There is no golden path anymore: Engineering practices are being rewritten
How do leaders ensure alignment, autonomy, and productivity as engineering practices continue to evolve?

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How do leaders ensure alignment, autonomy, and productivity as engineering practices continue to evolve?
AI is no longer just a luxury for the most tech savvy companies — it's now a necessity for organizational transformation. How are real teams successfully leveraging and innovating with these new tools?
In this episode of Leaders of Code, Jody Bailey, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Stack Overflow, sits down with Dane Knecht, the newly appointed Chief Technology Officer at Cloudflare.
Diverse, high-quality data is a prerequisite for reliable, effective, and ethical AI solutions.
Positioned at the intersection of automation, decision intelligence, and data orchestration, AI agents are quickly emerging as essential tools for aligning business outcomes with technical workflows.
What challenges do organizations face when adopting AI, and why is understanding its limitations key to success?
If velocity is just a tool and not a goal, how do you measure real success for engineering teams?
This post explores crucial lessons learned in the trenches of data licensing, drawing insights from Stack Overflow and the growing importance of socially responsible data practices in a changing internet landscape.
How can engineering teams move beyond traditional metrics like velocity to create real business impact?
Financial institutions face a balancing act between tech innovation and strict regulations. As customer expectations for improved user experience and demands from those tasked with enhancing features keep rising, engineering teams need to find a harmonious middle ground.
In this episode of Leaders of Code, we chat with guests from Lloyds Banking Group about their focus on engineering excellence and the need for organizations to adapt to new technologies while ensuring customer safety and meeting their expectations.
AI is not a linear process. To scale effectively, engineering leaders must account for varied edge cases, presenting a new set of challenges.
On this episode of Leaders of Code, Maureen Makes, VP of Engineering at Recursion, discusses AI's role in drug discovery, scaling and integration challenges, and the importance of innovation in achieving the high standards desired.
AI is changing how we think about coding. While tools evolve, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity remain the essential skills for top developers.
In this episode of Leaders of Code, host Ben Popper, Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar, and GitLab Field CTO Lee Faus explore how GenAI is reshaping software development practices.
In the first episode of our new podcast series, Leaders of Code, we sat down with Don Woodlock, Head of Global Healthcare Solutions at InterSystems, and Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar to discuss data strategy's critical role in AI development.
In our very first episode, Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar talks to Don Woodlock, Head of Global Healthcare Solutions at InterSystems, about the challenges in their AI journey and the critical role of a robust data strategy in any successful AI initiative.
APIs have steadily become the backbone of AI systems, connecting data and tools seamlessly. Discover how they can drive scalable and secure training for AI models and intelligence automation.
It’s easy to generate code, but not so easy to generate good code.
It's time to delegate to the robots.
Ben Popper chats with Keith Babo, Head of Product at Solo.io, about how the API security landscape is changing in the era of GenAI. They talk through the role of governance in AI, the importance of data protection, and the role API gateways play in enhancing security and functionality. Keith shares his insights on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, protecting PII, and the necessity of human-in-the-loop AI development.
Austin Spiegel, CTO and co-founder of Sift, tells Ben and Ryan about his journey from studying film to working at SpaceX to founding Sift.
The internet is changing once again: it is becoming more fragmented as the separation between sources of knowledge and how users interact with that knowledge grows.