Best Dev Team Culture Podcasts (2025)

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Crypto's Killer App? 37:35

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14h ago37:35

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with @zcabrams @psneville @rhackett In this episode, Robert Hackett sits down with Sean Neville, cofounder of Circle and co-creator of the USDC stablecoin, and Zach Abrams, founder of Bridge (now part of Stripe), for a deep dive into the real story behind stablecoins, finding product-market fit, and the future of payments infrastructure. They explo…

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AI is a crystal ball into your codebase 34:54

2d ago34:54

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Ryan is joined by Kayvon Beykpour, CEO and founder of Microscope, to dive into AI-powered code review’s potential for managing large codebases, the need for humans-in-the-loop for reviewing PRs so AI tools can efficiently and effectively debug, and how AI can increase visibility through summarization at the abstract syntax tree level and high signa…

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Built by Humans – Security is not a geography problem | Zhenya Rozinskiy, Yash Kosaraju 17:18

3d ago17:18

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Some companies still blame remote regions for their security risks. In this episode, Zhenya Rozinskiy sits down with Yash Kosaraju, Chief Information Security Officer at Sendbird, to talk about what actually creates risk in tech companies. And why location is rarely the problem. They cover: • Why most breaches come from inside the office, not overs…

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Treating your agents like microservices 35:31

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Ryan is joined by Outshift by Cisco’s VP of Engineering Guillaume De Saint Marc to discuss the future of multi-agent architectures as microservices, the challenges and limitations of the infrastructure for these multi-agent systems, and the importance of communication protocols and interoperability in order to build decentralized and scalable archi…

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TradFi’s Tipping Point: Fidelity CEO Abigail Johnson on Stablecoins, Bitcoin, and Innovation Bets 42:17

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Every traditional financial institution faces the same dilemma: evolve or fall behind, build or buy. But when safety, predictability, and trust is paramount, how do traditional finance companies innovate? How do they place their innovation bets, and decide what to explore and not to explore? Fidelity Chairman and CEO Abigail P. Johnson shares an in…

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E109: Is Ethical AI in Game Dev Even Possible? 1:43:28

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If you're a leader in game dev who feels stuck, there is a path forward that levels up your leadership and accelerates your team, game, and career. Sign up here to learn more: https://forms.gle/nqRTUvgFrtdYuCbr6 Leadership in game dev is hard, but choosing to ignore the biggest technological shift of our generation is a high-stakes gamble. In this …

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Abstraction, but for robots 24:38

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Ryan welcomes Simone Kalmakis, VP of Engineering at Viam, to dive into how her team is bridging the gap between software and robotics, the importance of abstraction layers in making robotics more accessible, and the real-world applications of robotics from lobster traps to industrial sanding robots. Episode notes: Viam is a robotics platform that b…

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Built by Humans. Your Values Shape Your Team | Zhenya Rozinskiy, Brianna Rhue 26:26

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In this episode of Built by Humans, Zhenya Rozinskiy talks with Dr. Brianna Rhue, optometrist, Co-Founder and CEO of Dr. Contact Lens, and Co-Founder of TechifEYE. With her unique view, they discussed how values drive culture, accountability, and decision-making, whether the team is in the same building or spread across countries. They talk about: …

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Episode 490: How do I break into software dev from QA automation and underselling 26:14

9d ago26:14

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hi Dave and Jamison, I’ve been in QA/QA automation for 13 years now with a CS degree, and I’ve been trying to change my role to a software developer for a while. My only issue is that every time I brought my career aspirations to my managers they seemed to “not care” or give vague answers to…

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Episode 489: Ethical dilemma for a gambling app dev and ethical employers 34:57

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey Jamison and Dave, love your show! A question for you guys coming all the way from the Netherlands 🧀 I’ve started as a software engineer in a gambling company lately and the moral aspect of it bothers me a bit. And while listening to you talking about the importance of accessibility in th…

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Lightning-as-a-service for agriculture 21:30

13d ago21:30

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Darryl Lyons, co-founder and Chief Rainmaker at Rainstick, joins the show to dive into advancements in AgTech and how Rainstick is using bioelectricity to enhance agricultural productivity. They discuss how Rainstick mimics natural thunderstorms to create electric fields and frequencies that promote plant growth, challenges and breakthroughs in the…

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You’re probably underutilizing your GPUs 26:14

16d ago26:14

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Ryan is joined by Jared Quincy Davis, CEO and co-founder of Mithril, to explore the importance of efficient resource allocation and GPU utilization in AI, the myth and misconceptions of the GPU shortage, and how the economics of GPU will change with new scheduling and utilization strategies. Episode notes: Mithril’s omnicloud platform aggregates an…

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AI, Networks, and What Makes Consumer Products Win 43:32

