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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Jun 23, 2020 • 19min
How to effectively lead from afar - Episode 38
In this week's episode, we spoke with Dr. Vince Molinaro, a strategic leadership expert and author, about how communication is now more important than ever between leaders and their teams since many software development jobs are staying remote even as businesses in some areas are starting to open up.
Jun 16, 2020 • 23min
The state of software security today with Derek Weeks - Episode 37
Vice President of Sonatype Derek Weeks returns to the podcast to discuss the DevSecOps Community survey, what changes have happened in the open source and security space since we last spoke, and the state of software quality.
Jun 9, 2020 • 16min
All about feature experimentation with Optimizely CTO Lawrence Bruhmuller - Episode 36
In this week's episode, we spoke to Optimzely CTO about feature experimentation how Optimizely has been striving to make A/B testing easier for teams that are most amenable to quick experimentation.
Jun 2, 2020 • 12min
Doing Agile Right with Sarah Elk - Episode 35
In this week's episode we speak with Sarah Elk, one of the co-authors of the recently published books "Doing Agile Right." We discuss the measures that need to be in place in order for teams to adopt Agile successfully and what some common misconceptions are.
May 26, 2020 • 22min
Talking Serverless with Austen Collins - Episode 34
In this week's episode, we talked about why serverless architectures are seeing rapid adoption and about how it is constantly taking on new use cases with Austen Collins, the CEO and Founder of Serverless, Inc.
May 19, 2020 • 22min
Microsoft Build 2020 (with Scott Hanselman) - Episode 33
In this week's episode we talk to Scott Hanselman about the latest developer tools Microsoft has been working on, like Codespaces, WSL2, and the Windows Terminal. He also talks about transitioning Microsoft Build to an online format and what kind of experience Microsoft wants to offer.
May 12, 2020 • 16min
Democratizing AI (with Serkan Piantino) - Episode 32
In today’s episode we talk with Serkan Piantino, founder and CEO of Spell, a company that is working on democratizing AI. As an early pioneer in the AI space, he shares the changes he’s seen in the AI space over the years. We also discuss why there’s a need for AI to be democratized, what needs to be in place for that to happen, and what the future of AI looks like.
May 5, 2020 • 21min
How to collaborate with your team as a product owner - Episode 31
As organizations adopt a more product-oriented mindset, the product owner is becoming more important. In Scrum, product owners work to maximize the value of a product by working with the development team. But, in order to do this there must be trust between the development team and the product owner. In this podcast, CEO of Scrum.org Dave West talks about the role of product owners and how they can successfully work with the development team and business.
Apr 28, 2020 • 15min
Making the move from Python 2 to Python 3 - Episode 30
As Python 2 reaches its end of life, we talk to Jeff Rouse, vice president of product at ActiveState about what this means for organizations and how they can successfully move to Python 3.
Apr 21, 2020 • 9min
VC groups shift interest to enterprise technology - Episode 29
In this week's episode we speak with Steve Stover, VP of products and strategy at SolarWinds. Steve talks about how in 2019, VC firms switched their focus from consumer tech to enterprise tech. Companies leveraging AI in enterprise products will see a lot of opportunities for funding. Please note, this episode was recorded prior to the current economic downturn caused by coronavirus and these insights were based on data from January.
