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Refactoring PodcastThe State of AI Adoption 📊 — with Matt McClernanToday's guest is Matt McClernan, CEO of Augment Code!With Matt, we went through the findings of our own research that we developed together with Augment, surveying more than 400 engineering teams about how they're using AI.And we went through many topics, from the differences between personal and team adoption, challenges, how documentation looks like a secret weapon, how to manage context in AI coding, and much more. And then we talked about the future, how the UX of AI coding is changing with IDEs, CLI tools and agents...
2025-12-0556 min
Refactoring PodcastThe State of AI Adoption 📊 — with Matt McClernanToday's guest is Matt McClernan, CEO of Augment Code!With Matt, we went through the findings of our own research that we developed together with Augment, surveying more than 400 engineering teams about how they're using AI.And we went through many topics, from the differences between personal and team adoption, challenges, how documentation looks like a secret weapon, how to manage context in AI coding, and much more. And then we talked about the future, how the UX of AI coding is changing with IDEs, CLI tools and agents, and what the future might bring.(00:00) Preview(01:26) Introduction(02:16...
2025-12-0556 min
Refactoring PodcastHow to Build Product Development Teams 🛠️ — with Rob ZuberToday's guest is Rob Zuber, CTO of CircleCI!With Rob, we talked about software delivery, the impact of AI, and how to build great product engineering teams. And next, we discuss trade-offs between standardization versus flexibility in software organizations, and lessons learned from our respective past mistakes.(00:00) Preview(01:22) Introduction(03:33) Industry Changes and AI's Impact on Development(08:59) The Bell Curve of Metrics and Team Performance(12:09) From Engineering Metrics to Business Outcomes(14:31) Building Effective Small Teams(25:35) Experience vs. Curiosity(37:18) Scaling Challenges and Technology Decisions(49:26) Organizational Standards and Leadership Philosophy—This episode is brought to you by Codacy! Codacy helps developers save ti...
2025-11-221h 09
Refactoring PodcastHow to Build Product Development Teams 🛠️ — with Rob ZuberToday's guest is Rob Zuber, CTO of CircleCI!With Rob, we talked about software delivery, the impact of AI, and how to build great product engineering teams. And next, we discuss trade-offs between standardization versus flexibility in software organizations, and lessons learned from our respective past mistakes.(00:00) Preview(01:22) Introduction(03:33) Industry Changes and AI's Impact on Development(08:59) The Bell Curve of Metrics and Team Performance(12:09) From Engineering Metrics to Business Outcomes(14:31) Building Effective Small Teams(25:35) Experience vs. Curiosity(37:18) Scaling Challenges and Technology Decisions(49:26) Organizational Standards and Leadership Philosophy—This episode is brought to you by Codacy! Codacy helps developers save time in...
2025-11-221h 09
Refactoring PodcastFrom Knowledge to Wisdom 🧠 — with Hywel CarverToday's guest is Hywel Carver! Hywel is co-founder and CEO of Skiller Whale, which provides live team coaching for software engineering teams. With Hywel, we got deep into what makes traditional developer training awful, what engineers truly learn and what they should learn. Then we explored how to measure the impact of learning and how AI may possibly change both how learning works and our own skills.(00:00) Preview(01:15) Introduction(02:22) Hywel's journey in tech(06:20) Spreading good learning(07:55) Training as a compliance(09:34) The effectiveness of learning(12:42) Training with an expert(18:02) Knowledge, Skill and Wisdom(24:16) How Skiller Whale works?(30:26) The outcomes(34:53) Finding the...
2025-11-0758 min
Refactoring PodcastFrom Knowledge to Wisdom 🧠 — with Hywel CarverToday's guest is Hywel Carver! Hywel is co-founder and CEO of Skiller Whale, which provides live team coaching for software engineering teams. With Hywel, we got deep into what makes traditional developer training awful, what engineers truly learn and what they should learn. Then we explored how to measure the impact of learning and how AI may possibly change both how learning works and our own skills.(00:00) Preview(01:15) Introduction(02:22) Hywel's journey in tech(06:20) Spreading good learning(07:55) Training as a compliance(09:34) The effectiveness of learning(12:42) Training with an expert(18:02) Knowledge, Skill and Wisdom(24:16) How Skiller Whale works?(30:26) The outcomes(34:53) Finding...
2025-11-0758 min
Refactoring PodcastThe AI Transformation at Intercom 🤖 — with Darragh CurranToday's guest is Darragh Curran! Darragh is the CTO of Intercom, which is one of the world's leading customer service products with more than 600 million users.With Darragh, we talked about how AI poses at the same time an existential risk and an incredible opportunity for Intercom, and how this led them to the decision of creating a completely separate product and deflect most team resources to it. Then we discussed how AI is being adopted inside Intercom itself to achieve Darragh's ambitious goal of doubling the te...
2025-10-2455 min
Refactoring PodcastThe AI Transformation at Intercom 🤖 — with Darragh CurranToday's guest is Darragh Curran! Darragh is the CTO of Intercom, which is one of the world's leading customer service products with more than 600 million users.With Darragh, we talked about how AI poses at the same time an existential risk and an incredible opportunity for Intercom, and how this led them to the decision of creating a completely separate product and deflect most team resources to it. Then we discussed how AI is being adopted inside Intercom itself to achieve Darragh's ambitious goal of doubling the team's productivity.And finally, we explored Darragh's own role as CTO an...
2025-10-2455 min
Refactoring PodcastBuilding Psychologically Safe Teams 🛡️ — with Meg AdamsToday's guest is Meg Adams!Meg is Senior Director of Engineering for the New York Times. With Meg, we talked about her fantastic journey in tech, from management in sales and retail, to learning software development from scratch, to management again, but this time in technology. And then we especially talked about Neuro Leadership, what it is, how you can apply it in practice in your team processes, and how things are different for ICs versus managers, and how you scale all of this to your whole organization.(01:22) Introduction(01:38) Meg's journey in tech(06:03) Managing skills in individual contribution(09:32) What...
2025-10-1049 min
Refactoring PodcastBuilding Psychologically Safe Teams 🛡️ — with Meg AdamsToday's guest is Meg Adams!Meg is Senior Director of Engineering for the New York Times. With Meg, we talked about her fantastic journey in tech, from management in sales and retail, to learning software development from scratch, to management again, but this time in technology. And then we especially talked about Neuro Leadership, what it is, how you can apply it in practice in your team processes, and how things are different for ICs versus managers, and how you scale all of this to your whole organization.(01:22) Introduction(01:38) Meg's journey in tech(06:03) Managing skills in individual contribution(09:32) What is...
2025-10-1049 min
Refactoring PodcastNavigating AI Development Workflows 🛠 — with Birgitta BöckelerToday's guest is Birgitta Böckeler!Birgitta is is a distinguished engineer and global lead for AI-assisted software delivery at ThoughtWorks. Her full-time work is to figure out how engineering teams can make the most out of AI.With Birgitta, we talked about her favorite workflows, how she uses AI in the IDE, in the terminal or in a genetic mode. We discussed AI impact on productivity and what the best teams are getting right, which others are not. And finally, we talked about how AI impacts both junior a...
2025-09-2650 min
Refactoring PodcastNavigating AI Development Workflows 🛠 — with Birgitta BöckelerToday's guest is Birgitta Böckeler!Birgitta is is a distinguished engineer and global lead for AI-assisted software delivery at ThoughtWorks. Her full-time work is to figure out how engineering teams can make the most out of AI.With Birgitta, we talked about her favorite workflows, how she uses AI in the IDE, in the terminal or in a genetic mode. We discussed AI impact on productivity and what the best teams are getting right, which others are not. And finally, we talked about how AI impacts both junior and senior engineers and how we can get the b...
