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Refactoring Podcast

Luca Rossi
Engineering Management
Artificial Intelligence
Software Development
Developer Experience
Leadership
Software Engineering
Engineering Productivity
Technical Debt
Github
AI In Software Development
Metrics
Founder Mode
Team Dynamics
Machine Learning
Remote Work
Behavioral Interviews
Developer Productivity
Developer Tools
Google
Agile Software Development

Weekly interviews with world-class engineering leaders about writing great software and working well with humans.

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Chris Lattner
Founder and CEO of Modular, veteran engineer of LLVM/MLIR/Swift/TPUs
Modular
Episode: Every Engineer Is a Manager Now 🤖 — with Chris Lattner
Amelia Wattenberger
Former Principal Research Engineer at GitHub; partner at Sutter Hill Ventures; product lead at Augment Code
Augment Code / Sutter Hill Ventures / GitHub
Episode: What Comes After the IDE 🖥 — with Amelia Wattenberger
Richard Hughes-Jones
Executive coach to founders, CEOs and senior tech leaders
Independent / coaching practice
Episode: Leading Beyond the Framework 🧭 — with Richard Hughes-Jones
Austen McDonald
Former hiring committee chair at Meta and author of the book Mastering Behavioral Interviews.
Meta
Episode: How to Master Behavioral Interviews 🎤 — with Austen McDonald
Paige Bailey
Developer Relations Lead at Google DeepMind, formerly Principal Product Manager at GitHub
Google DeepMind
Episode: Building Apps with Your Voice 🎤— with Paige Bailey
Gonçalo Silva
CTO at Doist, the company behind Todoist and Twist
Doist
Episode: How Todoist is Built ✅ — with Gonçalo Silva
Thiago Ghisi
Former director of engineering at Nubank and experienced tech leader
Nubank, Apple, ThoughtWorks
Episode: Career Sabbaticals and Self Discovery 🔍 — with Thiago Ghisi
Matt McClernan
CEO of Augment Code, a leading AI coding platform
Augment Code
Episode: The State of AI Adoption 📊 — with Matt McClernan
Rob Zuber
CTO of CircleCI
CircleCI
Episode: How to Build Product Development Teams 🛠️ — with Rob Zuber

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Luca
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5.0 out of 5 stars from 43 ratings
  • Fantastic podcast

    Luca Rossi has done a fantastic job with this podcast! Consistently useful insights and great interviews.

    Well done Luca!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    MFawhro
    United Statesa year ago
  • ++ Recommended ++

    Pod full of engineering insights with top-notch guests from companies such as Netflix and Spotify.

    Luca is definitely nailing it!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    michelepatrassi
    Italy2 years ago
  • The best podcast ever for engineering management!

    The topics are timely and great, Luca is an amazing host, and his guests are extremely experienced people who bring their own personal experiences and backgrounds to the stage.

    Moreover the synergy with the refactoring.club community, where members can join for Q&A, is incredible.

    Definitely recommended!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Andred516
    Italy2 years ago

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What Comes After the IDE 🖥 — with Amelia Wattenberger
Q: Do you see a future where job roles become more specialized or more generalized within AI-assisted development?
The conversation leans toward a shift to domain-oriented specialization that leverages AI tools to prototype and implement features, rather than fitting everyone into narrow traditional roles, enabling deeper expertise in areas like UX or specific industries while using shared tooling.
What Comes After the IDE 🖥 — with Amelia Wattenberger
Q: How do specs function within Intent, and why are they not treated as fixed documents?
Specs act as a bound yet flexible source of truth for guiding agents, but they are continually updated as work progresses. This allows teams to pivot based on real-world feedback and agent outputs, avoiding the rigidity of traditional upfront specs.
What Comes After the IDE 🖥 — with Amelia Wattenberger
Q: What is Intent, and how does it differ from a traditional IDE in terms of workflow and state management?
Intent is described as a developer workspace that centers on a coordinated set of agents, a separate codebase copy, and a living spec. It emphasizes higher levels of abstraction and a dynamic plan that guides work across parallel tasks, rather than focusing on low-level code editing within the IDE itself.
Building Apps with Your Voice 🎤— with Paige Bailey
Q: What do you think is the next stage of taking on work with AI?
As the cost of writing software decreases, there's potential for software models to generate applications autonomously, leading to exciting opportunities in robotics and physical application of AI.
Building Apps with Your Voice 🎤— with Paige Bailey
Q: How would you describe this new reality to them? I mean, what's changed about their job?
AI has reduced the friction between having an idea and actually getting it into the world, leading to greater excitement among software engineers as tools like AI democratize the process of building software.

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The content revolves around insightful discussions with leading figures in engineering, focusing on best practices for software development and the importance of effective team dynamics. Guests, who are often experienced professionals from notable tech companies, share their expertise on various topics such as AI integration, career development, and the future of engineering. Episodes frequently highlight themes like behavioral interviews, the impact of AI on software processes, and the need for psychological safety within teams, making it a rich resource for engineers and managers alike. With its intersection of technology, leadership, and culture, the content is likely to resonate with individuals seeking to enhance their skills and under... more

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