Find out how to build trust and accountability in a fully remote team in this CTO podcast featuring Sabrina Farmer, CTO @ GitLab. You will also hear how Sabrina draws on her experience in AI, DevSecOps, and her 19 years at Google to rethink the developer experience. Listen to find out: How Gitlab's CEO Challenge encourages developers to innovate and automate away historic challenges (e.g. Log4js) Why DevOps is just problem-solving 🕵️‍♀️ at all levels of the stack How to use AI to create teaching moments 💡 in the developer workflow How GitLab onboards quicker with detailed documentation📝 (no tribal knowledge)

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Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction to the Alphalist Podcast (00:43) Meet Sabrina Farmer: GitLab's CTO (02:33) Remote Work at GitLab (03:39) Trust and Accountability at GitLab (Part 1) (04:49) ReadMe at GitLab (06:04) Problem Solving and Computer Science (09:40) Having an Impact: The Appeal of DevTools (11:27) Helping People Go Beyond Their Limits (13:03) AI Strategy (16:25) Monolith vs. Microservices? (18:19) What is DevSecOps (21:50) Creating Teaching Moments for Developers Using AI (25:05) Future of Security in the Next 5 Years (25:30) More Data Privacy Aware (27:44) GitLab's CEO Challenge: Encourage Developers to Innovate and Automate Away Historic Challenges Like Log4js (31:43) Choosing AI Models (33:35) Getting Developer Buy-In with AI (37:29) Use AI to Free You Up So You Can Think Strategically (37:48) Use AI Responsibly - Do Due Diligence (39:59) Trust and Accountability at GitLab (Part 2) (44:02) Satya Nadella as Inspiration