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Join Overcommitted for insightful conversations with women in tech, software engineers, and programming experts focused on advancing software engineering careers. Explore topics such as software ethics, system reliability, infrastructure resilience, programming best practices, and agentic AI development. Our hosts share career insights and tech mentorship to boost developer productivity and code q... more

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What happens when a software bug stops a concert—or endangers a performer flying above the stage? System reliability takes on new meaning in live event tech. This week, Brittany and Erika talk with Lars Olson, full stack engineer at TAIT, ab... more

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As AI code intelligence tools reshape daily programming work, developer productivity and career growth depend less on speed and more on judgment. In this episode, we explore what skills actually matter when AI writes code—and why engineers need a new... more

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What happens when coding becomes nearly free - but everything else in the software delivery process doesn't? Cameron Etezadi, CTO at LaunchDarkly, joins Erika, Brittany, and Bethany to talk about the gap between code that compiles and code that actua... more

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Brittany's first weeks at Bluesky are reframing everything she thought about coding interviews. Career growth in tech still hinges on algorithm problems, but AI, remote work, and async development have fundamentally changed what actually sig... more

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Recent Guests

Cameron Etezadi
Chief Technology Officer at LaunchDarkly
LaunchDarkly
Episode: Software Engineering in Production With Cameron Etezadi
Dennis Pilarinos
Founder and CEO of Unblocked, contextual code intelligence platform
Unblocked
Episode: Why AI Coding Agents Keep Guessing | Context Gap & Code Intelligence with Dennis Pilarinos
Sterling Chin
Founding developer relations hire at Inngest; former Senior Developer Advocate and Engineering Manager at Postman; creator of Marvin
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Episode: Agentic AI Development | Shipping Real Tools with Sterling Chin
Joe Tyler
Staff AI Researcher at Sonar
Sonar
Episode: AI Code Quality: The New Software Engineering Bottleneck
Brittany Ellick
Host/Co-host (assumed)
Episode: AI Code Quality: The New Software Engineering Bottleneck
Adam Argyle
Staff Design Engineer at Shopify, former Google Chrome CSS Developer Advocate
Shopify
Episode: Design Engineering, Interviews & Job Search | Career Growth with Adam Argyle
Salma Alam-Naylor
Web developer, international speaker, tech educator, and entertainer
Nordcraft (Head of Developer Education)
Episode: There are no shortcuts | Craft & career growth with Salma Alam-Naylor
John Crickett
Software engineer with 30+ years of experience; creator of Coding Challenges; host of Coding Chats podcast
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Episode: Build Real Tools, Skip LeetCode: Systems Programming for Career Growth with John Crickett
Dave Schwantes
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub, former engineer at Instacart and Couchsurfing International
GitHub
Episode: Run Toward Something - Career Growth, Mentorship & Work-Life Balance with Dave Schwantes

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Bethany
Co-host of Overcommitted, introducing guests and guiding conversations
Erika
Host of Overcommitted, guiding discussions and questions
Erica
Host of Overcommitted, co-hosting discussions
Brittany
Co-host / host, with ties to GitHub and the podcast

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Software Engineering in Production With Cameron Etezadi
Q: How does Cameron view the balance between speed and control when deploying AI-enabled features?
Speed without control is a liability; production requires a control plane to manage releases, observe drift, and run experiments so that rapid iteration does not lead to catastrophic failures.
AI Code Quality: The New Software Engineering Bottleneck
Q: What's something you're currently building or learning that has you excited right now?
Joe is excited about training AI models to write production-grade code and about tightening measurement in the Sonar Leaderboard to reveal strengths, blind spots, and failure patterns across many models; Brittany is exploring Rust and how researchers can make AI-assisted code safer and more maintainable.
Design Engineering, Interviews & Job Search | Career Growth with Adam Argyle
Q: What makes a good interview test for a design engineer, and how should candidates approach it?
He explains that a good test should reveal the candidate's ability to finish a polished solution, not just assemble a basic UI. His example involves a front-end scenario with an accessible, interactive component that demonstrates finishing work, accessibility, and the ability to extend beyond basic HTML/CSS, while allowing AI tools in the process.
Design Engineering, Interviews & Job Search | Career Growth with Adam Argyle
Q: How did your interview journey go during your job search after leaving Google, and did being public help or hurt you?
Adam describes a mix of outcomes: some employers saw his CSS and broader skills and were willing to explore beyond a resume, while others fixated on his public history. He emphasizes the value of having a strong portfolio (like a sizzle reel) and a website that communicates depth quickly, and he notes that some interviewers still demand traditional levers, even as the process becomes more experimental.
Build Real Tools, Skip LeetCode: Systems Programming for Career Growth with John Crickett
Q: What sparked your interest in building real-world tools instead of traditional coding challenges?
Crickett explains that his motivation came from wanting to learn by doing and shipping practical applications, which he found more engaging and impactful than solving isolated problems on paper; this led to the Coding Challenges approach that focuses on building usable tools.

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What is Overcommitted about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A practical, career-focused show where software engineers and tech professionals discuss growth, learning, and leadership. Episodes frequently feature senior engineers, educators, and industry practitioners who share real-world experience—from building reliable systems and scaling teams to navigating interviews, mentorship, and long-term career strategy. A notable through-line is balancing technical depth with personal development, including topics like AI-assisted learning, design and tooling careers, and sustaining meaningful work across fast-changing tech landscapes. The conversations tend to mix actionable advice with candid stories, making it useful for engineers plotting career moves, exploring leadership tracks, or seeking diverse pa... more

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