Beyond The Build
Beyond The Build is a podcast about the real, unfiltered experiences of being a software engineer. Hosted by two seasoned engineers, Uma and Ope, we dive into the highs, the lows, and everything in between—from career growth and technical challenges to work-life balance and industry insights. Whether you're an aspiring developer or a seasoned pro, join us as we explore the parts of tech that don’t get talked about enough.
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Episodes
44 episodes
Companies Are Now Paying $10,000/Week to Fix AI Code | LWIT
OpenAI just dropped GPT 5.6, and it's already changing the game, but not in the way most developers expected. While the model itself delivers better coding performance at a lower cost than Anthropic, the real story this week isn't about benchma...
Hiring for junior developers dropped 20%. Here’s what nobody is telling you.
This week on Last Week in Tech episode, we discussed: Anthropic just re-released a model the US government told them to pull. OpenAI dropped GPT 5 but only to 20 companies. In this episode, Uma and Ope break down what these staggered launches r...
Meta Was Tracking Employee Keystrokes to Build Their Replacements | LWIT
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9This week on Last Week in Tech: a $100M fintech disaster that tricked millions of Americans, Polymarket's fake gambling website exposed by college influe...
LWIT: A Singel Web Page Can Hijack Your AI Agent
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Connect with Ope - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osunkoyaope/ArticlesAI Agent Hijack: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/06/18/autojack-...
LWIT: The US Government Ordered Anthropic To Take Down Fable
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Connect with Ope - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osunkoyaope/Connect with Uma:Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/umacodes)Tiktok: (https://www.t...
LWIT: AI Is Creating a Generation of Bad Engineers
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Beyond The Basics With Claude Code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuY2ChJIx48Google Is Paying SpaceX To Use Its GPU: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?...
LWIT: AI Is Creating a New Class of Elite Engineers
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9ArticlesLearn Harness Engineeringhttps://walkinglabs.github.io/learn-harness-engineering/en/ Meta Engineering Draft:
LWIT: Software Engineering May No Longer Be A Lifetime Career
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9ArticlesAWS Overheating: https://www.itpro.com/infrastructure/aws-outage-explained-may-2026-data-center-overheatingOpenAI buying tools: https://medium.c...
LWIT: MAANG Companies Now Let You Use AI in Interviews.
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Connect with Ope - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osunkoyaope/Connect with Uma:Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/umacodes)Tiktok: (https://www....
LWIT: An AI Agent Deleted a Company’s Database in 9 Seconds
In this episode, we break down one of the wildest stories in tech right now — an AI agent wiping out an entire production database in seconds — and what that says about the systems we’re building.But that’s just the beginning.We also di...
LWIT: 20,000 Tech Layoffs in 7 Days… Here’s What’s REALLY Happening
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Last week in tech, around 20,000 layoffs landed in seven days. Meta announced 8,000 cuts and froze another 6,00...
LWIT: 45% of AI Code Is Broken. We're Shipping It Anyway.
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9AI coding tools are everywhere right now. They’re helping engineers move faster, ship more code, and build thin...
EP32: You’re Onboarding Wrong (30-60-90 Day Plan Explained)
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Most engineers think onboarding is about learning the codebase.It’s not.In this episode of Be...
EP31: How High Performers Process Feedback
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9In this episode of Beyond the Build, we break down one of the most uncomfortable but important parts of ...
EP30: AI Has Changed What It Means To Be A Software Engineer
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9The game has changed, but not in the way most people think. AI has made it easier to build things fast, but it ...
EP29: AI Anxiety, Surviving Probation and Layoffs - Ask Us Anything
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Join the CodeRoom: https://thecoderoom.carrd.co/You asked, a...
EP28: Building Software Engineering Taste in the Age of AI
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9AI has made writing code faster than ever. But speed isn’t the differentiator anymore.In this episode of...
EP27: 20+ Years in Tech Recruiting (How Hiring Decisions Are Made)
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9In this episode of Beyond the Build, we sit down with a seasoned recruiter to unpack what actually hap...
EP26: The Importance Of Branding As A Software Engineer
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Personal branding isn’t about being an influencer or posting for clout. It’s about controlling how you’re perceived when you’re not in the room.In this ...
EP25: One Of The Hardest Parts of Software Development (It's Not The Code)
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Writing code is rarely the hardest part of software engineering.As engineers grow, the real challenge shifts to something far less talked about: coordin...
EP24: Specialization Might Be Destroying Your Career Mobility
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Should you stay or should you leave?In this episode of Beyond the Build, we tackle one of the hardest qu...
EP23: Why Writing Will Make or Break Your Engineering Career
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Most engineers spend years perfecting their coding skills but completely ignore the one skill that actually de...
EP22: Your Manager Is Using You (Here's How to Use Them Back)
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Think your manager is just there to assign you tasks? Think again.In this episode of Beyond the Build, w...
EP21: The Truth About Finding “Fulfillment” in Your Career
Ask us a question or suggest an Episode: https://forms.gle/8tEg2CKTNNWteSgt9Everyone says you should “find joy” or “do what you love” but is that realistic advice, or just another modern work myth? In this episode of Beyond the Build, We...