HeyJaredTech Effect
TestDevLab's Tech Effect is a podcast where host Josh explores software engineering and tech innovation through conversations with diverse industry professionals.
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#43 Elena Coazzoli (Lingvano): One Codebase, Three Platforms, 4 Million Users - With a Team of Five? (opens the original)
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Season 2 Episode #24: Elena Coazzoli went from studying radiology in Italy to leading product for a 4-million-user sign language learning app with an integrated team of five covering product, engineering, design and data, with no separate departments.We get into why gamification and spaced repetition both failed when tested, what makes sign language fundamentally different to teach through an app, and the discovery that over half of Lingvano's learners can't find anyone to practice with. Elena a
#42 Adrián Bolonio (Kununu): No ARIA Is Better Than Bad ARIA - And AI Is Making It Worse (opens the original)
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Season 2 Episode #23: Adrián Bolonio picked accessibility as a conference talk topic almost at random. It became a career-defining commitment that took him from Willhaben to GitHub, where he built the platform's first accessibility settings, to Miro, where he turned a visual canvas into audio with footsteps and trash can sounds.We explore why the same accessibility issues top the WebAim survey every year and nobody fixes them, how to convince leadership to prioritise accessibility under shipping
#41 Jan Daniel Sulaiman (1NCE): He Detects Network Outages Before the Operator Even Knows (opens the original)
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Season 2 Episode #22: What happens when a kid whose only goal was to become his dad's boss accidentally falls into IoT through a missing sensor reading? Jan Daniel Sulaiman, VP of Global IoT Solutions at 1NCE, shares how he helped build a global connectivity platform from a single room with fewer than 20 people.We explore what it takes to operate 15 million connections across 175 countries, why 1NCE built custom network probes that detect outages before the local operator does, and how the platf
#40 Ergo Esken (Microsoft): The Hardware and Science Behind Sounding Good on a Call (opens the original)
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Season 2 Episode #21: What happens when a hi-fi hobbyist who was manufacturing driver's licenses gets a tip from his brother about a new audio lab being built at Skype? Ergo Esken, Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft, shares how that moment launched nearly two decades of ensuring the call quality millions of people take for granted every day.We explore why getting hardware right still matters more than most people realise, how design teams wanting thinner devices force engineers
#39 Dennis Thisner (Rebtel): Code First, AI Second - Why Knowing the Basics Matters More Than Ever (opens the original)
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Season 2 Episode #20: Dennis Thisner quit his first job out of pride, called his mom to brag, and realized he had no plan. A friend's tip and some truly terrible bug reports later, he was a QA engineer. Ten years on, he's built quality processes from the ground up across gaming, enterprise SaaS, agency work, and now telecom at Rebtel.We explore what it takes to build QA where none exists, why developer buy-in is the hardest first step, and why he tells his team to code first and use AI second. D
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