The Engineering Room with Dave Farley

<p>In this episode of <em>The Engineering Room</em>, Dave Farley welcomes Dan Abel, a veteran technical leader with over 30 years of experience, to explore the nuances of engineering leadership and the evolution of high-performing teams.</p><p>This episode is a masterclass in dismantling silos, reducing cognitive load through platform engineering, and aligning technical excellence with core business values.</p><p></p><p>---------------</p><p></p><p>Dan Abel LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-abel/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-abel/</a></p><p></p><p>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 ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0">https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0</a></p><p></p><p>Only Patreon Supporters get to see the FULL VIDEO Episodes of The Engineering Room, sign up here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery">https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "The Software Developers’ Guidebook Amazon ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK">https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK</a> ebook version ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook">https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook</a></p><p></p><p>📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx">https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3gIULlA">https://amzn.to/3gIULlA</a> ebook version ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines">https://leanpub.com/cd-pipeline</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

<p>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.</p><p></p><p></p><p>----------------------</p><p></p><p>Gene Kim LinkedIn <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/realgenekim/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/realgenekim/</a></p><p></p><p>Gene Kim ''X'' (formerly "'Twitter") <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/@RealGeneKim">https://x.com/@RealGeneKim</a></p><p></p><p>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 ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0">https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0</a></p><p></p><p>Only Patreon Supporters get to see the FULL VIDEO Episodes of The Engineering Room, sign up here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery">https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "The Software Developers’ Guidebook Amazon ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK">https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK</a> ebook version ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook">https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook</a></p><p></p><p>📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx">https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3gIULlA">https://amzn.to/3gIULlA</a> ebook version ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines">https://leanpub.com/cd-pipeline</a></p><p></p><p></p>

<p>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?</p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------</p><p>Charity Majors LinkedIn <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/charity-majors/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/charity-majors/</a></p><p></p><p>Charity Majors Website <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://charity.wtf/">https://charity.wtf/</a></p><p> </p><p>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 ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0">https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0</a></p><p></p><p>Only Patreon Supporters get to see the FULL VIDEO Episodes of The Engineering Room, sign up here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery">https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "The Software Developers’ Guidebook Amazon ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK">https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK</a> ebook version ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook">https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook</a></p><p></p><p>📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx">https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3gIULlA">https://amzn.to/3gIULlA</a> ebook version ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines">https://leanpub.com/cd-pipeline</a></p><p></p><p></p>

<p>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.</p><p></p><p>-------------------------</p><p></p><p>Sam Newman on "X" (formerly "Twitter"): <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/samnewman?lang=en">https://x.com/samnewman?lang=en</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "Building Microservices" 1st Ed., Sam Newman: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://samnewman.io/books/building_microservices/">https://samnewman.io/books/building_microservices/</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "Building Microservices" 2nd Ed., Sam Newman: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://samnewman.io/books/building_microservices_2nd_edition/">https://samnewman.io/books/building_microservices_2nd_edition/</a></p><p></p><p>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 ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0">https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0</a></p><p></p><p>Only Patreon Supporters get to see the FULL VIDEO Episodes of The Engineering Room, sign up here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery">https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "The Software Developers’ Guidebook Amazon ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK">https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK</a> ebook version ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook">https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook</a></p><p></p><p>📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx">https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3gIULlA">https://amzn.to/3gIULlA</a> ebook version ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines">https://leanpub.com/cd-pipeline</a></p>

<p>Join Dave Farley in conversation with Daniel Terhorst-North, the creator of Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and pioneering voice in agile software development. In this wide-ranging discussion,</p><p>Dan shares insights from his time at ThoughtWorks, where he helped establish many practices now considered standard in modern software engineering.</p><p>Whether you're interested in improving your development practices, leading organizational change, or understanding the historical evolution of agile methodologies, this conversation offers valuable perspectives from one of the field's most influential practitioners.</p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Dan Terhorst-North's LinkedIn: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tastapod/?originalSubdomain=uk">https://www.linkedin.com/in/tastapod/?originalSubdomain=uk</a></p><p></p><p>Dan Terhorst-North's Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://goalwards.co/">https://goalwards.co/</a></p><p></p><p>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 ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0">https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0</a></p><p></p><p>Only Patreon Supporters get to see the FULL VIDEO Episodes of The Engineering Room, sign up here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery">https://www.patreon.com/c/continuousdelivery</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "The Software Developers’ Guidebook Amazon ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK">https://amzn.to/4f9ozFK</a> ebook version ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook">https://leanpub.com/softwaredevelopersguidebook</a></p><p></p><p>📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx">https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx</a></p><p></p><p>📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://amzn.to/3gIULlA">https://amzn.to/3gIULlA</a> ebook version ➡️ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines">https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines</a></p><p></p><p></p>