software engineering

8 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Aug 17, 2023 by Kellan Elliott-McCrea · across every show →

Everything said about software engineering, oldest first

Aug 17, 2023 negative
Insight
Elliott-McCrea: Slow engineering execution always stems from leadership's lack of clarity
“When I'm going and having these conversations with leaders, and this is, I think the standard conversation most people have is it starts with leadership. If we're moving too slow, it always does. We've always believed that we've been more clear. We've created …”
Kellan Elliott-McCrea Aug 17, 2023 ▶ 20:57 How to supercharge your engineering org | Kellan Elliott-McCrea (Adobe, Dropbox)
Aug 17, 2023 neutral
Insight
Elliott-McCrea: Software problem timelines range from days to years based on clarity
“One of the things that's really different about software engineering than other types of engineering is the fungibility. Problems can take two days or they can take two years. And the fundamental difference is the excitement and clarity you have around the sol…”
Kellan Elliott-McCrea Aug 17, 2023 ▶ 20:25 How to supercharge your engineering org | Kellan Elliott-McCrea (Adobe, Dropbox)
Aug 17, 2023 negative
Opinion
Elliott-McCrea: Jira is built for control and predictability, not greatness
“Jira is not built for building greatness. You can use it that way. But fundamentally it's about someone who's trying to create a sense of control and a sense of predictability over it while at the same time actually asking to be surprised.”
Kellan Elliott-McCrea Aug 17, 2023 ▶ 23:38 How to supercharge your engineering org | Kellan Elliott-McCrea (Adobe, Dropbox)
Feb 15, 2024 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Masad: AI will bifurcate developers into 'creators' and 'engineers'
“I think that there's going to be a bifurcation of software engineer and software creator. Engineers are not going away. We need engineers in the same way that Instagram did not obviate the need for professional, you know, journalists and photographers and all …”
Amjad Masad Feb 15, 2024 ▶ 36:34 The secret lever Replit pulled to scale ahead of its competition | Amjad Masad (Co-founder and CEO)
Jul 24, 2025 neutral
Insight
Taking a product from 95% to 100% quality is exceptionally challenging
“It's pretty easy, and now I would say even like easier to build a prototype, but the craft of actually taking something from 95% to 99% or a hundred percent is very challenging and not something they teach you in school.”
Ankur Goyal Jul 24, 2025 ▶ 4:00 What Braintrust got right about product-market fit | Ankur Goyal (Founder and CEO)
Jul 24, 2025
Insight
Building high-quality software requires assuming new code is broken
“I think you have to pay attention to literally every possible sign that the software is not working. And I think the first step is actually just believing that when you type something or you build a feature, it's not going to work.”
Ankur Goyal Jul 24, 2025 ▶ 7:12 What Braintrust got right about product-market fit | Ankur Goyal (Founder and CEO)
Apr 21, 2026 positive
Insight
Shiebler: AI coding tools change software engineering physics by crossing domains
“AI coding tools enable engineers to be able to reach over the line and understand code that's outside of the range of things that they would normally be able to understand, normally be able to work with in a really unparalleled way that really changes the phys…”
Dan Shiebler Apr 21, 2026 ▶ 18:47 Inside Artemis' "AI vs AI" war | Shachar Hirshberg & Dan Shiebler (Co-founders, Artemis)
Aug 27, 2026 bullish
Insight
AI prototyping velocity makes multi-year software engineering bets completely obsolete
“I think it is hard these days to take a bet that is multi-year at this point. Maybe not on the, I would say, Adams-level infrastructure, because those do still take a while, but if it's in, you know, in, in product, in software, because I don't know that it ne…”
Jay Parikh Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 40:30 The most expensive mistake in outsourcing your tech stack | Jay Parikh (EVP CoreAI, Microsoft)
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