2025-09-2650 min
Refactoring PodcastAutomating Team Processes Gracefully ⚡ — with Antonia ScheidelToday's guest is Antonia Scheidel!Antonia is Director of Engineering at Duolingo, where she made the whole career progression, starting as a simple intern 12 years ago. Antonia is an expert at designing good, automated processes for your team. We discuss how to create good automation to avoid people doing glue work, how not to become a bottleneck as a manager, and how to make the team own the process and repair it when needed.(01:25) Introduction(02:02) Antonia's journey into tech(03:34) Antonia's career in Duolingo(06:55) From engineering to management(10:19) Good processing and notes(14:18) Fixing the process and team alignment(18:06) The burden...
2025-09-1259 min
Refactoring PodcastAutomating Team Processes Gracefully ⚡ — with Antonia ScheidelToday's guest is Antonia Scheidel!Antonia is Director of Engineering at Duolingo, where she made the whole career progression, starting as a simple intern 12 years ago. Antonia is an expert at designing good, automated processes for your team. We discuss how to create good automation to avoid people doing glue work, how not to become a bottleneck as a manager, and how to make the team own the process and repair it when needed.(01:25) Introduction(02:02) Antonia's journey into tech(03:34) Antonia's career in Duolingo(06:55) From engineering to management(10:19) Good processing and notes(14:18) Fixing the process and team alignment(18:06) The burden of...
2025-09-1259 min
Refactoring PodcastTechnical Debt as Crime Scene 🔍 — with Adam TornhillToday's guest is Adam Tornhill! Adam is the author of the popular book Your Code as a Crime Scene, and he's the founder of Code Scene. With Adam, we discussed his unique insights about technical debt and code quality, which come from his study of forensic psychology. We explored how static analysis is not enough to understand code health and why you need to look into version control history to understand hotspots, change distribution and bus factor. And finally, we inevitably talked about AI and how it changes, or maybe does not change, how we should write code.(01:23) Introduction(02:25...
2025-08-2948 min
Refactoring PodcastTechnical Debt as Crime Scene 🔍 — with Adam TornhillToday's guest is Adam Tornhill! Adam is the author of the popular book Your Code as a Crime Scene, and he's the founder of Code Scene. With Adam, we discussed his unique insights about technical debt and code quality, which come from his study of forensic psychology. We explored how static analysis is not enough to understand code health and why you need to look into version control history to understand hotspots, change distribution and bus factor. And finally, we inevitably talked about AI and how it changes, or maybe does not change, how we should write code.(01:23) Introduction(02:25) Adam's...
2025-08-2948 min
Refactoring PodcastDiversity, AI, and Junior Engineers 🎨 — with Meri WilliamsToday's guest is Meri Williams, who is the CTO of Pleo and the host of LeadDev conferences for more than 10 years. With Meri, we started by talking about diversity, why it is such a controversial topic, why diverse teams make for stronger teams, and what are the mistakes engineering leaders should avoid. Then we took from her experience with Lead Dev to explore what makes for a good talk, and what Meri looks for when she selects the best ones.And finally, we explored how AI is going to change how we develop engineers and grow junior co-workers.(01:19) Introduction(02:04...
2025-08-1552 min
Refactoring PodcastDiversity, AI, and Junior Engineers 🎨 — with Meri WilliamsToday's guest is Meri Williams, who is the CTO of Pleo and the host of LeadDev conferences for more than 10 years. With Meri, we started by talking about diversity, why it is such a controversial topic, why diverse teams make for stronger teams, and what are the mistakes engineering leaders should avoid. Then we took from her experience with Lead Dev to explore what makes for a good talk, and what Meri looks for when she selects the best ones.And finally, we explored how AI is going to change how we develop engineers and grow junior co-workers.(01:19) Introduction(02:04) Meri's...
2025-08-1552 min
Refactoring PodcastThinking in Bets for Engineers 🎲— with Annie DukeToday's guest is Annie Duke, who is a former world-class professional poker player and one of the world's top experts on decision-making.She's a bestseller author and coach of many tech founders and teams.With Annie we talked about her journey from studying decision science to becoming a top poker player and back to decision-making. We explored how to make good decisions under uncertainty, alone and in a team. And we particularly focused on quitting decisions, what maked for a good versus a bad quit and why we are so bad at recognizing those.00:01:31 Introduction00:03:45 From poker to decision-making00:08:30...
2025-08-011h 11
Refactoring PodcastThinking in Bets for Engineers 🎲— with Annie DukeToday's guest is Annie Duke, who is a former world-class professional poker player and one of the world's top experts on decision-making.She's a bestseller author and coach of many tech founders and teams.With Annie we talked about her journey from studying decision science to becoming a top poker player and back to decision-making. We explored how to make good decisions under uncertainty, alone and in a team. And we particularly focused on quitting decisions, what maked for a good versus a bad quit and why we are so bad at recognizing those.00:01:31 Introduction00:03:45 From poker to decision-making00:08:30 Sponsor00:10:07...
2025-08-011h 11
Refactoring PodcastRefactoring at Scale Done Right 🏗️ — with Maude LemaireToday's guest is Maude Lemaire, who is a principal engineer at GitHub and author of the book, "Refactoring at Scale."With Maude, we talked about her journey in tech, from Rent the Runway to joining Slack and leading its performance engineering team to joining GitHub as a principal engineer. And then we discussed what it means to do refactoring at scale, how to do it right, how to bring people on board, and what are the biggest mistakes you should avoid.00:01:06 Introduction00:02:05 Maude's journey in tech00:08:23 Sponsor00:09:34 Rent a Runway00:12:56 Joining Slack00:15:54 Approaching GitHub00:22:04 Changing company00:26:00 Onboarding in a...
2025-07-111h 05
Refactoring PodcastRefactoring at Scale Done Right 🏗️ — with Maude LemaireToday's guest is Maude Lemaire, who is a principal engineer at GitHub and author of the book, "Refactoring at Scale."With Maude, we talked about her journey in tech, from Rent the Runway to joining Slack and leading its performance engineering team to joining GitHub as a principal engineer. And then we discussed what it means to do refactoring at scale, how to do it right, how to bring people on board, and what are the biggest mistakes you should avoid.00:01:06 Introduction00:02:05 Maude's journey in tech00:08:23 Sponsor00:09:34 Rent a Runway00:12:56 Joining Slack00:15:54 Approaching GitHub00:22:04 Changing company00:26:00 Onboarding in a big...
2025-07-111h 05
Refactoring PodcastBuilding AI-Powered Podcast Learning 🎧 — with Kevin SmithToday's guest is Kevin Smith, who is co-founder of Snipd, one of the world's most popular podcast apps.With Kevin, we talked about his journey in tech, starting from quantitative finance and then running an AI team in a high-growth startup up to actually founding one with Snipd. Then we segued into talking about Snipd itself and what are the technical challenges of working with AI models all the time. And finally, we discussed the future of learning, what are Kevin's favorite podcasts, what makes them good, and how AI enables personalized learning at scale.01:26 Introduction01:45 Kevin's journey in...
2025-06-2750 min
Refactoring PodcastBuilding AI-Powered Podcast Learning 🎧 — with Kevin SmithToday's guest is Kevin Smith, who is co-founder of Snipd, one of the world's most popular podcast apps.With Kevin, we talked about his journey in tech, starting from quantitative finance and then running an AI team in a high-growth startup up to actually founding one with Snipd. Then we segued into talking about Snipd itself and what are the technical challenges of working with AI models all the time. And finally, we discussed the future of learning, what are Kevin's favorite podcasts, what makes them good, and how AI enables personalized learning at scale.01:26 Introduction01:45 Kevin's journey in tech04:18...
2025-06-2750 min
Refactoring PodcastThe Future of Dev Tools 🔧 — with Dennis PilarinosToday's guest is Dennis Pilarinos, who is founder and CEO of Unblocked. With Dennis, we talked about his journey in tech, which is just incredible, starting from director roles at Microsoft and Amazon, then founding BuddyBuild and later selling it to Apple, and eventually to these days where he founded Unblocked. And later we talked about Unblocked itself, which is one of the few developer AI tools that is specifically not about coding.So we talked about what problem it solves and the hardest tech challenges that the team has to work with.And finally, we discussed the future...
