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
280 episodes
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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271: Lessons NOT learned from CrowdStrike outages (with Parasoft's Arthur Hicken)
In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein interviews Arthur Hicken, chief evangelist at Parasoft, about the recent CrowdStrike outages.They talk about:How we've become complacent in being okay with not knowi...
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270: Solving the issue of stale feature flags (with Lekko's Konrad Niemiec)
In this episode, SD Times editor-in-chief David Rubinstein speaks to Konrad Niemiec, founder and CEO of Lekko about: What feature flags are"Stale flags" and why they're an issue
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269: The Safety-Critical Rust Consortium launches (with the Rust Foundation's Bec Rumbul)
In this episode, we speak to Bec Rumbul, executive director and CEO of the Rust Foundation, about the new Safety-Critical Rust Consortium, a subgroup dedicated to advancing the use of the Rust language in safety-critical software, such as autom...
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268: Evaluating the ROI of AI implementation (with Exasol's Madeleine Corneli)
In this episode, Jenna Barron interviews Madeleine Corneli, lead product manager of AI/ML at Exasol, about how companies can assess the actual ROI of their AI investments. Key talking points include:What metrics to trac...
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267: Why over half of developers are experiencing burnout (with Jellyfish's Andrew Lau)
In this episode, SD Times News Editor Jenna Barron interviews Andrew Lau, CEO and co-founder of Jellyfish, about Jellyfish's 2024 State of Engineering report. Some of the main findings were that 65% of respondents experienced burnout in the las...
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266: Privacy concerns with Apple Intelligence and Apple's partnership with OpenAI (with Tabnine's Brandon Jung)
In this episode, SD Times editor-in-chief David Rubinstein interviews Brandon Jung, VP of ecosystem and business development for Tabnine about his concerns with Apple's partnership with OpenAI, which was announced alongside Apple Intelligence a...
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265: The impact of impolite chatbot behavior on a company's customer service reputation (with Michelle Avery of WillowTree, a TELUS International Company)
In this episode, David Rubinstein, editor-in-chief of SD Times, speaks with Michelle Avery, group VP of AI at WillowTree, a TELUS International Company, about a recent survey the company did on rude chatbots.Key talking points include:&...
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264: Extending OpenTelemetry to the mobile ecosystem (with Embrace's Andrew Tunall)
In this episode, Jenna Barron, news editor of SD Times, interviews Andrew Tunall, head of product at Embrace, a mobile observability company. They talk about:What it takes to get mobile observability rightThe c...
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263: Getting past the hype of AI development tools (with Honeycomb's Phillip Carter)
In this episode, SD Times news editor Jenna Barron interviews Phillip Carter, principal product manager for Honeycomb's AI offerings. Key talking points:Experienced developers will derive greater value from these tools ...
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262: What you missed from Broadcom's 2024 VSM Summit (with Broadcom's Laureen Knudsen)
*This episode sponsored by Broadcom*In this episode, SD Times Editor in Chief David Rubinstein talks to Laureen Knudsen, chief transformation officer at Broadcom. They recap Broadcom's 2024 VSM Summit and look forward to what's coming n...
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261: An interdisciplinary approach to responsible AI advancement (with University of Maryland Professor Hal Daumé III)
While we largely talk about AI's impact on software development here at SD Times, the reality is that AI will impact nearly every discipline, from business to finance to education to journalism. The University of Maryland recently launched Arti...
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260: Why development secrets end up in the wild and how we can do better (with Bitwarden's Gina Tran)
In this episode, Jenna Barron, news editor of SD Times, is joined by Gina Tran, director of product for Bitwarden. They talk about the ever growing problem of secrets getting leaked into production, and why it happens. They also talk about how ...
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259: Agile anti-patterns that are important for developers to recognize (with VMware Tanzu Labs' Mik Freedman)
In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein interviews Mik Freedman, senior director of VMware Tanzu Labs. They talk about anti-patterns in Agile and how by identifying them, developers can advance their Agile softwa...
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258: Impacting EBITDA: Testing is a boardroom decision (Sponsored by KMS Technology)
In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein interviews Kim Mirazimi, chief revenue officer at KMS Technology and Nilesh Patel, senior director of software services at KMS Technology.They talk about how testing can improve...
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257: How DevOps can be applied to manufacturing processes (with Copia Automation's Adam Gluck)
In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein interviews Adam Gluck, CEO and founder of Copia Automation, about using DevOps practices in the manufacturing sector and how many of the principles transfer.
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