Dev Interrupted
Dev Interrupted is the go-to podcast for software engineering leadership. Each week, hosts Andrew Zigler, Ben Lloyd Pearson, and Dan Lines sit down with industry experts to explore the strategies, struggles, and stories behind high-performing software teams. Paired with weekly industry news coverage, the conversations dive deep into the real challenges that define excellence in modern tech.
Episodes
230 episodes
Google DeepMind's AI playbook for engineering at hyperspeed | Philipp Schmid
What if the traditional engineering career path is being fundamentally rewritten by AI? We're joined by Philipp Schmid, Senior AI Developer Relations Engineer at Google DeepMind, to explore how artificial intelligence is not just a ...
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Season 5
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Episode 24
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50:27
AI is the future of the SDLC
Imagine saving as much as 75 days of work within a six-month period, all through intelligent automation.Building on last week’s discussion about the critical shift from passive metrics to active productivity, host Ben Lloyd Pearson and L...
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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35:44
Now is the time to rethink engineering productivity
Are your teams feeling the intense pressure to "produce more" in an era increasingly dominated by AI?Join hosts Ben Lloyd Pearson and Dan Lines as they unpack a major shift in how engineering organizations must now approach productivity....
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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40:20
The Odyssey of Innovation: Classics, Code, and Cognitive Load | Two Sigma's Matt Greenwood
What can ancient languages and epic poems teach us about building resilient tech and future-proof teams?Host Andrew Zigler welcomes Matt Greenwood, Chief Innovation Officer of Two Sigma, for a conversation that uniquely blends their shar...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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52:52
Redefining Ambition After Burnout | Zapier’s Kelly Vaughn
What happens when the person trained to spot burnout becomes its next victim?Kelly Vaughn is a Senior Engineering Manager at Zapier, the author of the After Burnout Substack, and a trained therapist. She joins hosts Ben and Andrew to sha...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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59:05
Foresight Over Firefighting: Being Proactive in a Reactive World | Rootly's JJ Tang
Still stuck in a reactive loop with incident response, only fixing problems after they happen? JJ Tang, Co-founder and CEO of Rootly, joins host Andrew Zigler to reveal how to shift beyond reactive, leveraging powerful AI and an oft...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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44:02
The End of Specialization? How AI Shapes Modern Dev Teams | Vercel’s Lee Robinson
Is front-end vs. back-end an antiquated way to structure engineering teams? With AI augmenting skills, a new model is emerging: the product engineer.This week, Andrew sits down with Lee Robinson, VP of Product at Vercel to crack...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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54:42
AI Gets Eyes and Ears | LiveKit’s Russ d’Sa
We've spent decades teaching ourselves to communicate with computers via text and clicks. Now, computers are learning to perceive the world like us: through sight and sound. What happens when software needs to sense, interpret, and act in real-...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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53:33
The Shift to Agent-Driven API Consumption | Speakeasy’s Sagar Batchu
Think building killer APIs like Stripe or Twilio is purely a technical feat? Think again.This week, we dive into why crafting successful APIs is fundamentally an organizational challenge, demanding internal excellence long befor...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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41:17
How Marketing Ruined Shift Left | Semgrep’s Tanya Janca
When it comes to securing software, most developers feel like they're playing catch-up instead of setting the rules.Tanya Janca (SheHacksPurple), author of "Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding," brings her 28 years of IT and security exper...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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48:52
How to Build AI Workflows You Can Trust | Infactory’s Brooke Hartley Moy
Is your company rushing headlong into AI, only to find it's a 'square peg in a round hole'?This week, Andrew tackles the critical issue of building trust in AI systems with Brooke Hartley Moy, CEO and co-founder of Infactory.Brook...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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43:42
Amazon Q and The Future of Autonomous Development | AWS' Adnan Ijaz
AI is evolving at a breakneck speed, leaving engineering leaders with a critical dilemma: innovate or fall behind. But how do you experiment with AI without risking your credibility? Andrew Zigler sits down with Adnan Ijaz, Director...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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42:38
