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 Guistolise, evangelist at Lucid Software, about how visual collaboration can improve developer experience. They discuss: Challenges with gaining visibility in software development The value of visualizations How visual collaboration streamlines Agile development Resources: htt...
Oct 29, 2024•15 min
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: Why there's a need to have a definition for open source AI The controversy over how to classify training data Mozilla's collaboration with OSI on this work Open Source AI definition: https://opensource.org/osd...
Oct 22, 2024•14 min
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 relations is important, including why the Developer Relations Foundation was formed. Key talking points: What a DevRel does How developer relations elevates the role of developers The future of developer relations Transcript: https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/qa-why-the-d...
Oct 15, 2024•16 min
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: The positive impact that open source is having in the Global South How developers are using it to drive career growth Using open source to solve gender inequality issues Download the Report: https://outreach.eclipse.foundation/open-source-global-south-developers...
Oct 08, 2024•18 min
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 features in Postgres 17, which is now available (Note: episode was recorded prior to the release, which is why you'll hear it being referred to as an "upcoming" release). Key talking points include: Why Postgres remains so popular Expanded JSON support in this re...
Oct 01, 2024•14 min
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 buildpacks in software development today. Key talking points include: The importance of the buildpacks community Korifi , Cloud Foundry's platform for creating and deploying applications on Kubernetes Where Cloud Foundry fits in a Kubernetes world The importance of giving developers better tooling Further resources: Article: T...
Sep 24, 2024•12 min
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 How DevEx attracts top talent What "developer joy" is
Sep 17, 2024•13 min
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 points include: The rush to AI Challenges companies run into The human factor of AI implementation and use This episode originally aired on our other ITOps focused podcast, Get With IT. To subscribe to that show, visit here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2114207...
Sep 10, 2024•17 min
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 data The challenges of storage and compression Integration of time series data with training AI
Sep 03, 2024•12 min
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 today The realization that prescriptive frameworks aren't always effective The importance of flexible tool sets that support evolving workflows How AI will impact team size and composition
Aug 27, 2024•16 min
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 during reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLFH). According to OpenAI, CriticGPT isn't perfect, but it does help trainers catch more problems than they do on their own. Key talking points include: The downsides of having AI testing the quality of other...
Aug 20, 2024•15 min
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 into making them, and offers thoughts on: How automakers are adapting to merge digital experiences into their cars Ensuring predictability and visibility into the software supply chain of vehicles What goes into making sure these complex software systems don't fail in any capacity Subscription ser...
Aug 13, 2024•19 min
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 generative AI to agentic AI How AI agents are giving way to a number of other emerging technologies Splitting generative AI into two categories: text and visual How AI is influencing security advances Read the list: https://www.forrester.com/blogs/top-10-emerging-technologies-for-20...
Aug 06, 2024•20 min
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 knowing the quality standards of the software we use The battle between productivity and technical debt Are companies updating software too frequently? Transcript: https://sdtimes.com/test/qa-lessons-not-learned-from-crowdstrike-and-other-incidents/...
Jul 30, 2024•16 min
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 Why dynamic feature flags helps cut down on stale flags
Jul 23, 2024•12 min
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 automotive, aerospace, healthcare, utilities, etc. She talks about: Why Rust is a good choice for these applications Why they're focusing on providing more support to developers using Rust in these safety-critical software The goals of the consortium. Learn mor...
Jul 16, 2024•13 min
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 track How to analyze metrics and adapt Figuring out the right questions to ask Advice for getting started tracking metrics related to AI
Jul 09, 2024•17 min
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 last year and that engineers are now having more of a say in business strategy than they have in the past. Key talking points: The factors contributing to burnout today What leaders can do to cut down on burnout Engineers are now informing business strategy R...
Jul 02, 2024•14 min
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 as a way to pull in real-world knowledge from ChatGPT for questions Apple's own model cannot answer. They discuss: Why it's surprising that Apple decided to partner with OpenAI The lack of transparency into Apple's own model Why open source models are bette...
Jun 25, 2024•16 min
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: What we mean by "rude bot behavior" What goes into creating a chatbot that is polite How organizations can measure politeness of a chatbot On the flip side, humans can be rude to bots too
Jun 18, 2024•14 min
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 right The challenges companies might face when trying to get observability into mobile apps OpenTelemetry's role in mobile observability Access Embrace's open source mobile observability SDKs here: https://github.com/embrace-io
Jun 11, 2024•14 min
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 than newer devs Testing is one area where they're really helpful for devs regardless of experience level Getting past the hype of what the creators of these tools are promising and setting realistic expectations How tools will get better for developers over time...
Jun 04, 2024•17 min
*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 next year. To access the summit on-demand: https://enterprise-software.broadcom.com/vsm-virtual-summit-2024-on-demand To nominate a company for next year's Wavemaker: Broadcom.com/wavemaker
May 28, 2024•12 min
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 Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM) as a collaborative hub for AI research across different departments and subjects. Hal Daumé III, AIM's inaugural director and a Volpi-Cupal Family Endowed Professor in the Department of Comp...
May 21, 2024•16 min
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 to prevent this problem and what improvements she has seen in secrets management practices over the last couple of years. Related reading: 1. The key to successful secrets management is to make the best way the easiest way 2. Implement a good secrets manag...
May 07, 2024•12 min
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 software development practice.
Apr 30, 2024•17 min
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 a company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), which is a way of measuring profitability. Kim and Nilesh make the case that by improving testing, organizations can lower costs and deliver higher quality software product mor...
Apr 23, 2024•16 min
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.
Apr 16, 2024•12 min
In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein discusses the current state of value stream in the industry and what organizations can do to improve their value streams. His guest is Laureen Knudsen, chief transformation officer at Broadcom. Check out the 2024 Value Stream Management Summit here ....
Apr 09, 2024•13 min
In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein discusses how cognitive fatigue is compounding the software productivity problem. His guest is Hans Dockter, CEO at Gradle Inc. and lead at Gradle Open Source Project.
Apr 02, 2024•16 min