2025-06-1340 min
Refactoring PodcastThe Future of Dev Tools 🔧 — with Dennis PilarinosToday's guest is Dennis Pilarinos, who is founder and CEO of Unblocked. With Dennis, we talked about his journey in tech, which is just incredible, starting from director roles at Microsoft and Amazon, then founding BuddyBuild and later selling it to Apple, and eventually to these days where he founded Unblocked. And later we talked about Unblocked itself, which is one of the few developer AI tools that is specifically not about coding.So we talked about what problem it solves and the hardest tech challenges that the team has to work with.And finally, we discussed the future of...
2025-06-1340 min
Refactoring PodcastHow to Manage Humans 🎽 — with RandsToday's guest is Michael Lopp, better known as Rands, who is Senior Director of Engineering at Apple and writer of several popular books about engineering management, including "Managing Humans", which is a personal favorite of mine.With Rands, we discuss his journey into writing and the impact it had on his personal and professional growth. We reflected on his leadership style and the complexities of modern engineering management.01:07 Introduction02:49 Rands first steps in writing06:06 Sponsor07:46 Does writing help in managing?13:05 Michael and Rands15:29 Managing humans and chaos19:56 Mentoring fresh managers21:31 Rands' managing style28:27 Feedbacks30:25 Changes in engineering management33:43 AI: a...
2025-05-3052 min
Refactoring PodcastHow to Manage Humans 🎽 — with RandsToday's guest is Michael Lopp, better known as Rands, who is Senior Director of Engineering at Apple and writer of several popular books about engineering management, including "Managing Humans", which is a personal favorite of mine.With Rands, we discuss his journey into writing and the impact it had on his personal and professional growth. We reflected on his leadership style and the complexities of modern engineering management.01:07 Introduction02:49 Rands first steps in writing06:06 Sponsor07:46 Does writing help in managing?13:05 Michael and Rands15:29 Managing humans...
2025-05-3052 min
Refactoring PodcastThe Vercel Journey 🔺 — with Guillermo RauchToday's guest is Guillermo Rauch, who is CEO and founder of Vercel.With Guillermo, we talked about his journey in tech, from a small-town in Argentina, to successful open-source developer, to CEO of a billion-dollar company. Then we covered the unique Vercel model, which combines open-source and commercial work. And finally, we discussed the future of AI, engineers, open-source and software engineering at large.01:29 Introduction02:04 What is Vercel?04:40 Vercel's "secret sauce"06:46 Guillermo's journey in tech10:31 Vercel vs Complexity12:07 Helping solo engineers and great teams17:38 The importance of JavaScript20:23 TypeScript and JavaScript22:11 Satisfying both open source and market landscape28:18 For the...
2025-05-2856 min
Refactoring PodcastThe Vercel Journey 🔺 — with Guillermo RauchToday's guest is Guillermo Rauch, who is CEO and founder of Vercel.With Guillermo, we talked about his journey in tech, from a small-town in Argentina, to successful open-source developer, to CEO of a billion-dollar company. Then we covered the unique Vercel model, which combines open-source and commercial work. And finally, we discussed the future of AI, engineers, open-source and software engineering at large.01:29 Introduction02:04 What is Vercel?04:40 Vercel's "secret sauce"06:46 Guillermo's journey in tech10:31 Vercel vs Complexity12:07 Helping solo engineers and great teams17:38 The importance of JavaScript20:23 TypeScript and JavaScript22:11 Satisfying both open source and market landscape28:18 For...
2025-05-2856 min
Refactoring PodcastHow to Integrate AI in the Dev Process 🪄 — with Ori KerenToday's guest is Ori Keren, who is CEO and co-founder of LinearB and has more than 25 years of experience in the industry, especially in developer experience and productivity.With Ori, we talked about how AI is infiltrating all the stages of the development process, from coding to testing to code reviews. We discussed how AI is already restructuring teams and how engineering leaders can drive adoption by combining culture, small wins and full moon shots.01:07 Introduction01:59 Development productivity in 202508:29 Code creation process and AI10:46 Coding and bottlenecks15:05 Cognitive unload using AI16:48 The journey o...
2025-05-1447 min
Refactoring PodcastHow to Integrate AI in the Dev Process 🪄 — with Ori KerenToday's guest is Ori Keren, who is CEO and co-founder of LinearB and has more than 25 years of experience in the industry, especially in developer experience and productivity.With Ori, we talked about how AI is infiltrating all the stages of the development process, from coding to testing to code reviews. We discussed how AI is already restructuring teams and how engineering leaders can drive adoption by combining culture, small wins and full moon shots.01:07 Introduction01:59 Development productivity in 202508:29 Code creation process and AI10:46 Coding and bottlenecks15:05 Cognitive unload using AI
2025-05-1447 min
Refactoring PodcastMeasuring and Improving Developer Experience 📊 — with Abi NodaToday's guest is Abi Noda, the CEO and founder of DX, one of the leading engineering intelligence platforms.With Abi, we talked about measuring developer experience. We started with the early days of Accelerate and why we feel like most people got the book wrong. And then we continued to present days and how research focuses on driving great developer experience. And finally, we couldn't avoid talking about AI and why it seems to be a game changer for entrepreneurs, but not so much for teams yet.01:23 Introduction02:45 Abi's journey in tech08:19 The four key metrics10:41 Metrics' reliability13:41 Diagnostic...
2025-04-1842 min
Refactoring PodcastMeasuring and Improving Developer Experience 📊 — with Abi NodaToday's guest is Abi Noda, the CEO and founder of DX, one of the leading engineering intelligence platforms.With Abi, we talked about measuring developer experience. We started with the early days of Accelerate and why we feel like most people got the book wrong. And then we continued to present days and how research focuses on driving great developer experience. And finally, we couldn't avoid talking about AI and why it seems to be a game changer for entrepreneurs, but not so much for teams yet.01:23 Introduction02:45 Abi's journey in tech08:19 The four key metrics10:41 Metrics' reliability13:41 Diagnostic metrics16:06...
2025-04-1842 min
Refactoring PodcastHow to Coach CTOs 👑 — with Joel ChippindaleToday's guest is Joel Chippindale!Joel is a full-time CTO Coach and one of the coaches-in-residence in the Refactoring community, where he runs monthly mastermind sessions and other community events.So with Joel, we dived into what coaching is, the difference with mentoring, one-on-one versus group coaching, and what are the top challenges that CTO faces today, based on the work that Joel does with his coaches.02:34 Introduction03:40 Joel's journey in tech05:21 Finding a definition of coaching07:25 Mentoring and coaching roles10:22 One-to-on and group coaching12:53 The "hows" of coaching15:12 Is coaching a widespread practice?18:35 Top CTOs challenges21:43 Right support...
2025-03-2144 min
Refactoring PodcastHow to Coach CTOs 👑 — with Joel ChippindaleToday's guest is Joel Chippindale!Joel is a full-time CTO Coach and one of the coaches-in-residence in the Refactoring community, where he runs monthly mastermind sessions and other community events.So with Joel, we dived into what coaching is, the difference with mentoring, one-on-one versus group coaching, and what are the top challenges that CTO faces today, based on the work that Joel does with his coaches.02:34 Introduction03:40 Joel's journey in tech05:21 Finding a definition of coaching07:25 Mentoring and coaching roles10:22 One-to-on and group coaching12:53 The "hows" of coaching15:12 Is coaching a widespread practice?18:35 Top CTOs challenges21:43 Right support for...
2025-03-2144 min
Refactoring PodcastThe Future of Creative Organizations ✏️ — with Dan ShipperToday's guest is Dan Shipper!Dan is the CEO and founder of Every, which is one of the world's most popular publications, writing about AI and our relationship with technology. And Dan is one of my heroes. His newsletter was the first I ever paid for on Substack, and single-handedly inspired me to start Refactoring. But he doesn't know. I will tell him during the interview and you will see what he says. So with Dan, we'll talk about the boundaries blurring between product development and content creation, the role of generalists, entrepreneurs, and how his team builds software with...
