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Hosted by Mike Challis · technology · EN-US
At Acima, we have a large software development team. We wanted to be able to share with the community things we have learned about the development process. We'll share some tech specifics (we do Ruby, Kotlin, Javascript, and Haskell), but also talk a lot about mentoring, communication, hiring, planning, and the other things that make up a lot of the software development process but don't always get talked about enough.
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Signup to Generate a PitchAt Acima, we have a large software development team. We wanted to be able to share with the community things we have learned about the development process.
Acima Development is hosted by Mike Challis. The show has published 110 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 109: AI-Powered Security Threats" (14 October 2026, 62 minutes), "Episode 108: Pressure and Burnout" (30 September 2026, 59 minutes), and "Episode 107: Agile vs Waterfall" (16 September 2026, 62 minutes).
Acima Development publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 56 minutes across 110 episodes.
Booking probability for Acima Development is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Acima Development requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Acima Development's contact route on record: verified email.
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Mike Challis hosts Acima Development, a technology podcast with 110 episodes published.
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This episode of the Acima Developers Podcast continues a series on a NASA paper about engineering failures, focusing this time on decentralization of authority. The core question Dave poses is where breaking things down...
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This episode of the Acima Development Podcast centers on "normalization of deviance" — the pattern where small anomalies get repeatedly ignored until they cause catastrophic failures. Mike opens with the Space Shuttle...
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<p>This Acima Development Podcast episode centers on a NASA root cause analysis document from 2012 that concluded the agency needed to "reestablish the culture of technical excellence based on hands-on work." Mike opens...
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<p>This episode of the Acima Development Podcast starts with a discussion about the frustration of U.S. tax filing and uses it as a metaphor for poorly run standup meetings in software development. The hosts argue that...
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<p>The episode of the Acima Development Podcast centers on database performance, using the concept of indexing as its foundation. Mike opens with a story about discovering Google in the early 2000s to illustrate how...
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<p>This episode explores how AI coding tools are changing the role of code review. The hosts point out that AI can generate large amounts of code quickly and even review it, which shifts the bottleneck from writing code...
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<p>This episode explores the role of a data engineering team within a company and how it differs from traditional application development. While app developers focus on performance and real-time systems, the data team...
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<p>Mike opens by framing “production incidents” with a vivid non-software story. As a teenager he smashed bathroom tile with a dead-blow hammer, drove his pinky knuckle into a jagged shard, and had to manage both the...
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<p>The episode turns into a freewheeling, funny, very human conversation about how AI is showing up in developers’ day-to-day lives, especially for the “I can do it, I just hate it” work. Will talks about getting wildly...
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<p>This episode unfolds like a long, curious conversation among people who can’t help but see software everywhere—even when they’re not writing code. Mike opens with a story about large language models: how something as...
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<p>Mike opens with a post-apocalyptic “choose your team” trope to frame today’s job market for junior developers: brutal competition, few openings, and the need to stand out with real, survival-level skills. He shares...
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<p>Mike kicks off with stories from his career to argue that SQL is a “never-goes-away” superpower. He describes early jobs where everything was handcrafted queries and good database design was foundational, then later...
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<p>The episode opens with host David Brady introducing a panel to talk about recent advances in AI, kicking off with “story time” from Mike. Mike describes how massive investment has accelerated progress and uses a...
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<p>On this episode of the Acima Development Podcast, Mike hosts a large panel discussion about balance in engineering and why extremes tend to hurt teams. He opens with a cycling story about staying upright on a narrow...
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