Amal Hussein returns to tell us all about her new role at Istari, what life is like outside the web browser, how she’s helping ambitious orgs in aerospace, what the SDLC looks like in 2026, and a whole lot more. Wait, moon vacuums?!

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Chapters

1 00:00 Let's talk! 00:38
2 00:38 Sponsor: Tiger Data 02:33
3 03:12 Animals & Friends 01:56
4 05:08 Catching up 00:40
5 05:48 Iterative reinvention 02:47
6 08:35 Out of the browser 03:09
7 11:44 What Amal is cookin' 03:54
8 15:38 A moon vacuum 06:28
9 22:06 The stack 06:21
10 28:27 Sponsor: Namespace 01:38
11 30:04 AI datacenters in space? 06:40
12 36:45 V BIG vs v small 02:32
13 39:16 The SDLC in 2026 04:08
14 43:25 Accountable vs responsible 02:58
15 46:22 Polymaths 05:05
16 51:27 Things change 01:18
17 52:45 A tough time 02:01
18 54:47 Code is easy, products are hard 02:06
19 56:53 Sponsor: NordLayer 01:39
20 58:32 Weird times 02:35
21 1:01:08 Shape changes 05:03
22 1:06:11 Jevons paradox 01:54
23 1:08:05 On vibe coding 04:19
24 1:12:24 The vibe coders arc 04:20
25 1:16:44 Jerod's personal arc 01:13
26 1:17:57 A brave new world 01:02
27 1:18:59 AI browsers 01:51
28 1:20:50 Keep your AI close... 00:57
29 1:21:47 A different perspective 00:37
30 1:22:25 Safety first 00:52
31 1:23:17 Adam's verification idea 01:11
32 1:24:28 On writing tests 00:57
33 1:25:25 Test spies! 01:12
34 1:26:37 More Istari tech 03:40
35 1:30:17 The year of LinkedIn 01:27
36 1:31:44 Let's blog! 04:23
37 1:36:06 LinkedIn, smoking, flossing 01:03
38 1:37:09 Bye, friends 04:39
39 1:41:49 Next week on the pod (join ++!) 01:17

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