Research Insights Made Simple
A podcast about whitepapers, research and engineering methodology in plain language
Each episode reviews one study or important engineering topic: what is actually useful, where the methodology has limits, and how to apply the findings in real software development.
Episodes by topic
How to Build a Governed Agent Stack
Конфигурации агентного стека: обвязка × модель × инструменты
How to choose a harness, model, and tools, define data and authority boundaries, and turn an agent stack into a governed enterprise system. Guest: Mikhail Trifonov.
Measuring Coding Agents in Dialogue — with Aleksey Litvinov
SWE-Together × SWE-INTERACT
A review of SWE-Together and SWE-INTERACT with Aleksey Litvinov: measuring coding agents when requirements emerge during the work. Guest: Aleksey Litvinov.
Why Coding Agents Do Not Eliminate Expertise — with Evgeny Sergeev
Agentic Coding and Persistent Returns to Expertise
A review of Anthropic's research with Evgeny Sergeev: why coding agents amplify domain expertise rather than eliminate it. Guest: Evgeny Sergeev.
Loop Engineering: Designing Systems That Run Coding Agents
Loop Engineering: The Anthropic Playbook for Designing Systems That Prompt Your Agents
A review of Loop Engineering with Maxim Smirnov: agent loops, generator/evaluator, hidden debts, and safe autonomous-system design. Guest: Максим Смирнов.
Why listen
- 01Understand whitepapers faster before deciding whether to read the full text
- 02Separate strong research findings from methodological constraints
- 03Connect research findings with engineering practice: AI in SDLC, DevEx, productivity and governance
- 04Build a map of ideas for architecture and organizational decisions in large-scale software development
Episode format
One episode, one paper
Each episode is anchored in a specific research paper, report or whitepaper.
Methodology matters
We look at study design, samples, limits, metrics and what should not be overgeneralized.
Practical translation
Academic and industry research gets translated into engineering decisions, process changes and management trade-offs.
Topics covered
The episodes follow several lines: productivity, AI4SDLC, governance and platform thinking.
Where to listen
The podcast is available in audio and video - pick the platform that fits.
YouTube - all 22 episodes
Playlist with video versions where slides, quotes and review structure are easy to follow.
VK Video - published episodes
Video versions on the shared Book cube channel in VK Video.
Podster - audio podcast
Audio version for commutes, walks or long-form research briefings.
Yandex Music - audio podcast
Audio archive on Yandex Music for listeners who keep podcasts in their everyday app.
Who it's for
- Engineers and architects who want research without academic noise
- Engineering managers and CTOs making decisions about productivity, DevEx and AI tooling
- Platform teams looking for arguments around governance and internal standards
- People who want to read papers more deliberately and find applicable ideas faster
Listen to the first episode
22 whitepaper and engineering research reviews. Start with API Governance at Scale or pick a topic in the episode catalog.
Open the YouTube playlist