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with @cdixon @illscience Welcome to web3 with a16z crypto. Today’s episode digs into the forces shaping the next generation of consumer software — from AI-driven tools to the new economics of apps. Joining is Chris Dixon, a16z crypto founder and managing partner and one of the firm’s original consumer investors. He sits down with a16z General Partn…

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Built by Humans: how remote teams really work | Zhenya Rozinskiy, Michel Baldin 22:37

11d ago22:37

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Working with remote teams is easy. Getting alignment is the hard part. In this episode, Zhenya Rozinskiy talks with Michel Baldin, VP of Product at milc group, about building software when half your team is in-house and the other half is outsourced. They cover: • Why classical outsourcing struggles without ownership • How incentives shape quality a…

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Episode 488: How do I survive in a culture of optics and jira slacker 30:38

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: Hey Dave and Jamison, Big fan of the show — listening from Portugal! (Proof that even across the Atlantic, software politics are universal.) I’m a tech lead, and lately I’ve noticed a culture where people seem to care way more about how things look than what actually gets done. It’s like the…

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Only you can stop AI database drops 32:13

20d ago32:13

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Ryan is joined by David Hsu, CEO and founder of Retool, to explore how AI is transforming the role of a software developer into a software architect, the increasing accessibility of coding for non-engineers, and the importance of placing guardrails and higher-level programming primitives on AI coding assistants. Episode notes: Retool is an enterpri…

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Pricing the Future (with Kalshi CEO) 23:29

22d ago23:29

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with @mansourtarek_ @rhackett In this episode of web3 with a16z crypto, host Robert Hackett talks with Kalshi Cofounder and CEO Tarek Mansour about how prediction markets are enabling people to trade directly on real-world events — from elections to inflation — and what this means for the future of finance and forecasting. Tarek explains why predic…

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E108: 3 Leadership Mistakes Quietly Crippling Your Game Studio 31:23

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If you're a leader in game dev who feels stuck, there is a path forward that levels up your leadership and accelerates your team, game, and career. Sign up here to learn more: https://forms.gle/nqRTUvgFrtdYuCbr6 Are you leading a team that has plenty of people but can't seem to get moving? You care deeply about your team and your game, but projects…

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How to create agents that people actually want to use 27:07

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Ryan welcomes Assaf Elovic, head of AI at monday.com, to discuss creating AI tools that users will actually adopt, how they created their Monday Sidekick agent with the user experience in mind, and the opportunities that AI creates for better productivity and more efficiency. Episode notes: monday.com is a work management platform that allows you t…

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Built by Humans: remote work, tracking and trust | Zhenya Rozinskiy, Cody Rogers 24:36

24d ago24:36

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Remote work did not start with COVID. Some companies were fully distributed long before it became mainstream. In this episode, Zhenya Rozinskiy talks with Cody Rogers, Chief Product Officer at Hubstaff, about what it really takes to run global teams without slipping into surveillance culture. They cover: • How remote work shifted before, during and…

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Episode 487: My manager ignores me during 1:1's and I am required to work in an empty office 36:18

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: “My manager insists on a weekly 1:1 with me, but he rarely pays attention. He’s often on his laptop, texting, checking email — basically anything but listening. I’ve tried sending agendas, rescheduling, reducing frequency, waiting until he’s less busy — nothing helps. I’ve even started sitti…

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The fastest agent in the race has the best evals 32:33

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Ryan welcomes Benjamin Klieger, lead engineer at Groq, to explore the infrastructure behind AI agents, how you can turn a one-minute agent into a ten-second agent, and how they used fast inference and effective evals to build their efficient and reliable Compound agent. Episode notes: Groq delivers fast, low-cost inference using their custom-design…

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Reviewing Our 2025 Tech Predictions 40:22

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Were we wildly wrong, or surprisingly on the money? As 2025 wraps, Chris and Yaniv revisit the bold predictions they made at the start of the year. They reflect on their calls about AI, robotics, VC markets, crypto, and geopolitics. While some were accurate, some were also hilariously off. Together, they unpack what 2025 really looked like for star…

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One thing enterprise AI projects need to succeed? Community. 23:59

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In this episode of Leaders of Code, Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar chats with Ramprasad Rai, VP of Platform Engineering at JPMorgan Chase & Co., about the unique challenges of implementing AI in an enterprise environment. They discuss how organizations can balance AI-driven productivity with strict compliance and security requirements by…

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E107: Stop Hiring "Testers." Start Doing QA. 1:01:27

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If you're a leader in game dev who feels stuck, there is a path forward that levels up your leadership and accelerates your team, game, and career. Sign up here to learn more: https://forms.gle/nqRTUvgFrtdYuCbr6 You can't just test quality into a game at the end. You have to build it in from the start. Ignoring your Quality Assurance team's full va…

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AI code means more critical thinking, not less 32:38

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Ryan is joined by Secure Code Warrior’s co-founder and CTO Matias Madou to discuss the implications of LLMs’ variability on code security, the future of developer training as AI coding assistants become more popular, and the importance of critical thinking—especially for junior developers—in the age of AI. Episode notes: Secure Code Warrior upskill…

