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Engineering Unblocked

by Swarmia

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About the show

Keeping software engineers in flow and unblocked is one of the key responsibilities of software development leaders. In each episode of the Engineering Unblocked podcast, Rebecca Murphey interviews leaders who have navigated challenges of scale, complexity, and growth. You’ll hear from people with lived experience across the software development ecosystem, from CTOs and VPEs to directors and line managers to product managers, program managers, tech leads, and more.

Latest episodes

Writing the same book three times with Rebecca Murphey and Otto Hilska

September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

In this special episode, former Engineering Unblocked host Rebecca Murphey returns — now at Honeycomb — alongside Swarmia CEO Otto Hilska, to talk through the third edition of Build: Elements of an Effective Software Organization: what…
AI's unglamorous wins for developer productivity with Tara Hernandez from MongoDB

February 11, 2026 · 48 min

In this episode, Tara Hernandez shares what 18 months of rigorous AI experimentation taught her at MongoDB — including why the initial results showed negative ROI, and where her team eventually found the real productivity wins. Tara…
What a year of hands-on AI coding teaches you about good software with Lada Kesseler

January 19, 2026 · 42 min

In this episode, Lada Kesseler shares what she’s learned from a year of hands-on experience building with AI coding tools — including the three fundamental challenges that define how these tools work, and why understanding limitations is…
Being a CTO when everything is exploratory with Rob Zuber from CircleCI

January 7, 2026 · 54 min

In this episode, Rob Zuber shares what he’s learned from over a decade as CTO at CircleCI — including why the current market requires CTOs to be more hands-on than ever, and why he doesn’t even know who his competitors are anymore. Rob…
Managing up, down, and the robots with Michael Lopp aka Rands

September 12, 2025 · 49 min

In this episode, Michael Lopp shares what he's learned leading engineering teams at Slack, Pinterest, and Palantir — including why AI is delivering real but modest productivity gains, and why junior engineers churning out AI-generated code…
Develop, deploy, operate: Three stages of delivering business value with Titus Winters from Adobe

July 31, 2025 · 46 min

In this episode, Titus Winters discusses his framework for optimizing software’s commercial value, why having humans in the deploy phase is pure toil, and how to think about engineering productivity investments. Titus Winters brings…
How to hire normal engineers and help them do great work with Charity Majors from Honeycomb

July 22, 2025 · 36 min

In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, Rebecca talks with Charity Majors, CTO of Honeycomb, to explore the myths of engineering productivity and the importance of building systems that enable “normal” engineers to succeed. Charity…
Growing engineering headcount in the world of AI with Allan Leinwand, CTO of Webflow

June 30, 2025 · 46 min

In this episode of Engineering Unblocked, Rebecca sits down with Allan Leinwand, Chief Technology Officer at Webflow and serial engineering leader who has scaled teams at Slack, ServiceNow, and Shopify. Allan shares his unique perspective…