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A collection of podcasts with Heroku engineers, developers, and product managers.

Code[ish]

A podcast from the developer advocate team at Heroku, exploring code, technology, tools, tips, and the life of the developer.

Julián Duque
Principal Developer Advocate, Heroku

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Code[ish] • December 3, 2025

Host Julián Duque connects with Rizel Scarlett from Block, Inc., to discuss how agentic AI is changing the FinTech landscape. Block, Inc. is the parent company behind popular services like Square, Cash App, and many more.

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Julián Duque

Principal Developer Advocate, Heroku
@julian_duque

with Guest:

Rizel Scarlett

Tech Lead for Open Source DevRel, Block
@blackgirlbytes

Code[ish] • November 19th, 2025

Getting to the Heart of Twelve-Factor Apps

Hosted by Jon Dodson, Vish Abrams

On this week’s episode of Code[ish], Vish Abrams joins Jon Dodson to talk about the role of AI, the ways Twelve-Factor aids developers, and how science fiction shaped a little of their own history.

Code[ish] • November 5th, 2025

Introducing Heroku Vibes

Hosted by Jon Dodson, Mauricio Gomes

This week’s episode is an exciting one because we’re talking about our brand-new release, Heroku Vibes! Mauricio Gomes joins Jon Dodson to go over what Heroku Vibes is, what it’s capable of, and how it could be a game-changer for developers and non-developers alike.

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Talking Traces and OpenTelemetry

Hosted by Jon Dodson, Alex Arnell

Jon Dodson has an 11-year Heroku veteran with him on the podcast this week, Principal Member of Technical Staff Alex Arnell. Together they talk through the native integration of OpenTelemetry in Heroku Fir, the benefits of traces over traditional logs, how they assist debugging, and what’s next for observability in modern development.