2025-03-0648 min
Refactoring PodcastThe Future of Creative Organizations ✏️ — with Dan ShipperToday's guest is Dan Shipper!Dan is the CEO and founder of Every, which is one of the world's most popular publications, writing about AI and our relationship with technology. And Dan is one of my heroes. His newsletter was the first I ever paid for on Substack, and single-handedly inspired me to start Refactoring. But he doesn't know. I will tell him during the interview and you will see what he says. So with Dan, we'll talk about the boundaries blurring between product development and content creation, the role of generalists, entrepreneurs, and how his team builds software...
2025-03-0648 min
Refactoring PodcastCombining AI and Human Work 🤖 — with Marco TrombettiToday's guest is Marco Trombetti!Marco is the CEO and founder of Translated, one of the largest translation companies in the world, powering translations for the likes of Airbnb, Uber, Skyscanner, and more.Translated is also an AI pioneer. It has developed its own models for more than 20 years and has recently released the most advanced translation LLM in the world.With Marco, we talked about the future of AI, combining AI and human work and the role of regulation. This is also the first interview we ever did in person. But as you will see and hear, I...
2025-02-241h 07
Refactoring PodcastCombining AI and Human Work 🤖 — with Marco TrombettiToday's guest is Marco Trombetti!Marco is the CEO and founder of Translated, one of the largest translation companies in the world, powering translations for the likes of Airbnb, Uber, Skyscanner, and more.Translated is also an AI pioneer. It has developed its own models for more than 20 years and has recently released the most advanced translation LLM in the world.With Marco, we talked about the future of AI, combining AI and human work and the role of regulation. This is also the first interview we ever did in person. But as you will see and hear, I was...
2025-02-241h 07
🧠 _Hunting for a Flywheel | Refactoring’s Luca Rossi Podcast: Dev Interrupted (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Hunting for a Flywheel | Refactoring’s Luca RossiPub date: 2025-02-04Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationTo open the show, Ben and Andrew dive into the latest headlines about DeepSeek from last week. We answer questions like “why did everyone search ‘Jevons paradox'?” and discuss strategic AI investments from financial giants like Goldman Sachs. These moves underscore the growing importance of strong engineering leadership in the age of AI.Then, Luca Rossi of Refactor...
2025-02-1251 min
Refactoring PodcastUser-experience, Local-first apps and dev tools 🔧 — with Adam WigginsToday's guest is Adam Wiggins!
Adam is the General Manager of Platform at The Browser Company and co-founder of Heroku.
With Adam, we talked about innovating user experience in software and AI, we discussed what Local-first software means and we explored the future of developer tools.
(02:49) Introduction
(04:01) Adam's journey in tech
(06:15) The rise of developer experience
(10:03) The constant drive of improving UX
(12:07) Dia & The Browser Company
(14:49) Using AI to improve UX
(20:38) Unlocking potentials through UX
(25:18) Local-first software
(32:34) Data ownership
(34:31) Web development and complexity
(38:03) AI and the future of development
(40:25) The iteration loop
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2025-02-0748 min
Refactoring PodcastUser-experience, Local-first apps and dev tools 🔧 — with Adam WigginsToday's guest is Adam Wiggins! Adam is the General Manager of Platform at The Browser Company and co-founder of Heroku. With Adam, we talked about innovating user experience in software and AI, we discussed what Local-first software means and we explored the future of developer tools. (02:49) Introduction (04:01) Adam's journey in tech (06:15) The rise of developer experience (10:03) The constant drive of improving UX (12:07) Dia & The Browser Company (14:49) Using AI to improve UX (20:38) Unlocking potentials through UX (25:18) Local-first software (32:34) Data ownership (34:31) Web development and complexity (38:03) AI and the future of development (40:25) The iteration loop — This episode is brought to you by https://wo...
2025-02-0748 min
Dev InterruptedHunting for a Flywheel | Refactoring’s Luca RossiTo open the show, Ben and Andrew dive into the latest headlines about DeepSeek from last week. We answer questions like “why did everyone search ‘Jevons paradox'?” and discuss strategic AI investments from financial giants like Goldman Sachs. These moves underscore the growing importance of strong engineering leadership in the age of AI.Then, Luca Rossi of Refactoring joins us to discuss his latest research. Drawing from a comprehensive survey of engineering professionals (thanks to you!), Luca breaks down the key traits and practices of successful engineering teams, revealing surprising correlations between team happiness, shipping frequency, and recogni...
2025-02-0451 min
Refactoring PodcastGrowing the development forest 🌲 — with Martin FowlerToday's guest is Martin Fowler!
Martin is chief scientist at ThoughtWorks. He is one of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto and author of several legendary books, among which there is Refactoring, which shares the name with this podcast and this newsletter.
With Martin, we talked about the impact of AI on software development, from the development process to how human learning and understanding changes up to the future of software engineering jobs.
Then we explored the technical debt metaphor, why it has been so successful, and Martin's own advice on dealing with it. And finally, we talked...
2025-01-241h 00
Refactoring PodcastGrowing the development forest 🌲 — with Martin FowlerToday's guest is Martin Fowler! Martin is chief scientist at ThoughtWorks. He is one of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto and author of several legendary books, among which there is Refactoring, which shares the name with this podcast and this newsletter. With Martin, we talked about the impact of AI on software development, from the development process to how human learning and understanding changes up to the future of software engineering jobs. Then we explored the technical debt metaphor, why it has been so successful, and Martin's own advice on dealing with it. And finally, we talked about...
2025-01-241h 00
Refactoring PodcastProfitable Engineering 🛠️ — with Aviv Ben JosefToday's guest is Aviv Ben Josef!
Aviv has more than 20 years of experience in tech. He is an executive coach working with hundreds of engineering teams and leaders.
With Aviv, we talked about profitable engineering, what makes engineering valuable, why impact is hard to measure,and what are the cultural and organizational traits that make engineering teams successful.
(01:43) Introduction
(02:20) Aviv’s journey into tech
(05:57) From tech to consulting
(08:12) Less coding, more coaching
(11:42) Profitable engineering
(15:11) What unprofitable engineering looks like
(17:33) Other engineering dysfunctions
(20:49) Why is engineering still perceived as a cost
(27:23) Switch your approach
(32:48) Intentional learning
(38:29) Meta retros: connecting engineers an...
2024-12-0658 min
Refactoring PodcastProfitable Engineering 🛠️ — with Aviv Ben JosefToday's guest is Aviv Ben Josef! Aviv has more than 20 years of experience in tech. He is an executive coach working with hundreds of engineering teams and leaders. With Aviv, we talked about profitable engineering, what makes engineering valuable, why impact is hard to measure,and what are the cultural and organizational traits that make engineering teams successful. (01:43) Introduction (02:20) Aviv’s journey into tech (05:57) From tech to consulting (08:12) Less coding, more coaching (11:42) Profitable engineering (15:11) What unprofitable engineering looks like (17:33) Other engineering dysfunctions (20:49) Why is engineering still perceived as a cost (27:23) Switch your approach (32:48) Intentional learning (38:29) Meta retros: connecting engineers and pr...
2024-12-0658 min
Refactoring PodcastThe Evolution of Engineering Management 👑 — with Pat KuaToday's guest is Pat Kua! Pat is a professional engineering and leadership coach with more than 20 years of experience in tech. He was CTO of N26 and principal consultant at ThoughtWorks. He is an accomplished speaker and writes an awesome newsletter for tech leaders called Level Up. With Pat, we talked about his journey in tech, from Australia to London to Berlin. We talked about the future of engineering management and technical leadership and the ever controversial founder mode. Here is what we talked about: (02:17) Introduction (03:05) Pat's journey in tech (12:17) Engineering management evolution (18:27) Balancing people and tech management (21:55) The paybacks...
2024-11-0853 min
Refactoring PodcastThe Evolution of Engineering Management 👑 — with Pat KuaToday's guest is Pat Kua!
