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The Pragmatic Engineer

Interviews about software engineering, Big Tech and startups. Highly relevant for developers and engineering leaders, useful for those working in tech. Hosted by Gergely Orosz. Also writes The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter (the #1 newsletter for software engineers) and the author of The Software Engineer's Guidebook.

Episodes

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How Linux is built with Greg Kroah-Hartman

06 Jul 2025
1h 19m
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How AI is changing software engineering at Shopify with Farhan Thawar

02 Jul 2025
47m
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In a live podcast recorded at LDX3 in London, Gergely Orosz interviews Farhan Thawar, Head of Engineering at Shopify, about Shopify's approach to AI. Thawar discusses Shopify's early adoption of AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor, and their internal development of an LLM proxy and MCP architecture to facilitate se...

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Software engineering with LLMs in 2025: reality check

01 Jul 2025
25m
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The speaker discusses the current state of AI in software engineering, contrasting enthusiastic predictions from tech executives with the more nuanced realities experienced by engineers. The speaker shares insights gathered from AI DevTools startups like Anthropic, Windsurf, and Cursor, big tech companies like Google a...

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Things you didn't know about GitHub - with CEO Thomas Dohmke

18 Jun 2025
1h 27m
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TDD, AI agents and coding with Kent Beck

11 Jun 2025
1h 15m
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Software engineering practices are undergoing a significant transformation as AI coding agents provide unprecedented leverage for ambitious development projects. These agents, often described as unpredictable genies, require rigorous testing frameworks to manage their tendency to introduce errors or bypass design const...

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50 Years of Microsoft and Developer Tools with Scott Guthrie

04 Jun 2025
1h 4m
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Microsoft's evolution in developer tools over five decades is explored, starting with Microsoft BASIC for the Altair. Scott Guthrie, Microsoft's Executive Vice President for Cloud and AI, recounts how providing developer tools aided Windows' success, drawing parallels to Azure's current strategy with OpenAI. The conver...

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From Software Engineer to AI Engineer – with Janvi Kalra

28 May 2025
1h 9m
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How Kubernetes is Built with Kat Cosgrove

14 May 2025
1h 8m
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Building Windsurf with Varun Mohan

07 May 2025
1h 27m
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How to work better with Product, as an Engineer with Ebi Atawodi

30 Apr 2025
1h 15m
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Building Reddit’s iOS and Android app

23 Apr 2025
1h 26m
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Working at Amazon as a software engineer – with Dave Anderson

16 Apr 2025
1h 27m
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The Philosophy of Software Design – with John Ousterhout

09 Apr 2025
1h 21m
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The discussion centers on the impact of AI on software engineering, particularly how it may shift the focus towards higher-level design tasks. John Ousterhout, author of "A Philosophy of Software Design," shares his insights on the increasing importance of software design as AI handles more low-level coding. He introdu...

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Stacked diffs and tooling at Meta with Tomas Reimers

02 Apr 2025
1h 13m
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Building Figma Slides with Noah Finer and Jonathan Kaufman

26 Mar 2025
58m
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How Linux is built with Greg Kroah-Hartman

19 Mar 2025
1h 21m
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Developer Experience at Uber with Gautam Korlam

12 Mar 2025
1h 20m
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Design-first software engineering: Craft – with Balint Orosz

05 Mar 2025
1h 12m
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The man behind the Big Tech comics – with Manu Cornet

26 Feb 2025
1h 7m
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Developer productivity with Nicole Forsgren (the creator of DORA)

19 Feb 2025
1h 22m
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