The InfoQ Podcast

In this episode, Thomas Betts speaks with Andrew Harmel-Law about his new book, Facilitating Software Architecture: Empowering Teams to Make Architectural Decisions. The conversation includes a discussion of what constitutes an architecturally significant decision, how the practice of architecture is evolving, and how architects have a role to facilitate software architecture, rather than being the only ones making architectural decisions.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3D6iQlz

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QCon London (April 7-10, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

https://qconlondon.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 9-10, 2025)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2025

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (October 15-16, 2025)

Essential insights on critical software development priorities.

https://devsummit.infoq.com/

QCon San Francisco 2025 (17-21, 2025)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

https://qconsf.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit New York (Save the date - December 2025)

https://devsummit.infoq.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke with Randy Shoup about how to build resilient systems. We discuss why it is a serious mistake to fail to acknowledge that software’s interaction with itself and the real world produces fragility. Therefore, software systems must be built to be resilient to that fragility.

We also discuss where to use workflows, orchestration or choreography, the role of architecture in building good teams, and the wisdom of letting each team use their own set of tools.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/41eeL89

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Upcoming Events:

QCon London (April 7-10, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

https://qconlondon.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 9-10, 2025)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2025

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (October 15-16, 2025)

Essential insights on critical software development priorities.

https://devsummit.infoq.com/

QCon San Francisco 2025 (17-21, 2025)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

https://qconsf.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit New York (Save the date - December 2025)

https://devsummit.infoq.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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In this episode, Thomas Betts speaks with Avraham Poupko. Avraham believes software architects will not be replaced by Generative AI or LLMs. They will be replaced by software architects that know how to leverage Generative AI and LLMs. Their discussion compares LLM training with how humans learn, leading to better understanding of how architects can use GenAI effectively.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3CzH1Zm

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Upcoming Events:

QCon London (April 7-10, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

https://qconlondon.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 9-10, 2025)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2025

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (October 15-16, 2025)

Essential insights on critical software development priorities.

https://devsummit.infoq.com/

QCon San Francisco 2025 (17-21, 2025)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

https://qconsf.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit New York (Save the date - December 2025)

https://devsummit.infoq.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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In this podcast, Apoorva Joshi, Senior AI Developer Advocate at MongoDB, discusses how to evaluate software applications that use the Large Language Models or LLMs and how to improve the performance of LLM based applications.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3WEppT6

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Upcoming Events:

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

https://qconlondon.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 9-10, 2025)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2025

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Save the date - October 2025)

QCon San Francisco 2025 (17-21, 2025)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

https://qconsf.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit New York (Save the date - December 2025)

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

Follow InfoQ:

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What Does It Mean to Be Green in IT? That's the question that begins chapter one in Building Green Software. In this episode, Thomas Betts is joined by two of the book's authors, Anne Currie and Sara Bergman. The discussion covers general themes and digs into some practical advice for all software practitioners.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4abd12h

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Upcoming Events:

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

https://qconlondon.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 9-10, 2025)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2025

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Save the date - October 2025)

QCon San Francisco 2025 (17-21, 2025)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

https://qconsf.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit New York (Save the date - December 2025)

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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Live from the QCon San Francisco Conference, we are talking with Susan Shu Chang, Principal Data Scientist at Elastic. Chang shares insights on bridging foundational machine learning with generative AI, emphasizing the importance of deploying ML models effectively, leveraging collaborative tools for prototyping, and aligning team roles with the ML life cycle to create scalable AI solutions.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4gzllet

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Upcoming Events:

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

https://qconlondon.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 9-10, 2025)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2025

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Save the date - October 2025)

QCon San Francisco 2025 (17-21, 2025)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

https://qconsf.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit New York (Save the date - December 2025)

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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In this year-in-review episode, Daniel Bryant, along with InfoQ podcast hosts Thomas Betts, Shane Hastie, Srini Penchikala, and Renato Losio, reflect on the trends and developments of 2024 across key domains: architecture, culture and methods, AI and data engineering, and cloud and DevOps. The conversation covers the rise of AI as a ubiquitous enabler, the growing focus on green software, platform engineering’s mainstream emergence, and the ongoing challenges of balancing human and technical evolution.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3VLkNdx

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QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

https://qconlondon.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 9-10, 2025)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2025

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Save the date - October 2025)

QCon San Francisco 2025 (17-21, 2025)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

https://qconsf.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit New York (Save the date - December 2025)

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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In this special episode, Roland and Anthony meet at QCon San Francisco to discuss Time and Travel. Roland presents three case studies where temporal misunderstandings in data science led to poor predictive performance. Anthony tells the story of how the first Transcontinental Railroad shortened travel times between the East and West Coasts of the United States, and how some practices in the construction of that railroad were similar to practices in today’s software industry.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/49DH9TN

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Upcoming Events:

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

https://qconlondon.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 9-10, 2025)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2025

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Save the date - October 2025)

QCon San Francisco 2025 (17-21, 2025)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

https://qconsf.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit New York (Save the date - December 2025)

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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In this episode, Ixchel Ruiz, Senior Software Developer at Karakun, and Gunnar Morling, Software Engineer at Decodable, sat down with podcast host Michael Redlich, Lead Editor of the Java topic at InfoQ, and discussed the recent publication of the InfoQ Java Trends Report. Topics covered included: the advantages of the Java six-month release cadence; Project Lilliput and compact object headers; nullability in Java; the impact of Python; and the One Billion Row Challenge.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3OPIH3E

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Upcoming Events:

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

qconlondon.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 9-10, 2025)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2025

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Save the date - October 2025)

QCon San Francisco 2025 (17-21, 2025)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

qconsf.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit New York (Save the date - December 2025)

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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Live from the QCon San Francisco Conference, we are talking with Denys Linkov, Head of Machine Learning at Voiceflow. Linkov shares insights on using micro metrics to refine large language models (LLMs), highlighting the importance of granular evaluation, continuous iteration, and rigorous prompt engineering to create reliable and user-focused AI systems.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/49tOvt8

Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies:

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Upcoming Events:

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

https://qconlondon.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 9-10, 2025)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2025

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Save the date - October 2025)

QCon San Francisco 2025 (17-21, 2025)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

https://qconsf.com/

InfoQ Dev Summit New York (Save the date - December 2025)

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

Follow InfoQ:

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Write for InfoQ:Learn and share the changes and innovations in professional software development.

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