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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.
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Ankit Jain
Co-founder and CEO
Belief-Based vs. Evidence-Based Confidence with Jay Paulson
Jay Paulson talks about why AI raised expectations while engineering confidence is still based on belief rather than evidence, why teams told they’re going too fast should slow down, and how delivery evidence and forward visibility change the conversation with the business.
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Jay Paulson
Director of Engineering
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AIOct 22, 2026WatchDark Factory is a Non-Solution to a Non-Problem
Coding-agent expert and AI critic Ray Myers talks about why dark software factories are a non-solution to a non-problem, why you should still read some code, and why merging 50,000-line PRs is not a business need.
Code reviews Oct 8, 2026WatchWhy Teams Only Pretend to Review AI Code with Dr. Michaela Greiler
Dr. Michaela Greiler, software engineering researcher and consultant, talks about code review surrender, her SCOPE model for matching oversight to risk and alignment, and why an engineer admitting they ship code they don't understand is a green flag.
AISep 24, 2026WatchUncle 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.
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.
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