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# Dev Interrupted

Dev Interrupted is where engineering leaders break through the noise.

[![Cover image for How to harness your dragon with Fable, tech leaders turn to model routing, and coping with AI rockstars](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/ai_model_routing_tech_leadership_strategies_559cad77e4?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/anthropic-fable-5-model-routing-tokenmaxxing-ai-rockstars)

[How to harness your dragon with Fable, tech leaders turn to model routing, and coping with AI rockstars](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/anthropic-fable-5-model-routing-tokenmaxxing-ai-rockstars)

Andrew and Ben break down the arrival of Anthropic's Fable model and how to steer its capabilities without torching your codebase. Discover how intelligent...

[![Cover image for All software is an optimization of tokens and time (and speed is still the moat) | AMD’s Anush Elangovan](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Blog_Comprehensive_DORA_Guide_2400x1256_56_92033ded76?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/amd-anush-elangovan-agentic-io-token-optimization-software-speed)

[All software is an optimization of tokens and time (and speed is still the moat) | AMD’s Anush Elangovan ](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/amd-anush-elangovan-agentic-io-token-optimization-software-speed)

AMD’s Anush Elangovan joins the show to break down how "Agentic IO" is stripping away legacy software abstractions. Discover why all software is becoming an...

[![Cover image for Microsoft breaks free from OpenAI, using your harness to add drag instead of velocity, and the Linux built-ins you're sleeping on](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/microsoft_openai_split_linux_builtin_tools_harness_velocity_9a46c4c4dc?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/microsoft-openai-independence-trust-factories-stanford-linux)

[Microsoft breaks free from OpenAI, using your harness to add drag instead of velocity, and the Linux built-ins you're sleeping on ](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/microsoft-openai-independence-trust-factories-stanford-linux)

Andrew and Ben break down Microsoft's strategic independence from OpenAI and Kent Beck's warning on building "trust factories" to handle AI chaos. Discover how...

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[![Cover image for How to turn your 1000x engineer into a 10x everyone | LinkedIn’s Karthik Ramgopal](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Blog_Comprehensive_DORA_Guide_2400x1256_54_0d89b584f9?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/linkedin-karthik-ramgopal-ai-memory-engineering-primitives)

[How to turn your 1000x engineer into a 10x everyone | LinkedIn’s Karthik Ramgopal](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/linkedin-karthik-ramgopal-ai-memory-engineering-primitives)

LinkedIn’s Karthik Ramgopal joins Dev Interrupted to discuss the mechanics of deploying agentic platforms across massive engineering organizations. Discover...

[![Cover image for The cost of intelligence will never be this cheap again, the failure of intensive specs, and how bots disguise inefficient workflows](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/cost_of_intelligence_workflow_efficiency_bots_a3e3509b81?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/cost-of-intelligence-local-models-spec-driven-development-friday-deploy)

[The cost of intelligence will never be this cheap again, the failure of intensive specs, and how bots disguise inefficient workflows](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/cost-of-intelligence-local-models-spec-driven-development-friday-deploy)

Ben and Andrew explore teams' shift to local models amid rising API costs and examine why the cost of intelligence will never be this cheap again.

[![Cover image for Observability is your profit center now | Honeycomb’s Christine Yen](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Blog_Comprehensive_DORA_Guide_2400x1256_52_824656b60d?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/christine-yen-honeycomb-observability-agentic-software-telemetry)

[Observability is your profit center now | Honeycomb’s Christine Yen](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/christine-yen-honeycomb-observability-agentic-software-telemetry)

Honeycomb CEO Christine Yen breaks down why the explosion of AI-generated code means codebases are no longer the source of truth, production is. Discover how...

## Most popular

[Can You Buy Your Way to DevSecOps Success?](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/can-you-buy-your-way-to-dev-sec-ops-success)

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[Will AI Finally Make TDD Practical?](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/will-ai-finally-make-tdd-practical)

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[The End of Specialization? How AI Shapes Modern Dev Teams](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/the-end-of-specialization-how-ai-shapes-modern-dev-teams)

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[![Cover image for What Google didn’t announce at I/O, defining “dark flow”, and ignoring your first brain to build your second one](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/google_io_dark_flow_second_brain_3a9876e398?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/friday-deploy-google-io-2026-gemini-spark-vibe-coding-study)

[What Google didn’t announce at I/O, defining “dark flow”, and ignoring your first brain to build your second one ](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/friday-deploy-google-io-2026-gemini-spark-vibe-coding-study)

Andrew and Ben break down Google I/O 2026 highlights, including the debut of Gemini Spark and why Google skipped a frontier model to focus on edge efficiency....

[![Cover image for Android is the frontier for agents and other lessons from Google I/O | Matthew McCullough](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Blog_Comprehensive_DORA_Guide_2400x1256_50_c715b0d8bf?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/matthew-mccullough-google-io-2026-android-ai-agents)

[Android is the frontier for agents and other lessons from Google I/O | Matthew McCullough](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/matthew-mccullough-google-io-2026-android-ai-agents)

Google VP Matthew McCullough breaks down the latest from Google I/O 2026 and the AI evolution hitting Android 17\. Discover why Android is the ultimate frontier...

[![Cover image for Agents get their own AOL, Andrew gets published, and vibe coding is actually good?](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_limit,w_2560/f_auto/q_auto/v1/agents_aol_vibe_coding_trends_571f119728?_a=BAVMn6ID0)](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/vibe-coding-agentic-engineering-mise-en-place-context-engineering)

[Agents get their own AOL, Andrew gets published, and vibe coding is actually good?](https://linearb.io/dev-interrupted/podcast/vibe-coding-agentic-engineering-mise-en-place-context-engineering)

Andrew and Ben break down why vibe coding has matured into a production-grade strategy when paired with rigorous agentic engineering. Plus, a look at Andrew’s...

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