All Episodes

Chapter Sep 03, 2026 •24:12

E13 Bonus: From Airbnb's Chronon Engine to Enterprise Real-Time Feature Compute with Varant Zanoyan, Co-Founder & CEO of Zipline AI

Engineering Leadership AI & Machine Learning Software Architecture Scaling Systems LLM & Generative AI AI Agents

Varant Zanoyan was born in Washington DC, and grew up there and in Switzerland as well. He now lives in the Bay Area, specifically San Mateo. He's spent …

Chapter Sep 02, 2026 •24:26

S13 Bonus: The AI DBA Shift: Automating Database Reliability & Performance with Itamar Syn-Hershko, Founder & CEO of NeverBlink

Engineering Leadership Data Engineering DevOps Database Design Observability & Monitoring

Itamar Syn-Hershko has been a tech guy since he was a wee lad - IE he was teaching his kindergarten teachers how to use their computers. He learned …

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Chapter № 002 Sep 01, 2026 •35:23

S13 E2: Securing Enterprise GenAI: Data Privacy & Security Guardrails with Steven Walchek, Founder & CEO of Liminal

Engineering Leadership AI & Machine Learning Security & Compliance Software Architecture Enterprise Software Identity & Access

Steven Walchek is originally from the Bay Area in California, but lives in Denver now. He's been there for 8 years with his family. He comes from a …

Chapter Aug 27, 2026 •19:04

S13 Bonus: The Intention Layer: Why Coding Agents Need Product Judgment with Drew Dillon, Founder & CEO of Brief

Product Development Engineering Leadership AI & Machine Learning AI Agents AI Integration Product-Market Fit

Drew Dillon is a tech founder and product leader, centered in the Bay Area. He is a person who likes to do a bit of everything, having an …

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Chapter № 003 Aug 26, 2026 •27:56

S13 Bonus: Why Local On-Device AI Compute is the Future of Privacy with Behnam Bastani, Co-Founder & CEO of OpenInfer

AI & Machine Learning Software Architecture Scaling Systems

Behnam Bastani is originally from Tehran, Iran. He left the country at the age of 17, setting out for Canada, where he got his Masters and PhD, before …

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Chapter № 001 Aug 25, 2026 •26:55

S13 E1: The Token Winter Is Coming: Why Code Inflation Fails to Ship Real Business Value with Dave Garcia, Founder & Co-CEO of Pensero

Engineering Leadership AI & Machine Learning Developer Tools Software Architecture Scaling Systems DevOps

Dave Garcia is originally from Barcelona, and recently moved stateside, to the East Coast. He started coding when he was 7 years old, on a Commodore 64, in …

Chapter Aug 18, 2026 •36:46

S12 Favorite - Overcoming Broken Right-Sizing Models to Automate Real-Time Cloud Cost Optimization with Sharad Kumar & Harshit Omar, Co-Founders of FluidCloud

DevOps Automation Cloud Architecture

Sharad Kumar lives in Pleasanton, California with his wife and 2 kids. He enjoys playing all musical instruments, and spending time with his family. He has a 2 …

Chapter Aug 13, 2026 •28:45

S12 Favorite - Rewriting the Rules of End-User Computing and the Rise of Autonomous, Agentic AI IT Operations with Yoni Avital, Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist of ControlUp

Automation AI Agents AI Integration

Yoni Avital lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, with his wife and 3 older children. The oldest kid is a boy, so Yoni and he try to see as …

Chapter Aug 11, 2026 •24:31

S12 Favorite - Making AI Deterministic for Developers and their Agents, with Patrick Vuong of Moderne

Developer Tools AI Agents AI Integration

Today, we have a special guest on the Code Story podcast - Patrick Vuong, Director of Product at Moderne. Moderne is the agent tools company, building the. Knowledge, …

Chapter Aug 06, 2026 •23:56

S12 Bonus: Rickard's Deterministic Return: Converting Scattered Data into Autonomous, Production-Grade Apps with Rickard Hansson, Founder & CEO of Gainable

LLM & Generative AI AI Agents AI Integration

We have a special return episode, by our good friend Rickard Hansson. Rickard joined us previously on the podcast in Season 8 to tell the creation story of …

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Chapter № 030 Aug 04, 2026 •27:41

S12 E30: Wastewater Guardians: Automating Biology to Protect Clean Water with Virginia Szepietowski, Co-Founder of Nyad AI

Automation AI Agents AI Integration

Virginia Szepietowski grew up in the UK outside of London, and now lives in Alabama. She's had a winding path to her current venture, including body building, triathlons, …

Chapter Jul 30, 2026 •32:17

S12 Bonus: The App-Aware Illusion: Why Infinite Compute Fails Without Underlying Infrastructure Accountability and the Case for "Boring" IT with Richard Luna, President & Founder of Protected Harbor

Infrastructure Cloud Architecture Observability & Monitoring

Richard Luna grew up in New York, never living more than 35 from where he grew up. He is a self proclaimed super nerd, and has been one …