Pat is a professional engineering and leadership coach with more than 20 years of experience in tech.
He was CTO of N26 and principal consultant at ThoughtWorks. He is an accomplished speaker and writes an awesome newsletter for tech leaders called Level Up.
With Pat, we talked about his journey in tech, from Australia to London to Berlin. We talked about the future of engineering management and technical leadership and the ever controversial founder mode.
Here is what we talked about:
(02:17) Introduction
(03:05) Pat's journey in tech
(12:17) Engineering management evolution
(18:27) Balancing people and tech management
(21:55) The...
2024-11-0853 min
Refactoring PodcastCareer frameworks for Engineers and Managers 🪜 — with Francesco DominidiatoToday's guest is Francesco Dominidiato!
Francesco Dominidiato is CTO at Moneyfarm, one of the largest wealth management companies in Europe, and former CTO at high-growth startups like Casavo and Docebo. During his career he scaled organizations from zero to hundreds of employees, and has incredible experience at all levels: from leading small teams to NASDAQ-listed companies.
With Francesco, we talked about career frameworks, how to create a path that creates opportunities for both individual contributors and managers, how to address career development issues, organizational debt and more.
2024-11-011h 09
Refactoring PodcastCareer frameworks for Engineers and Managers 🪜 — with Francesco DominidiatoToday's guest is Francesco Dominidiato! Francesco Dominidiato is CTO at Moneyfarm, one of the largest wealth management companies in Europe, and former CTO at high-growth startups like Casavo and Docebo. During his career he scaled organizations from zero to hundreds of employees, and has incredible experience at all levels: from leading small teams to NASDAQ-listed companies. With Francesco, we talked about career frameworks, how to create a path that creates opportunities for both individual contributors and managers, how to address career development issues, organizational debt and more. Here is what we talked about: (02:09) Introduction (03:07) Francesco's journey...
2024-11-011h 09
Refactoring PodcastTechnical Storytelling at Google ✏️ — with Stephanie WongToday's guest is Stephanie Wong!
Stephanie is the Head of Technical Marketing at Google Cloud, where she blends storytelling and technology to inspire developers and build customer growth. She’s an award-winning host, global keynote speaker, and creator of viral tech content.
With Stephanie, we talked about her journey from sales to content creation to product management and generative AI. We talked about technical storytelling, how to craft great stories around technical products. And finally we discussed product management for generative AI and the challenges of driving adoption for AI products.
Here is what we talked about:
(01:58) Introduction
(02:52) Stephanie's jo...
2024-10-1852 min
Refactoring PodcastTechnical Storytelling at Google ✏️ — with Stephanie WongToday's guest is Stephanie Wong! Stephanie is the Head of Technical Marketing at Google Cloud, where she blends storytelling and technology to inspire developers and build customer growth. She’s an award-winning host, global keynote speaker, and creator of viral tech content. With Stephanie, we talked about her journey from sales to content creation to product management and generative AI. We talked about technical storytelling, how to craft great stories around technical products. And finally we discussed product management for generative AI and the challenges of driving adoption for AI products. Here is what we talked about: (01:58) Introduction (02:52) Stephanie's journey in...
2024-10-1852 min
Refactoring PodcastCommunication Engineering 💬 — with Pramoda VyasaraoToday's guest is Pramoda Vyasarao! Pramoda is a leadership and communication coach, he has 20+ years of experience in big tech, wrote the book “Beyond Your Limits”, and runs a course called Communication Engineering With Pramoda, we will talk about what good communication looks like, especially for engineers and managers, how it impacted his career and the career of the leaders he helps. Here is what we talked about: (02:05) Introduction (02:51) The Toastmasters Club (07:12) Engineering Communication issues (10:18) Communication through Pramoda's career (13:28) The TALL framework (19:11) Evaluation vs Information (20:44) The TALL framework: Asking (34:19) The GROW model (36:18) The TALL framework: Listening (38:05) The Path to action (46:04) From...
2024-10-041h 01
Refactoring PodcastCommunication Engineering 💬 — with Pramoda VyasaraoToday's guest is Pramoda Vyasarao!
Pramoda is a leadership and communication coach, he has 20+ years of experience in big tech, wrote the book “Beyond Your Limits”, and runs a course called Communication Engineering
With Pramoda, we will talk about what good communication looks like, especially for engineers and managers, how it impacted his career and the career of the leaders he helps.
Here is what we talked about:
(02:05) Introduction
(02:51) The Toastmasters Club
(07:12) Engineering Communication issues
(10:18) Communication through Pramoda's career
(13:28) The TALL framework
(19:11) Evaluation vs Information
(20:44) The TALL framework: Asking
(34:19) The GROW model
(36:18) The TALL framework: Listening
(38:05) The Path to acti...
2024-10-041h 01
Refactoring PodcastFounder Mode & The Manager’s Path 👑 — with Camille FournierToday's guest is Camille Fournier! Camille is an accomplished CTO and executive with 20+ years of experience in tech, and author of the timeless The Manager’s Path, possibly the most influential book ever about engineering management. With Camille we talked about good vs bad management, the controversial new founder mode, career advice for managers and her next book about platform engineering. Here is what we talked about: (02:01) Introduction (03:51) About the founder mode (11:46) Good weed, bad weeds (17:49) Finding "the formula" (21:24) Managing at different levels (28:03) The identity war (32:55) The staples of management (39:53) Having a strong opinion (43:21) Staying valuable (49:53) Keep your skills valuable (55:15) Pl...
2024-09-2058 min
Refactoring PodcastFounder Mode & The Manager’s Path 👑 — with Camille FournierToday's guest is Camille Fournier!
Camille is an accomplished CTO and executive with 20+ years of experience in tech, and author of the timeless The Manager’s Path, possibly the most influential book ever about engineering management.
With Camille we talked about good vs bad management, the controversial new founder mode, career advice for managers and her next book about platform engineering.
Here is what we talked about:
(02:01) Introduction
(03:51) About the founder mode
(11:46) Good weed, bad weeds
(17:49) Finding "the formula"
(21:24) Managing at different levels
(28:03) The identity war
(32:55) The staples of management
(39:53) Having a strong opinion
(43:21) Staying valuable
(49:53) Keep your skills va...
2024-09-2058 min
Refactoring PodcastMerchants of Complexity 🏯 — with DHHToday's guest is David Heinemeier Hansson!
David is the creator of Rails, co-founder & CTO of Basecamp, a NYT bestselling author, and professional racing driver for 10+ years!
In our chat, we explored many of David's strong opinions on software development, including today's excessive complexity in software and infrastructure, the role of AI, and the future of open source.
We also talked about his racing and how he approaches learning any topic from scratch.
Here is what we talked about:
(02:20) Introduction
(03:42) Merchants of Complexity
(13:19) Innovating the dev experience
(21:53) Complexity in small projects
(28:14) Incentives hurt open source
(32:49) Subscription vs ONCE
(35:24) David and...
2024-09-0659 min
Refactoring PodcastMerchants of Complexity 🏯 — with DHHToday's guest is David Heinemeier Hansson! David is the creator of Rails, co-founder & CTO of Basecamp, a NYT bestselling author, and professional racing driver for 10+ years! In our chat, we explored many of David's strong opinions on software development, including today's excessive complexity in software and infrastructure, the role of AI, and the future of open source. We also talked about his racing and how he approaches learning any topic from scratch. Here is what we talked about: (02:20) Introduction (03:42) Merchants of Complexity (13:19) Innovating the dev experience (21:53) Complexity in small projects (28:14) Incentives hurt open source (32:49) Subscription vs ONCE (35:24) David and AI (47:27...
2024-09-0659 min
Refactoring PodcastContinuous Coordination 🔀 — with Henry PoydarToday's guest is Henry Poydar!
Henry is CEO and founder at Steady, with more than 25 years of experience in tech leadership roles.
With Henry, we talked about continuous coordination, an open source framework he co-created, providing a set of principles and practices for running modern, effective engineering teams.
