{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hangar DX Podcast","title":"Your Developers Are Building Their Own Roads. Now What?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/eae0bdea\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2112,"description":"David Curlewis, Senior Engineering Manager at Canva, joins Ankit Jain on HangarDX to talk about what happens to platform teams when AI gives every developer a bulldozer.\nWhy platform teams should go down a layer and offer primitives instead of full highways, and\nHow inner sourcing and a graduation model help platform teams scale without fighting their own developers, about\nWhat happens when vibe-coded dashboards go mission-critical overnight, and why outcome metrics beat volume?\nChapters\n00:00 Welcome to Hangar DX\n01:03 David’s platform engineering background\n02:13 Why AI is changing platform teams\n04:04 The golden path versus AI-built roads\n07:40 Platform primitives: observability, security, and MCPs\n11:46 Why platform engineering is becoming a core company function\n14:56 Centralization, autonomy, and maturity\n20:51 Inner source as a model for shared ownership\n23:17 Designing contribution guidelines for AI agents\n26:50 Intent debt, cognitive debt, and keeping specifications aligned\n31:00 Why companies are building their own AI platforms\n32:25 Moving from code review to reliable validation\n34:50 Measuring AI productivity beyond lines of code\n40:06 The return of generalist engineers\n📫 Sign up for our email list for more podcasts, articles, events, and other updates: https://www.aviator.co/podcast\n✏️ Subscribe for more videos: @Aviator-Co\n🙌 Join a curated community of senior engineers and engineering leaders focused on developer experience and solving productivity challenges at scale! Check out our upcoming off-the-record online sessions where vetted, experienced professionals can exchange ideas and share hard-earned wisdom: https://dx.community/\nReplace code reviews with verified intent\nAI writes code faster than humans can review it. Aviator Verify provides compliance-grade verification through spec-driven development. Ship faster with complete audit trails. https://verify.aviator.co/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/16vdkU_T6_iVtf7IUsoQjMFmeDYUlw6Qa73sOtzxCuw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82M2Ew/ZDQzZWJhMWYyMjM5/YmI0NDBkMjc1N2Ew/MmIwMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}