Perry Tiu
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I've got an idea; now what? Techies, entrepreneurs, parties of one and many—Perry Tiu invites passionate guests to look back at how they got to where they are, talk about their experience and share invaluable advice (while Perry constantly interrupts them and asks what technologies they are falling in love with). Start listening and get motivated to do more — For enquiries: [email protected]
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Perry Tiu connects product mechanics to the career decisions, market pressures, and ethical judgments that shape working technology.
Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer turns interviews with founders and engineering or product leaders into working accounts of how technology gets built, sold, and lived with.
Perry Tiu asks a Java trainer if he hates Eclipse, so you know where your people are.
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A practical founder story that turns chunking into a concrete AI problem.
This episode follows a messy career path and turns it into product logic. An engineering degree, an economics PhD, time tied to the German Aerospace Center, and an abandoned idea for a lawyer directory all feed into a company built around chunking.
A Microsoft career story about reinvention, plateau, and the turn toward developer-community work.
This episode follows a career at a plateau and the push to reinvent, with Uma Subramanian's Microsoft path giving it shape: programming, SharePoint developer writing, manager work, full-time showcase app building, and later work tied to the developer community.
Episode 50 is a reflective AMA that turns AI tools and workplace automation into practical, usable advice.
Episode 50 feels like a thank-you note with some useful shop talk folded in. The host looks back on the show, marks this as the fifth edition of the recurring AMA, and notes that there are 31 questions across four categories. The programming and work material lands best.
A product first crypto origin story that earns its way into the weeds.
Roland Grouse's route into blockchain starts with a startup colleague, a long night of drinks, and an Ethereum pitch that arrived before full understanding did. The episode works best as a product story, not a crypto sermon.
A candid founder story about how a crypto machine-learning marketplace turns into a secrets-management platform.
The episode follows Brian Vallelunga from a Stripe dinner and the early Doppler days into the switch from a crypto machine-learning marketplace to secrets management.
A practical talk on developer tools, engineering responsibility, and the appeal of building for builders.
Podcast Ruined by a Software Engineer hangs on a plain but sharp tension: API products are often sold to developers who could build the thing themselves.
A founder story that turns Java teaching, dot-com hustle, and overwork into one readable arc.
This episode follows Zi Wang from a Hong Kong childhood interest in computing in fifth grade to founding Xerion Software and teaching Java during the dot-com boom.
Practical money talk that focuses on income, not just account balances.
The episode keeps its focus on a simple idea: income matters more than a neat account balance. Perrin and Michael Scarpatti, founder and CEO of RetireUS, use that frame to talk through risk, insurance, and workplace disability coverage without making the conversation feel overly…
Specialists walking through software's tradeoffs, one system at a time.
Founders and engineers on AI coding agents like Claude Code, and supply chain security.
The engineering decisions behind code, agents, and control.
Python tools, practical trade-offs, and the occasional programming joke.
Matt Stratton interviews DevOps practitioners on security, platform engineering, and trusting AI-written code.
Paran Teddy opens with a Stripe dinner story and the sort of question engineers only seem to ask after a long week.
Perry sits down with Roland Grouse, Director of Product Management.
Perrin opens the show by making the case that income is the asset most people miss.
Perry welcomes Sophia Willows, Head of Engineering at Rai.
Perry talks with Jeffrey Huck, a software engineer turned speaking coach.
Parry opens with a joke about Eclipse and introduces Zi Wang, founder and CEO of Xerion Software.
Juliana Lamb, co-founder and CTO of Stitch, traces the company back to conversations with Reid after both had worked on fraud and authentication systems at Plaid and other companies.
Chunking gets a friendly on-ramp.
Host Perry interviews Uma Subramanian, founder of Limitless Leaders, about her journey from New Delhi to Microsoft — where she spent 20 years pioneering developer relations work as a programmer writer, team manager, showcase app builder, and internal AI platform evangelist — to launching a leadership coaching firm helping tech professionals break through career plateaus.
In this AMA episode, Perry Tiu answers listener questions across categories like programming, AI, career, travel, and personal anecdotes, sharing insights on favorite tools, future tech trends, and humorous life experiences.