Here is what we talked about:
(01:25) Introduction
(02:25) Henry's Career
(13:23) Create async communication
(16:47) Keeping a steady beat
(23:02) Define a necessary meeting
(26:00) The proper alignment
(30:58) Applying continuous coordination
(37:06) Discovering how your team works
(38:38) Managing in the AI era
(44:27) How remote can improve working
(48:20) How AI is affecting team work
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This episode is brought to...
2024-08-2352 min
Refactoring PodcastContinuous Coordination 🔀 — with Henry PoydarToday's guest is Henry Poydar! Henry is CEO and founder at Steady, with more than 25 years of experience in tech leadership roles. With Henry, we talked about continuous coordination, an open source framework he co-created, providing a set of principles and practices for running modern, effective engineering teams. Here is what we talked about: (01:25) Introduction (02:25) Henry's Career (13:23) Create async communication (16:47) Keeping a steady beat (23:02) Define a necessary meeting (26:00) The proper alignment (30:58) Applying continuous coordination (37:06) Discovering how your team works (38:38) Managing in the AI era (44:27) How remote can improve working (48:20) How AI is affecting team work — This episode is brought to yo...
2024-08-2352 min
Refactoring PodcastDana’s Journey, Hiring Engineers & AI 🗺️ — with Dana LawsonToday's guest is Dana Lawson!
Dana is CTO at Netlify and held leadership roles at incredible companies like GitHub, New Relic, InVision, and more.
With Dana, we talked about her journey, starting in the military, becoming a manager and major lessons she has learned. We also talked about how to hire engineers, how to create a diverse and inclusive team, and the impact of AI on engineering.
Here is what we talked about:
(01:25) Introduction
(02:07) Dana's tech journey
(08:43) Career's tipping points
(14:53) Balancing technical and managing skills
(19:32) Connecting is key
(22:11) Hiring in 2024
(28:04) How AI is affecting hiring
(32:54) Pursuing diversity in a...
2024-08-0953 min
Refactoring PodcastDana’s Journey, Hiring Engineers & AI 🗺️ — with Dana LawsonToday's guest is Dana Lawson! Dana is CTO at Netlify and held leadership roles at incredible companies like GitHub, New Relic, InVision, and more. With Dana, we talked about her journey, starting in the military, becoming a manager and major lessons she has learned. We also talked about how to hire engineers, how to create a diverse and inclusive team, and the impact of AI on engineering. Here is what we talked about: (01:25) Introduction (02:07) Dana's tech journey (08:43) Career's tipping points (14:53) Balancing technical and managing skills (19:32) Connecting is key (22:11) Hiring in 2024 (28:04) How AI is affecting hiring (32:54) Pursuing diversity in a team (43:39...
2024-08-0953 min
Refactoring PodcastThe Power of Influence 📣 — with Irina StanescuToday's guest is Irina Stanescu!
Irina is a full-time engineering coach, course instructor, and former manager at Uber and Google.
With Irina, we talked about her journey through Silicon Valley, big tech, and high growth startups, balancing IC and management duties, and achieving impact through influence.
Here is what we talked about:
(01:21) Introduction
(02:02) Irina’s first steps
(06:10) Joining Google
(08:15) From Google to Uber
(10:16) Being a young TLM
(14:34) The restraints of a TLM
(18:14) Uber vs Google
(22:01) Impact through influence
(28:09) Training your influence skills
(35:42) Applying influence in specific roles
(38:04) How to be an helpful EM
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2024-07-2647 min
Refactoring PodcastThe Power of Influence 📣 — with Irina StanescuToday's guest is Irina Stanescu! Irina is a full-time engineering coach, course instructor, and former manager at Uber and Google. With Irina, we talked about her journey through Silicon Valley, big tech, and high growth startups, balancing IC and management duties, and achieving impact through influence. Here is what we talked about: (01:21) Introduction (02:02) Irina’s first steps (06:10) Joining Google (08:15) From Google to Uber (10:16) Being a young TLM (14:34) The restraints of a TLM (18:14) Uber vs Google (22:01) Impact through influence (28:09) Training your influence skills (35:42) Applying influence in specific roles (38:04) How to be an helpful EM — You can also find this at: 📬 Newsletter📺 Youtube📱 Apple — For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, or appe
2024-07-2647 min
Refactoring PodcastCode Reviews, AI, and Modern Engineering 🔍 — with Greg FosterToday's guest is Greg Foster!
Greg is CTO at Graphite, a tool that helps teams doing better code reviews, and smaller and faster code changes.
With Greg, we talked about what good code reviews look like, how AI is changing the development process, and how the Graphite engineering team works.
Here is what we talked about:
(02:01) Introduction
(03:06) What is Graphite?
(05:05) Graphite's code reviewing
(09:58) Combining different workflows
(13:07) Monorepos vs polyrepos
(17:28) Conducting code reviews
(21:57) The landscape of automated review
(25:09) The hidden meaning behind skipping code reviews
(27:43) Common mistakes
(29:53) Integrating AI in code review
(34:36) AI - human balance
(38:27) Tech apprenticeship in the...
2024-07-1255 min
Refactoring PodcastCode Reviews, AI, and Modern Engineering 🔍 — with Greg FosterToday's guest is Greg Foster! Greg is CTO at Graphite, a tool that helps teams doing better code reviews, and smaller and faster code changes. With Greg, we talked about what good code reviews look like, how AI is changing the development process, and how the Graphite engineering team works. Here is what we talked about: (02:01) Introduction (03:06) What is Graphite? (05:05) Graphite's code reviewing (09:58) Combining different workflows (13:07) Monorepos vs polyrepos (17:28) Conducting code reviews (21:57) The landscape of automated review (25:09) The hidden meaning behind skipping code reviews (27:43) Common mistakes (29:53) Integrating AI in code review (34:36) AI - human balance (38:27) Tech apprenticeship in the AI...
2024-07-1255 min
Refactoring PodcastHow Vercel Works 🔍 — with Malte UblToday's guest is Malte Ubl! Malte is CTO at Vercel, the frontend cloud provider, and creator and maintainer of Next.js, the most popular React framework. Malte has also been Engineer Director at Google, where he led Google Search for desktop computers. With Malte, we deep dived into how Vercel works as a team, what could developer experience look like, and the future of AI-enabled applications. Here is what we talked about: (01:21) Introduction (02:17) How Vercel works (05:01) Vercel team strategy (06:29) The journey of a new code (13:45) Do we need engineering managers? (16:59) Necessary and useless roles (22:51) Vercel' developing strategy (33:19) The ideal development...
2024-06-2859 min
Refactoring PodcastHow Vercel Works 🔍 — with Malte UblToday's guest is Malte Ubl!
Malte is CTO at Vercel, the frontend cloud provider, and creator and maintainer of Next.js, the most popular React framework.
Malte has also been Engineer Director at Google, where he led Google Search for desktop computers.
With Malte, we deep dived into how Vercel works as a team, what could developer experience look like, and the future of AI-enabled applications.
Here is what we talked about:
(01:21) Introduction
(02:17) How Vercel works
(05:01) Vercel team strategy
(06:29) The journey of a new code
(13:45) Do we need engineering managers?
(16:59) Necessary and useless roles
(22:51) Vercel' developing strategy
(33:19) The ideal...
2024-06-2859 min
Refactoring PodcastGood Tech Strategy / Bad Tech Strategy 🔮 — with Anna ShipmanToday's guest is Anna Shipman! Anna is CTO at Kooth, former Technical Director at Financial Times, a Keynote speaker and accomplished author. With Anna, we talked about her journey in tech and how to develop a good technical strategy, drawing from stories and examples from her 20 plus years of engineering experience. Here is what we talked about: (00:54) Introduction (01:20) Anna's journey in Tech (06:36) Going from public to private (09:17) What does Kooth do? (12:53) Technical strategy definition (15:01) Applying the strategy (24:53) Improving over time (30:10) The strategy framework (33:38) The pitfalls of setting up a strategy (36:23) Converge team and strategy (41:45) The strategist authority Here are a...
