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# By Henry Suryawirawan
## Great technical leadership requires more than just great coding skills. It requires a variety of other skills that are not well-defined, and they are not something that we can fully learn in any school or book. Hear from experienced technical leaders sharing their journey and philosophy for building great technical teams and achieving technical excellence. Find out what makes them great and how to apply those lessons to your work and team.

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# #238 - AI is Smart Until It's Dumb: Why LLM Will Fail When You Least Expect It - Emmanuel Maggiori

10-Nov-2025    1 hour 16 mins   Emmanuel Maggiori included in AI/ML & Data Engineering AI/ML Culture & Practices Product Management

Why does an AI that brilliantly generates code suddenly fail at basic math? In this episode, Emmanuel Maggiori, author of “Smart Until It's Dumb” and “The AI Pocket Book,” cuts through the AI hype to reveal what LLMs actually do and, more importantly, what they can't.

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author, generative-ai, ai/ml, career-advice, agentic-ai, coding-assistant, product-management, digital-transformation

# #237 - Tackling AI and Modern Complexity with Deming's System of Profound Knowledge - John Willis

03-Nov-2025    1 hour 9 mins   John Willis included in Culture & Practices Leadership Agile DevOps

Can decades-old management philosophy actually help us tackle AI's biggest challenges? In this episode, John Willis, a foundational figure in the DevOps movement, takes us through Dr. W. Edwards Deming's System of Profound Knowledge and its surprising relevance to today's most pressing challenges.

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author, culture, devops, leadership, systems-thinking, lean, generative-ai, agentic-ai, ai/ml, digital-transformation, agile, cio, cto, security, career-advice, postmortem

# #236 - From Figma to Code: The Rise of Design Engineers (And Why It Matters Now) - Honey Mittal

27-Oct-2025    1 hour 24 mins   Honey Mittal included in AI/ML & Data Engineering AI/ML Culture & Practices UX Product Management Business Startup

In this episode, Honey Mittal, CEO of Locofy.ai, reveals how Locofy's Large Design Models are revolutionizing front-end development by converting Figma designs into production code in seconds. Learn why LLMs fail at design-to-code and why design engineers are the future of software development.

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generative-ai, ai/ml, founder, low-code-no-code, experience-design, product-management, startup, developer-tools, remote-work, career-advice

# #235 - From AI Chaos to Clarity: Building Situational Awareness with Wardley Mapping - Simon Wardley

13-Oct-2025    1 hour 10 mins   Simon Wardley included in Business Culture & Practices Leadership

Can you navigate AI disruption without understanding your landscape? In this episode, Simon Wardley, creator of Wardley Mapping, explains how to build true situational awareness in your organization and shares what leaders need to know about AI adoption beyond the current hype.

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wardley-mapping, leadership, storytelling, career-advice, generative-ai, ai/ml, cloud, future-work, healthcare

# #234 - Building for Reliability: Durable Execution & Insights from Temporal's Report - Preeti Somal

06-Oct-2025    1 hour 2 mins   Preeti Somal included in Architecture & Design Architecture Culture & Practices Leadership DevOps Infrastructure

How much of your code exists only to prevent failures? In this episode, Preeti Somal, SVP at Temporal, explores Temporal's durable execution paradigm for building reliable applications. She also discusses key findings from Temporal’s first State of Development Report.

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architecture, infrastructure, leadership, culture, psychological-safety, platform, sre, security, ai/ml, devops, developer-relations, women-in-tech

# #233 - Data Beats Hype: Measuring Your AI Adoption Impact - Laura Tacho

29-Sep-2025    1 hour 7 mins   Laura Tacho included in Culture & Practices Leadership Software Craftsmanship AI/ML & Data Engineering AI/ML

Is your AI investment paying off? Many leaders struggle to see real ROI beyond the hype. In this episode, Laura Tacho, CTO of DX, introduces DX’s new AI Measurement Framework™ with its three critical dimensions: utilization, impact, and cost.

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generative-ai, developer-experience, developer-productivity, leadership, software-craftsmanship, culture, cto, ai/ml, coding-assistant, technical-debt

# #232 - Hibernate Creator on Why Developers Hate ORM (And How We're Fixing It) - Gavin King

22-Sep-2025    1 hour 35 mins   Gavin King included in Architecture & Design Architecture Culture & Practices Software Craftsmanship

Why do so many developers have a love-hate relationship with ORM? In this episode, Gavin King, the creator of Hibernate, reveals the real reasons behind the controversy and what's being done to fix the fundamental issues.

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author, java, architecture, open-source, software-craftsmanship, domain-driven-design, personal-growth

# #231 - Faster Code Reviews, Faster Code Shipping with Stacked PRs - Greg Foster

01-Sep-2025    1 hour   Greg Foster included in Culture & Practices Software Craftsmanship Team Collaboration

Are long code review cycles killing your engineering team's velocity? Learn how top engineering teams are shipping code faster without sacrificing quality. In this episode, Greg Foster, CTO and co-founder of Graphite, discusses the evolution of code review practices and the benefits of stacked PRs.

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founder, cto, developer-tools, code-review, software-craftsmanship, developer-productivity, developer-experience, tech-lead, generative-ai, team-collaboration, junior-dev, career-advice, hiring, culture

# #230 - Technical Coaching in the Age of AI with Samman (Ensemble) - Emily Bache

25-Aug-2025    55 mins   Emily Bache included in Culture & Practices Software Craftsmanship Team Collaboration Personal Growth Consulting

Struggling with technical debt and code quality? Learn how a technical coach can help your team level up. In this episode, Emily Bache, a Samman technical coach, shares her proven method for building better engineering teams through structured learning and collaborative coding.

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coaching, team-collaboration, software-craftsmanship, tech-lead, mentoring, culture, technical-debt, junior-dev, ensemble-programming, test-driven-development, personal-growth, generative-ai, refactoring, coding-assistant, code-review, consulting, women-in-tech

# #229 - The Management System for High-Performing Engineering Organizations - Michi Kono

18-Aug-2025    1 hour 1 min   Michi Kono included in Culture & Practices Leadership Startup Growth Business Startup

Why do engineering teams slow down as they scale? It's not the technology—it's the management systems. In this episode, Michi Kono, CTO at Garner Health and former engineering leader at Meta, Capital One, and Stripe, shares his battle-tested approach to building scalable engineering organizations.

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leadership, culture, cto, startup, scaleup, engineering-manager, team-collaboration, psychological-safety, career-advice, healthcare, growth

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