What the Dev?
SD Times
What the Dev? is a podcast by the SD Times editorial team. We cover the biggest and newest topics in software development.
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Oct 1, 2020 • 13min
Talking Agile and project management with Kevin Brennan and Bob Galen - Episode 58
In today's episode we spoke with Kevin Brennan, author of A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge, and Bob Galen, the president and principle agile coach at RGalen Consulting, about Agile and project management.
Sep 29, 2020 • 19min
Why data has become the new gold with Peter Wang - Episode 57
Peter Wang, CEO of Anaconda, talks about why data science is gaining so much attention lately, tools necessary for businesses to be successful, and how Python plays a role in all of it.
Sep 24, 2020 • 21min
A dive into the FreeBSD Foundation on its 20th anniversary with Deb Goodkin - Episode 56
The FreeBSD Foundation celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. We talk to Deb Goodkin, executive director of the foundation, about how the foundation got started and where it is going as well as some new resources for developers to take advantage of.
Sep 22, 2020 • 18min
Supporting women in online tech events (with Lin Classon) - Episode 55
In this week’s episode we’re speaking with Ensono’s VP of Product Management, Lin Classon (@lin_IRL), about how the representation of women speakers have improved over the years, what issues they face at in-person and in virtual conferences, and what work is still to be done.2020 Speak Up report: https://www.ensono.com/resources/speak-2020-redesigning-tech-conferences-women-mind
Sep 17, 2020 • 18min
Addressing bias in large-scale AI applications with the LinkedIn Fairness Toolkit - Episode 54
In this week's episode, we talked about the LinkedIn Fairness Toolkit (LiFT) that measures fairness in large-scale AI applications with Senior Machine Learning Engineer at LinkedIn Shriram Vasudevan and Machine Learning Engineer at LinkedIn Cyrus Diciccio.
Sep 15, 2020 • 16min
How embedded finance will turn software companies into fintech companies - Episode 53
In this week's episode, we spoke to Sandeep Sood, the CEO of Kunai, about the growth of embedded finance and its potential for major disruption. Sood's take is "if you're not a fintech company today, you're going to become one." Listen in to find out why!
Sep 10, 2020 • 19min
How to manage your value stream mapping journey with Steve Pereira - Episode 52
In this week's episode we talk to Steve Pereira, the founder and CEO of Visible, about the importance for value stream mapping, how to get started, how to take it beyond 101, and what to look out for along the way. You can also listen to Pereira's Virtual VSM DevCon talk on value stream mapping here, register for next year's Virtual VSM DevCon conference on March 10, 2021, or continue the conversation on our Slack community.
Sep 8, 2020 • 13min
Value stream adoption is moving towards "Crossing the Chasm" with HCL Software's Steve Boone - Episode 51
In this week's podcast, we spoke to Steve Boone, the head of product management at HCL Software, about how companies are coming along in their value stream management journey. Are they adopting? What are some of the challenges they're facing? What are the benefits that they see?Save the date! VSM DevCon is back on March 10th, 2021 to examine the benefits of creating and managing value streams in your development organization!
Sep 1, 2020 • 17min
What role do developers have in application security? - Episode 50
In this week's podcast episode, we spoke to Veracode's Patrick McNeil and Cody Bertram about how it's becoming more important to get developers up to speed on security in today's "shift-left" world. For a deeper dive into developers' role in security, join this webinar on September 10th at 11am ET/8:00am PT.
Aug 25, 2020 • 18min
The conflict between speed and quality in application deployment (with GitLab’s Brendan O’Leary) - Episode 49
In today’s episode we're speaking with Brendan O’Leary, senior developer evangelist at GitLab. We discuss the ongoing conflict between speed and quality when deploying applications. He also offers guidance on how developers can succeed at both without cutting corners. Here are links to resources we mentioned in this episode:Guide to remote workGitLab Commit
