#004 AI-Driven Refactoring with Adam Tornhill

In this episode, we take a deeper look at the term code review, exploring it beyond its typical context—the pull request. Joining us is Dr. Michaela Greiler, a software engineer, researcher, and consultant. Dr. Greiler is renowned for her work in the field, including her significant study conducted at Microsoft, titled Characteristics of Useful Code Reviews: An Empirical Study at Microsoft. If you're interested in learning more from Michaela, check out her podcast, Software Engineering Unlocked, or explore her Awesome Code Reviews Workshop at Awesome Code Reviews.

In this episode, we had an insightful conversation with Adam Tornhill, co-founder of CodeScene, a leading code analysis and visualization tool. We explored the role of AI in software engineering, focusing on its potential to refactor code, but also how AI can in general help us to tackle the persistent challenges of code quality in our industry.

In this episode, we talked with J.B. Rainsberger about how we can improve interactions and communication within an engineering organization, how to diagnose issues, and which models can help make sense of them. We also discussed why it shouldn't be your responsibility to fix a large-scale organization, but how you can still make sustainable improvements.

In this episode, we discussed how architecture can work in a fast-moving, agile world with Ted Neward, who provides insights into how he defines architecture and the role of an architect. We talked about our experiences in different organizations and the importance of patterns and abstractions in communication. Along with this, we touched upon a couple of related topics such as organizational design, architectural katas, and our evolution as an industry in general.

In our first episode, we discussed the Inverse Conway Maneuver with Nick Tune, who is well known for his contributions in the domain-driven design community. We talked about our experiences on applying this approach in real-world projects. Along this we touched upon a couple of related socio-technical topics and tried to deconstruct those for our audience.