Why does shipping features feel effortless early on, only for every release to eventually turn into a high-stakes emergency?

In this episode of Agile Redemption, we explore how technical debt accumulates during hyper-growth, how to distinguish intentional shortcuts from plain bad code, and what to do when your codebase enters the emergency "red zone." We break down practical management tactics, including key red flags to watch for, the "3+1" sprint model, and how to frame debt repayment as a high-ROI business investment.

Featuring insights from the Bamboo Agile team: CTO Maxim Leykin and Engineering Managers Vasilij Ninko and Alexey Shinkarev.

AI writes code faster than teams can review it. So, what does this mean for product delivery? And how will this affect the roles of engineers, product managers, and even designers?

In this episode of Agile Redemption, we examine what really happens when product teams bring AI coding tools like Claude Code into production workflows.

Our guest, Igor Ponikarchik – product manager and former Senior Product Manager at Cubic Telecom – shares firsthand experience from a year of embedded project work with AI. We discuss how development speed changes team dynamics and why engineers turn into code reviewers instead of writers.

Host: Alex Antonuk

Why do so many development teams still work as “ticket factories” instead of true product partners?

In this episode of Agile Redemption, we explore the product mindset gap among developers: why it matters, how it impacts projects, and what can be done to bridge it.

Our guest, Maxim Leykin, Head of Engineering at Bamboo Agile, shares practical insights on how leaders can foster ownership, critical thinking, and product awareness in their teams. 

Host: Alex Antonuk

Why do teams build a rocket when all they need is a toaster, or how not to ruin a project by trying to anticipate everything?
Is overengineering in system design really a problem? Can it be avoided, and is it always a bad thing?
Discover stories, theories, and opinions from practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic — in the pilot episode of our podcast "Agile Redemption".