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In this episode of Distributed, Jack Hannah speaks with Scott Jones, Head of Engineering for Service Delivery at Stash, about building complex systems in a remote-first environment and why real-time collaboration matters more than ever.

Scott reflects on helping build Stash’s core banking platform in just one year, breaking down what building a bank actually means from an engineering perspective. He explains how the work was structu...

In this episode of Distributed, host Jack Hannah sits down with Andrew Stellman, a longtime software engineer, author, and engineering leader who has written multiple widely used software engineering books published by O’Reilly.

Andrew reflects on how being forced into remote work after September 11th shaped his thinking about teamwork, what high-performing teams get right about alignment and mission, and why listening carefully is ...

What does craftsmanship look like in an async-first, remote company?

In this episode of Distributed, host Jack Hannah sits down with Steve Schoeffel, co-founder of Whimsical, to talk about async-first work, craftsmanship, and the tradeoffs of running a fully remote company. Steve shares how Whimsical creates momentum without constant meetings, why quality lives in the details, and how async-first work shapes both the product and the...

Why does so much software still feel broken, even after years of new tools and processes?

On this episode of Distributed, host Jack Hannah sits down with Scott Hanselman, Vice President of Developer Community at Microsoft, to explore how fear-driven development, speed-first incentives, and short-term thinking continue to shape modern software.

Scott reflects on why craftsmanship has become rare, how some teams still manage to do qual...

On this episode of Distributed, host Jack Hannah sits down with Ivett Ördög, a 35-year software veteran and creator of Lean Developer Experience (aka Lean Poker), to talk about what it really takes for engineers to grow their impact. Ivett argues that communication, continuous delivery, and delivering value early are not soft add-ons but essential engineering skills that determine how far developers can go.

Together, they break down...

In this episode of Distributed, host Jack Hannah talks with Jesse Wilson, a longtime open-source contributor and Cash App engineer, whose work underpins much of the Java and Android ecosystem. Jesse shares why some of the most rewarding engineering work comes from doing things the right way, even when it’s the hard way.

Their conversation dives into the story behind Okio, the I/O library for Android, Java, and Kotlin that’s been dow...

As AI reshapes how software is built, what does it actually mean to be a good engineer? 

Chelsea Troy, who leads Machine Learning Operations at Mozilla and teaches computer science at the University of Chicago, argues that the future of engineering isn’t about typing faster but thinking better.

In this episode of Distributed, Chelsea joins host Jack Hannah to unpack the three skillsets that matter most in the age of AI: investigative...

Charity Majors is a writer, speaker, and the co-founder and CTO of Honeycomb, an observability platform for debugging and optimizing distributed systems.

In this episode of Distributed, Jack Hannah talks with Charity about the realities of leading and scaling a distributed company. From why remote work is not best for every situation to the communication tax of distributed management, Charity shares what she has learned about buildi...

37signals embraced remote work long before it became mainstream. Its Shape Up framework helped define how remote product teams ship fast, but not every team inside the company follows the same playbook. In this episode of Distributed, host Jack Hannah sits down with Rosa Gutiérrez, Principal Programmer at 37signals and founding board member of the Ruby on Rails Foundation.

Rosa takes us inside SEIP (Security, Infrastructure, and Per...

How do you keep a massive, distributed engineering organization with 80,000 employees aligned and actually understanding one another? In this episode of Distributed, host Jack Hannah sits down with Ian Varley, Principal Architect at Salesforce, to talk about how he helps their thousands of engineers across global teams stay informed and connected.

Their conversation explores why clear communication is the backbone of great engineeri...

In this episode of Distributed, host Jack Hannah speaks with Jori Lallo, co-founder of Linear, to unpack how he and his co-founders shaped one of the most opinionated products in software. They discuss why the team built a product before a business, the principles behind the Linear Method, and how feedback and work trials define Linear’s culture.

The conversation also explores the realities of running a team split across Europe ...

In this episode of the Distributed podcast, host Jack Hannah talks with Jeff Langr, a software coach, author, and longtime XP advocate. Jeff has helped teams across dozens of companies navigate Agile, pairing, and collaborative programming practices.

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