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Coding Chats

John Crickett

On Coding Chats, John Crickett interviews software engineers of all levels from junior to CTO. He encourages the guests to share the stories of the challenges they have faced in their role and the strategies and tactics they have used to overcome those challenges providing actionable insights other software engineers can use to accelerate their careers.

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Episódios

87 episódios

  1. How I got into big tech with a non-traditional background. From hot furnaces to cool cloud computing 1:03:11
  2. Is plan mode dead? And other questions around the latest ChatGPT. 48:47
  3. The truth about technical scrum masters that most people miss 48:11
  4. I took CTO title not knowing what I was getting into 53:05
  5. Startup Advisor Secrets: Hiring, CTOs & Going From POC to Product 24:20
  6. AI Agents Have a Memory Problem (And You're Probably Making It Worse) 46:41
  7. I got into computers to avoid people then they put me in charge of them! 49:01
  8. The Death of Writing Code: OpenAI's Engineer on the Rise of Harness Engineering 50:00
  9. LLM as a Judge: Why Your AI Might Be Marking Its Own Homework 1:07:09
  10. Let it crash! How Erlang and BEAM build bullet proof software 37:15
  11. AI writes it. You own it. Don't ship AI slop 56:22
  12. AI assisted software engineering need leaders not coders 49:53
  13. Soft skills for software engineers - why coding isn't the hard part 54:41
  14. Build better tech teams with neurodiversity 46:22
  15. 5 mistakes start-up CTOs should avoid when scaling the tech team 1:01:35
  16. Why most companies are getting AI wrong and how to build a culture that actually adapts 54:16
  17. The benefits of speaking at tech conferences (even if you aren't an expert) 34:39
  18. Ona - the AI software engineer that works while you sleep. 49:14
  19. The Rust job market in 2026 36:30
  20. The impact of AI on software engineering and SaaS businesses 50:44
  21. The secret lives of SWEs: industrial automation and moving million dollar machines 42:27
  22. What to do when AI gets expensive and other CTO challenges 50:23
  23. Bearly building in public 1:06:16
  24. Mastering behavioural interviews with Austen McDonald 1:26:55
  25. Spec driven development and building better software with AI agents 41:54
  26. Building the Rig AI framework with Rust 35:44
  27. Coding Chats holiday special - John answers your questions about software engineering 8:12
  28. Should you ship code without feature flags? 39:46
  29. AI-assisted software engineering: challenges and opportunities 56:49
  30. So you think you can lead a team of software engineers? 36:33
  31. Rust in production at planet scale : lessons learned deploying Rust code to millions of devices 34:03
  32. The power of soft skills in software engineering 56:10
  33. Perfect your CV - a guide for software engineers 47:44
  34. Isograph: the future of data driven apps 56:43
  35. From fire fighting to AI pair programming: Shane Harger's journey 51:38
  36. How to manage technical debt with Lou Franco 56:16
  37. An introduction to cybersecurity - from physical breaches to digital intrusions 49:07
  38. Career growth strategies in software engineering: start-ups vs bigtech 48:33
  39. How to get jobs to come to you - a guide for staff+, directors, VPEngs and CTOs #jobhunting 1:13:28
  40. Unlocking developer experience: the key to productivity and flow state for software engineers 46:22
  41. How to collaborate with recruiters as an engineering leader to find the best software engineers 24:57
  42. How to become a non executive director in tech 54:23
  43. How to work with recruiters to find your next role - a guide for software engineers 26:11
  44. How curiosity can accelerate your career in tech 55:49
  45. How to transition into tech - Julianna's journey from classroom to coding. 36:02
  46. Using a side hustle and Build in Public to advance your software engineering career 41:45
  47. Revolutionizing Developer Experience with Ocuroot 43:05
  48. AI's Role in Software Development & Navigating the Divide: Data Science vs Software Engineering 50:52
  49. AI, management and situational leadership in software engineering 1:09:40
  50. From freelance software engineer to exited SaaS business owner. 1:19:41