Refactoring Podcast

Today’s guest is Kent Beck, original signer of the Agile manifesto, creator of Extreme Programming, and all-round programming legend.

With Kent we had the unique opportunity to talk about the big picture. I inquired him about the state of the software engineering craft today, discussing things like:

(00:00) Introduction

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Disheng Qiu is VP of Engineering at Translated, one of the largest translation companies in the world, powering localization for the likes of Airbnb, Uber, Skyscanner, and more.

Translated has been working on proprietary AI models and tools for 20+ years. It has an internal research team and develops tools that power the work of tens of thousands of professionals.

With Disheng we explored what it means to be an AI-first company. We talked about many things, including:

(00:00) Introduction

(03:24) What does Translated do?

(12:40) Challenges and costs of fine-tuning AI models

(30:36) Bringing AI research into products

(43:30) The role of AI in enhancing productivity

(57:12) The future of AI and human collaboration

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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:

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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 to business goals.

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Here are the key chapters from the interview:

(00:00) Introduction

(04:30) What is Technical Program Management

(09:21) The World Builder Framework

(25:44) The Anti-Framework Approach

(31:49) Mixing Frameworks for Bespoke Solutions

(40:33) Startup vs Big Tech

(50:35) Hardware vs Software

(01:00:30) The Power of Conversations

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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:

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This episode is brought to you by Swarmia, the engineering effectiveness platform for modern software organizations: https://swarmia.com

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