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286 - Darwin, Science and Programming with Kate Holterhoff Jan 01, 2026

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In this episode I talk with Kate Holterhoff, senior analyst at RedMonk, about her PhD research on Darwin's methods, speculation in science, and how 19th century evolutionary thinking influenced literature. We discuss epistemology, conjecture and criticism, and how these ideas connect to programming.

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285 - Michael Ferranti, Chief Marketing Officer at Unleash Dec 31, 2025

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In this episode I talk with Michael Ferranti from Unleash about feature flags, trunk-based development, and why DevOps metrics alone aren't sufficient. We discuss FeatureOps—focusing on customer outcomes rather than just code delivery—plus the "three voices" (engineering, business, customer) and AI's role in accelerating feedback loops.

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284 - Josef Strzibny, Author of Deployment from Scratch and the Kamal Handbook Dec 31, 2025

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In this episode I talk with Josef Strzibny about his books Deployment from Scratch and Kamal Handbook, the economics of info products in the Ruby space, his new project Lake AI, and his road trip through the Balkans. We also compare driving cultures across Europe and the US.

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283 - Tom Akehurst, CTO and Co-Founder at WireMock Dec 31, 2025

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In this episode I talk with Tom Akehurst, CTO and Co-founder at WireMock, about API mocking, testing philosophy (verification vs specification, contracts, the testing pyramid), inner vs outer loop development, and MCP (Model Context Protocol) for integrating AI coding tools with external services.

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282 - Jarrett Yew Dec 31, 2025

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In this episode I talk with Jarrett Yew about his 10-year programming journey, early freelancing failures, working with difficult clients, and we go deep on AGI, neuroscience, spatial reasoning in language, and David Deutsch's theories on perception.

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281 - Rafael Masson and Craig Kerstiens Dec 31, 2025

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In this episode I talk with Raphael Masson, CTO of Missive, and Craig Kerstiens from Crunchy Data. We cover bootstrapping Missive from a side project (Conference Badge), growing from 3 to 15 employees, migrating off Heroku, and why most developers underutilize Postgres.

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280 - Mike Bowers, Chief Architect at FairCom Corporation Dec 31, 2025

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In this episode I talk with Mike Bowers, Chief Architect at Faircom, about ISAM—the bare-metal database layer that predates SQL and powers stock trading systems. We cover Faircom's pivot into industrial IoT, their JSON/SQL hybrid approach, and discuss AI, consciousness, and the symbol grounding problem.

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279 - Mike Mroczka, Author of Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview Dec 31, 2025

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In this episode I talk with Mike Mroczka about his book Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview. We discuss why algorithmic interviews persist, how AI has disrupted hiring, and why personal branding matters more than ever. Mike shares strategies for bypassing flooded job applications by contacting hiring managers directly.

278 - Austin Chadwick and Chris Lucian, Co-Hosts of the Mob Mentality Show Dec 22, 2025

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In this episode I talk with Austin Chadwick and Chris Lucian about AI and machine learning. We discuss why LLMs may not lead to AGI, the history of AI funding, the philosophy of induction versus explanation, and my robot project idea for building intelligence from sensory experience up.

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277 - Gregory Kapfhammer Dec 04, 2025

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In this episode I talk with Gregory Kapfhammer about flaky tests. We cover their five main causes, why fixing individual flaky tests isn't enough, and how test suite health connects to broader engineering practices, team culture, and the overall quality mindset of an organization.

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