{"podcast":{"title":"Thoughtworks Technology Podcast","slug":"thoughtworks-technology-podcast-1060653","podcast_index_feed_id":1060653,"rss_url":"https://thoughtworks.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.thoughtworks.com/podcasts","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/1/7/1/a171dd11ef408014e55e3c100dce7605/TWTP_icon_2021.jpg","author":"Thoughtworks","episode_count":100,"summary":"The Thoughtworks podcast plunges deep into the latest tech topics that have captured our imagination. Join our panel of senior technologists to explore the most important trends in tech today, get frontline insights into our work developing cutting-edge tech and hear more about how today's tech megatrends will impact you.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T06:17:02.892641+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thoughtworks-technology-podcast-1060653"},"episode":{"title":"What is code?","slug":"what-is-code","published_at":"2026-06-25T09:39:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thoughtworks-technology-podcast-1060653/what-is-code","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thoughtworks-technology-podcast-1060653","url":"https://thoughtworks.libsyn.com/what-does-code-mean-in-2026","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thoughtworks/What_is_code_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=790869","summary":"What is code? It might sound obvious, but if you scratch the surface it becomes more difficult to articulate precisely what we mean. AI is complicating the picture further and changing the relationship developers have with code: when large amounts of executable code can be generated from high-level descriptions, what does it even mean to write code? On this episode of the Technology Podcast, host Alexey Boas is joined by Thoughworks Distinguished Engineer Unmesh Joshi to discuss what code actually is and what it means to write, test, review and maintain code today. Building on Unmesh's recent article 'What is Code?' for martinfowler.com, this discussion dives into one of the fundamental building blocks of software while also thinking through the implications for 2026's engineering challenges. Read Unmesh's article on martinfowler.com: https://martinfowler.com/articles/what-is-code.html","meta_description":"What is code? It might sound obvious, but if you scratch the surface it becomes more difficult to articulate precisely what we mean. AI is complicating th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2416,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thoughtworks-technology-podcast-1060653/episodes/what-is-code/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thoughtworks-technology-podcast-1060653/what-is-code.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}