
What the Dev?
What the Dev? is a podcast by the SD Times editorial team. We cover the biggest and newest topics in software and technology.
Episodes
295 episodes
296: DeepSeek Unpacked: Security, Innovation, and What’s Next
Join SD Times news editor Jenna Barron for a panel discussion on DeepSeek and what developers need to know about this model that has been in the spotlight for the past few weeks. The conversation covers why DeepSeek has gained so m...
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295: How middle code is bridging the gap between low-code and traditional programming (with OpsMill's Damien Garros)
In this episode, David Rubinstein interviews Damien Garros, co-founder and CEO of OpsMill, about middle code, a concept that sits somewhere between programming and low-code/no-code.They discuss:What middle code isThe...
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294: From "shift left" to "shift everywhere" (with OpenText Cybersecurity's Dylan Thomas)
In this episode, we interview Dylan Thomas, senior director of product engineering at OpenText Cybersecurity, about the evolution from shift left to shift everywhere.At the end of 2024, he
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293: The best ways to deal with flaky tests (with Gradle's Trisha Gee)
In this episode, we spoke with Trisha Gee, lead developer advocate at Gradle, about flaky tests and the challenges of dealing with them.Key talking points:What is a flaky test?How can they be identified?...
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292: Software Engineering Intelligence gains traction as Value Stream Management loses it (with Digital.ai's Derek Holt)
In this episode, we spoke with Derek Holt, CEO of Digital.ai, about the emerging practice of software engineering intelligence (SEI). At the end of last year, he predicted that "SEI will have a breakout year in 2025 as more and more businesses ...
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291: Containers in 2025: Bridging the gap between software and hardware (with Red Hat's Scott McCarty)
In this episode, we interview Scott McCarty, senior principal product manager of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, about what we can look forward to in 2025 when it comes to containers. Key talking points include:Cross-...
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290: The state of software supply chain security (with Sonatype's Brian Fox)
In this episode, David Rubinstein interviews Brian Fox, co-founder and CTO of Sonatype. They discuss the company's 10th annual State of the Software Supply Chain...
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289: Balancing security and convenience in biometric authentication (with Aware's Mohamed Lazzouni)
In this episode, David Rubinstein interviews Mohamed Lazzouni, CTO of Aware, a company that offers identity verification services. They discuss the current state of biometric authentication, including its challenges, user experience, and ethica...
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288: The negative long-term impacts of AI on software development pipelines (with Prismatic's Tanner Burson)
In this episode, editor-in-chief David Rubinstein interviews Tanner Burson, vice president of engineering at Prismatic, about how AI might be destabilizing development pipelines. They discuss:The lack of long-term think...
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287: How AI is driving innovation in Kubernetes (with Nutanix' Tobi Knaup)
In this episode, editor-in-chief David Rubinstein interviews Tobi Knaup, VP and general manager of cloud native at Nutanix. They discuss how AI is driving innovation in Kubernetes, and also how AI adoption is driving people to Kubernetes. ...
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286: Improving and evolving your engineering processes (with Stytch's Julianna Lamb)
In this episode, news editor Jenna Barron interviews Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO of Stytch, about how to evolve your engineering processes.They discuss:How the dynamic of a team contributes to engineering effic...
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285: Using certifications to level up your development career (with CNCF's Christophe Sauthier)
In this episode, SD Times news editor Jenna Barron interviews Christophe Sauthier, head of CNCF certifications and trainings, about the benefits of getting a certification. They discuss:CNCF's recently created K...
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284: Improving developer experience with visual collaboration tools (Sponsored by Lucid Software)
This episode was sponsored by Lucid Software, a provider of a visual collaboration suite for developers. Learn more here: https://lucid.co/ In this episode, David Rubinstein, editor-in-chief of SD Times, interviews Jessica Guistoli...
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283: Defining Open Source AI (with Mozilla's Ayah Bdeir)
In this episode, SD Times editor-in-chief David Rubinstein interviews Ayah Bdeir, senior strategic advisor at Mozilla, about the Open Source Initiative's (OSI) effort to define Open Source AI.Key talking points include:<...
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282: The importance of developer relations (with Aerospike's Stacey Kruczek)
In this episode, SD Times editor-in-chief David Rubinstein interviews Stacey Kruczek, director of developer relations at Aerospike and steering committee member of the Developer Relations Foundation.They talk about why developer relatio...
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281: The state of open source in the Global South (with the Eclipse Foundation's Thabang Mashologu)
In this episode, we are joined by Thabang Mashologu, VP of community at the Eclipse Foundation, who dives into the findings of the organization's recent study on the State of Open Source in the Global South.Key talking points include:&n...
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280: What's new in Postgres 17 (with contributors Tom Kincaid and Jozef de Vries)
In this episode we speak to Tom Kincaid, senior vice president of database servers and tools at EDB and Jozef de Vreis, chief product engineering officer at EDB. Both are contributors to PostgreSQL, so they came on to talk about the new feature...
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279: The importance of buildpacks in developing cloud native applications (sponsored by Cloud Foundry Foundation)
This episode was sponsored by the Cloud Foundry Foundation. In this episode, we interview Ram Iyengar, chief evangelist of the Cloud Foundry Foundation, about the role of build...
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278: Defining developer experience and why it matters (with GitKraken's Matt Johnston)
In this episode, we interview Matt Johnston, CEO of GitKraken, about developer experience. Some key points we discussed during our conversation include:Platform engineering as a component of developer experience...
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277: Hurdles to AI implementation (with Red Hat's Tushar Katarki)
In this episode, we spoke with Tushar Katarki, senior director of product for Red Hat's GenAI Foundation Model Platforms Portfolio, about some of the issues companies may run into when trying to implement generative AI. Key talking...
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276: How time series data is revolutionizing data management (with InfluxData's Evan Kaplan)
In this episode we speak to Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData, a pioneer and leader of time series data.Key talking points: Why specialized databases are needed for collecting time series dataThe challenge...
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275: Misconceptions around Agile in an AI world (with Miro's David Ross)
In this episode, we speak with David Ross, Agile evangelist for Miro, about some of the misconceptions people may have about Agile today.Key talking points include: How Agile was perceived 15-20 years ago vs tod...
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274: AI testing AI? A look at CriticGPT
In this episode, we speak with Rob Whiteley, CEO of Coder, about OpenAI's recent announcement of CriticGPT, a new AI model that provides critiques of ChatGPT responses in order to help the humans training GPT models better evaluate outputs duri...
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273: Developing software-defined vehicles (with Planview's Cameron van Orman)
In this episode, we interview Cameron van Orman, chief strategy & marketing officer and GM of Automotive Solutions at Planview. He has a lot of insight into software-defined vehicles and what goes int...
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272: 10 emerging technologies to watch in 2024 (with Forrester's Brian Hopkins)
In this episode, SD Times news editor Jenna Barron interviews Brian Hopkins, VP of Emerging Tech Portfolio at Forrester, about the company's Top 10 Emerging Technologies for 2024 list.They talk about:The shift from generativ...
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