Thanks. Using filler words is one of those things where it's easy to notice when editing or listening to it later but near impossible to notice in the middle of a regular conversation. I do try.

You are right. I do come into each episode with a number of high level bullets. I always try to stay on track so each episode flows roughly the same. Basically (:D) learning a bit about the service, team size, how it's built, how it's deployed and lessons learned. If some of these get skipped, it feels like an unfinished story that goes against the premise of the show? It's interesting to hear you think otherwise and would rather go deeper on a smaller subset of topics. I thought maybe that would make it even more niched down.

I'm happy you brought up the part about tech choices. I do try to pry out the "why" on a number of decisions. There's a fine line here. I kind of wonder which episodes you watched because I thought I challenged them kind of a lot but I definitely keep myself in check to avoid coming off too combative even if they are asked in a friendly way. But I did try to always call out questions that I really feel most listeners would be thinking.