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Total monthly reach
Estimated from 23 chart positions in 23 markets.
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- 🇬🇧GB · Tech News#16300K to 1M
- 🇩🇪DE · Tech News#24100K to 300K
- 🇺🇸US · Tech News#26100K to 300K
- 🇨🇦CA · Tech News#41100K to 300K
- 🇦🇺AU · Tech News#5430K to 100K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
554K to 1.8M🎙 Weekly cadence·7 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.1M to 3.5M🇬🇧28%🇩🇪9%🇺🇸9%+20 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
443K to 1.4M
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Ep. #9, The AI Coding Paradigm Shift with Simon Willison
May 5, 2026
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Ep. #8, The AI Preceptorship Model with Scott Hanselman
Apr 24, 2026
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Ep. #7, The CTO’s AI Playbook with Peter Bell
Mar 4, 2026
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Ep. #6, Async Runtime For Rust with Carl Lerche of Tokio
Jan 29, 2026
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Ep. #5, Mergers and Acquisitions with Eliran Mesika of GitLab
Jul 8, 2019
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/5/26 | Ep. #9, The AI Coding Paradigm Shift with Simon Willison | On episode 9 of High Leverage, Joe Ruscio sits down with Simon Willison to unpack the rapid evolution of AI coding tools and what they mean for software development. They explore the shift from vibe coding to agentic engineering, how coding agents are reshaping workflows, and why experience still matters. The conversation dives into trust, security, and what breaks when code becomes cheap. | — | |
| 4/24/26 | Ep. #8, The AI Preceptorship Model with Scott Hanselman | On episode 8 of High Leverage, Joe Ruscio sits down with Scott Hanselman for a conversation that goes far beyond prompts and productivity gains. They talk about craftsmanship, learning by doing, the long-term talent pipeline for engineering teams, and how AI could either free people to do more meaningful work or simply accelerate existing inefficiencies. From pair programming to Star Trek economics, this episode examines the bigger human questions behind the current AI boom. | — | |
| 3/4/26 | Ep. #7, The CTO’s AI Playbook with Peter Bell | On episode 7 of High Leverage, Joe Ruscio sits down with Peter Bell to explore how the CTO role evolves from early-stage founder to enterprise leader. They unpack what it really takes to scale AI adoption across an engineering organization, and why simply buying tools isn’t enough. The conversation dives into agentic software development, observability, context engineering, and what happens when production code is generated without direct human review. | — | |
| 1/29/26 | Ep. #6, Async Runtime For Rust with Carl Lerche of Tokio | On episode 6 of High Leverage, Joe Ruscio sits down with Carl Lerche, Principal Engineer at AWS and creator of Tokio. Carl shares his journey from Ruby and Rails into Rust, and explains why memory safety, fearless concurrency, and async runtimes matter for modern infrastructure. The conversation dives deep into the origins of Tokio, lessons from building foundational open source software, and how Rust’s guarantees are shaping the future of systems engineering.Want 10% off your ticket to TokioConf? Use the discount code: Heavybit10 | — | |
| 7/8/19 | Ep. #5, Mergers and Acquisitions with Eliran Mesika of GitLab | In episode 5 of High Leverage, host Joe Ruscio and special guest Eliran Mesika of GitLab pull back the curtain on company acquisitions, build vs. buy considerations, and the complex inner workings of merger agreements. | — | |
| 4/3/19 | Ep. #4, Backend Development with Paul Biggar of Dark | In episode 4 of High Leverage, Joe is joined by Paul Biggar, CTO and Co-Founder of Dark, to discuss the challenges of backend development, and how Dark aims to simplify them with a new, streamlined programming language. | — | |
| 12/12/18 | Ep. #3, Modern On-Prem with Replicated’s Grant Miller | In episode 3 of High Leverage, Joe speaks with Grant Miller, Replicated founder and creator of EnterpriseReady, on how companies are taking a new approach to running third-party applications. | — | |
| 11/29/18 | Ep. #2, Cloud Services with Corey Quinn | In episode 2 of High Leverage, Joe meets with Corey Quinn, cloud economist and founder of the Quinn Advisory group, to discuss the realities of using cloud providers at scale. | — | |
| 11/6/18 | Ep. #1, Monitoring Observability with Monitoring Weekly’s Mike Julian | Welcome to High Leverage, a podcast featuring discussions around scaling modern software teams through better tooling and processes. High Leverage is hosted by Joe Ruscio, Founder of Librato and General Partner at Heavybit.In the first episode of High Leverage, Joe is joined by Monitoring Weekly’s Mike Julian for a discussion on observability tools, trends, and changing landscapes. | — |
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Chart Positions
25 placements across 23 markets.
Chart Positions
25 placements across 23 markets.