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The Engineering Room with Dave Farley

The Engineering Room with Dave Farley

Written by: Dave Farley
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Welcome to the 'Engineering Room’ a podcast hosted by Dave Farley!

Join us on a journey through the world of software development, as we listen in to conversations between Dave and other influential experts from the field. Discover how to provide top-notch software that sets new standards for quality. Tune in and unlock the secrets to mastering Continuous Delivery and learn what it takes to achieve excellence in the software industry.

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Episodes
  • Understanding The Value of AI Coding | Gene Kim In The Engineering Room Ep. 42
    Jan 25 2026

    In this episode of The Engineering Room, Dave Farley talks with with Gene Kim, the bestselling author of "The Phoenix Project," "The Unicorn Project," and "Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps." They discuss the controversial topic of "Vibe Coding," a concept Gene explored in his recent collaboration with Steve Yegge. While Dave initially described Vibe Coding as "one of the worst ideas of 2025," this conversation unpacks whether AI actually represents a fundamental shift in how we build software.

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    Gene Kim LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/realgenekim/

    Gene Kim ''X'' (formerly "'Twitter") https://x.com/@RealGeneKim

    Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0

    Only Patreon Supporters get to see the FULL VIDEO Episodes of The Engineering Room, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery

    📖 "The Software Developers’ Guidebook Amazon ➡️ https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook

    📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx

    📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipeline

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • The Myth of the 10x Engineer | Charity Majors In The Engineering Room Ep. 41
    Dec 14 2025

    What does it truly take to build a high-performing software team? Is it about hiring the legendary "10x engineer," or is it about crafting the right environment?

    In this episode of The Engineering Room, Dave Farley is joined by Charity Majors, CTO and Co-founder of Honeycomb and co-author of Observability Engineering, for an unvarnished look at the reality of modern software development.

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    Charity Majors LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/charity-majors/

    Charity Majors Website https://charity.wtf/

    Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0

    Only Patreon Supporters get to see the FULL VIDEO Episodes of The Engineering Room, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery

    📖 "The Software Developers’ Guidebook Amazon ➡️ https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook

    📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx

    📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipeline

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • The 3 Golden Rules Of Distributed Systems | Sam Newman In The Engineering Room Ep. 40
    Oct 12 2025

    In this episode of The Engineering Room, Dave Farley speaks with Sam Newman, renowned author of "Building Microservices" and "Monolith to Microservices," about distributed systems, architectural decisions, and the future of software development.

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    Sam Newman on "X" (formerly "Twitter"): https://x.com/samnewman?lang=en

    📖 "Building Microservices" 1st Ed., Sam Newman: https://samnewman.io/books/building_microservices/

    📖 "Building Microservices" 2nd Ed., Sam Newman: https://samnewman.io/books/building_microservices_2nd_edition/

    Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0

    Only Patreon Supporters get to see the FULL VIDEO Episodes of The Engineering Room, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery

    📖 "The Software Developers’ Guidebook Amazon ➡️ https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook

    📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx

    📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipeline

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    1 hr and 10 mins
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