InfoQ Podcast

Presenters Thomas Betts Adi Polak Source InfoQ podcast Beyond Prompt Engineering: Mastering Context Engineering for AI at Scale 🚀 In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-driven development, the buzzword prompt engineering is starting to feel a bit like yesterday’s news. As we move from simple chatbot interactions to complex, agentic workflows, the real secret sauce is context engineering. I sat down with Adi Polak, Director at Confluent and author of Scaling Machine Learning with Spark, to discuss how we can move beyond basic prompting to build sophisticated, stateful AI systems that actually get work done. ...

Presenters Shweta Vohra Joseph Stein Source InfoQ podcast 🚀 Agentic Systems Without Chaos: Building the Next-Gen AI Operating Model If your team has AI running in a proof of concept but struggles to deploy it reliably in production, you are navigating the most critical gap in modern engineering. In this episode of the Next Generation Playbook for AI, Shweta Vohra sits down with industry veteran Joseph Stein to decode how we move from simple chatbots to autonomous agentic systems without descending into architectural chaos. ...

Presenters Andres Almiray Source InfoQ podcast From Chaos to Consistency: Mastering Release Automation with Andres Almiray 🚀 In the fast-paced world of software development, the gap between a successful proof-of-concept and a reliable production deployment is where most engineering teams stumble. I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Andres Almiray, a legendary figure in the open-source and Java ecosystem with 20 years of experience. We dove deep into the art of release engineering, the evolution of the JReleaser tool, and the philosophy behind the Commonhaus Foundation. ...

Presenters Thomas Betts Sam McAfee Source InfoQ podcast Navigating the AI Revolution: From Proof-of-Concept to Production Reliability ✨ Are you wrestling with getting your AI proof-of-concept to run reliably in production? You’re definitely not alone! This crucial hurdle is where many engineering teams find themselves today. It’s a challenge that demands a fresh perspective on leadership, organizational culture, and the very fabric of how we build and scale technology. We recently had the pleasure of diving deep into these exact topics with Sam McAfee, a Silicon Valley veteran boasting over 25 years of experience leading technology organizations. Sam, the author of Startup Patterns and co-founder of the AI-powered leadership platform Humanize, brings a unique blend of modern product development, mindful leadership, and organizational transformation to the table. Let’s explore his insights into thriving in this era of rapid change. ...

Presenters The content does not explicitly identify any speakers. Source InfoQ podcast Navigating the AI Era: Evolving Architectures for a New Age 🚀 The world of technology is in constant flux, and with the meteoric rise of Artificial Intelligence, particularly Generative AI, the need for evolving architectures has never been more critical. This isn’t just about adopting new tools; it’s about a fundamental shift in how we design, build, and govern our systems. ...