Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

What does it mean to learn software engineering when AI can already write much of the code? And how do we make sure the next generation of developers builds the skills, judgment, and confidence to succeed?
In this special collaboration between Hanselminutes and Microsoft's Command Line blog, Scott Hanselman sits down with Dr. Michael Hilton of Carnegie Mellon University and Julia Gao, an early-in-career software engineer at Microsoft, to discuss PRAISE (PReceptorship for AI augmented Software Engineering), a new approach to developing software engineers through mentorship, hands-on experience, and AI-assisted learning.
Read the original PRAISE paper at the CACM

AI isn't just changing how we write code. It's changing how we build software, structure teams, and think about what it means to be a software engineer. In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman sits down with Sunita Verma, CTO at Ironclad and a longtime Google engineering veteran, to explore why simply adding AI tools to existing development workflows isn't enough.
They discuss the shift from writing code to directing AI agents, why traditional sequential software development processes may need to evolve, and how smaller engineering teams can compete with much larger organizations. How do engineers adapt when writing code is no longer the primary measure of productivity? What happens to collaboration, ownership, and engineering judgment? And can AI actually reduce burnout, or does it just raise expectations?

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What happens when the laws of quantum physics meet computer science? In this special crossover episode of Hanselminutes and ACM ByteCast, Scott Hanselman sits down with Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard, recipients of the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award, often called the "Nobel Prize of Computing."
These two pioneers helped lay the foundations of quantum information science, revolutionizing how we think about computing, cryptography, and secure communication. From their groundbreaking work on quantum key distribution to the surprising possibilities of quantum teleportation, Bennett and Brassard explore the ideas that helped launch an entirely new field of computing.
Join us for a fascinating conversation about curiosity, collaboration, quantum mechanics, and what happens when fundamental research changes what's possible.
A special collaboration between ACM ByteCast and Hanselminutes.
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A young man who's a sophomore in high school emailed me to come on his podcast that he does with his friend, and I had so much fun. I decided to make it a crossover episode. Check out "Compile after Class" on this week's episode!

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Maynard Holliday spent 30+ years at the intersection of robotics, nuclear security, and defense technology, most recently serving as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies. He's worked on everything from helping remediate Three Mile Island to securing tons of Soviet nuclear material in post-Cold War Ukraine to overseeing the Pentagon's critical technology portfolio including AI, hypersonics, and microelectronics. He shares what "trusted AI" really means, why he co-founded Black in Robotics, and how T'Challa and Tony Stark shaped his career more than you'd expect.

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