Kanban guru, Fernando Cuenca joins the podcast alongside Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Csaba Bereczki to discuss Kanban. Hosted by Zarar Siddiqi. 00:00 🚦 Introducing Kanban: Why Your Scrum Teams Are Stuck Learn why traditional sprint methodologies might be holding your team back and how Kanban can unlock better workflow 04:32 🔍 The Kanban Lens: Understanding Your Current Process Discover how Kanban isn't about switching processes, but about gaining insights into your existing workflow and identifyi...
Feb 03, 2025•53 min
Brad Smith, author of "DevOps for the Desperate" and Sr. Director of Engineering at Varo Bank, formerly a Sr. Engineering Manager at Amazon, joins the podcast to discuss: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Minimizing productivity dips when onboarding 11:45 Simplification through reduction in cognitive load 14:15 Lightweight Architectural Decision Records 18:45 Need for SRE? How we got from DevOps to SRE 27:10 Scaling startup infrastructure efficiently 41:30 Zarar’s crazy story about his old boss 42:53 Viability ...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Digital accessibility leader, Patrick Dunphy, joins Zarar Siddiqi and Csaba Bereczski on the podcast to discuss: - How to Shift Left on Accessibility - Why accessibility is a mark of a quality product - What developers need to known about accessibility - How does shift left work with accessibility - Models to structure teams so that they produce accessible products - Are Ontario accessibility guidelines too onerous? - Big Tech / operating systems handing accessibilities, which companies are gett...
Oct 22, 2024•38 min
John Ousterhout, author of the influential book A Philosophy of Software Design, joins the podcast. The book is: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy-of-software-design Topics include: - What does software complexity look like? - How do we identify complexity before it develops? - The importance of continuous refactoring - What the education system gets wrong about teaching software complexity - How John teaches Computer Science at Stanford - What John thinks of agile - Bala...
Sep 16, 2024•50 min
Tom Howlett, Head of Product Management at Sonar is our guest today. Sonar is the leader in helping engineers write clean code through continuous feedback during the development process, and is trusted by millions of developers worldwide. We talk about: - The idea of "Start Left" and how it ties into "Shift Left" - Gen AI in developer workflows and how it promotes TDD - How does Sonar empower development teams? What's the role of the PM? - What constitutes a bad test? - Will static code analysis...
Aug 12, 2024•32 min
Max Tykhenko, Security Architect from IBM joins the podcast to talk about: What are the attack surfaces that most people don't think about enough? How has the security landscape changed over the last few years in terms of threat detection. How vulnerable are we than how we were 10 years ago? We all know what shift left generally means, but what does it mean for security? Analyzing this question from a developer and management point of view. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https:/...
Jul 15, 2024•36 min
Frederic Harper, Principal Developer Advocate, from kubefirst.io joins the podcast to dive into GitOps. We discuss: - What is GitOps? - How GitOps can help orgs manage their infrastructure - How to get started - Secrets management - Monorepos You can follow Fred here: https://twitter.com/fharper YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https:...
Jul 01, 2024•39 min
Elisabeth Hendrickson, author of the hugely impactful book, Explore It! joins the podcast to talk - How the Explore It! text came to be - What is it about testing that tends to make it a gate rather than part of development - How we can scale XP practices - Importance of focus and how XP helps achieve it. - How to deal with resistance when introducing XP practices - How to maintain customer centricity while scaling - How Scrum Masters/Coaches can help Product Managers not slip into Project Manag...
Jun 17, 2024•40 min
Steve Pereira, author of "Flow Engineering: From Value Stream Mapping to Effective Action", joins the podcast to talk about how to convert your glorious Value Stream Map into actual actions which actual people can actually do to see actual results in the actual world. About the book https://itrevolution.com/product/flow-engineering/ Buy the book https://www.amazon.ca/Value-Stream-Clarity-Steve-Pereira/dp/1950508455 YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify ...
Jun 10, 2024•40 min
Jeff "Chezzy" Morgan, Gino Marckx and Zarar Siddiqi address a listener question about Scrum anti-patterns. Halfway through talking about this topic we realized that this episode could easily be three hours long, but we resisted yet managed to unmask a few of them. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju...
Jun 03, 2024•29 min
Ian Gartley, Principal Engineer from Varo Bank, formerly of Meta and RBC, joins the podcast. Topics below, timestamps are approximate: 00:00 - Putting “Ex-Meta” on LinkedIn Profiles 02:15: What makes a good intermediate developer hiring interview question? / MVP Architectures 11:30 - Challenges with MicroServices / Convenience of Sidecars 23:30 - Orchestration Layers, GraphQL and Distributed Queries 32:00: Why does it take 10 different engineers to make one change? 49:15: Functional programming ...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Zarar Siddiqi is joined by Paul Henman (https://torontoagilecoach.ca/) to talk about: - Recent Kanban Courses he's taken and what's taught there - Team Kanban Practitioner, Kanban System Design, Kanban System Improvement, and what they can teach you - Applying Kanban Concepts to Scrum, e.g., WIP Limit, Small Batch Sizes etc. - What Paul might do differently now that he's more aware of Kanban concepts - Good reads about how to improve flow - Which framework to use based on team maturity - Tie in ...
