Dev Interrupted
Dev Interrupted is the go-to podcast for software engineering leadership. Each week, hosts Andrew Zigler, Ben Lloyd Pearson, and Dan Lines sit down with industry experts to explore the strategies, struggles, and stories behind high-performing software teams. Paired with weekly industry news coverage, the conversations dive deep into the real challenges that define excellence in modern tech.
Podcasting since 2020 • 257 episodes
Dev Interrupted
Latest Episodes
The one where we vibe code holiday cards | Season 5 Finale
As the year draws to a close, the Dev Interrupted team reflects on a transformative year in engineering spanning the rise of RAG and vector databases to the emergence of agentic workflows. For the first time, we’re taking the conversation out o...
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Season 5
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Episode 51
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28:01
Why engineering leadership matters more than ever | Manoj Mohan
The common narrative suggests AI will make engineering leadership obsolete, but history - and the Industrial Revolution - suggests the opposite is true. Engineering executive Manoj Mohan joins the show live from ELC to argue that as code genera...
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Season 5
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Episode 50
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49:23
The hidden costs of pre-computing data | Chalk's Elliot Marx
Is your engineering team wasting budget and sacrificing latency by pre-computing data that most users never see? Chalk co-founder Elliot Marx joins Andrew Zigler to explain why the future of AI relies on real-time pipelines rather than traditio...
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Season 5
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Episode 49
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40:49
Are developers happy yet? Unpacking the 2025 Developer Survey | Stack Overflow’s Erin Yepis
After hitting a low point last year, developer job satisfaction is officially on the rise. Erin Yepis returns to the show to unpack the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, analyzing how autonomy and compensation are driving this recovery. We ...
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Season 5
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Episode 48
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59:58
From Kubernetes to AI maximalism | Stacklok's Craig McLuckie
When you co-create Kubernetes, you earn the right to have strong opinions on the next platform shift. This week, Ben sits down with Craig McLuckie, Co-founder & CEO of Stacklok, who is advocating for a shift in leadership mindset. He argues...
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Season 5
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Episode 47
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55:29