

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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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

Aug 18, 2020 • 14min
SREs at home (with Mehdi Daoudi) - Episode 48
In this week's episode, we talk to Catchpoint CEO Mehdi Daoudi about the company's SRE report. He talks about the struggles SREs are facing at home, as well as the role automation plays in reducing toil for SREs.

Aug 11, 2020 • 10min
The open source debate on trademarks - Episode 47
In this week's episode we covered the debate in the open source community regarding trademarks that started after Google announced the Open Usage Commons in the beginning of July, and IBM and CNCF brought up concerns that the use of new projects and products will be left up to the interpretation of certain players, such as Google. We spoke with Heikki Nousiainen the CTO at Aiven, to find out more..

Aug 4, 2020 • 16min
What freemium software means, and when to use it - Episode 46
Roman Stanek, CEO of GoodData, talks about the benefits of using freemium software, the skills required to use the free version, and how IT teams should approach freemium software options.

Jul 30, 2020 • 34min
Experts answer your value stream questions - Episode 45 (Bonus)
In this bonus podcast we talk to experts about how to successfully manage value streams, how to use value stream management to elevate Agile and DevOps practices, and what's still to come. To learn more visit https://events.sdtimes.com/valuestreamdevcon.

Jul 28, 2020 • 17min
Best practices for Agile integration with Red Hat's Eric Schabell - Episode 44
This week, we spoke to Eric Schabell, the portfolio architect director at Red Hat, about Agile integration. A lot of enterprises are moving in the direction of Agile teams all with an eye on the digital transformation story where they're headed towards delivering things in a cloud native fashion. You'll hear some of the best ways in which to achieve that Agile integration.

Jul 21, 2020 • 21min
What is Jamstack and how is it transforming front-end development - Episode 43
In this week's episode we talk to the co-founders of Netlify, a modern web development platform provider that coined the term Jamstack. Jamstack is a new rising development and architectural approach that comes with the promise of delivering a faster, more accessible, more maintainable and globally available web.

Jul 14, 2020 • 12min
How open source can become more secure with monetization - Episode 42
Today’s episode is about how monetization can help make open source software more secure The anonymity of the original open source coder today means that no one is properly equipped to set up the appropriate security protocols on software utilizing the code. We spoke with Chen Ravid, the the cofounder and head of product at xs: code, to find out how developers can be incentivized to return to projects and improve security.


