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Every long episode from The Pragmatic Engineer, read in minutes: the key takeaways, the chapters, and a digest of the whole conversation. Interviews about software engineering, Big Tech and startups. Highly relevant for developers and engineering leaders, useful for those working in tech. Writing The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter (the #1 newsletter for software engineers) and the author of The Software Engineer's G…
Scaling Uber with Thuan Pham (Uber’s first CTO)
Uber's former CTO Thuan Pham shares high-leverage lessons from scaling Uber, emphasizing necessity-driven engineering, the power of relationships, and the evolution of AI in software development.
Nicole Forsgren: Leading high-performing engineering teams in the age of AI - The Pragmatic Summit
AI accelerates coding but exposes systemic bottlenecks in reviews, deployments, and processes, requiring a focus on agent experience and human systems to maintain delivery speed and quality.
Product-minded engineers in an AI-native world
Product engineers focus on user impact and value, blending technical skills with product vision to build 10x better products.
Simon Willison: Engineering practices that make coding agents work - The Pragmatic Summit
Coding agents are transforming development. Focus on test-driven development (TDD), sandboxing, and template-driven development to leverage AI for higher quality, faster code.
Building WhatsApp with Jean Lee
WhatsApp's success stemmed from extreme focus, minimal process, and a grandma-first quality standard, enabling a small team to build a global product.
From IDEs to AI Agents with Steve Yegge
AI is rapidly changing software engineering, moving from code completion to agent orchestration. This shift necessitates adaptation, impacting job roles, company structures, and the very definition of productivity.
Uber: Leading engineering through an agentic shift - The Pragmatic Summit
Uber's agentic AI shift leverages AI to augment engineers, moving from automating toil to enabling superhuman productivity and focusing on creative work.
Ramp: Lessons from Building a New AI Product - The Pragmatic Summit
Ramp shares lessons on building AI products, emphasizing a single agent with many skills, iterative development, and a culture shift for faster, impactful delivery.