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!

Engineer In The Loop

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Inside Microsoft’s Secret to Scaling New Ideas W/ Taylor Black

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:00:00 GMT

What does it really take to turn bold ideas into real impact inside one of the world’s largest technology companies?

In this episode of Engineering in the Loop, Alec Harrison sits down with Taylor Black, Director of AI & Venture Ecosystems in the Office of the CTO at Microsoft, to unpack how internal incubators actually work — and why most innovation efforts fail before they ever ship.

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AI, Turkey, and Catching Up

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 02:40:59 GMT

In this episode Alec and Brian talk about AI, turkey, and AI turkey?

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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...

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