Episodes 9
Avg. Duration 48m
Activity Active
Since Apr 2025
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Months
Format
Episodic
Hosting
anchor.fm

About This Podcast

Merge to Main is a podcast where we talk with people who've been in the trenches of tech leadership. No fancy buzzwords or corporate speak - just honest conversations about what it's actually like to build and lead engineering teams. Each week, we explore the real challenges of engineering leadership - from hiring and team culture to shipping quality products. Practical, no-nonsense conversations that help you become a better leader today.

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Building LLM Agents: Evaluation, Safety, and Tool Use with Georgios Chouliaras

Feb 02, 2026 44m

From BERT to Agents: Building Production AI at Booking.comAfter seven years building ML systems that serve millions of travelers, Georgios Chouliaras has watched the field transform from hand-coded…

S1E8 Building at Scale: From Flexible Team Models to AI-Powered Engineers with Jan Hegewald

Nov 06, 2025 49m

What happens when you throw out traditional team structures and rebuild them around missions instead of functions? Jan Hegewald, VP of Engineering at Taxdoo and former engineering leader at Zalando…

S1E7 From IC to CTO: The Journey Through PagerDuty, Grammarly, and Building Breakfast with Roman Skvirskyi

Oct 01, 2025 56m

⁠In this episode, I sit down with Roman, CTO of Breakfast, a social tech startup fostering offline human connections in Lisbon.⁠Roman brings over a decade of tech experience, having navigated the…

S1E6 Is the Tech Talent War Really Over? A chat with Iwan Gulenko

Sep 01, 2025 39m

Iwan Gulenk, founder of a Swiss tech recruitment agency, maps the new reality of tech hiringWhat’s inside:1) Market reset and hiring rigor: After years of growth peaking in 2021, 2024 hammered…

S1E5 Why Your Prompts Matter More Than You Think with Giuseppe Birardi

Aug 28, 2025 53m

Giuseppe Birardi is CTO of Orma Lab, an Italian consultancy focused on R&D and industrial AI. A former researcher turned PM and developer, he also co-organizes the Python Bar community.What we…

S1E4 From Code to Culture: 25 Years of Software Delivery Lessons with Csaba Mézes

Jul 07, 2025 1h

Csaba Mézes, former delivery manager at Nordcloud with 25 years in the industry, shares his hard-earned insights on software delivery, team management, and why most projects fail. Here's what you'll…

S1E3 Beyond the Hype: How to Actually Use AI for Development with Duarte O.Carmo

Jul 02, 2025 50m

Duarte O.Carmo, machine learning consultant based in Copenhagen, shares his honest take on AI tools, local models, and the reality behind the hype. Here's what you'll learn from this episode:1/ 🎯…

S1E2 Building Teams When You Can't Just Hire More People with Ellen König

Jun 30, 2025 42m

Ellen König, Head of Engineering at Alcemy, shares her practical insights on engineering leadership, remote team management, and building sustainable tech companies. Here's what you'll learn from…

S1E1 The Engineering Manager's Toolkit: From Hiring to Shipping with Anastasiia Tymoshchuk

Apr 22, 2025 40m

Anastasiia, former Head of Engineering at Native Instruments, shares her practical insights on engineering leadership, team building, and quality-driven development. Here's what you'll learn from…

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How many episodes does Merge to main have?

Merge to main has published 9 episodes since April 2025, covering topics in Technology.

Is Merge to main still active?

Merge to main is currently active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 48m.

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