CaSE: Conversations about Software Engineering

In this episode of the CaSE Podcast, Mirko Novakovic, a seasoned entrepreneur and investor, shares his journey through the waves of technological innovation—from the early days of online banking to the rise of AI and open telemetry. We explore with him how the lessons learned in diverse industries, including the food business, can reshape our approach to software development and architecture, emphasizing the importance of curiosity, adaptability, and a solid grasp of the fundamentals. Chapter Marks -00:00:11 Introduction -00:01:35 Learning from Olive Oil farming and restaurant businesses -00:09:20 Waves of technological innovations? -00:16:19* Fundamentals vs. Trends in Software Engineering -00:21:08 Minimum knowledge of performance analysis today -00:26:49 Honouring the works of Brendan Gregg -00:30:17 Importance of features like profiling -00:39:45 You only change if you feel the pain -00:47:58 Overestimating the need for speed of change -00:51:25 Explaining benefits of Open Telemetry to customers -01:00:09 The Rift Framework and Data Usability -01:21:37 Product Management and User-Centric Design -01:38:11 Entrepreneurship -01:44:39 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Show Notes Dash0 Instana eBPF Brendon Gregg OpenTelemetry

The discussion kicks off with a dive into the high-stakes implications of sensitivity points in software architecture, highlighted by the recent Volkswagen data breach. The hosts explore how minor architectural choices can heavily influence data privacy and functionality. They also examine AI's role in development, sharing insights on tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot. The conversation highlights the challenges and benefits of AI, emphasizing its potential to aid creative thinking and even empower non-coders in application development.

How do you ensure the reliability of your cloud-native applications in an ever-evolving landscape? In this episode of CaSE, we dive deep into the intricate world of cloud-native testing with Ole Lensmar, the mind behind SoapUI, serial entrepreneur and Founder of TestKube. Join us as we explore the challenges of testing in Kubernetes environments, the balance between automation and manual testing, and the evolving role of AI in shaping our testing strategies. TestKube – Test execution at scale for CI/CD KubeShop -- An Accelerator for Open Source Startups Swagger – API design, documentation, and testing SoapUI – Testing tool for SOAP and REST APIs Postman – API development and testing platform JUnit – Unit testing framework for Java k6 – Load testing for developers Chapter Marks: 00:00:00 The Intersection of Software Engineering and Butchery 00:09:03 Introduction to Cloud-Native Testing 00:09:03 The Role of AI in Testing 00:15:44 API Testing Tools: SoapUI and Swagger 00:28:47 Cloud-Native Testing Strategies 00:45:37 Continuous Testing and Monitoring 00:54:43 The Future of Testing Tools and Practices 01:26:17 Building and Sustaining Open-Source Communities

Theo Schlossnagle, a world-class software engineer and owner of a butcher shop, discusses the intriguing parallels between butchery and software development. He emphasizes the power of curiosity in coding and explores automation in butcher operations. Unpacking the complexities of distributed systems, he shares strategies for debugging and managing state. Schlossnagle also critiques legacy systems, advocating for simplicity over abstraction. With insights on IoT and modern tooling, he highlights what truly defines great software engineering.

Sven Johann talks to Heinrich Hartmann and Alexander Heusingfeld about the cost of observability How Buildings Learn, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HowBuildingsLearn Big Ball of Mud, http://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html#BigBallOfMud Coinbase USD 65M bill from Datadog, https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/datadog-65m-year-customer-mystery/ Observability by Ben Sigelman, https://medium.com/lightstephq/observability-will-never-replace-monitoring-because-it-shouldnt-eeea92c4c5c9 Charity Majors, GOTO Amsterdam, Observability 2.0, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag2ykPO805M Hillel Wayne, SRECon Keynote, “Are we really engineers?”, https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon24emea/presentation/wayne Chapter Marks: 00:00:00 New hosts, new formats 00:12:40 Observability Costs 00:29:03 Observability Training 01:06:10 Engineering vs. Software Engineering 01:18:03 Wrapping up

Aino Corry, expert on improving tech meetings, discusses the importance of meetings for software engineers. They explore various types of meetings, the role of humor in meetings, techniques from family therapy, crafting an agenda and meeting structure, effective meeting endings, and the value of preparation and reflection for continuous improvement.

Lucas Dohmen talks with Angelo Veltens about Solid Solid Homepage SolidOS Solid community Solid organization on Github SolidOS organization on Github Forum Chat Solid Spec schema.org A data ecosystem fosters sustainable innovation

Guest Mark Seemann, software engineer and author, discusses heuristics and cognitive constraints in software engineering, the decision of choosing a programming language, vertical slicing in software development, the culture of change and pride in work, code readability and rhythm, and recommends a book and blog for engineers to advance their careers.

Chris Richardson and Sven Johann discuss service templates Chris’ Microservices Patterns website Chris’ book on Microservices Patterns Crowdsourcing Technology Governance at Target Sam Newman, Building Microservices, chapter “Governance and the paved road” and “Governance and the paved road” Blogpost from Pete Hodgson

Sven Johann talks with Adam Tornhill about Software Design X-Rays This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club Part 1 Part 2 Adam Tornhill, Software Design X-Rays Adam Tornhill, Your Code as a Crime Scene Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais, Team Topologies John Ousterhout, A Philosophy of Software Design Dave Thomas & Andy Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmer Fred Brooks Jr., The Mythical Man-Month Chapter Marks: 0:00 Intro 2:54 Behavioral code analysis 8:53 Hotspot analysis and technical debt 14:42 Trends analysis 21:05 System mastery 24:11 Software Design X-Ray 27:18 The more metrics the better? 30:09 Change coupling 33:19 Copy-paste dilemma 42:40 Change coupling gets more expensive with distance 45:20 Team structure visualized in the code 53:52 Outro