for AI-assisted software delivery at ThoughtWorks. Her full-time work is to figure out how engineering teams can make the most out of AI. With Birgitta, we...Birgitta is is a distinguished engineer and global lead for AI-assisted software delivery at ThoughtWorks. Her full-time work is to figure out how engineering teams can make the most out of AI.
With Birgitta, we talked about her favorite workflows, how she uses AI in the IDE, in the terminal or in a genetic mode. We discussed AI impact on productivity and what the best teams are getting right, which others are not. And finally, we talked about how AI impacts both junior and senior engineers and how we can get the best out of both skeptics and optimists.
(01:27) Introduction(04:58) A day in the work of data(11:04) Large and smalls change sets(15:57) The strength of Cloud Code(18:35) Using AI tools in ThoughtWorks(21:41) Figuring AI productive value(27:24) Getting the most out of AI(30:10) AI assistance in large code bases(32:21) Good for humans = Good for AI(39:10) AI and documentation(41:49) Software engineer role in AI landscape(48:24) Junior engineers and learning
—This episode is brought to you by Augment Code! Augment Code is the only AI engineering platform built for real engineering teams.
Learn more at augmentcode.com!—
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—For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>3022false56fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/automating-team-processes-gracefully-with-antonia-scheidel--677315505f2de1dd-819d-4a9f-bdc4-782276162c45Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Antonia Scheidel!Antonia is Director of Engineering at Duolingo, where she made the whole career progression, starting as a simple intern 12 years ago. Antonia is an expert at designing good, automated processes for your team. We...3547false57fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/technical-debt-as-crime-scene-with-adam-tornhill--67550602fe1a9e6d-6ceb-4a50-a751-0984a7197e54Fri, 29 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Adam Tornhill! Adam is the author of the popular book Your Code as a Crime Scene, and he's the founder of Code Scene. With Adam, we discussed his unique insights about technical debt and code quality, which come from his study of...2912false55fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/diversity-ai-and-junior-engineers-with-meri-williams--6737615798da3160-058d-451f-be96-2b3dfcc33306Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Meri Williams, who is the CTO of Pleo and the host of LeadDev conferences for more than 10 years. With Meri, we started by talking about diversity, why it is such a controversial topic, why diverse teams make for stronger teams, and...3124false58fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thinking-in-bets-for-engineers-with-annie-duke--672136228bd6ac56-5fb3-4f31-bc45-2d89a70e2db3Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:23:02 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Annie Duke, who is a former world-class professional poker player and one of the world's top experts on decision-making.She's a bestseller author and coach of many tech founders and teams.With Annie we talked about her journey from...4316false58fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/refactoring-at-scale-done-right-with-maude-lemaire--66941237d20c327e-1e3e-45f5-8b23-6b50e4cd53f7Fri, 11 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Maude Lemaire, who is a principal engineer at GitHub and author of the book, "Refactoring at Scale."With Maude, we talked about her journey in tech, from Rent the Runway to joining Slack and leading its performance engineering team to...3915false57fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/building-ai-powered-podcast-learning-with-kevin-smith--66768603bee54447-1062-4b9a-be71-a369b1e76215Fri, 27 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Kevin Smith, who is co-founder of Snipd, one of the world's most popular podcast apps.With Kevin, we talked about his journey in tech, starting from quantitative finance and then running an AI team in a high-growth startup up to...3043false56fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-future-of-dev-tools-with-dennis-pilarinos--66543178ebf9ae5d-0bb1-447e-a92e-8427fb880cf5Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Dennis Pilarinos, who is founder and CEO of Unblocked. With Dennis, we talked about his journey in tech, which is just incredible, starting from director roles at Microsoft and Amazon, then founding BuddyBuild and later selling it to...2424false55fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-manage-humans-with-rands--66336279412acb5e-0813-48ae-bc67-5e7e59331627Fri, 30 May 2025 04:22:00 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Michael Lopp, better known as Rands, who is Senior Director of Engineering at Apple and writer of several popular books about engineering management, including "Managing Humans", which is a personal favorite of mine.With Rands, we...3174false311fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-vercel-journey-with-guillermo-rauch--663111217df87838-236a-48f4-9f76-d2e67b2758dfWed, 28 May 2025 09:51:14 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Guillermo Rauch, who is CEO and founder of Vercel.With Guillermo, we talked about his journey in tech, from a small-town in Argentina, to successful open-source developer, to CEO of a billion-dollar company. Then we covered the unique...3413false310fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-integrate-ai-in-the-dev-process-with-ori-keren--66084280With Ori, we talked about how AI is infiltrating all the stages of the development process, from coding to testing to code reviews. We discussed  how AI is already restructuring teams and how engineering leaders can drive adoption by combining culture, small wins and full moon shots.
01:07 Introduction
01:59 Development productivity in 2025
08:29 Code creation process and AI
10:46 Coding and bottlenecks
15:05 Cognitive unload using AI
16:48 The journey of AI adoption
21:50 AI native environment
24:57 How teams are changing
28:35 More AI = More development
30:40 The skeptcisim about coding with AI
33:50 Removing the toil from coding
35:31 AI help outside coding
41:50 How to integrate AI in a company
44:38 Go with the (AI) flow
45:34 Education in prompting
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For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appearing as a guest, email: luca@refactoring.club]]>3f040beb-61b9-493c-a3ae-759d9ea8ef7eWed, 14 May 2025 11:19:50 +0000Luca RossiToday's guest is Ori Keren, who is CEO and co-founder of LinearB and has more than 25 years of experience in the industry, especially in developer experience and productivity. With Ori, we talked about how AI is infiltrating all the stages of the...With Ori, we talked about how AI is infiltrating all the stages of the development process, from coding to testing to code reviews. We discussed  how AI is already restructuring teams and how engineering leaders can drive adoption by combining culture, small wins and full moon shots.
01:07 Introduction
01:59 Development productivity in 2025
08:29 Code creation process and AI
10:46 Coding and bottlenecks
15:05 Cognitive unload using AI
16:48 The journey of AI adoption
21:50 AI native environment
24:57 How teams are changing
28:35 More AI = More development
30:40 The skeptcisim about coding with AI
33:50 Removing the toil from coding
35:31 AI help outside coding
41:50 How to integrate AI in a company
44:38 Go with the (AI) flow
45:34 Education in prompting
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