Conversations with people who build serious software.
We sit down with engineering leaders and dig into how they actually solved the hard problems — scaling teams, running remote, shipping to production. Recorded, edited, and published for anyone who'd find it useful.
- John Wards · Head of Engineering, Abatable
"Nobody writes a line of code anymore" — a four-person AI-native team, with John Wards of Abatable
Six months into leading engineering at carbon-markets startup Abatable, John Wards runs a four-person team where no one writes code by hand. He explains how he shipped a re-platform on a fixed deadline through two departures, why he builds throwaway internal tools in two-day sprints, and how designers now ship the first working version.
July 23, 2026 - Zuhair Khayyat · CTO, Lucidya
Scaling to 150 engineers, fully remote — with Zuhair Khayyat of Lucidya
As CTO of Lucidya, Zuhair Khayyat grew its engineering team from a handful of people to 150 across a dozen countries, interviewing 1,000+ candidates along the way. He breaks down the three pillars that make remote work actually work, why he hires for passion over pedigree, and 'the illusion of the senior.'
July 16, 2026