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Built by Humans: why developers should talk direct | Zhenya Rozinskiy, Max Kryzhanovskiy 20:58

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Most outsourcing teams fail for one reason. Too many layers between the people who build and the people who decide. In this episode, Zhenya Rozinskiy talks with Max Kryzhanovskiy, CEO of MOS Creative, about what happens when agencies and startups build together and how to avoid losing tribal knowledge in the handoff. They cover: • Why gatekeeping t…

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Episode 486: No one on my team talks and skip level meetings 29:19

25d ago29:19

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I work at a big tech company on a remote team of about 10 people, and most of them have been here for 5+ years. I’m in the “newer” half of the team with 4 years here. My problem is, in group meetings, absolutely NO ONE talks. I mean zero small talk, they have trouble responding to simple yes…

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Revealing the unknown unknowns in your software 31:42

1M ago31:42

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Ryan welcomes Nic Benders to discuss the complexity and abstraction crisis in software development, the importance of going beyond observability into understandability, and demystifying AI's opacity for understanding and control. Episode notes: New Relic is a full-stack observability platform that helps engineers plan, build, deploy, and run softwa…

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Is OpenAI Evil? Reacting to Sam Altman's Latest Announcements w/ Jacob Ward 1:09:32

29d ago1:09:32

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OpenAI may appear to be building the future, but are they leading the tech industry towards collapse? In this episode, Chris and Yaniv are joined by Jacob Ward (journalist, author of The Loop and NBC Technology Correspondent) to break down OpenAI’s latest livestream and what it signals about the next era of AI. Sam Altman may talk the good talk, bu…

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Trump's Tech Czar on Crypto, AI, and American Innovation 1:18:02

1M ago1:18:02

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with @DavidSacks @pmarca @bhorowitz @eriktorenberg Today’s episode features David Sacks, the Trump administration’s “AI and crypto czar," in conversation with a16z cofounders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, and General Partner Erik Torenberg. They dig into: how the U.S. is approaching AI and crypto policy, the fight over open source software, the…

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E106: Why Jira Hurts Game Studios 33:10

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If you're a leader in game dev who feels stuck, able to spot problems but struggling to make a real difference, there is a path forward that levels up your leadership and accelerates your team, game, and career. Sign up here to learn more: https://forms.gle/nqRTUvgFrtdYuCbr6 Are you inadvertently forcing your team to serve a tool, instead of lettin…

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To write secure code, be less gullible than your AI 28:26

1M ago28:26

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Ryan is joined by Greg Foster, CTO of Graphite, to explore how much we should trust AI-generated code to be secure, the importance of tooling in ensuring code security whether it’s AI-assisted or not, and the need for context and readability for humans in AI code. Episode notes: Graphite is an AI code review platform that helps you get context on c…

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Built by Humans: how to hire globally without losing control | Zhenya Rozinskiy, Brian Regienczuk 21:46

1M ago21:46

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Outcomes suffer when incentives are wrong. Hours get billed. Problems get yes. In this episode, Zhenya Rozinskiy sits down with Brian Regienczuk, CEO and founder of SpotSource, to discuss building distributed teams without losing control over communication, culture, or results. They cover: • Regional communication styles, from reflexive yes to argu…

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Replay: Engaging Young Employees - How to Attract the Best & Brightest Minds w/ Dan Brockwell from Earlywork 44:34

1M ago44:34

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What do you need to do to keep employees engaged and committed? What should your position be on remote work? Side hustles? Ping pong tables? Should you offer all employees equity? Bringing Gen Z employees to your workplace is well worth it, but it means a mental pivot from the hiring team, keeping in mind an entirely new set of criteria. Chris and …

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Episode 485: I'm terrible at hiring decisions and my coworker spams us with AI-generated memes 43:53

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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: What signals do you look for when interviewing candidates? I’ve helped interview many people at this point and almost all of the engineers that I marked as “hire” that we brought on board ended up being low performers and were eventually managed out. I wasn’t the only one who approved them e…

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The Data Behind Crypto's Breakout Year 37:40

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with @DarenMatsuoka @eddylazzarin Today, we’re bringing you something special: a presentation from our 2025 Founders Summit, which we just wrapped last week in beautiful Carlsbad, Calif. You’ll hear from Daren Matsuoka, our Head of Data and Fund Strategy, as he walks through the insights from this year’s State of Crypto report — our deep-dive into …

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Vibe coding needs a spec, too 26:45

1M ago26:45

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Ryan talks with Deepak Singh, VP of Developer Agents and Experiences at AWS and lead at Kiro, about spec-driven development in a vibe coding world. They explore how AI tools have evolved from autocomplete to sophisticated agents that can write code based off of just specs, and how AWS has pioneered spec-driven development through their Kiro agent. …