The InfoQ Podcast

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke to Tracy Bannon about the role of artificial intelligence in software and the attendant risks in the areas of security, software development, and society at large. While it might be reasonable to assume a certain amount of trust within a software ecosystem, the risks escalate when the boundary between two software ecosystems is crossed. Bannon emphasized that the discovery and exploitation of software vulnerabilities by AI is not a new issue, but it is just part of the evolution of cybersecurity threats. The discussion then continued to highlight that the traditional software development process was designed for humans. What the SDLC looks like in a world of agentic development has yet to be determined. Among the many challenges is testing an agent that is non-deterministic and whose behavior changes as it is tested, and reinitializing the test environment at the appropriate time.

The use of AI agents has imposed a tremendous cognitive load on software professionals because they must review the massive amount of code and documents that an AI agent can generate. For both software professionals, and the public at large, the overreliance on artificial intelligence is leading to diminishing human skills, especially in complex domains. The question is - are we outsourcing our intelligence to automated models?

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The InfoQ Podcasts:
Weekly conversations with senior software leaders about how they build systems and teams, including what they'd do differently. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:
The InfoQ Podcast: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/
Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture
Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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In this episode of the podcast, members of the InfoQ editorial staff and friends of InfoQ will discuss current trends in the cloud and DevOps domains as part of our annual trends report. These reports provide InfoQ readers with a high-level overview of key topics to watch and also help the editorial team focus on innovative technologies. In addition to the report and the trends graph available on InfoQ.com, this podcast offers a chance to hear our raw conversation and the stories shared by our expert practitioners.

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5-week online cohorts for senior engineers and architects, built around QCon talks. Programs now cover software architecture, AI engineering, and organizational architecture. Each week you join a four-hour live session with a confidential peer group of practitioners from other companies, apply frameworks from QCon talks to the decisions you're making at work, and earn an InfoQ certification. You leave with new approaches, or confirmation that the calls you're already making are the right ones. Learn more:
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QCon San Francisco 2026 (November 16-20, 2026)
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The InfoQ Podcasts:
Weekly conversations with senior software leaders about how they build systems and teams, including what they'd do differently. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:
The InfoQ Podcast: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/
Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture
Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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Andrea Peruffo discusses the evolution of WebAssembly beyond the browser and its growing role on the server-side JVM. He covers performance advancements in Wasm runtimes, moving from interpreters to efficient JIT compilation, and explores real-world production use cases ranging from edge computing platforms to modular plugin architectures. Peruffo also announces the transition of the Chicory runtime to "Endive" under the Bytecode Alliance, detailing the shift toward foundation-governed development to ensure long-term stability and neutrality in the JVM ecosystem.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4vUwDkD

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5-week online cohorts for senior engineers and architects, built around QCon talks. Programs now cover software architecture, AI engineering, and organizational architecture. Each week you join a four-hour live session with a confidential peer group of practitioners from other companies, apply frameworks from QCon talks to the decisions you're making at work, and earn an InfoQ certification. You leave with new approaches, or confirmation that the calls you're already making are the right ones. Learn more:
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Upcoming Events:
QCon San Francisco 2026 (November 16-20, 2026)
https://qconsf.com/

QCon London 2027 (April 13-16, 2027)
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The InfoQ Podcasts:
Weekly conversations with senior software leaders about how they build systems and teams, including what they'd do differently. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:
The InfoQ Podcast: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/
Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture
Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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Johannes Schickling explores how he moved beyond the traditional three-tier web stack to a local-first approach. He shares his experience transitioning from Prisma to developing Overtone—a music curation app leveraging client-side event sourcing and SQLite. The discussion highlights the trade-offs between event sourcing and CRDTs, providing actionable insights for architects weighing the complexities of local-first development.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4pDjvPr

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5-week online cohorts for senior engineers and architects, built around QCon talks. Programs now cover software architecture, AI engineering, and organizational architecture. Each week you join a four-hour live session with a confidential peer group of practitioners from other companies, apply frameworks from QCon talks to the decisions you're making at work, and earn an InfoQ certification. You leave with new approaches, or confirmation that the calls you're already making are the right ones. Learn more:
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Upcoming Events:
QCon San Francisco 2026 (November 16-20, 2026)
https://qconsf.com/

QCon London 2027 (April 13-16, 2027)
https://qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:
Weekly conversations with senior software leaders about how they build systems and teams, including what they'd do differently. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:
The InfoQ Podcast: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/
Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture
Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Clare Liguori, the technical lead on the open source Strands Agents SDK. The conversation covers how Strands Agents has grown from a Python SDK to a full agent harness running in production. Clare shares some lessons learned from building agents at scale, shifting to a model-driven architecture, and what comes next as the LLMs that underpin agents continue to improve.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4pluNYt

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InfoQ Online Certification Programs:
5-week online cohorts for senior engineers and architects, built around QCon talks. Programs now cover software architecture, AI engineering, and organizational architecture. Each week you join a four-hour live session with a confidential peer group of practitioners from other companies, apply frameworks from QCon talks to the decisions you're making at work, and earn an InfoQ certification. You leave with new approaches, or confirmation that the calls you're already making are the right ones. Learn more:
https://certification.qconferences.com/

Upcoming Events:
QCon San Francisco 2026 (November 16-20, 2026)
https://qconsf.com/

QCon London 2027 (April 13-16, 2027)
https://qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:
Weekly conversations with senior software leaders about how they build systems and teams, including what they'd do differently. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:
The InfoQ Podcast: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/
Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture
Generally AI: https://www.infoq.com/generally-ai-podcast/

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