Engineering Choices You Have to Defend

Engineering Choices You Have to Defend

Nicola Onassis

Episodes 11
Avg. Duration 19m
Activity Highly Active
Since Mar 2026
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Serial
Consistency
35%
Hosting
feeds.captivate.fm

About This Podcast

Real-world engineering decisions in AI, compliance, and production systems

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Recent Episodes

“How Eban Bisong Transformed Engineers into AI Orchestrators to Eliminate Delivery Bottlenecks”

Jun 12, 2026 15m

Episode Summary:In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Eban Bisong to discuss how AI-native workflows are reshaping software engineering teams…

“How Pavel Spesivtsev Argues That Knowledge Infrastructure Matters More Than AI Models”

Jun 11, 2026 19m

Episode Summary:In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Pavel Spesivtsev, CTO, AI strategist, and agentic engineering practitioner, to explore…

"How Paul Baker Stopped Feature Development to Save Engineering Velocity"

Jun 10, 2026 23m

Episode Summary:In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Paul Baker to discuss one of the most difficult decisions an engineering leader can make:…

“How Alexander Smirnoff Built Practical Enterprise AI Systems by Combining GenAI with Traditional NLP”

May 27, 2026 26m

Episode Summary:In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Alex Smirnoff to explore how enterprise AI systems can deliver real business value…

“How David Phipps Built AI-Powered Retail Systems by Prioritizing UX Over Feature Factories”

May 26, 2026 24m

Episode Summary:In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with David Phipps to explore how engineering teams can scale AI-powered retail systems without…

"How Matt Lievertz Built Privacy-First AI Coaching Systems by Treating Compliance as a Core Product Strategy"

May 15, 2026 24m

Episode Summary:In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Matt Lievertz, VP of Engineering at Cloverleaf, to explore how engineering teams can…

"How Lavanya Elangovan Reduced Technical Debt by Embedding Security, Compliance, and Infrastructure Upgrades into Healthcare Engineering Workflows"

May 14, 2026 14m

Episode Summary:In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Lavanya Elangovan to discuss the hidden engineering decisions required to maintain…

"How Roy Resh Scaled Retail AI by Moving from Custom Pipelines to Configurable Computer Vision Systems"

May 06, 2026 18m

Episode Summary:In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Roy Resh, VP of Engineering at Trax Retail, to explore a pivotal architectural decision…

"How Keith Deming Scaled Computer Vision by Moving AI from Servers to the Edge"

Apr 20, 2026 21m

Episode Summary:In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Keith Deming, an engineering leader with experience at Postmates, Uber, and PRISM…

"How Sean Graham Reduced Deployment Risk with Small Batch Delivery"

Apr 01, 2026 11m

Episode Summary:In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Sean Graham, VP of Engineering at Idelic, to unpack a critical shift in how engineering…

“How Kevin DiGilio Builds Compliance-First Software for Regulated Industries”

Mar 03, 2026 12m

Episode Summary:In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Kevin DiGilio, President of KMD Technology. Kevin explains how compliance frameworks like…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Engineering Choices You Have to Defend have?

Engineering Choices You Have to Defend has published 11 episodes since March 2026, covering topics in Education, News.

Is Engineering Choices You Have to Defend still active?

Engineering Choices You Have to Defend is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 19m.

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