305 - Subagents explained - What they are, when (not) to spawn them

305 - Subagents explained - What they are, when (not) to spawn them

Author: Kaushik Gopal, Iury Souza February 17, 2026 Duration: 26:38
Subagents are becoming a core primitive for serious AI-assisted development. In this episode, Kaushik and Iury disambiguate "agent" terminology, unpack plan mode vs subagents, and explain how parallel, scoped workers improve research quality without polluting the main thread. Full shownotes at https://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/305

Tired of the endless hype cycle around artificial intelligence in software development? Fragmented-AI Developer Podcast cuts through the noise for engineers who are focused on building and shipping reliable systems. Hosts Kaushik Gopal and Iury Souza, both working software engineers, steer conversations toward the practical, often unglamorous, integration of AI tools into real development workflows. In each episode, you’ll hear detailed discussions on effective prompting strategies that go beyond basic examples, methods for incorporating AI into rigorous code review and testing processes, and debugging the often-unpredictable output of these models. This podcast is grounded in the reality of building production-grade software, deliberately avoiding superficial success stories in favor of sustainable tactics. The focus remains on how AI-assisted development can genuinely augment an engineer’s daily work-from refining a personal workflow to architecting more robust systems. If you’re looking for actionable insights that translate directly to your codebase, this is the podcast for you.
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195: Going on-call 🚨 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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191: Logging 🌲 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:53
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Duration: 33:12
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Duration: 31:10
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