Overcommitted

About Overcommitted

Join Overcommitted for insightful conversations with women in tech, software engineers, and programming experts focused on advancing software engineering careers. Explore topics such as software ethics, system reliability, infrastructure resilience, programming best practices, and agentic AI development. Our hosts share career insights and tech mentorship to boost developer productivity and code quality for passionate programmers and software engineers alike.

Publisher

overcommitted.dev | Women in Tech and Tech Mentorship

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Mar 2025

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 83 episodes have a transcript.

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   27 Oct 2026

   Can You Trust Code Written Without AI? Agents, Security, and Software Careers in 2026

   Can you trust software written without AI? We examine the risks of manual coding versus automated vulnerability exploits.At Rails World 2026, a show of hands revealed that writing material amounts of code by hand is becoming a rarity. We discuss whether that human-written code is actually safer, especially after reviewing the eMudhra certificate authority compromise where private keys were recovered in under a second. Between open-weight models demonstrating Mythos-class exploit skills and the ongoing debate over AI consciousness, the security landscape has shifted significantly.This conversation is for engineers navigating the reality of AI mandates at work and the impact of agents that continue running after you log off. We also cover the practical side of professional development, from Bethany building a holiday gift-list app to Brittany replacing cloud subscriptions with local transcription tools. By analyzing these technical shifts, we aim to help you maintain a grounded perspective on your career trajectory.Subscribe for weekly software engineering breakdowns, and comment on which professional challenge you want us to tackle next. Hosts Overcommitted: https://overcommitted.dev (https://overcommitted.dev) Bethany Janos: https://www.trustyduck.dev (https://www.trustyduck.dev) Brittany Ellich: https://brittanyellich.com (https://brittanyellich.com)

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   20 Oct 2026

   Honest Answers: When Priorities Change

   What do you do when the project you prepared for is no longer the priority? In our first Honest Answers segment, Erika and Bethany respond to a listener's question about a last-minute change of plans. They discuss how communication can make a change feel less arbitrary, why context switching leaves unfinished work on your mind, and how stopping notes, handoff documentation, and an AI-assisted morning routine can help you pick work back up. They also cover keeping a record of contributions when projects don't ship, separating your identity from your assigned work, and the loss of autonomy that can come with a reorg. The conversation turns to disagree and commit, the psychological safety it requires, and recognizing when it may be time to find a different team or role. To close, they translate some familiar corporate memos into plain language. Hosts Overcommitted: https://overcommitted.dev Bethany Janos: https://www.trustyduck.dev Erika Eggemeyer: https://github.com/eggyhead Show Links Molly Graham, Work Whiplash: https://mollyg.substack.com/p/work-whiplash John Cutler, TBM 31/52: Why Does Our Strategy Keep Changing?: https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-3152-why-does-our-strategy-keep ShiftMag, Do managers shift priorities to make engineers miserable?: https://shiftmag.dev/shifting-priorities-development-business-886/ UW Bothell, Sophie Leroy on attention residue and ready-to-resume plans: https://www.uwb.edu/news/2019/02/12/task-interrupted Sophie Leroy's faculty page and research publications: https://www.uwb.edu/faculty/sophie-leroy/ Jellyfish, Mitigating Context Switching in Software Development: https://jellyfish.co/library/developer-productivity/context-switching/ Masicampo and Baumeister, Consider it done! Plan making can eliminate the cognitive effects of unfulfilled goals: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024192 Hello Interview, Handling a project priority change: https://www.hellointerview.com/community/questions/project-priority-change/cmlj4w9bn01yq08adp1vva9ot David Rock, A sense of autonomy is a primary reward or threat for the brain: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-at-work/200911/a-sense-of-autonomy-is-a-primary-reward-or-threat-for-the-brain Bordia and colleagues, Uncertainty during organizational change: Is it all about control?: https://doi.org/10.1080/13594320444000128 Glavin and Schieman, Control in the Face of Uncertainty: https://doi.org/10.1177/0190272514546698 NASA, Managing the Trauma of a Terminated Project (PMHut reprint): https://pmhut.com/managing-the-trauma-of-a-terminated-project Disagree and commit, Concept overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disagree_and_commit Amazon's leadership principles, Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit: https://www.aboutamazon.com/about-us/leadership-principles

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   13 Oct 2026

   Stack Overflow Survey Reactions | Software Engineering & Career Insights

   What does Stack Overflow’s 2026 Developer Survey reveal about software engineering, career insights, and engineering culture? The Overcommitted hosts unpack the findings, discuss what they mean for developers, and share the trends they’re watching across the profession. Links Developer survey: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026 (https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026) Ed from Polytoken: https://youtu.be/YrmR6EZ5Y1U (https://youtu.be/YrmR6EZ5Y1U) Hosts Overcommitted: ⁠⁠https://overcommitted.dev⁠ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnllT3pGVnRrTFJKcUpQTWtlX1IxWjVIcWE2QXxBQ3Jtc0tub09tQ3MyMDZjdFpINVowMnhaT3FyMFpyTHlKUXhCdDJOcGF3Y2RwRjNLWkVyazZ3UzIxbGo0bWMxNUpLTEV5T1Z0OG5Kc3F1MGtvTWJaOVRKd05paWVweDdBaGtrMGNia3c5WFpvTnB5ZElYVjNNcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fovercommitted.dev%2F&v=9VXK9TzqmmM) ⁠Bethany Janos: ⁠⁠https://www.trustyduck.dev (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1FyNWNSdTZ1eHNKZmdkUVotR0E3TGlPVDVUZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsendpRl9pZVV0Wmowd2FnNDRrUDZaaXN1djV6WjVzT2VmdGxsZWxQVkFRMnZHYmh3RktEZDdmOWFoRlRwSlRxQzdtd1JiZUtFT2JLT1JYVk1EOUFzWWVUV3N2UENYVmNtZGxadjZrUnF2dUdFR0JuZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trustyduck.dev%2F%E2%81%A0&v=9VXK9TzqmmM) Brittany Ellich: ⁠https://brittanyellich.com (https://brittanyellich.com) Erika Eggemeyer: ⁠⁠https://github.com/eggyhead (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1VnTi0yUUZZeHRSYzIyMGpRSU10cjl5ZVo1Z3xBQ3Jtc0ttdG9jME03V3B6dUY1eWczalBaNjJTM3hPWUc0eXZlTGhKNEVMY1hfVTB3M3pYOGNjWm1Hc1pmMWRzZUdWNXBmUUpibk1DYUtGa2NrNVJpZzJZN1JTOE54RThOdU9FLWlzQUhpTDJkWmE2RHNhNnpaaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Feggyhead&v=9VXK9TzqmmM)

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What VCs Want from Tech Talent | Engineering Careers with Melanie Nabar

Published 14 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And one of them is like, if you can't measure it, you can't improve it. And oftentimes when we first get involved, all of the teams, whether it is engineering or sales or whatever, are small enough that you can kind of all go in the same direction. Everyone's like building together. And so you feel like everybody has ownership. But as you scale, not every person you hire is going to feel that same ownership as like the first 10 people at the company, right? And so you start to need to measure. And I think a lot of companies will they'll talk in high level statements, gut feel. But at some point, you do need to start measuring those things. […]

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