Reflections on the value of a planning process that emphasizes transparency, empathy, and the people behind the products.

YouTrack’s Elena Pishkova shares how the team plans products in public view and in collaboration with customers.

The GSM Association’s head of connected women, connected society, and assistive technology discusses the impact mobile devices have had on the lives of marginalized women and what technology companies can do to further mobile equity.

The Kubernetes co-creator discusses the origins and evolution of the project, and the role the community plays in pushing it forward.

A discussion of the distinctions (and dependencies) between reliability and resilience, and how to build complex systems that perform under strain and surprise.

Tech Ladies’ founder and VP of operations discuss hiring practices, compensation, and the potential benefits of full-time remote work.

The VP of eBay’s mobile and developer ecosystem talks access, innovation, and big technical changes.

One of the creators of After Effects, Shockwave, and Flash on the comings and goings of software and the future of frontend development.

The former lead architect of Apple’s iCloud Photo Library talks infrastructure, privacy, and system design.

The CEO of Shift7—and former CTO of the United States—on solution-making, team-building, and establishing technical ecosystems outside of the private sector.

NPR test engineer Ijeoma Ezeonyebuchi discusses the limits of automation and the unique challenges of mobile testing.

A pioneer software tester speaks about the past, present, and future of the discipline.

A conversation with the chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation about her transition from corporate law to tech leadership, the power of a written document, and a more humane internet.

A roundtable discussion with localization and internationalization experts from Amazon, Dropbox, and Kickstarter.

Can an autonomous weapons system be trusted? This interview with Professor David Danks explores the ethics of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), and the security risks these AI systems face.

As documentation evolves beyond the written word, what will its future look like? Three expert tech writers and communicators share their takes on what was, what is, and what they think will be.

The technologist and award-winning author talks computation, conservation, and our odds of survival in a warming world.

On the successes, challenges, and wombat behind the go-to Node.js package manager.

How DigitalOcean got started, how they managed to position it in the market, how they overcame the technical and economic challenges they faced along the way, and what they’re planning for the future.

We spoke with Sid about GitLab’s recent outage, its aftermath, and the impressive level of transparency GitLab offered the public during the outage.