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Context engineering with Dex Horthy
Dex Horthy explains why context engineering is key to building more effective AI-assisted software without sacrificing code quality.
Jul 15
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Gergely Orosz
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1:32:23
The Pragmatic Engineer AMA
In this AMA episode, Gergely Orosz answers listener questions on AI, engineering, hiring, and careers.
Jul 8
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Gergely Orosz
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1:18:21
CI/CD with Robert Erez
Robert Erez of Octopus Deploy joins me to discuss Kubernetes, GitOps, progressive delivery, AI in CI/CD, and the evolving practices behind modern…
Jun 17
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Gergely Orosz
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1:14:47
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
Kelsey Hightower reflects on his journey from self-taught technician to Google Distinguished Engineer, sharing lessons on open source, Kubernetes, AI…
Jun 3
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Gergely Orosz
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2:51:09
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad
Dax Raad, co-founder of OpenCode, joins the show to discuss their explosive growth, the limits of AI coding tools, and why engineering judgment still…
May 27
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Gergely Orosz
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1:20:05
AI’s impact on software engineers in 2026: key trends, Part 2
Tradeoffs of AI tooling, why adopting AI at company-level is hard, what’s changed in two years, and more. The third and final part of a series analyzing…
May 19
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Gergely Orosz
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Elin Nilsson
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The Pulse: Forward deployed engineering heats up again
Also: a look into rising tech job losses, self-reporting 100% AI usage at big companies, vibe coding & agentic engineering merging, and more
May 14
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Gergely Orosz
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TypeScript, C# and Turbo Pascal with Anders Hejlsberg
Anders Hejlsberg reflects on building Turbo Pascal, C#, and TypeScript, and shares what AI may change about the future of software engineering.
May 13
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Gergely Orosz
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1:15:09
The Pulse: Did capacity shortages turn Anthropic hostile to devs?
Also: Amazon finally allows engineers to use Claude Code and Codex, Meta forcefully assigns engineers to data labelling work ahead of layoffs, more…
May 7
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Gergely Orosz
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Building Pi, and what makes self-modifying software so fascinating
Mario Zechner, creator of Pi, joins Armin Ronacher to explore AI coding’s limits, arguing that human judgment still matters most in an agent-driven…
Apr 29
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Gergely Orosz
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1:33:07
The Pulse: AI token spending out of control – what’s next?
Details from 15 tech companies on the rapid growth of token spend, and their responses to it. Also: AI vendors can’t keep up with demand, plummeting…
Apr 23
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse: ‘Tokenmaxxing’ as a weird new trend
… which will probably be the shortest-lived trend because it’s so wasteful. Also: coding AI agent subsidies could be ending, Cal.com going closed source…
Apr 16
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Gergely Orosz
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