Going to Production

Going to Production

David Dieruf & Wael Rabadi

Episodes 8
Avg. Duration -
Activity Declining
Since Sep 2025
Latest Episode Dec 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
100%
Hosting
feeds.resonaterecordings.com

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About This Podcast

Going to Production is the podcast where technical leaders get real about the complexities of shipping software. Hosted by Wael and David, each episode features honest conversations with VPs of Engineering, CTOs, and seasoned technical decision makers who share the unvarnished truth about what it really takes to get code from development to production.


What You'll Discover

This isn't another podcast about the latest frameworks or theoretical best practices. We dive deep into the messy realities that every technical leader faces: the trade-offs that keep you up at night, the production incidents that teach hard lessons, and the organizational challenges that textbooks don't prepare you for.


Our guests share real stories from the trenches—the moments when "it works on my machine" meets the harsh reality of production environments, scaling challenges, team dynamics, and the pressure to deliver reliable software under tight deadlines.


Who This Is For

Going to Production is designed for technical decision makers who need more than surface-level advice. Whether you're a VP of Engineering navigating organizational complexity, a technical lead managing production systems, or an engineering manager balancing technical debt with feature delivery, you'll find actionable insights from leaders who've been where you are.


The Format

Each series focuses on a broad topic critical to production success, explored across multiple episodes with different perspectives and real-world case studies. From deployment strategies and incident response to team scaling and technical decision-making under pressure, we cover the full spectrum of challenges that define modern software delivery.


Join us for conversations that matter—where technical leaders share what they've learned, what they wish they'd known, and what really works when the stakes are high.

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Recent Episodes

S2E4 True Development in the AI Age: What It Means Beyond Writing Code

Dec 11, 2025

Is computer science a dying field now that AI can generate code? Are developers just becoming "code monkeys" who paste AI output into repositories? In this episode, David Dieruf and Wael Rabadi…

S2E3 Production First Development: Why Staging Environments Are Holding You Back

Nov 27, 2025

Most engineering teams treat staging environments as a safety net—a place to test changes before they hit production. But what if that safety net is actually slowing you down and creating more…

S2E2 AI Pair Programming: How AI is Transforming Developer Roles and Velocity

Nov 13, 2025

The rise of AI coding assistants is fundamentally changing what it means to be a software developer. But contrary to popular fear, AI isn't replacing engineers—it's transforming their roles from code…

S2E1 Thin Slices vs Story Points: Better Backlog Grooming for Engineering Teams

Oct 30, 2025

Most engineering teams struggle with backlog grooming because they focus on estimating story points and debating technical implementation details rather than defining user value and thin slices. In…

S1E4 When Good Engineers Build Bad Systems: Why Smart Teams Create Problems

Oct 16, 2025

Why do talented engineers with good intentions end up building problematic architectures? In this episode, we explore how smart teams create bad systems through local optimization, unintended…

S1E3 The Stack, The Plan, and The Platform: Modern Delivery Stack Methodology

Oct 02, 2025

Your technology stack isn't just a list of tools—it's the foundation of your entire delivery system. In this episode, we introduce the Modern Delivery Stack methodology: how to connect business goals…

S1E2 Conway's Law in Action: How Team Structure Dictates System Architecture

Sep 18, 2025

Your system architecture mirrors your organizational structure—whether you planned it that way or not. In this episode, we explore Conway's Law in practice: how team boundaries, communication…

S1E1 The Platform Multiplication Problem: Why Teams Duplicate Infrastructure

Sep 04, 2025

Why do organizations end up with multiple platform teams building the same infrastructure? In this episode, we explore the platform multiplication problem—how well-intentioned teams create duplicated…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Going to Production have?

Going to Production has published 8 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Business, Technology.

Is Going to Production still active?

Going to Production is currently declining with new episodes every 2 weeks.

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