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The New Stack Podcast

The New Stack
Kubernetes
Generative AI
Artificial Intelligence
Open Source
Software Development
Observability
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Platform Engineering
Amazon Web Services
AI Agents
Devops
Large Language Models
Cloud Computing
AWS
Automation
Google Cloud
Cybersecurity
Code Review
Python
Linux Foundation

The New Stack Podcast is all about the developers, software engineers and operations people who build at-scale architectures that change the way we develop and deploy software. For more content from The New Stack, subscribe on YouTube at: www.youtube.com/c/TheNewStack

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As AI agents transform software development, developers face a fundamental shift in the skills they need to succeed. In this episode of The New Stack podcast, recorded at AGNTCon and MCPCon in San Jose, Frederic Lardinois speaks with Angie Jones, Vic... more

AI adoption is accelerating among cloud-native developers, who are leading the charge in integrating artificial intelligence into software development. According to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF) Q3 2026 State of Cloud Native Developm... more

As AI agents transform how businesses access and process data, traditional siloed infrastructure is struggling to keep pace. In this episode of The New Stack podcast, recorded at AGNTCon + MCPCon 2026, Frederic Lardinois speaks with Bianca Lewis, Exe... more

AI coding agents are becoming more autonomous, thanks to advances in harness engineering that enable them to identify and correct mistakes before human review. In the latest episode of The New Stack podcast, Vanitha Kumar, Principal Technologist at T... more

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Recent Guests

Jonathan Bryce
Executive director of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Episode: New CNCF report: 75% of cloud-native developers ship code with AI. Jonathan Bryce explains why.
Bianca Lewis
Executive Director of the OpenSearch Software Foundation
OpenSearch Software Foundation
Episode: Why Agentic AI Needs a New Approach to Data Infrastructure
Vanitha Kumar
Marketing Technology Director and Technical Partner at Thoughtworks with over 25 years of experience in engineering, product development, and organizational change
Thoughtworks
Episode: AI agents are getting more complex. Developers shouldn't have to babysit them.
Mike Chambers
Senior AI Developer Experience Engineer at AWS
AWS
Episode: Beyond LLMs: How Small Decision Models Make AI Agents Smarter and Faster
Manik Surtani
Co-founder and CTO of the Agentic AI Foundation
Agentic AI Foundation
Episode: The Future of Agentic AI: Why Open Standards and Interoperability Matter
Jeu George
Co-founder and CEO of Orkes
Orkes
Episode: Building AI Agents That Don't Fail: Lessons From Orkes
Mazin Gilbert
Executive director of the Agentic AI Foundation
Agentic AI Foundation
Episode: Can agent standards keep up with the companies building them?
Shadaj Laddad
Research lead for the Hydro team at AWS and a UC Berkeley PhD alumnus
Amazon Web Services
Episode: AWS's Hydro team wants the compiler to catch coding agents' mistakes
James Ward
AWS Principal Developer Advocate and member of the Agentic AI Foundation Technical Committee
Amazon Web Services
Episode: Why MCP servers should tell agents what to do next

Hosts

Alex Wilhelm
Technology journalist and interviewer
Frederic Lardinois
Senior editor covering AI and technology

Reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars from 65 ratings
  • A must-listen!

    The New Stack has quickly become a favorite in my feed! No matter the subject, you’re guaranteed to gain something from every episode - can’t recommend this podcast enough. 🙌

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    mvelasco07
    United States4 years ago
  • Great!

    Alex mixes his knowledge with all the guests inspirational stories. Entertaining and insightful!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Bronwen GMR
    South Africa5 years ago
  • Awesome show, highly recommend!

    Alex, the entire New Stack team and their guests do a phenomenal job of simplifying complex ideas in a structured, entertaining and applicable way. Highly recommend listening and subscribing to The New Stack Makers Podcast if you want the knowledge AND mindsets to stay ahead of the curve (and be better equipped to reach your overall business goals as a result)!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    JoshCrist
    United States7 years ago
  • Deliciously prepared cloud content

    Makers is a fantastic podcast to stay up to date with the people building modern cloud computing.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jord Mon Companys
    Spain8 years ago
  • Sound quality needs improvement

    The interviews are great, however the sound qulaity lacks detail to attention

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Prasad+S
    United States9 years ago

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The conversations are described as insightful and entertaining, with guests' experience and stories adding context.
Listeners appreciate the focus on people building modern cloud computing and on staying current with the field.
One review praises the sound quality of the interviews but says it could be more polished.
Listeners value interviews that make complex technology understandable, structured and applicable.

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AI agents are getting more complex. Developers shouldn't have to babysit them.
Q: If I am leading an engineering team, and I do want to get started with the next step in what we've discussed, say, next week, what's the first small practical step for me?
Kumar advises starting small with composable agent skills based on the team's workflow and friction points. Teams should understand what agents are doing and build their harness iteratively rather than restructuring their processes around a large framework they do not understand.
AI agents are getting more complex. Developers shouldn't have to babysit them.
Q: How do you define AI factory and Harness engineering and how do they fit together?
Kumar defines harness engineering as designing the model's operating environment, constraints, and guardrails for a particular purpose. An AI factory operates at a higher level, providing an industrialized way to manage many agents at scale, with the harness providing the context and guardrails they need.
Beyond LLMs: How Small Decision Models Make AI Agents Smarter and Faster
Q: How should developers decide whether to trust a decider model's choice?
Chambers says developers need to evaluate and monitor the model, and treat experimental implementations as unready for production without that validation. For consequential or hard-to-reverse actions, they should add human checkpoints and independent checks.
Beyond LLMs: How Small Decision Models Make AI Agents Smarter and Faster
Q: What are examples of decisions that decider models can make inside an agent?
They can route prompts to a larger model for complex questions and a smaller model for simpler ones, or classify incoming content as safe or unsafe before it enters an agent workflow.
The Future of Agentic AI: Why Open Standards and Interoperability Matter
Q: How do an agent's permissions change when it hands work to another agent? And then what do you need to see? Or what does the user need to see afterward to understand what happened?
Surtani says there are no universal standards yet for agent identity, work attestation or observability. Working groups and projects are developing approaches, and he hopes standards will make agent handoffs more portable and transparent.

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What is The New Stack Podcast about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Interviews with engineers, technology leaders and open-source community figures explore how modern software is built, deployed and operated at scale. Topics span cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes, distributed systems, observability, DevOps and the growing use of AI agents in software development and enterprise operations. Regular interviewers include Alex Wilhelm and Frederic Lardinois, with other editorial staff also appearing. Guests typically bring hands-on technical or executive experience from companies, cloud providers and open-source organizations, grounding discussions in architecture choices, operational trade-offs and product strategy. The conversations pair accessible explanations of complex systems with practical concerns ... more

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5. Manik Surtani
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