When the cost of code approaches zero, what does engineering leadership look like?

When the cost of code approaches zero, what does engineering leadership look like?

On this episode of Leaders of Code, Eric Anderson, director of engineering at Intuit, joins Stack Overflow engineering director Ben Matthews to talk about what happens to software teams when AI makes code generation seemingly free. Eric explains how Intuit rolled out Claude Code across the entire organization, why PMs are now merging their own PRs, and what it means for engineering culture when product/engineering roles start to converge. Eric and Ben unpack the engineering skills that matter most in an AI-first industry and why the work of developing junior talent has gotten harder. Eric also shares how he personally uses AI to manage his inbox, synthesize specs, and run promotion processes (but why he stopped letting it send emails on his behalf).  Connect with Eric on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericanderson12]. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Creating checkpoints by gaslighting a Postgres database

Ryan welcomes Bryan Clark, director of product for Lakebase at Databricks, to discuss what happens when AI agents become the primary creators and users of databases; why agents are “sloppy” about cleaning up infrastructure; and how database branching, scale-to-zero, and centralized access control can help teams keep up with agent-driven development. Episode notes: Databricks Lakebase [https://www.databricks.com/product/lakebase] is a Postgres-compatible operational database built around fast branching, separated compute and storage, and tight integration with the Databricks lakehouse. Connect with Bryan on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkbw/] and X [https://x.com/clarkbw]. Congrats to Populist badge winner Benjamin Merchin [https://stackoverflow.com/users/12649874/benjamin-merchin] for earning the badge for their answer to JSX element class does not support attributes because it does not have a 'props' property.ts(2607) [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69220088/jsx-element-class-does-not-support-attributes-because-it-does-not-have-a-props].  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Making the OWASP top ten in the vibe code era

Ryan welcomes back Tanya Janca, now part of the OWASP Top 10 team, to discuss what changed in the latest OWASP Top 10 release, how the list shifted from “outdated components” to a broader software supply chain focus, and why they added memory safety and vibe-coding as awareness items.  Episode notes: The OWASP Top 10 for 2025 [https://owasp.org/Top10/2025/] is the latest standard awareness document for developers and web application security that represents a broad consensus about the most critical security risks to web applications. Learn more about Tanya’s work at her website [https://shehackspurple.ca/] and her new podcast DevSec Station [https://www.devsecstation.com/]. You can learn how to prompt your AI for secure code with her prompt library [https://newsletter.shehackspurple.ca/c/securemyvibe]. Read Tanya’s articles [https://stackoverflow.blog/author/tanya-janca/] on our blog.  Congrats to Populist badge winner Rob Kielty [https://stackoverflow.com/users/411902/rob-kielty] for winning the badge on their answer to How can I tell IntelliJ's "Find in Files" to ignore generated files? [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16671706/how-can-i-tell-intellijs-find-in-files-to-ignore-generated-files]. TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/06/05/making-the-owasp-top-ten-in-the-vibe-code-era/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

What it takes to be a player in the international AI game

From the floor of HumanX, Ryan welcomes Songyee Yoon, managing partner at Principal Venture Partners (PVP), to chat about AI development outside the US, from the need to adapt models to local languages and culture to the challenges of the global supply-chain for things like semiconductors to how venture capital is looking at international AI companies.  Episode notes:  PVP [https://www.principalvc.com/] supports early stage, AI-native companies shaping the future of how we live and work. Learn more about their work at their Substack [https://principalvc.substack.com/].  Connect with Songyee on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/songyee-yoon-principal-venture-partners/]. TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/06/02/be-a-player-in-the-international-ai-game/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

The find out stage of AI is just supply chain and password protection

In this two-for-one special recorded at HumanX, Ryan is joined by Dataiku’s Florian Douetteau to chat about the governance, orchestration, and data requirements for serious agentic systems and 1Password’s Nancy Wang for a conversation on making agent swarms secure. Ryan first catches up with Dataiku co-founder and CEO Florian Douettea to chat serious agentic systems and why they require intentional frameworks, orchestration, governance, and reusable, documented data products. Then, 1Password’s CTO Nancy Wang returns to the show to discuss why current identity standards don’t fit the new world of agents, especially when ephemeral agent swarms make attribution to a single user difficult.  Episode notes: Dataiku [https://www.dataiku.com/] orchestrates data stacks and lets you create analytics, models, and agents.  Florian previously appeared [https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/04/22/visually-orchestrating-data-diagnostics-but-platform-agnostic/] on this program in an episode recorded at the last HumanX conference.  1Password [https://1password.com] keeps your credentials secure through end-to-end encryption, zero-knowledge architecture, and more. You can learn more about building secure agent swarms at their blog [https://1password.com/blog/how-to-build-secure-agent-swarms-that-power-autonomous-systems].  Nancy Wang previously appeared [https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/03/27/prevent-agentic-identity-theft/] on the pod in March 2026.  Connect with Florian on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdouetteau/]. Connect with Nancy on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/wangnancy/].  TRANSCRIPT [https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/05/29/find-out-stage-ai-supply-chain-password-protection/] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].