The Pragmatic Engineer

Design-first software engineering: Craft – with Balint Orosz

The man behind the Big Tech comics – with Manu Cornet

Developer productivity with Dr. Nicole Forsgren (creator of DORA, co-creator of SPACE)

This podcast interviews Dr. Nicole Forsgren, a leading expert in developer productivity, about measuring and improving engineering team efficiency. The discussion covers the DORA and SPACE frameworks for measuring developer productivity, highlighting the limitations of solely relying on metrics like pull requests (PRs...

Live streaming at world-record scale with Ashutosh Agrawal

AI Engineering with Chip Huyen

This podcast interviews Chip Huyen, author of "AI Engineering," about the evolving field of AI engineering and its differences from traditional machine learning engineering. The discussion covers defining AI engineering, common techniques for building AI applications (prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning), challenges ...

Building a best-selling game with a tiny team – with Jonas Tyroller

This podcast interviews Jonas Tyroller, one of the two developers of the indie game Thronefall, about the game's development process. The discussion covers the game's technical aspects (Unity engine, C programming, asset store usage), development workflow (daily minigame prototyping, iterative design), and challenges ...

Observability: the present and future, with Charity Majors

This interview podcast features observability expert Charity Majors discussing the evolution of observability practices with host Gergely Orosz. The conversation begins with Majors' early experiences with observability at Parse and Facebook, leading into a discussion of the "three pillars" model (metrics, logs, and tr...

“The Coding Machine” at Meta with Michael Novati

This interview podcast features Michael Novati, co-founder of Formation, discussing his experience as a "coding machine" at Meta (formerly Facebook). The conversation begins by defining the "coding machine" archetype used in Meta's performance reviews, highlighting its focus on impact rather than just lines of code. ...

Confessions of a Big Tech recruiter

Shipping projects at Big Tech with Sean Goedecke

Notion: going native on iOS and Android

This podcast details the mobile engineering practices at Notion, a productivity app with over 100 million users. The discussion covers the team's evolution from a WebView-based app to a primarily native architecture, highlighting their incremental approach focusing first on performance improvements to the Home tab. T...

Software architecture with Grady Booch

This podcast interviews Grady Booch, a prominent figure in software engineering, about his career and insights into the field's evolution. The conversation covers the shift from algorithmic to object-oriented programming, the creation and evolution of UML, the changing role of software architects, and Booch's perspect...

Linear: move fast with little process (with first engineering manager Sabin Roman)

Promotions and tooling at Google (with Irina Stanescu, Ex-Google)

In this podcast, Irina Stanescu, a software engineer with a background at Google, Uber, and an AI startup, shares her career journey and insights into the engineering culture at major tech companies. She compares Google's structured, design-document-driven approach with Uber's fast-paced, informal environment. Irina of...

Twisting the rules of building software: Bending Spoons (the team behind Evernote)

In this podcast, the Bending Spoons team, the innovative Italian tech company behind Evernote and Meetup, shares insights into their unique acquisition strategy. They focus on restructuring the companies they acquire, which sometimes includes downsizing to boost efficiency and ensure long-term success. Central to their...

Efficient scaleups in 2024 vs 2021: Sourcegraph (with CEO & Co-founder Quinn Slack)

In this podcast, Quinn Slack, CEO of Sourcegraph, shares insights on his company's journey and the tech industry's changes since 2021. He reflects on key decisions, stressing the importance of focusing on core product development and prioritizing impactful projects. Quinn highlights how AI is transforming development p...

AI tools for software engineers, but without the hype – with Simon Willison (co-creator of Django)

In this podcast episode, Simon Willison, a seasoned software engineer, shares his insights on using large language models (LLMs) in coding. He reflects on his journey with LLMs, expressing both the thrill and the unease of seeing AI produce high-quality code. Willison stresses the need to master the art of prompting an...

The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast: Trailer