Engineer In The Loop
is the weekly show for software engineers who ship with models in the mix. Host Alec Harrison chats with practitioners about architecture decisions, failure modes, and the workflows that keep humans firmly "in the loop." Expect repo round-ups, post-mortems, and listener Q&A—with actionable code examples and zero buzzword fluff!
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From 11 Nested For-Loops to AI-Driven Engineering — A Conversation with Zure CEO Sakari Nahi
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:07:46 GMT
Alec welcomes Sakari Nahi, CEO of Zure, for a fun and thoughtful discussion that spans 25 years of tech evolution. Sakari shares how a single C# book jump-started his career, why he left a job he didn’t love to found a cloud-native consultancy, and what it’s like building a people-first engineering culture across multiple countries.
The two dig into real AI use cases that actually work today—vector...
Be Useful — And Pivot: Cory House on Specialization, AI, and Staying Valuable
Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:48:51 GMT
Cory House (Pluralsight/DomeTrain author and principal at ReactJS Consulting) shares the story of going “all-in” on JavaScript/React and how that focus grew into a successful independent consulting and training career. We dig into the tradeoffs of deep specialization vs breadth, how to spot real opportunities, and the “two-way door” idea for tech career moves. Cory also walks through his current p...
Certs, Copilot, and Code: From Microsoft Learn to Speech-to-Infrastructure
Sun, 02 Nov 2025 17:40:29 GMT
Alec Harrison and Brian Gorman return from a short break to talk all things certifications, Copilot, and the curious evolution of learning with AI. Alec shares his experience taking Microsoft’s new Applied Skills exams for Copilot Studio, while Brian gives some veteran insight into two decades of Microsoft certifications and how the new role-based system compares.
They debate whether AI tools are r...
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