{"podcast":{"title":"Software Engineer Interview Prep Podcast","slug":"software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520","podcast_index_feed_id":7756520,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10f2c0f8c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prabuddha-ganegoda","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45395131/45395131-1771326099446-dba64f511934f.jpg","author":"Prabuddha Ganegoda","episode_count":35,"summary":"Ace your Software Engineer interviews with confidence. This podcast helps you organize your thinking, strengthen problem-solving skills, and prepare effectively for real technical interviews. Topics covered include: Programming (Java & Python) Data Structures & Algorithms System Design AI for Software Engineers Interview strategies & mindset Whether you're targeting Big Tech, startups, or senior engineering roles, each episode helps you think clearly, solve better, and perform at your best.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T02:20:02.878789+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520"},"episode":{"title":"Agentic coding Session 1 — The Agentic Mental Model","slug":"agentic-coding-session-1-the-agentic-mental-model","published_at":"2026-06-08T02:31:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520/agentic-coding-session-1-the-agentic-mental-model","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/prabuddha-ganegoda/episodes/Agentic-coding-Session-1--The-Agentic-Mental-Model-e3kfm07","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10f2c0f8c/podcast/play/121148871/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-8%2Fe1eb456a-f8d1-408e-3514-43b3aeee62dc.m4a","summary":"The Agentic Mental Model: what "agentic" means and the loop, the context window as the governing constraint, explore→plan→implement→commit, verification, and precise prompting. Most engineers meet AI coding tools as a smarter autocomplete. Claude Code is something else: an agent that explores, plans, and writes code on its own while you direct and review. This opening episode rewires how you think about the tool. We unpack what "agentic" actually means, why the context window is the one constraint that explains every best practice, the explore-plan-implement-commit workflow, and the discipline of verification — giving the agent a check it can run so it self-corrects. The foundation for everything that follows, and for any interview that asks how you think with an AI agent.","meta_description":"The Agentic Mental Model: what \"agentic\" means and the loop, the context window as the governing constraint, explore→plan→implement→commit, veri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1421,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520/episodes/agentic-coding-session-1-the-agentic-mental-model/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/software-engineer-interview-prep-podcast-7756520/agentic-coding-session-1-the-agentic-mental-model.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}