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EPISODE · Sep 25, 2026 · 28 MIN

Professional skepticism is a dev’s best skill

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Ryan chats with David Burns, Head of Developer Advocacy and Open Source at BrowserStack, about the value of professional skepticism in an AI-driven world, applying test-driven development to agentic engineering, and why fixing flaky tests comes down to managing application state. Episode notes: BrowserStack is a software testing platform where David heads up developer advocacy and the open source office. Connect with David Burns on LinkedIn to check out his podcast, BrowserStack Talks. Congrats to Populist badge winner brentvatne for winning the badge on their answer to Read app.json (or exp.json) programmatically. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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