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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast
By Gergely Orosz
Software engineering at Big Tech and startups, from the inside. Deepdives with experienced engineers and tech professionals who share their hard-earned lessons, interesting stories and advice they have on building software. Especially relevant for software engineers and engineering leaders: useful for those working in tech. newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
Latest episode
Formal methods with Hillel Wayne
1 hr 24 min
- Cadence
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 29 min
- Latest release
- Jul 29, 2026
- Language
- EN
Topics
Engineering Practice
Building, testing, shipping, and operating technical systems.
Leadership & Careers
Management, hiring, organizational leadership, and professional growth.
Company Strategy
Company building, growth, business models, and competitive strategy.
Formats
Interview
A host-led conversation with one or more guests.
Explainer & Deep Dive
Structured exploration of one subject in substantial depth.
Audience level
Advanced
Consistently technical, professional, or specialist in depth.
People behind the show
Current hosts
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Latest episodes
The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 24 min
Formal methods with Hillel Wayne
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 32 min
Context engineering with Dex Horthy
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 18 min
The Pragmatic Engineer AMA
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast2 hr 27 min
How Kent Beck shapes the software engineering industry
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 29 min
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 15 min
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast2 hr 51 min
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 20 min
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 5 min
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 15 min
TypeScript, C# and Turbo Pascal with Anders Hejlsberg
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 33 min
Building Pi, and what makes self-modifying software so fascinating
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 25 min
Designing Data-intensive Applications with Martin Kleppmann
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 46 min
DHH’s new way of writing code
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 39 min
Scaling Uber with Thuan Pham (Uber’s first CTO)
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 11 min
Building WhatsApp with Jean Lee
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 31 min
From IDEs to AI Agents with Steve Yegge
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 37 min
Building Claude Code with Boris Cherny
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 58 min
Mitchell Hashimoto’s new way of writing code
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 44 min
The programming language after Kotlin – with the creator of Kotlin
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 17 min
The third golden age of software engineering – thanks to AI, with Grady Booch
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 54 min
The creator of Clawd: "I ship code I don't read"
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 18 min
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 39 min
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 4 min
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The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast1 hr 8 min
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