Best DEV PATEL Podcasts (2025)

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Explaining Eval Engineering | Galileo's Vikram Chatterji 37:14

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You've heard of evaluations—but eval engineering is the difference between AI that ships and AI that's stuck in prototype. Most teams still treat evals like unit tests: write them once, check a box, move on. But when you're deploying agents that make real decisions, touch real customers, and cost real money, those one-time tests don't cut it. The c…

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Creating Our Own Reality with Elisabeth Carson 37:59

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Today, we meet Elisabeth Carson, a trauma-informed transformational leader, coach, and global speaker. Elisabeth shares her compelling journey from a tumultuous past to a multifaceted present, emphasizing her deep spiritual awakening and commitment to inner work. She discusses the significant impact of her adoption on her life, the importance of sh…

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Xbox No-Showed at The Game Awards, but There’s Good News – Unlocked 720 54:04

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We didn't get any reveals from Xbox at this year's Game Awards, but there's some very good news: we're going to see a lot more from them very soon. We talk all about what Xbox's 2026 Developer Direct might look like, and then discuss our favorite Game Awards reveals. This weeks show is hosted by Ryan McCaffrey, Miranda Sanchez, Michael Higham, and …

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Why engineering leadership matters more than ever | Manoj Mohan 49:23

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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 generation costs drop, the demand for high-level judgment and strategic oversight will only skyrocket. He breaks…

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Does Xbox’s Next Gen Start in 2026? – Unlocked 719 58:19

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Our Xbox crew kicks off by going over IGN's nominees for Best Xbox Game of 2025 before giving our individual picks, and then we get to the big topic this week: new comments by Xbox's VP of Next-Gen that seem to suggest we're getting SOMETHING next year. Whether that's just an announcement or an actual console as well remains to be seen, but we disc…

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Exploring Religious Trauma with Carl Lentz and Dr. Teddy Reeves 54:06

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Today, Devi shares a conversation that she leads at the Mental Wealth Expo discussing the profound impact of religious trauma and the courageous work of reclaiming personal agency and trust. Devi shares the stage with Dr. Teddy Reeves, Senior Curator of Religion at the Smithsonian, and Carl Lentz, a former pastor and current strategist at Transform…

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The hidden costs of pre-computing data | Chalk's Elliot Marx 40:49

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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 traditional storage. They dive into solving compute challenges for major fintechs, the value of incrementalism, El…

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Awakened Sleep with Dr Sheila Patel & Dr Suhas Kshirsagar 56:20

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In this episode of Deeply Well, host Devi Brown introduces listeners to the importance of sleep in our well-being. Devi is joined by esteemed guests, Dr. Suhas and Dr. Sheila Patel, both experts in Ayurvedic medicine. They discuss their new book, 'Awakened Sleep,' which explores the vital role that sleep plays in our health. The conversation highli…

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Splinter Cell Might Not Be Dead After All – Unlocked 718 1:19:03

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On this week's Xbox show, we've got good news on the long-dormant Splinter Cell Remake project that has us optimistic that a new Sam Fisher adventure might actually see the light of day. Plus: GTA 6 suffers a small but very weird leak, IO Interactive has a full plate that includes Hitman 4, CD Projekt Red has set a very ambitious schedule for its u…

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Are developers happy yet? Unpacking the 2025 Developer Survey | Stack Overflow’s Erin Yepis 59:58

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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 also cover the happiness gap between senior and junior engineers, the surprising drop in trust for AI tool…

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Small Steps Forward with Nina Westbrook 41:12

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In this episode of Deeply Well, Devi welcomes Nina Westbrook, a licensed marriage and family therapist, entrepreneur, and mental health advocate. They discuss the importance of nurturing our inner worlds while actively engaging in our outer lives, covering aspects like relationships, work, and self-identity. Nina shares her journey, experiences, an…

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Debunking AI's Environmental Panic | Andy Masley 59:02

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AI is destroying the planet—or so we've been told. This week on Chain of Thought, we tackle one of the most persistent and misleading narratives in the AI conversation. Andy Masley, Director of Effective Altruism DC, joins host Conor Bronsdon to fact-check the absurd AI environmental claims you've heard at parties, in articles, and even in bestsell…

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From Kubernetes to AI maximalism | Stacklok's Craig McLuckie 55:29

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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 we need to move from asking if we can use AI to demanding to know why we can’t. Listen to hear why he believe…

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Major Nelson Shares His Xbox 360 Memories – Unlocked 717 1:26:00

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Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, the longtime public face of Xbox at Microsoft, joins us for a special Xbox 360 episode as the most successful Xbox console ever celebrates its 20th anniversary. Larry shares a ton of great stories and even shows off a bunch of rare souvenirs from that era. You're not going to want to miss this episode! Learn more about yo…

