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The Hangar DX podcast focuses on stories from software engineering teams about developer experience and how engineering leaders solve productivity challenges at scale.
Hosted by
Ankit Jain
Co-founder and CEO
Uncle Bob: Why I Stopped Reading Code and Building Harnesses
Uncle Bob, co-author of the Agile Manifesto and author of Clean Code, talks about why he stopped reading AI-generated code, the constraints that keep agents in line, and why only humans can be responsible for what agents produce.
Guest
'Uncle Bob' Martin
Software engineer and author
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Platform engineeringSep 10, 2026WatchDevelopers Are Building Their Own Roads. Now What?
David Curlewis, Senior Engineering Manager at Canva, joins HangarDX to talk about what happens to platform teams when AI gives every developer a bulldozer.
AIAug 27, 2026WatchWhy Dropbox Built Their Own AI Coding Platform
Ankit, Chris, and Kevin talk about why Dropbox built their own AI coding agent platform instead of buying off the shelf, what it takes to run agents on a 20GB monorepo, and why owning the harness gives you control when everything else is moving fast.
Code reviewsAug 13, 2026WatchGitHub's David Poll on the Future of Code Review
Ankit and David talk about why code review was never really about correctness, how upfront planning is collapsing into PRs, and why the question isn't whether to read the code or not; it's where to direct your attention.
DevExJul 30, 2026WatchHow AI Broke Developer Productivity Measurement with Brian Houck (DX)
Brian Houck, applied scientist at DX and co-author of the SPACE framework, joins Ankit Jain on the HangarDX podcast to break down what's actually happening when engineering organizations try to measure AI's impact.
Code reviewsJul 16, 2026WatchThe Future of Code Review and Harness Engineering with Vanitha Kumar
Vanitha Kumar, Market Technology Director at Thoughtworks, talks about why code review is breaking, what's actually worth reviewing when agents write the code, and how review is shifting earlier into a teaching moment.
DevExJul 2, 2026WatchDevEx for Non Developers with Frances Coronel, Slack
Frances Coronel, senior software engineer at Slack, talks about the shift to multiplayer software development, enabling non-engineers with AI tooling, and why sharing your custom setup is the most underrated upskilling strategy.
AIJun 18, 2026WatchDark Factories, Cargo Cult AI, and Drunk Agents with Geoffrey Huntley
The creator of Ralph Loop talks about why most companies are building slop factories without knowing it, how agent maintainability is becoming the new measure of code quality, and why the next programming language won't be designed for humans at all.
AIJun 4, 2026WatchAI Engineering is Just Systems Engineering
VP of Platform and Engineering at 1Password talks talks about what 85% AI adoption looks like in practice and how upfront planning and system design unlocked a four-hour monolith refactor.
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