

Dev Interrupted
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Dev Interrupted is the go-to podcast for software engineering leadership. Each week, hosts Andrew Zigler, Ben Lloyd Pearson, and Dan Lines sit down with industry experts to explore the strategies, struggles, and stories behind high-performing software teams. Paired with weekly industry news coverage, the conversations dive deep into the real challenges that define excellence in modern tech.
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Aug 8, 2021 • 42min
Move Fast, Break Things & Win: How Facebook Builds Software w/ Jeff Meyerson
Facebook is one of the most successful companies in the world, and Jeff Meyerson, the Founder of Software Daily, spend two and a half years talking to Facebook's top engineers to discover how they fit product, culture, and strategy together to succeed. Jeff joined Dev Interrupted to give us the founding story of Software Daily, the secrets to success at Facebook he learned while writing his new book Move Fast: How Facebook Builds Software., the inside scoop on his new company SuperCompute, and his secrets to leveraging his pokers skills in business and in software engineering. Join our Discord Community ►► discord.gg/devinterruptedOur Website ►► devinterrupted.com/Want to attend the New Leaders of Remote Work Panel? https://linearb.io/new-leaders-remote-work-panel/Want to try LinearB? ►► Book a LinearB DemoHave 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple PodcastsSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever

Jul 28, 2021 • 23min
The Tech Executive Operating System - Part II
Tech Executive Consultant Aviv Ben-Yosef rejoins Dev Interrupted to finish sharing his advice for technical leaders and how to make use of the "tech executive operating system" and its techniques to improve your leadership and your organization. Get a sample chapter of Aviv's book here.Join our Discord Community ►► discord.gg/devinterruptedOur Website ►► devinterrupted.com/Want to attend the New Leaders of Remote Work Panel? https://linearb.io/new-leaders-remote-work-panel/Want to try LinearB? ►► Book a LinearB DemoHave 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple PodcastsSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever

Jul 24, 2021 • 37min
The Tech Executive Operating System - Part I
Tech Executive Consultant Aviv Ben-Yosef joins Dev Interrupted to explain his strategies for your first 100 days at an organization and how to make use of the "tech executive operating system" and its techniques to improve your leadership and your organization. Get a sample chapter of Aviv's book here.Join our Discord Community ►► discord.gg/devinterruptedOur Website ►► devinterrupted.com/Want to attend the New Leaders of Remote Work Panel? https://linearb.io/new-leaders-remote-work-panel/Want to try LinearB? ►► Book a LinearB DemoHave 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple PodcastsSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever

Jul 16, 2021 • 39min
Improve Your Engineering Pipeline with Value Streams
Helen Beal, Chair of the new Value Stream Consortium joins Dev Interrupted to break down the key takeaways from her new research showing that high-performing teams need Value Stream Management. Read Helen's VSM Research Join our Discord Community ►► discord.gg/devinterruptedOur Website ►► devinterrupted.com/Want to try LinearB? ►► Book a LinearB DemoHave 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple PodcastsSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever

Jul 10, 2021 • 37min
Developer First Culture & Collectives at Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow is all about developers - and they've launched a new solution, Collectives to further their mission of serving developers. Come hear from Stack Overflow's Director of Engineering Ben Matthews about Stack Overflow's culture, teams, operations, and their new Collectives product. Join our Discord Community ►► discord.gg/devinterruptedOur Website ►► devinterrupted.com/Check out ►► Collectives by Stack OverflowWant to try LinearB? ►► Book a LinearB DemoHave 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple PodcastsSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever

Jul 2, 2021 • 21min
Lessons Learned from Programming at Google - Part II
Google is a titan of technology with one of the largest codebases in the world - and there are many lessons to be learned from how Google has scaled and its success. Senior Google Staff Engineers Hyrum Wright and Titus Winters joined Dan on the pod to share their lessons learned from programming at Google and talk about their new book. In fact, the discussion was so good, we split it into our first two-part episode! Here's part IIJoin the Dev Interrupted Discord Community: https://discord.gg/QMZv8QVfCKVisit the Dev Interrupted Website: https://devinterrupted.com/Hyrum & Titus's Book: https://abseil.io/resources/swe-bookBook a ►► LinearB DemoHave 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple PodcastsSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever

Jun 26, 2021 • 27min
Lessons Learned from Programming at Google - Part I
Google is a titan of technology with one of the largest codebases in the world - and there are many lessons to be learned from how Google has scaled and its success. Senior Google Staff Engineers Hyrum Wright and Titus Winters joined Dan on the pod to share their lessons learned from programming at Google and talk about their new book. In fact, the discussion was so good, we split it into a two-part episode! Join the Dev Interrupted Discord Community: discord.gg/devinterruptedVisit the Dev Interrupted Website: devinterrupted.com/Hyrum & Titus's Book: https://abseil.io/resources/swe-bookBook a ►► LinearB DemoHave 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple PodcastsSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever

Jun 18, 2021 • 32min
Understanding Open Telemetry and Observability w/ Splunk's Spiros Xanthos
Observability is crucial to understanding and adapting your product and your data - and open source telemetry is increasingly important. To go behind the data and understand where telemetry is going, Spiros Xanthos joined Dan on the pod today to talk about how data analysis and tracking are changing, and what is next for Splunk. Spiros is the Founder of Omnition and the current VP of Product Management, Observability, and IT at Splunk.Join the Dev Interrupted Discord Community: discord.gg/devinterruptedVisit the Dev Interrupted Website: devinterrupted.com/Book a ►► LinearB DemoSplunk's Observability Cloud: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/observability.htmlHave 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple PodcastsSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever

Jun 10, 2021 • 27min
Ensuring Quality Code that Fits Your Business w/ Erika Chestnut of Calendly
Modern businesses run on code - and ensuring code quality is crucial to success. To get the inside scoop on Quality Assurance (QA), Dan Lines talks with Erika Chestnut, Head of QA at Calendly at what you need to do to set up QA that works for your business needs, how to socialize the right values for your team, what not to do, and how to adapt these processes when necessary. Join the Dev Interrupted Discord Community: discord.gg/devinterruptedVisit the Dev Interrupted Website: devinterrupted.com/Book a ►► LinearB DemoGet in touch with Erika: https://www.erikachestnut.com/Have 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple PodcastsSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever

Jun 2, 2021 • 30min
Focus, Culture, and Metrics in a Remote-First World w/ Chris Brookins of Appcues
How can you build and scale an effective remote organization? In our digital world, figuring out the answer to this question is crucial, and Chris Brookins the VP of Engineering at Appcues, has some great ideas about how to improve team focus time and maintain company culture in remote-first work environments. Hear from Chris how he and his team are using LinearB's metrics to inform their decision-making and create a culture of continuous improvement on this new episode of Dev Interrupted.Join the Dev Interrupted Discord Community: discord.gg/devinterruptedVisit the Dev Interrupted Website: devinterrupted.com/Book a ►► LinearB DemoHave 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple PodcastsSupport the show: Subscribe to our Substack Leave us a review Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn Offers: Learn about Continuous Merge with gitStream Get your DORA Metrics free forever