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The Winners from Xbox’s Partner Showcase (Fall 2025) – Unlocked 716 54:27

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The Winners from Xbox’s Partner Showcase (Fall 2025) – Unlocked 716We recorded this week's episode live immediately following Xbox's Fall 2025 Partner Preview showcase, where we got updated looks at known quantities like Reanimal, Tides of Annihilation, and 007: First Light. But we also got a number of reveals from intriguing new games like Erosion…

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The Divine Feminine with Meggan Watterson 56:20

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“Our ideas of the Divine affect the status of women and girls across time and history, and they deeply influence how we see ourselves.” Today, Devi welcomes the incomparable Meggan Watterson — feminist theologian, speaker, and author of Mary Magdalene Revealed and The Girl Who Baptized Herself. Together, they explore the divine power of sacred femi…

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The Critical Infrastructure Behind the AI Boom | Cisco CPO Jeetu Patel 1:18:10

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AI is accelerating at a breakneck pace, but model quality isn’t the only constraint we face.. There are major infrastructure requirements, energy needs, security, and data pipelines to run AI at scale. This week on Chain of Thought, Cisco’s President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel joins host Conor Bronsdon to reveal what it actually takes to…

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Speed is the moat | AMD’s Anush Elangovan 52:21

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In the race to define the future of AI, what's the one advantage that truly lasts? It's not proprietary tech, argues Anush Elangovan, VP of AI Software at AMD, but the sustainable speed of innovation. He explains why AMD is rejecting the "walled garden" model for its open source ROCm stack, betting that an open community flywheel is the key to vict…

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Balancing Strategy and Soul with Alexys Feaster 1:23:12

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In this heartfelt episode of 'Deeply Well,’ Devi welcomes visionary strategist and community leader Alexys Feaster. They discuss Feaster's journey through various impactful roles, including her work with the NBA, President Obama's reelection campaign, and producing influential media projects. The conversation touches on transcending career titles, …

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GTA 6’s Delay Hits Xbox Extra Hard – Unlocked 715 1:34:56

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In a jam-packed episode of our Xbox show, we discuss Grand Theft Auto 6's delay and how it hits Xbox harder than any other publisher. Plus: Valve's new Steam Machine will seemingly be competing directly with Xbox's next-gen console/PC hybrid efforts, Halo Infinite's support is in fact finite, why we think Mass Effect 5 is BioWare's last chance as a…

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Beyond Transformers: Maxime Labonne on Post-Training, Edge AI, and the Liquid Foundation Model Breakthrough 52:30

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The transformer architecture has dominated AI since 2017, but it’s not the only approach to building LLMs - and new architectures are bringing LLMs to edge devices Maxime Labonne, Head of Post-Training at Liquid AI and creator of the 67,000+ star LLM Course, joins Conor Bronsdon to challenge the AI architecture status quo. Liquid AI’s hybrid archit…

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How spec-driven development is changing the rules | AWS’ Amit Patel 50:30

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What is "spec-driven development," and why is this structured approach the key to unlocking complex AI projects? We're joined by Amit Patel, Director of Software Development for Kiro at AWS, to explore this methodology. He explains why "vibe coding" in a chat window fails on multi-day initiatives: the AI (and the developer) loses context. Kiro solv…

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The Outer Worlds 2’s Game Director Joins the Podcast! – Unlocked 714 50:04

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Our special guest this week is Obsidian's Brandon Adler, the Game Director on The Outer Worlds 2. He tells us about how the team's new RPG has been received so far, what kind of stuff hit the cutting room floor, what got prototyped but never made it into the game, how other games influence them, getting advice from the RPG legends in the building, …

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Multitasking is a Myth - with Dr. Zelana 46:08

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In this episode of Deeply Well, Devi sits down with Dr. Zelana Montminy, a leading behavioral scientist and resilience expert, to discuss the urgent issue of focusing in our distraction-laden world. Dr. Zelana shares insights from her new book, 'Finding Focus: Own Your Attention in the Age of Distraction,' which offers practical strategies to recla…

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The CTO must now think like the CFO to survive | Sancus Ventures’ Lake Dai 56:23

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AI is forcing engineering leaders to become part-CFO, part-governance expert, and part-business strategist. Are you ready for the shift? We're joined by Lake Dai, a globally recognized AI expert, professor at Carnegie Mellon, and founder of Sancus Ventures, to explore the new operating strategies required in an AI-first era. She explains why AI has…

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From Playing Mortal Kombat to Preserving It – Unlocked 713 1:36:50

