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This podcast explores how craftsmanship, architecture, engineering rigor, and organizational practices come together in modern R&D environments. Each edition refines and deepens my earlier reflections, building a coherent and evolving body of knowledge around Agile Software Engineering
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S1E35 AI, Philosophy, and the Many Shapes of Thinking
In this episode of Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, we take a more reflective look at artificial intelligence.When we discuss AI, we often compare it to human intelligence, as if humanity were…
S1E34 SAFe Light - Part 3: Beyond Story Points
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida continues the SAFe Light series with a discussion about estimation.Estimation is often treated as a promise, even though…
S1E33 SAFe Light - Part 2: Evolutionary Architecture
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida continues the discussion on SAFe Light and explores why lightweight Agile scaling needs evolutionary architecture.SAFe…
S1E32 Self-Learning Machines - What Happens When AI Starts Learning from Itself?
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores one of the most important questions in the next phase of artificial intelligence: what happens when AI starts…
S1E31 Please, Stop Saying Generative AI Is “Just” a Statistical Machine
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida challenges one of the most common simplifications about generative AI: that it is “just a statistical machine guessing…
S1E30 Ethics of Software Engineering
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores the role of ethics in modern software engineering.As software increasingly shapes critical systems and human…
S1E29 What Really Defines High-Quality Software?
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores the gap between engineering quality and customer-perceived quality.While engineers often define quality in terms…
S1E28 SAFe Light - Balancing Agile and Enterprise
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores how organizations can scale Agile without introducing unnecessary coordination overhead.The episode examines the…
S1E27 AI and Predictive Project Management - From Reporting to Steering
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores the shift from hindsight-based project management to AI-supported predictive approaches.The episode examines…
S1E26 Why Do Agile Projects Still Fail? Are We Really Doing Better?
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores a fundamental question:Are we actually getting better at delivering software?Despite widespread adoption of…
S1E26 AI Across the Agile Engineering Lifecycle
In this episode of the Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores what happens when AI enters the Agile software lifecycle.AI is rapidly being adopted across discovery, design,…
S1E25 Hiring Madness - When Hiring Became a Numbers Game
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores how modern hiring has evolved - and why that evolution may not be entirely positive.What used to be a deliberate…
S1E24 Inspiration as a Way to Growth - How deliberate exposure to inspiring inputs helps engineers mature professionally
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores the role of curiosity and inspiration in engineering growth.Software engineering is often treated as a purely…
S1E23 Career Ladders for Software Professionals - and How to Make Salary Structures More Transparent
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores why professional software engineering requires professional career structures.Career ladders are often perceived…
S1E22 Agentic AI: The World’s Most Expensive “If-This-Then-That”
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores the growing excitement around Agentic AI - and tries to separate engineering reality from marketing…
S1E21 WHAT HAPPENED TO QUALITY, USABILITY AND DOGFOODING? - The Engineering Discipline of Quality and Trust
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida reflects on a question many of us quietly experience as users:What happened to quality?In the race to release faster,…
S1E20 The beauty of Mastering Algorithms
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida reflects on one of the most fundamental - and increasingly overlooked - pillars of professional software engineering:…
S1E19 The User Manual for the Young Engineering Manager - or: the worst mistakes I made in my career
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida reflects on the transition from engineer to engineering manager - and the mistakes he had to learn the hard way.When…
S1E18 Why Security Is an Engineering Quality, Not a Checkbox
In this episode of The Agile Software Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores why security is not a feature that can be added late in the process, but an engineering quality that emerges…
S1E17 The Art of the (Deal) 1 to 1 - Beyond the Status Update. Mastering the 1 to 1 Meeting
In this episode of The Agile Engineering Deep Dive, Alessandro Guida explores why recurring 1 to 1s are one of the most important - and most misunderstood - practices in engineering leadership.While…
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Agile Software Engineering has published 36 episodes since November 2025, covering topics in Technology.
Agile Software Engineering is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 19m.
