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Code of Leadership

A podcast about engineering management — books, practice, and solo deep dives

Each episode is a deep dive into a book or an important practical topic: which ideas survive contact with a large fintech and how to apply them. No ads, no small talk — long, thoughtful hours on leadership, architecture and teams.

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69 episodes
#692026-08-13

AI-Assisted Engineering AMA #3

A third AMA with Aleksey Litvinov on systematic AI adoption, ROI, OpenSpec and Spec Kit, evals, and bounded agent autonomy.

Engineering managementArchitectureStrategyHiring & growthLeadership
#682026-08-12

PRD == Evals: How AI Blurs the Product–ML Engineer Boundary

PRD == evals: prototyping, quality evaluation, and the shifting responsibility boundary between product managers and ML engineers. Guest: Albina Munirova.

Engineering managementProductMetricsStrategyHiring & growth
#672026-08-06

Digital Team Lead: Can Developer Effectiveness Be Measured from Code?

Can code changes reveal effort, grade, and effectiveness trends, and where must metrics give way to context and managerial judgment?

Engineering managementMetricsLeadershipTeams & culture
#662026-08-06

AI-Assisted Engineering AMA #2

A second AMA with Aleksey Litvinov on local models, multi-agent systems, brownfield development, security, evaluations, and AI-assisted engineering economics.

Engineering managementArchitectureStrategyMetricsLeadership
#652026-08-03

How to Bring GenAI into Operational Work

How to adopt GenAI in support, accounting, marketing, and design through measurable quality, end-to-end economics, workflow redesign, and clear accountability.

Engineering managementProductStrategyMetricsLeadership
#642026-07-28

Consulting in the AI Era: Beyond Polished Presentations

Consulting in the AI era: problem framing, trust, expertise, prototyping, and accountability for real change. Guest: Alexander Vorontsov.

Engineering managementTeams & cultureProductStrategyLeadership
#632026-07-27

AI-Assisted Engineering AMA

AI-Assisted Engineering AMA on agent maturity, verification debt, governance, roles, and hiring in an AI-native organization. Guest: Aleksey Litvinov.

Engineering managementTeams & cultureHiring & growthArchitectureStrategy
#622026-07-15

How to Build AI-Native Software Development

How to build AI-native software development around context, specifications, CI/CD, verification debt, and clear responsibility. Guest: Aleksey Litvinov.

Engineering managementTeams & cultureHiring & growthArchitectureStrategy
#612026-07-03

How to Build AI Products

Code of Leadership conversation about How to Build AI Products. Guest: Daniel Levinishnikov.

Engineering managementTeams & cultureHiring & growthProductStrategy
#602026-04-26

Keep It Simple: Project Management

Code of Leadership conversation about Keep It Simple: Project Management. Guest: Dmitry Ilenkov.

Engineering managementStrategyLeadershipProduct
#592026-04-11

Measuring the Effectiveness of AI Adoption

Code of Leadership conversation about Measuring the Effectiveness of AI Adoption. Guest: Avenir Voronov.

Engineering managementTeams & cultureArchitectureStrategyMetrics
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Why listen

  • 01Learn engineering management through key books and applied solo deep dives
  • 02See how the ideas play out (or don't) in a real large fintech
  • 03Get a ready 'what to read next' shortlist for your growth zone
  • 04Hear honest thinking out loud — what holds up vs what doesn't survive practice

Episode format

A book or topic as the spine

Each episode is anchored in a book or one practical question, giving it structure and more depth than a free-form interview.

Applied to practice

Not a chapter-by-chapter summary, but the answer to 'how does this work in a 1,000+ engineer org' — with real examples.

For people who're growing

Built for engineers, team leads and managers who want systematic growth, not a collection of trendy terms.

Topics covered

Across 69 episodes we've touched all the core areas of engineering leadership.

01Engineering management
02Teams & culture
03Architecture & tech debt
04Hiring & onboarding
05Performance & feedback
06Decision-making
07Strategy & prioritization
08DORA / DevEx / SPACE
09CTO lifecycle
10Large organizations
11Product & engineering
12Personal growth as a leader

Where to listen

The podcast is available in audio and video — pick the platform that fits.

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YouTube — all 69 episodes

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VK Video — published episodes

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Podster — audio podcast

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Yandex Music — audio podcast

Audio version on Yandex Music for listeners who keep podcasts in their everyday music app.

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Who it's for

  • Team leads and engineering managers shaping their own approach
  • Engineers on the path to leadership who want to see what's next
  • CTOs and Heads of Engineering looking for references and ideas
  • People who read management books slowly and want to filter faster

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