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Old-school Xbox fans will get a little extra enjoyment out of this week's episode, which welcomes Ryan's old Official Xbox Magazine podcasting partner Dan Amrich, now a developer at Digital Eclipse, for a KOXM Radio reunion to discuss his team's comprehensive new release, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection. Dan goes into great detail about how much m…

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Falling Into Presence: What This Season Is Teaching Me with Devi Brown 45:49

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In this cozy solo episode of Deeply Well, host Devi Brown invites listeners into a soft embrace of the fall season, a time of slowing down, savoring the moment, and reconnecting with what truly matters. With warmth and honesty, Devi shares her growing appreciation for the colors, scents, and the spirit of autumn, reflecting on the quiet joy that ca…

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How leaders win over their team’s biggest AI skeptics | Superhuman’s Loic Houssier 46:18

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Forget top-down mandates. How do you foster organic AI adoption on a skeptical, high-performing engineering team? Loic Houssier, Head of Engineering at Superhuman, joins us to share how he did just that. He explains his strategy for overcoming cynicism, which involved leveraging a highly respected internal champion, the Chief Architect, to re-evalu…

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What We Think of Ninja Gaiden 4 and the Halo 1 Remake – Unlocked 712 1:38:36

2M ago1:38:36

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We remember original Xbox Ninja Gaiden director Tomonobu Itagaki upon the unfortunate news of his passing before discussing the first new mainline Ninja Gaiden game in 13 years, NInja Gaiden 4. Plus: Ryan went on a field trip to Halo Studios and brought back hands-on impressions of Halo: Campaign Evolved, the just-announced remake of Halo: Combat E…

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The Grace in Letting Go with Devi Brown 41:58

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In this reflective episode of Deeply Well, host Devi Brown opens up about the often tender and necessary process of growth, release, and self-renewal. With honesty and care, she speaks to the natural evolution of relationships and how part of healing sometimes means letting go. Devi invites listeners into a conversation about what it means to shed …

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AI isn't for cutting costs, it's for multiplying impact | Super.com's Matt Culver 47:49

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Is your company using AI to trim your budget, or to multiply your team's impact? We're joined by Matt Culver, a senior engineering leader at Super.com, to discuss why the common view of AI as a tool for cost-cutting is a misguided "accounting mindset" that ultimately destroys trust. He argues that leaders should instead see efficiency gains from AI…

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Keeper Devs Tim Schafer and Lee Petty Stop By! – Unlocked 711 1:12:14

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Game design legend and Double Fine Productions Studio Head Tim Schafer returns to Unlocked along with Keeper Project Director Lee Petty to talk about their new living-lighthouse game, Keeper! It's out now and it's awesome. In our spoiler-free conversation, Lee and Tim tell us about the project's origins, using Unreal Engine 5, the importance of mak…

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The Healing Power of Medicinal Herbs with Dr. Erin Stokes 1:00:29

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Today, Dr. Erin Stokes, naturopathic doctor and medical director at WishGarden Herbs, explores how herbal wisdom can help us reconnect with our most authentic selves, which means restoring balance, bringing calm, and really amplifying the resilience we have for our everyday life. Devi and Dr Stokes discuss the journey of healing, transcending throu…

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The timelessness of vector databases | Pinecone’s Ram Sriharsha 48:16

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With massive context windows and new agent frameworks, do vector databases still matter? Ram Sriharsha, CTO at Pinecone, joins the conversation to make the definitive case that they're more critical than ever. He explains that at the core of all AI is search, and externalizing this function is non-negotiable for security, auditability, and control.…

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Redefining Community with Nike Aurea 58:01

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What does it mean to build and belong to community? Not just in theory, but in practice, with care and intention. She’s joined by the thoughtful and deeply insightful Nike Aurea, an inclusion consultant, educator, and host of The Catalyst Podcast. Together, they explore what it takes to create communities rooted in shared values — communities that …

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How We’d Fix Xbox’s Game Pass Pricing Problem – Unlocked 710 1:32:06

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More fallout from last week's Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike as DLC discounts on Game Pass get eliminated in favor of Rewards points, as well as a possible cause of the 50% price increase. We discuss how we'd fix this pricing problem Microsoft's created. Plus: Microsoft squashes a rumor about its future hardware intentions, a free version of Xb…

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Architecting AI Agents: The Shift from Models to Systems | Aishwarya Srinivasan, Fireworks AI Head of AI Developer Relations 53:25

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Most AI agents are built backwards, starting with models instead of system architecture. Aishwarya Srinivasan, Head of AI Developer Relations at Fireworks AI, joins host Conor Bronsdon to explain the shift required to build reliable agents: stop treating them as model problems and start architecting them as complete software systems. Benchmarks alo…

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Is Agentforce the future of enterprise vibe coding? | Salesforce’s Dan Fernandez 1:06:59