2024-06-2148 min
Refactoring PodcastGood Tech Strategy / Bad Tech Strategy 🔮 — with Anna ShipmanToday's guest is Anna Shipman!
Anna is CTO at Kooth, former Technical Director at Financial Times, a Keynote speaker and accomplished author.
With Anna, we talked about her journey in tech and how to develop a good technical strategy, drawing from stories and examples from her 20 plus years of engineering experience.
Here is what we talked about:
(00:54) Introduction
(01:20) Anna's journey in Tech
(06:36) Going from public to private
(09:17) What does Kooth do?
(12:53) Technical strategy definition
(15:01) Applying the strategy
(24:53) Improving over time
(30:10) The strategy framework
(33:38) The pitfalls of setting up a strategy
(36:23) Converge team and strategy
(41:45) The strategist authority
...
2024-06-2148 min
Refactoring PodcastElements of an Effective Software Organization 🔧 — with Rebecca MurpheyToday's guest is Rebecca Murphey. Rebecca is field CTO at Swarmia, former manager at Stripe and Indeed, and the author of Build: Elements of an Effective Software Organization. With Rebecca, we talked about her journey through Indeed, Stripe and Swarmia and the three pillars of her book, business outcomes, developer productivity, and developer experience. Here is what we talked about: (00:58) Introduction (02:15) Rebecca's Journey (08:24) Joining Swarmia (15:02) 1st Pillar: Business outcomes (23:08) Team structure & Company architecture (29:18) Keeping the lights on (33:56) 2nd Pillar: Developer productivity (38:44) Using numbers in the right way (43:25) The best way of working (51:07) 3rd Pillar: Developer experience (56:52) The effects of "...
2024-06-141h 00
Refactoring PodcastElements of an Effective Software Organization 🔧 — with Rebecca MurpheyToday's guest is Rebecca Murphey.
Rebecca is field CTO at Swarmia, former manager at Stripe and Indeed, and the author of Build: Elements of an Effective Software Organization.
With Rebecca, we talked about her journey through Indeed, Stripe and Swarmia and the three pillars of her book, business outcomes, developer productivity, and developer experience.
Here is what we talked about:
(00:58) Introduction
(02:15) Rebecca's Journey
(08:24) Joining Swarmia
(15:02) 1st Pillar: Business outcomes
(23:08) Team structure & Company architecture
(29:18) Keeping the lights on
(33:56) 2nd Pillar: Developer productivity
(38:44) Using numbers in the right way
(43:25) The best way of working
(51:07) 3rd Pillar...
2024-06-141h 00
Refactoring PodcastScaling Teams at Sanity, Github, and Google 🏢 — with Rachel PotvinToday's guest is Rachel Potvin. Rachel is SVP of Engineering at Sanity, ex-VP of Engineering at Github, and previously worked at Google and Ubisoft. She has had an incredible career journey and is a world renowned speaker. With Rachel we talked about her journey across what feels like different generations of companies. We talked about scaling teams, challenges, lessons learned and the great work she's doing at Sanity right now. Here is what we talked about: (01:37) Introduction (02:39) Rachel's journey at Google (08:06) From Google to GitHub (14:29) Building healthy engineering culture (18:56) GitHub growth & hiring (21:44) Rachel's career at Sanity (26:21) Being a VP in...
2024-06-0757 min
Refactoring PodcastScaling Teams at Sanity, Github, and Google 🏢 — with Rachel PotvinToday's guest is Rachel Potvin.
Rachel is SVP of Engineering at Sanity, ex-VP of Engineering at Github, and previously worked at Google and Ubisoft. She has had an incredible career journey and is a world renowned speaker.
With Rachel we talked about her journey across what feels like different generations of companies. We talked about scaling teams, challenges, lessons learned and the great work she's doing at Sanity right now.
Here is what we talked about:
(01:37) Introduction
(02:39) Rachel's journey at Google
(08:06) From Google to GitHub
(14:29) Building healthy engineering culture
(18:56) GitHub growth & hiring
(21:44) Rachel's career at Sanity
(26:21) Being a VP...
2024-06-0757 min
C'era una volta - Le Favole di Benedetta RossiLa quercia di Luca - Le Favole di Benedetta Rossi S3-E6Una grande quercia fà ombra sul campo di calcio di Don Luca, dove si seguono le regole del rispetto e dell’amicizia. Ma un brutto temporale cambia le cose. Come farà Luca a completare il suo Torneo Intergalattico?
2024-03-0807 min
Refactoring PodcastRunning a Remote Big Tech — with Farhan Thawar (Shopify)Farhan Thawar is VP of Engineering at Shopify, angel investor, and entrepreneur. Shopify is a public company with thousands of employees, and one of the very few companies of its scale to be remote-first. While other big tech quietly issued RTOs, Shopify doubled down on processes and culture that allowed it to stay remote, or, in their own words: digital-first. So, today, Shopify has ports instead of offices, does VR meetings, has a unique collaboration culture, and completely embraced AI for productivity. Here is everything we covered in the chat: (00:00) Introduction (05:49) Balancing Remote & IRL (09:20) Remote Communication (15:15) Remote vs IRL culture (21:30...
2024-02-221h 06
Refactoring PodcastRunning a Remote Big Tech — with Farhan Thawar (Shopify)Farhan Thawar is VP of Engineering at Shopify, angel investor, and entrepreneur.
Shopify is a public company with thousands of employees, and one of the very few companies of its scale to be remote-first. While other big tech quietly issued RTOs, Shopify doubled down on processes and culture that allowed it to stay remote, or, in their own words: digital-first.
So, today, Shopify has ports instead of offices, does VR meetings, has a unique collaboration culture, and completely embraced AI for productivity. Here is everything we covered in the chat:
(00:00) Introduction
(05:49) Balancing Remote...
2024-02-221h 06
Tracce - Consigli non RichiestiIl Destino è un tassista AbusivoTracce LetterarieLa traccia letteraria di questo episodio è "Il Destino è un tassista Abusivo" di Luca ManziSeguite le tracce sui social@_letraccemail to : tracce72@gmail.com - per le vostre richieste e segnalazioni
2024-02-2003 min
Refactoring PodcastThe World Builder Framework — with Aadil Maan (Humane)Aadil Maan is Lead Engineering Program Manager at Humane and a big tech veteran, having worked at the likes of Google, Apple, and Blackberry.
Today’s theme is The World Builder Framework — Aadil's own approach to problem solving and solutioning processes, frameworks and workflows for product and engineering teams.
Here are a few things we discussed in our chat:
What do TPMs do? 🗺️
The World Builder Framework 🌎
Startups vs Big Tech 🏢
Hardware vs Software 🤖
Joining a new team 🎽
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This episode is brought to you by LinearB, the software engineering intelligence platform enabling engineering le...
2024-02-011h 06
Refactoring PodcastThe World Builder Framework — with Aadil Maan (Humane)Aadil Maan is Lead Engineering Program Manager at Humane and a big tech veteran, having worked at the likes of Google, Apple, and Blackberry. Today’s theme is The World Builder Framework — Aadil's own approach to problem solving and solutioning processes, frameworks and workflows for product and engineering teams. Here are a few things we discussed in our chat: What do TPMs do? 🗺️The World Builder Framework 🌎Startups vs Big Tech 🏢Hardware vs Software 🤖Joining a new team 🎽 — This episode is brought to you by LinearB, the software engineering intelligence platform enabling engineering leaders improve their team’s operational efficiency, and align R&D investments...
2024-02-011h 06
Refactoring PodcastLeading and Human-ing in 2024 — with Lena Reinhard (CircleCI)Lena Reinhardt has dedicated her career to helping technology leaders build successful engineering organizations. Her background includes roles such as VP of Engineering at CircleCI and TravisCI, along with being a co founder and CEO of a SaaS startup. She now works as a leadership coach, management trainer, and organizational developer. Here are a few things we discussed in our chat: Challenges in the tech industry 📉Creating a healthy work environment 🏡How to take care of yourself ❤️ — This episode is brought to you by Swarmia, the engineering effectiveness platform for modern software organizations: https://swarmia.com — Here are the key chapters from...
