Refactoring Podcast

Mar 06 2025 35 ep. 56 mins 43
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Weekly interviews with world-class engineering leaders about writing great software and working well with humans.

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The Future of Creative Organizations ✏️ — with Dan Shipper

Mar 06 2025 48 mins  
Today's guest is Dan Shipper!Dan is the CEO and founder of Every, which is one of the world's most popular publications, writing about AI and our relationship with technology. And Dan is one of my heroes. His newsletter was the first I ever paid for on Substack, and single-handedly inspired me to start Refactoring. But he doesn't know. I will tell him during the intervi

Combining AI and Human Work 🤖 — with Marco Trombetti

Feb 24 2025 67 mins  
Today's guest is Marco Trombetti!Marco is the CEO and founder of Translated, one of the largest translation companies in the world, powering translations for the likes of Airbnb, Uber, Skyscanner, and more.Translated is also an AI pioneer. It has developed its own models for more than 20 years and has recently released the most advanced translation LLM in the world.With Marco,

User-experience, Local-first apps and dev tools 🔧 — with Adam Wiggins

Feb 06 2025 48 mins  
Today's guest is Adam Wiggins! Adam is the General Manager of Platform at The Browser Company and co-founder of Heroku. With Adam, we talked about innovating user experience in software and AI, we discussed what Local-first software means and we explored the future of developer tools. (02:49) Introduction (04:01) Adam's journey in tech (06:15) The rise of developer exper

Growing the development forest 🌲 — with Martin Fowler

Jan 23 2025 60 mins  
Today's guest is Martin Fowler! Martin is chief scientist at ThoughtWorks. He is one of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto and author of several legendary books, among which there is Refactoring, which shares the name with this podcast and this newsletter. With Martin, we talked about the impact of AI on software development, from the development process to how

Profitable Engineering 🛠️ — with Aviv Ben Josef

Dec 05 2024 58 mins  
Today's guest is Aviv Ben Josef! Aviv has more than 20 years of experience in tech. He is an executive coach working with hundreds of engineering teams and leaders. With Aviv, we talked about profitable engineering, what makes engineering valuable, why impact is hard to measure,and what are the cultural and organizational traits that make engineering teams successful. (01:43) In

The Evolution of Engineering Management 👑 — with Pat Kua

Nov 07 2024 53 mins  
Today's guest is Pat Kua! Pat is a professional engineering and leadership coach with more than 20 years of experience in tech. He was CTO of N26 and principal consultant at ThoughtWorks. He is an accomplished speaker and writes an awesome newsletter for tech leaders called Level Up. With Pat, we talked about his journey in tech, from Australia to London to Berlin. We talked abou

Career frameworks for Engineers and Managers 🪜 — with Francesco Dominidiato

Oct 31 2024 69 mins  
Today's guest is Francesco Dominidiato! Francesco Dominidiato is CTO at Moneyfarm, one of the largest wealth management companies in Europe, and former CTO at high-growth startups like Casavo and Docebo. During his career he scaled organizations from zero to hundreds of employees, and has incredible experience at all levels: from leading small teams to NASDAQ-listed companies. W

Technical Storytelling at Google ✏️ — with Stephanie Wong

Oct 18 2024 52 mins  
Today's guest is Stephanie Wong! Stephanie is the Head of Technical Marketing at Google Cloud, where she blends storytelling and technology to inspire developers and build customer growth. She’s an award-winning host, global keynote speaker, and creator of viral tech content. With Stephanie, we talked about her journey from sales to content creation to product management and g

Communication Engineering 💬 — with Pramoda Vyasarao

Oct 03 2024 61 mins  
Today's guest is Pramoda Vyasarao! Pramoda is a leadership and communication coach, he has 20+ years of experience in big tech, wrote the book “Beyond Your Limits”, and runs a course called Communication Engineering With Pramoda, we will talk about what good communication looks like, especially for engineers and managers, how it impacted his career and the career of the lead

Founder Mode & The Manager’s Path 👑 — with Camille Fournier

Sep 19 2024 58 mins  
Today's guest is Camille Fournier! Camille is an accomplished CTO and executive with 20+ years of experience in tech, and author of the timeless The Manager’s Path, possibly the most influential book ever about engineering management. With Camille we talked about good vs bad management, the controversial new founder mode, career advice for managers and her next book about