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Code[ish] • October 22nd, 2025

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.

Code[ish] • October 8th, 2025

Heroku in the Wild: Vanshiv on Using the Right Tools

Hosted by Julián Duque, Gaurav Kheterpal

You won’t find too many developers with more experience in the Salesforce ecosystem than our guest this week! Not only is Gaurav Kheterpal a Salesforce MVP and Trailblazer, he also still uses his original Salesforce org from 2007. He joined Julián Duque to discuss how Vanshiv Technologies delivers client work with Heroku, the importance of embracing AI, and why it’s vital for developers to keep an open mind in choosing the right tool for the job.

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Code[ish] • September 24th, 2025

What’s Possible with Heroku AppLink

Hosted by Jon Dodson, Chris Wall

This week we’re taking a deeply technical dive into our newest feature: Heroku AppLink! Jon Dodson is joined by Chris Wall, Salesforce Architect and creator of AppLink, to explore what AppLink offers developers and how it brings Heroku and Salesforce closer together.

Code[ish] • September 10th, 2025

Agentforce for Developers

Hosted by Julián Duque, Mohith Shrivastava

Salesforce Principal Developer Advocate Mohith Shrivastava joins us on Code[ish] this week to share a few tips and tricks for using Agentforce! Speaking with Julián Duque, the pair cover a range of insightful dev topics including working with agents, vibe coding, programmatic deployment, and more.

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Code[ish] • August 27th, 2025

Looking into the Future of Agentic AI with Kit Merker

Hosted by Julián Duque, Kit Merker

At the bleeding edge of computer vision is Plainsight Technologies, a company that’s modernizing infrastructure to handle future agentic AI workloads. Join us as we speak with CEO Kit Merker on Plainsight’s vision for the future, technological goals, and the leading case studies for computer vision.

Code[ish] • August 13th, 2025

Heroku in the Wild: reinteractive on AI and Rapid POCs

Hosted by Julián Duque, Errol Schmidt

We love hearing from developers who are building amazing things with Heroku, and this episode of Code[ish] is a perfect example! CEO of Australian firm reinteractive, Errol Schmidt, is here to speak with Julián about what his team has achieved and what they’re working on next.

Together, they discuss why Heroku is the best tool for Ruby on Rails development, how organizations can safely integrate AI, and the importance of being able to quickly stand up proof-of-concept apps.

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Code[ish] • July 30th, 2025

Spring Boot with Guest Josh Long

Hosted by Julián Duque, Josh Long

This week, Julián is joined by the first Spring Developer Advocate and Java champion, Josh Long! Tune in as the pair discusses Spring Boot and tools like Spring AI, Spring Modulith, Spring Cloud, and Spring Shell that build upon it.

Code[ish] • July 16th, 2025

Getting Started with Slack Apps and Slack AI

Hosted by Julián Duque, Maria José Hernández

Slack can be so much more than a way to chat with your colleagues. In this episode of Code[ish], we’re joined by Maria José Hernández to find out how Slack Apps and Slack AI can elevate the app into an organization-wide, personalized work OS.

Code[ish] • July 2nd, 2025

The Development Basics of Managed Inference and Agents

Hosted by Jon Dodson, Hillary Sanders

Join Heroku superfan Jon Dodson and Hillary Sanders from the Heroku AI Team for the latest entry in our “Deeply Technical” series. In this episode, the pair discuss Heroku Managed Inference and Agents—what it is, what it does, and why developers should be using it.

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Code[ish] • August 3rd, 2021

118. Why Writing Matters for Engineers

Hosted by Ian Varley, Laura Fletcher, Wesley Beary

In this episode, Ian, Laura, and Wesley talk about the importance of communication skills, specifically writing, for people in technical roles. Ian calls writing the single most important meta skill you can have. And the good news is that you can get better at it, with deliberate practice!

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