Amal Hussein left the browser behind. Now she works at Istari, a digital engineering company pushing into aerospace, and she's rethinking what the software development lifecycle looks like in 2026 when your runtime is not Chrome but a rocket or a satellite.
The conversation covers Jevons paradox applied to AI-assisted development, the Blue Origin AWS re:invent keynote, and yes, moon vacuums. That last one is not a joke and the explanation is worth the runtime alone. Hosts Jerod Santo and Adam Stacoviak push Hussein on what ambitious orgs actually need from software engineers when the stakes involve hardware that cannot be patched mid-flight.
The full episode runs with a 21-minute bonus segment behind Changelog++ membership. The show notes link the Istari site, the Frictionless book, and the Jevons paradox Wikipedia entry. Read those before you listen. They reframe everything Hussein says about friction, efficiency, and who actually benefits when software gets faster.
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