{"podcast":{"title":"Asynchronous & Unreliable - Conversations on The Edge of Software","slug":"asynchronous-unreliable-conversations-on-the-edge-of-software-7759997","podcast_index_feed_id":7759997,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/Pik9xbHl.rss","website_url":"https://www.asynchronousunreliable.com/","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/ecffc8b9-d7a7-4b87-b3b3-977ced306210/logos/2a312ed4-c4eb-41b4-ba00-de08462e2aa9.png","author":"Anne Currie","episode_count":16,"summary":"Welcome to Asynchronous and Unreliable , the new weekly podcast where we discuss the latest and most fascinating ideas in: software engineering, AI, management, leadership and communications, efficiency, operations, clouds, hyperscaling, resilience and sustainability. Our host is Anne Currie, tech veteran, co-author of O'Reilly's Building Green Software (on building cheaper and more flexible systems ready for the energy transition), The Cloud Native Attitude (on industry embrace of fast flow), and the science fiction Panopticon series (on killer robots in space, amongst other topics). Expect animated, friendly, and lighthearted discussions with some of the most renowned & interesting thinkers and practitioners in technology. To find out about just a few of our amazing guests in 2026, visit our website .","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T16:17:11.788534+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/asynchronous-unreliable-conversations-on-the-edge-of-software-7759997"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 7: Can AI Ever Create Mission Critical Software?  With Martin Davidson","slug":"ep-7-can-ai-ever-create-mission-critical-software-with-martin-davidson","published_at":"2026-05-10T16:44:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/asynchronous-unreliable-conversations-on-the-edge-of-software-7759997/ep-7-can-ai-ever-create-mission-critical-software-with-martin-davidson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/asynchronous-unreliable-conversations-on-the-edge-of-software-7759997","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/c6281fcc745409f622f450d137a5dbebda3ba7623c89137b9ac6dd6535630e9e/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIwM2Y3NTMwMS04NWMyLTQ3ZDQtOWMyZi1hZmM4ZTc2OWFiMDYiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJlY2ZmYzhiOS1kN2E3LTRiODctYjNiMy05NzdjZWQzMDYyMTAiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NzYxNWNlNTQyMGE5OTgwNWExOTY2MGMiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjlmMjQ5YWQ2YzcxNjZhMTk3ZGM0OTFjL2FubmUtY3Vycmllcy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi00LTI5X18yMC0xMC01My5tcDMifQ==.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/c6281fcc745409f622f450d137a5dbebda3ba7623c89137b9ac6dd6535630e9e/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIwM2Y3NTMwMS04NWMyLTQ3ZDQtOWMyZi1hZmM4ZTc2OWFiMDYiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJlY2ZmYzhiOS1kN2E3LTRiODctYjNiMy05NzdjZWQzMDYyMTAiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NzYxNWNlNTQyMGE5OTgwNWExOTY2MGMiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjlmMjQ5YWQ2YzcxNjZhMTk3ZGM0OTFjL2FubmUtY3Vycmllcy1zdHVkaW8tY29tcG9zZXItMjAyNi00LTI5X18yMC0xMC01My5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"Join host Anne Currie in this episode of \"Asynchronous and Unreliable,\" where she talks with veteran technologist Martin Davidson about his journey from telecommunications to AI-driven software development. Discover how AI looks set to reshape the software industry, including by building high-quality, production-ready code and redefining testing, design, and organizational structures. - Martin Davidson’s career evolution from high-resilience telco software to AI and machine learning - The concept of oracle-driven development for AI-generated code quality - Practical experimentation with rewriting libraries and building emulators in Rust using AI - The extension of traditional unit testing to fuzz testing, differential testing, and other AI-powered validation - The importance of defining success criteria (\"what good looks like\") upfront in AI projects - Parallelization strategies in AI and software architectures: from agents to cores and teams - Organizational implications of AI-driven productivity increases and automation - Future outlook for legacy software companies amid AI disruptions - The cultural and economic impacts of AI on software engineering careers and industry stability #tech #podcast #softwareengineering #AI #sustainability #green #software #distributedsystems shownotes and transcript: https://www.asynchronousunreliable.com/asynchronous-and-unreliable-e7","meta_description":"Join host Anne Currie in this episode of \"Asynchronous and Unreliable,\" where she talks with veteran technologist Martin Davidson about his journey from t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4071,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/asynchronous-unreliable-conversations-on-the-edge-of-software-7759997/episodes/ep-7-can-ai-ever-create-mission-critical-software-with-martin-davidson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/asynchronous-unreliable-conversations-on-the-edge-of-software-7759997/ep-7-can-ai-ever-create-mission-critical-software-with-martin-davidson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}