Caring about documentation in the LLM era (w/ Heidi Waterhouse)
In an age of vibe coding and LLMs, do we really need to care about documentation? Do we need to spend time and energy producing it — time when we could just be shipping code? Of course we do; particul...
24 Heinä 202539min
Why the tech industry needs Expert Generalists (w/ Martin Fowler)
The technology industry has embraced specialisms — not just in different fields or job roles, like web development or security, but even in terms of particular platforms or stacks. But are we losing s...
10 Heinä 202543min
The three new fallacies of distributed computing
Back in 1994, Peter Deutsch and his colleagues at Sun Microsystems identified what they described as the "eight fallacies of distributed computing" — flawed assumptions that often get made when teams ...
26 Kesä 202546min
MCP and SRE: Why the future of IT operations is agent-driven
What if your AI agents could think more like IT operations staff — and less like tools? In this episode, we catch up with Zichuan Xiong, to explore the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — a powerful new wa...
12 Kesä 202528min
Unpacking Google I/O 2025
Google I/O 2025 took place in May. It's always a great opportunity to find out how Google is trying to shape the industry agenda, but this year the predominance of Gemini meant the event was a chance ...
29 Touko 202529min
Accelerating mainframe modernization using generative AI
Mainframe modernization is hard: there's a huge amount of complexity that needs to be understood before it can be effectively addressed. Generative AI, however, can be a particularly powerful tool for...
15 Touko 202538min
Exploring the fundamentals of software engineering
You might think you know software engineering, but what are the really fundamental elements? What are the concepts, ideas and practices that are completely essential? What makes software engineering w...
1 Touko 202527min
Themes in Technology Radar Vol.32
Thoughtworks Technology Radar Vol.32 was published at the start of April 2025. Featuring 105 blips, it offered a timely snapshot of what's interesting and important in the industry. Through the proces...
17 Huhti 202538min