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Vibe coding is a developer's dream, but in the enterprise, it can be a nightmare of risk and shadow IT. So how do you saddle the 'wild horse' of modern AI development? Dan Fernandez, VP of Product Management, Developer Services at Salesforce, joins the conversation to share the answer: a new category his team is pioneering called Enterprise Vibe Co…

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And Now Game Pass Prices Are Going Up Too – Unlocked 709 1:28:48

3M ago1:28:48

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It's all about dollars and cents (sense?) on this week's episode of IGN's weekly Xbox show, as we're discussing Microsoft's massive price hike on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, along with the final tough-to-stomach price of the Xbox ROG Ally X, and EA's record-breaking $55 billion go-private deal. 00:00:00 - Intro00:01:53 - Xbox ROG Ally X Price Revealed…

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Daily Love Notes with Michelle Maros 53:37

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The accidental algorithm: Melisa Russak, AI research scientist at WRITER 21:09

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This week, we're doing something special and sharing an episode from another podcast we love: The Humans of AI by our friends at Writer. We're huge fans of their work, and you might remember Writer's CEO, May Habib, from the inaugural episode of our own show. From The Humans of AI: Learn how Melisa Russak, lead research scientist at WRITER, stumble…

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Building the internet’s next infrastructure layer | Cloudflare's Brendan Irvine-Broque 53:34

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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is evolving beyond local developer experiments and into the secure, remote infrastructure that will power the next generation of the internet. Brendan Irvine-Broque, Director of Product at Cloudflare, joins us to share a roadmap for this future. He explains how Cloudflare's "customer zero" philosophy of dogfooding t…

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Xbox Raises Console Prices…Again – Unlocked 708 1:17:16

2M ago1:17:16

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Our main topic is one we'd rather not have to discuss, but unfortunately, here we go again with Xbox console price hikes. We talk about our thoughts on the bigger picture of these higher-than-ever prices five years into this console generation. Plus: we've got fun stuff to talk about too, such as Forza Horizon 6's reveal and Japan setting, plus Hid…

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You Are Chosen with Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon 1:08:16

3M ago1:08:16

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In this episode of The Deeply Well Podcast, host Devi Brown shares space with the inspiring Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon - a visionary, author, and the force behind The Village Market. Together, they hold an honest and soul-centered conversation about what it means to lead, heal, and build with intention, especially within the Black community. Dr. Key open…

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If Code Generation is Solved What's Next? | Graphite’s Greg Foster 54:39

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The incredible velocity of AI coding tools has shifted the critical bottleneck in software development from code generation to code reviews. Greg Foster, Co-Founder & CTO of Graphite, joins the conversation to explore this new reality, outlining the three waves of AI that are leading to autonomous agents spawning pull requests in the background. He…

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Making tech literacy irrelevant | Infactory’s Ken Kocienda 54:21

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What do you learn after spending 15 years at Apple and demoing your work directly to Steve Jobs? Ken Kocienda, Co-founder of Infactory AI and author of Creative Selection, joins us to share the answer. As a former Principal Engineer at Apple who helped create the iPhone keyboard and autocorrect, Ken discusses his incredible journey from a history m…

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Small Intentional Choices with Devi Brown 40:18

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In this soft and soul-filled episode of Deeply Well, with Devi’s signature warmth and presence, she opens up about what’s been living in her heart lately: from precious moments with her seven-year-old son to the joy she finds in creating beauty through interior design, and the deep fulfillment of engaging in community with purpose. She shares the r…

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GTA 6: How Big Will its Pop Culture Impact Be? – Unlocked 707 1:07:44

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We begin IGN's Xbox show this week by discussing the alleged (but still unconfirmed as of recording) pricing of the Xbox ROG Ally X handheld gaming PC, including what the huge apparent gap in price between the base model and the top-end model means for each one. And then our main topic is around GTA 6: a new Rockstar job listing makes a big but fai…

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Why enterprise AI lives or dies on applied research | Contextual AI’s Elizabeth Lingg 54:12

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What does it take to transform a brilliant AI model from a research paper into a product customers can rely on? We're joined by Elizabeth Lingg, Director of Applied Research at Contextual AI (the team behind RAG), to explore the immense challenge of bridging the gap between the lab and the real world. Drawing on her impressive career at Microsoft, …

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Is Forza Horizon 6’s Reveal Imminent? – Unlocked 706 1:19:50

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With rumors swirling and Microsoft confirming a Tokyo Game Show livestream, we discuss whether or not we might be about to get a reveal of Forza Horizon 6. Plus: Hollow Knight: Silksong and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle DLC impressions, former Xbox and industry execs weigh in on Xbox Game Pass, and more! 00:00:00 - Intro & Humble Bundle00:03:4…