Ditch the Ticket Factory Mentality | Cosmic Teacups’ Thanos Diacakis
Imagine a world where your engineering team ships features at lightning speed, and they're genuinely happy doing it. Sounds like a fantasy? It doesn't have to be. This week, we're diving into the secrets of building high-performing,...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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55:09
Will AI Finally Make TDD Practical? | Diffblue’s Animesh Mishra
The promise of Test Driven Development (or TDD) remains unfulfilled. Like many other forms of aspirational development, the practice has fallen victim to countless buzzword cycles. What if the answer is already in our toolbox?This week, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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46:04
Can You Buy Your Way to DevSecOps Success? | Arcjet’s David Mytton
If you're tired of hearing "shift left" in DevSecOps and seeing little real change, you're not alone.In this episode, David Mytton (CEO of ArcJet, founder of Console.dev) breaks down why traditional approaches to developer security often...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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48:40
Simplifying the AI Stack | IBM's Dr. Maryam Ashoori
This week, Andrew Zigler sits down with Dr. Maryam Ashoori, Senior Director of Product Management for watsonx at IBM. Together they discuss the evolving AI stack for enterprise and the growing skill gap challenging developers. Dr. Ashoori share...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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46:23
Why Are Teams Only Aligned During a Crisis? | CircleCI & MongoDB
This week, Ben and Andrew dive into the (surprisingly?) complex world of calculator apps, analyze how AI is revolutionizing the technical interview, and dissect the emerging “two-tier” economy around AI. What side of the curve does your org fal...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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1:19:49
Can Your AI Strategy Be Future-Proof? | Galileo’s Vikram Chatterji
Ben and Andrew open the show by dissecting why AI can't see gorillas, how big banks are stepping up to attract tech talent, and why focus is becoming the must-have resource for devs.Then, Vikram Chatterji, co-founder and CEO of Galileo, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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40:59
Why Teams Will Break This Year (and How to Fix Them) | Battery Venture’s Dharmesh Thakker
Live from San Francisco, Dev Interrupted explores the future of developer productivity with Ori Keren (CEO, LinearB) and Dharmesh Thakker (General Partner, Battery Ventures). The conversation, recorded before a live audience in San Francisco, e...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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1:06:25
Hunting for a Flywheel | Refactoring’s Luca Rossi
To 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. T...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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51:38
Low-Code Won’t Replace You | Camunda’s Bernd Ruecker
Ben and Andrew open the show by discussing the emergence of the DeepSeek AI model, Google's shakeup of the SEO landscape, and speculate on whether or not we're seeing the death of free APIs.Then, Ben sits down with Bernd Ruecker, Co-Fou...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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45:30
The Need for Speed | 2025 Engineering Benchmarks
Want to ship better software? Get in the fast lane.This week, hosts Ben Lloyd Pearson and Andrew Ziegler open the episode with a discussion of some of the tech topics dominating the news cycle like Microsoft's restructuring to focus on ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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31:06
Managing Developer Feedback Effectively | Atlassian’s Andrew Boyagi
Is your company relying on surveys alone to bridge the gap between developers and managers? In this episode of Dev Interrupted, host Ben Lloyd Pearson and Dan Lines, COO of LinearB, dive into the perceived misalignment between eng...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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41:48
The Hero Culture Trap | Sowmya Subramanian
How do you build a culture that balances operational excellence with developer happiness? By shifting from firefighting to foresight.Kick off Season 5 of Dev Interrupted with hosts Ben Lloyd Pearson, Andrew Zigler, and Dan Lines as they ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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53:58
Season 4 Finale: A Fond Farewell, What’s Next & Would You Rather
It's the end of an era on Dev Interrupted as we say farewell to host Conor Bronsdon and welcome a fresh voice, Andrew Zigler!Join us for a nostalgic trip down memory lane as Conor revisits his favorite interviews and moments from Season...
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Season 4
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Episode 50
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40:34