Coding Chats
by John Crickett
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How I got into big tech with a non-traditional background. From hot…
How I got into big tech with a non-traditional background. From hot…
About this podcast
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.
Episodes
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- How I got into big tech with a non-traditional background. From hot furnaces to cool cloud computing · 1 h 3 minCoding Chats Episode 84 - John talks to Raj, who spent over ten years maintaining COBOL on mainframes before becoming a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS, with no computer…
- Is plan mode dead? And other questions around the latest ChatGPT. · 49 minCoding Chats Episode 83 - In this episode, VB from OpenAI’s developer experience team explains why he thinks plan mode is obsolete and how coding agents have shifted from…
- The truth about technical scrum masters that most people miss · 48 minCoding Chats Episode 82 - John talks with Dave Westgarth, head of delivery at a Databricks consultancy. Dave shares his path from a psychology degree and McDonald's into tech…
- I took CTO title not knowing what I was getting into · 53 minCoding Chats Episode 81 - Ben Howdle talks to John Crickett about being a first time CTO in a start-up. Ben, author of The First CTO, shares what changes when you move from…
- Startup Advisor Secrets: Hiring, CTOs & Going From POC to Product · 24 minCoding Chats Episode 80 - start-up advisor Alexander Berkovich shares his expertise on building successful start-ups, hiring strategies, CTO roles, and the importance of…
- AI Agents Have a Memory Problem (And You're Probably Making It Worse) · 47 minCoding Chats Episode 79 - Richmond Alake, Director of AI Developer Experience at Oracle, joins John to discuss agent memory — how AI agents store, retrieve, and adapt to…
- I got into computers to avoid people then they put me in charge of them! · 49 minCoding Chats Episode 78 - John Crickett talks to Robert Harris, an experienced engineering leader. Robert shares hard-won lessons from years of leading software teams, drawing on…
- The Death of Writing Code: OpenAI's Engineer on the Rise of Harness Engineering · 50 minCoding Chats Episode 77 — Arnaud Fournier, Forward Deployed Engineer at OpenAI, talks to John Crickett about how AI is fundamentally reshaping software engineering. He explores…
- LLM as a Judge: Why Your AI Might Be Marking Its Own Homework · 1 h 7 minCoding Chats episode 76 - John talks to Laura Dietz - a computer science professor whose work focuses on whether AI evaluation metrics actually tell the truth. She's known for…
- Let it crash! How Erlang and BEAM build bullet proof software · 37 minCoding Chats episode 74 - Erik Stenman talks to John Crickett about the BEAM virtual machine — the runtime behind Erlang, Elixir, and Gleam. Built by Ericsson in the 1980s for…
- AI writes it. You own it. Don't ship AI slop · 56 minCoding Chats episode 74 - John Crickett talks to Nnenna Ndukwe, a developer advocate at Qodo, discussing how teams can maintain code quality in the age of AI coding tools. She…
- AI assisted software engineering need leaders not coders · 50 minCoding Chats episode 73 - John Crickett interviews Benjamen Pyle across topics ranging from tech influencer trust to the software engineer vs. craftsman debate. Benjamen argues…
- Soft skills for software engineers - why coding isn't the hard part · 55 minCoding Chats episode 72 - Charles Humble and John Crickett explore why professional skills — communication, critical thinking, and documentation — are arguably more important…
- Build better tech teams with neurodiversity · 46 minCoding Chats episode 71 - Anita Kalmane-Boot talks to John Crickett about neurodiversity, its spectrum, strengths, challenges, and how organizations can foster inclusive…
- 5 mistakes start-up CTOs should avoid when scaling the tech team · 1 h 1 minCoding Chats episode 70 - Aaron LeClair discusses the top five mistakes startup CTOs make, covering everything from misunderstanding development pipelines to failing to make the…
- Why most companies are getting AI wrong and how to build a culture that actually adapts · 54 minCoding Chats episode 69 - John Crickett and Sairam Sundaresan discuss the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and its implications for learning, software…
- The benefits of speaking at tech conferences (even if you aren't an expert) · 35 minCoding Chats episode 68 - Paulina Dubas shares her experiences and insights on the importance of public speaking at conferences, the challenges engineers face in communication…
- Ona - the AI software engineer that works while you sleep. · 49 minCoding Chats episode 67 - Matt Boyle discusses the innovative AI software engineering platform, Ona, which aims to enhance productivity by automating coding tasks and managing…
- The Rust job market in 2026 · 37 minCoding Chats episode 66 - Alex Garella discusses the current state of the Rust job market, highlighting its mixed nature amidst broader software development trends. He emphasizes…
- The impact of AI on software engineering and SaaS businesses · 51 minCoding Chats episode 65 - Mike Rispoli discusses his experience of building a Loom replacement through vibe coding, the economic implications of AI for small agencies, and the…
