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InfoQ's podcasts are interviews with the software architects, senior engineers, and team leaders who build and operate production systems. Episodes work through the tradeoffs behind real decisions in software architecture, AI and ML engineering, and engineering culture. Guests are practitioners and QCon speakers describing what worked and what broke in systems they built.

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Interviews with the software architects and senior engineers who build and run production systems. Each episode works through the tradeoffs behind a real decision in architecture, AI engineering, and development.

AI, ML & Data Engineering

53:02
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AI, ML, and Data Engineering InfoQ Trends Report 2025

In this episode, members of the InfoQ editorial staff and friends of InfoQ discuss the current trends in the domain of AI, ML and Data Engineering. One of the regular features of InfoQ are the trends reports, which each focus on a different aspect of software development. These reports provide the InfoQ readers and listeners with a high-level overview of the topics to pay attention to this year.

Featuring: Srini Penchikala, Savannah Kunovsky, Anthony Alford, Daniel Dominguez, Vinod Goje Published: ON Sep 24, 2025

Architecture & Design

46:27
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Scaling Systems, Companies, and Careers with Suhail Patel

In this episode, Suhail Patel joins Thomas Betts for a discussion about growing yourself as your company grows. When he started at Monzo, Patel was one of four engineers on the then new platform team–there are now over 100 people. The conversation covers how to thrive when the company and the systems you’re building are going through major growth.

Featuring: Suhail Patel Published: ON Sep 15, 2025

Architecture & Design

59:48
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Safely Changing Software to Avoid Incidents: a Conversation with Justin Sheehy

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Justin Sheehy about how to safely put software into production without creating production incidents. Among the topics discussed were the futility of root cause analysis, and the importance of having a shared language for discussing incidents. This discussion included the need for software to be malleable as well as observable.

Featuring: Justin Sheehy Published: ON Sep 8, 2025

AI, ML & Data Engineering

42:58
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Why Rust Will Help You Deliver Better Low-latency Systems and Happier Developers

Andrew Lamb, a veteran of database engine development, shares his thoughts on why Rust is the right tool for developing low-latency systems, not only from the perspective of the code’s performance, but also looking at productivity and developer joy. He discusses the overall experience of adopting Rust after a decade of programming in C/C++.

Featuring: Andrew Lamb Published: ON Aug 25, 2025

Engineering Culture Podcast

About this Podcast

Conversations on building intentional engineering culture: team dynamics, leadership, and software management. For engineering leaders, managers, and the developers they support.

Culture & Methods

26:52
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Adam Sandman on Generative AI and the Future of Software Testing

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Adam Sandman about how generative AI is transforming software development and testing by automating mundane tasks, enabling faster prototyping, and collapsing traditional roles into broader generalist positions, while also highlighting challenges like increased defects and ethical concerns.

Featuring: Adam Sandman Published: ON Apr 11, 2025

Culture & Methods

16:00
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Investing in Open Source: The Open Source Pledge and Why it Matters

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Chad Whitacre about the Open Source Pledge, an initiative to encourage companies to financially support open-source maintainers to ensure the sustainability and security of the software they depend on. The goal is to address the social contract within open source, where companies benefit from freely available software.

Featuring: Chad Whitacre Published: ON Mar 7, 2025

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