2024-01-261h 04
Refactoring PodcastLeading and Human-ing in 2024 — with Lena Reinhard (CircleCI)Lena Reinhardt has dedicated her career to helping technology leaders build successful engineering organizations.
Her background includes roles such as VP of Engineering at CircleCI and TravisCI, along with being a co founder and CEO of a SaaS startup. She now works as a leadership coach, management trainer, and organizational developer.
Here are a few things we discussed in our chat:
Challenges in the tech industry 📉
Creating a healthy work environment 🏡
How to take care of yourself ❤️
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This episode is brought to you by Swarmia, the engineering effectiveness platform for modern software org...
2024-01-261h 04
groCTO PodcastLuca Rossi from Refactoring | Implementing Data-driven ApproachJoin Luca Rossi, Founder of Refactoring, to learn about Implementing a data-driven approach for building efficient dev teams.Luca delves deep into the intricacies of the data-driven approach, highlighting crucial metrics for scaling efficient development teams. Furthermore, he provides valuable insights into establishing the appropriate processes for effective code reviews.Luca on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucaronin/Beyond the Code is an exclusive series of podcasts with tech leaders across the globe, sharing learnings about dev processes, growth, culture, and wellbeing.Connect with us!LinkedIn: https://www.linked...
2023-11-1616 min
alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders#88 - Luca Rossi // Creator @ refactoring.club 🌀Time Management + Continuous Learning Tips for CTO
Stay on top of your professional development with these learning and productivity tips from Luca Rossi, whose refactoring.club newsletter 🌀 is read by 50k subscribers every week. After scaling Wanderio to 25M users 🚀 as founding CTO, Luca sat down to distill his experiences and in the process created the tech leadership content 📰 he so badly needed. With diagrams. 🖼️ In this alphalist CTO podcast, Luca shares what he has learned about leadership - including the self-leadership needed to structure one's time and effectively harvest the plethora of ideas published online into action.
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2023-11-0251 min
Product Heroes - il PodcastNewsletter as a Product - Con Luca Rossi @RefactoringNewsletter, blog, podcast… Qualunque sia il tuo progetto editoriale trattalo come se fosse un prodotto. Così ha fatto Luca Rossi che ogni settimana, attraverso Refactoring, raggiunge più di 13.000 persone tra manager, founders e sviluppatori.È la terza volta che ospitiamo Luca e in questo podcast ci concentriamo su come lui sia riuscito a trasformare Refactoring da side project ad un business di successo. Grazie ad un approccio di “prodotto”, Luca si è concentrato sugli aspetti chiave della sua newsletter: frequenza di pubblicazione, selezione degli argomenti più adatti, monitoraggio delle metriche più importanti, rapporto con la propria utenza.Refacto...
2023-05-221h 04
Beyond CodingKnowledge Sharing through Writing with Luca RossiI know many developers that blog, or have ever thought of blogging. I’m in that group as well.
But the people I know that have turned writing into their full-time gig is a lot smaller.
Luca Rossi belongs to that group and he comes on to share how he started refactoring.club, how he optimised his process and also what challenges he faces: ivory tower writing, solo perspective and being a liability to name a few.
I’m happy to have had such an open and honest conversation with him about his proc...
2023-02-2248 min
Italian Tech SpeakDisrupt_ON | Linus e Luca Rossi: il manager ai vertici di Lenovo che a 19 anni iniziò a produrre notebook in Italia.Luca Rossi, Presidente e responsabile globale della business unit Intelligent Device di Lenovo, ai microfoni di Italian Tech Speak, racconta a Linus cosa e’ oggi Lenovo. Dalla sua nascita, nel 1984, dentro ad una università, passando per un'acquisizione strategica nel 2004, Lenovo e’ oggi uno dei maggiori produttori mondiali di “devices”. Prima di essere uno tra i manager italiani più stimati al mondo, Luca ha fatto esperienza, giovanissimo, come imprenditore. A 19 anni, infatti, crea la sua azienda di pc portatili dopo un viaggio a Taiwan. Luca ci introduce non solo al business di Lenovo, ma anche alla sua c...
2021-07-0320 min
Design Addicted74 Marmo - Quattro chiacchiere con Luca Rossi di Rossi Celso Marmi.Uno speciale episodio di metà settimana. Entriamo nell'affascinante mondo dei Marmi.
Lo faremo attraverso la voce di Luca Rossi, terza generazione di una storica azienda del settore la Rossi Celso Marmi fondata a Pietrasanta in Toscana nel 1939.
Una chiacchierata interessante, con Luca che ci racconta anche le dinamiche aziendali, di produzione e trasporto del mondo delle pietre naturali.
Un super episodio, buon ascolto!
2021-03-1757 min
Family Business UnitFBU Club 40 - L'innata sostenibilità delle imprese di famiglia, con Federico RossiFBU Club numero 40.L’innata sostenibilità delle Imprese di Famiglia, con Federico RossiSpesso le imprese di famiglia sono considerate luoghi di saghe e grandi conflitti. spesso gli imprenditori sono visti come una categoria volta solo a lucrare sulle spalle di altri e dell’ambiente…Ovunque ci sono cattivi esempi, ma noi di FBU siamo convinti che le aziende familiari siano naturalmente portatrici di un approccio socialmente responsabile: il loro radicamento nel territorio e la loro visione di lungo le chiamano ad essere socialmente responsabili e un esempio per tutte le altre imprese. Il problema è che spes...
2020-12-171h 05
Surf Coast Creatives#26: How To Pursue Your Passion in a Foreign Country - Luca Rossi from Babel SurfboardsJoin us for a chat with the founder of Babel Surfboards Luca Rossi as we kick off Season 3 of the Surf Coast Creatives podcast. Luca is an Italian astrophysicist turned surfboard shaper. He's a super-sharp guy and got his start in the cut-throat world of surfboard shaping by knocking on the doors of local shapers on the Surf Coast. They all told him to bugger off except one! Find out which shaper said yes and took Luca under his wing (for 1-hour!).We also chat about Luca's first sighting of a breaking wave in...
2020-12-0358 min
Rossi B & Luca MixesRossi B & Luca Lost MixFound a Guest mix we put together earlier on in the year for Conducta`s radio show.
The station had loads of technicals on the night so we`re sure not many people were able to catch it in its full glory or even at all.
Can`t let this one go to waste ... So here it is.
A typical Rossi and Luca style 30 min RINSE out.
UKG old and new
2018-10-1831 min
Rossi B & Luca MixesROSSI B & LUCA - MIX ONEWe are proud to present the first in a brand new series of mixes!
It’s been a long time coming but we are very excited to share this one hour mix jam packed with some of our favourite tracks past and present.
This is Rossi & Luca – Mix One.
2015-12-3159 min
Rossi B & Luca MixesRossi B & Luca - Essential Garage - 30-06-2014 - Old Skool Garage SpecialRossi B & Luca - Essential Garage - 30-06-2014 - Old Skool Garage Special by Rossi B and Luca
2014-07-091h 00
Rossi B & Luca MixesRossi B & Luca - Essential Garage - 10-03-2014Rossi B & Luca - Essential Garage - 10-03-2014 by Rossi B and Luca
2014-03-1700 min
Rossi B & Luca MixesRossi B & Luca - more2dafloor vol. 1(Mixed October 2001)
This demo mix really put us on the map and got us noticed! We layed this down back in October 2001 and it is typical of a Rossi B and Luca set, totally across the board, something for everyone to bop to! Check it!
2014-02-191h 07
Rossi B & Luca MixesRossi B & Luca - Essential Garage - 23-12-2013Rossi B & Luca - Essential Garage - 23-12-2013 by Rossi B and Luca
2014-01-1559 min