May 16, 2024•35 min
Jason Little talks his new book about change management with Zarar Siddiqi and Csaba Bereczki. Buy it here: https://www.amazon.ca/Six-Big-Ideas-Adaptive-Organizations/dp/B0D3QV5FYQ/ Jason Little and Ken Richard's site: https://leanchange.org/ Jason's site: https://www.agilecoach.ca/ Follow the podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ On Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-continuous-delivery-podcast/id1499579910 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4FV9NFk...
May 15, 2024•38 min
Csaba, Gino and Zarar talk about how project management systems like Jira create bloat in how we work. And suggest some ideas. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju
Feb 13, 2024•20 min
Gino Marckx and Zarar Siddiqi bring back the pod after a long hiatus and we talk about Gino's hopes and dreams of applying continuous delivery to weird cases. Follow us wherever you find podcasts. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju
Feb 06, 2024•23 min
Zarar get some coaching about how to handle a situation where he's being asked to plan in advance. Will he fall to the powers of corporate agile bullshit, or die trying not to? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx and Zarar Siddiqi. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju
Sep 05, 2023•20 min
What does shift left mean in terms of technology, processes and agile? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx and Zarar Siddiqi. Follow the podcast on Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod Join our LinkedIn group: #continuousdelivery #podcast #agile YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju...
May 28, 2023•18 min
We discuss why transformations fail and whether it's even possible for a transformation to succeed, or whether there's even a thing called a transformation? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju
Feb 03, 2023•18 min
Happy New Year! The podcast enters its third year, and today the discussion starts with microservices versus modules, and expands to a bunch of other topics including the necessary architectures required for continuous delivery. Here's the article referenced early in the podcast: http://blogs.newardassociates.com/blog/2023/you-want-modules-not-microservices.html With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple...
Jan 05, 2023•23 min
What must you be able to do before you can say you're doing continuous delivery? Feature flags? Trunk-based development? No QA environments? We tackle the myths and the necessities. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju...
Nov 01, 2022•27 min
Back after a long break, we talk about something called the Testing Trophy, which is an alternate take on the Testing Pyramid. We discuss whether it could be useful. Testing Trophy: https://kentcdodds.com/blog/the-testing-trophy-and-testing-classifications Martin Fowler piece: https://martinfowler.com/articles/2021-test-shapes.html With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx and Zarar Siddiqi. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtc...
Oct 19, 2022•15 min
You can watch this episode on YouTube . Make sure to subscribe to the channel . How do you hire talent if you are striving for Continuous Delivery? We talk about the different tactics and principles at play when building your team, including interview techniques. With Csaba Bereczki, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. #continuousdelivery #agile #hiring YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit...
Jul 11, 2022•18 min
Regression testing sounds like a good idea, when in reality it is a speed-killing anti-pattern. We discuss alternatives. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/continuouspod Join our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7umL0Gkz_k YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtc...
Jun 01, 2022•22 min
Backlog refinement is an activity used by teams to look ahead to future work. This is a noble idea but can lead to significant amounts of waste if a team isn't careful. With Gino Marckx and Zarar Siddiqi. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVu7a5HVdLA Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/continuouspod Join our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://sp...
May 09, 2022•15 min
Why do teams stop caring about metrics they collectively agreed were important? How do we identify metrics that matter and get the most value out of them? With Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, and Zarar Siddiqi. Apple: https://lnkd.in/e3qyzqS Google: https://lnkd.in/efiszyp Spotify: https://lnkd.in/exR9AYc Follow the podcast on Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod Join our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ #continuousdelivery #metrics #agile YouTube: https://bit.ly...
Apr 25, 2022•20 min
How do avoid the waste of bureaucracy seeping into engineering teams? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, and Zarar Siddiqi. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqsOEIQgd-U Follow the podcast on Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod Join our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399 ... #continuousdelivery #podcast #agile YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn G...
Apr 12, 2022•21 min
We're on YouTube! Check out this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiXrOyVddsg Burn your boats...I mean staging environments. We discuss how to setup your workflow, architecture and testing practices so you're able to confidently ship to production. The article referenced at the start of the podcast: https://squeaky.ai/blog/development/why-we-dont-use-a-staging-environment With Csaba Bereczki, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, and Zarar Siddiqi. Follow the podcast on Twitter https://twitter.com/...
Apr 04, 2022•25 min
We discuss how to possibly do continuous delivery when big hairy monstrosities like Salesforce and Camunda are in the picture. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, and Zarar Siddiqi. Follow the podcast on Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod Join our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW T...
Mar 28, 2022•17 min
How do we build teams that retain good practices and continue to inspect and adapt well after the coach departs? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, and Zarar Siddiqi. Follow the podcast on Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod Join our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https:...
Mar 20, 2022•15 min
How to deal with your organization frowning on experimentation. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, and Stacey Vetzal. Follow the podcast on Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod Join our LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju...
Mar 07, 2022•18 min
