
The BugBash podcast is a lively look at all aspects of software reliability, by enthusiasts, for everyone. Each episode brings leading engineers and researchers together for deep dives on everything from formal methods to testing to observability to human factors. There’s concrete advice on best practices, and nuanced discussion of how these strategies combine to deliver software that works. And i... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 22 | Founded | a year ago |
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In this episode, Carl Sverre and David Wynn sit down with Philip O'Toole, creator of rqlite. We dive into his philosophy of using tests as a core design strategy, his tactical advice for turning AI agents into technical research assistants, and how l... more
What happens when your open source library changes millions of lives?
In this episode, we sit down with David MacIver, Zac Hatfield-Dodds, and Liam DeVoe — three generations of maintainers of Hypothesis, the property-based testing library used by ro... more
In this episode of the Bug Bash podcast, host David Wynn shares a collection of conversations recorded at Bug Bash 2026. 11 developers share their war stories about the most interesting bugs they've encountered and resolved.
They talk about JDK issu... more
You hit 100% test coverage, deploy to production, and the system still falls over. An old story, maybe aside from the 100% coverage percent part.
In this episode, David sits down with Marco Primi and Sean Allen from the Antithesis Red Team to talk a... more
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The show concentrates on software reliability, testing, observability, and the human factors shaping engineering cultures. Across episodes, hosts and guests dissect workload-driven testing, deterministic simulations, AI-assisted tooling, UI fuzzing, and robust debugging practices in distributed systems. Noteworthy threads include practical guidance for building reusable testing workloads, maintaining discipline with TDD and guardrails when leveraging AI, and the evolution of tooling for large-scale software ecosystems and hardware-forward environments. The conversations combine concrete techniques, real-world anecdotes, and a strong emphasis on measurable improvement, making it a valuable resource for engineers, SREs, and engineering leader... more
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