

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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Feb 25, 2020 • 16min
The ups and downs of Kubernetes - Episode 21
Kubernetes continues to grow year after year with many companies rethinking their current strategies to take advantage of its new use cases and capabilities. However, Kubernetes is not a silver bullet and companies should be careful about exactly how they re-strategize their Kubernetes efforts. In this episode, director at Canonical Stephan Fabel talks about the value of Kubernetes as well as some challenges still plaguing the project.

Feb 18, 2020 • 19min
How we got to the 20th anniversary of SD Times-Episode 20
SD Times is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. News Editor Christina Cardoza talks to Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein and Publisher David Lyman about how the industry has evolved over the last 20 years and where the magazine is going.

Feb 11, 2020 • 23min
How MySpace accidentally helped spawn citizen developers-Podcast 19
MySpace was once a popular social networking platform that users flocked to connect with their friends and meet new users. We remember Tom, and we remember the painstaking hours trying to decide our "top 8," but we forget about the ability to express ourselves through customized code. In this podcast, we talk to former CTO of MySpace and now CEO of the Koji web development platform Dmitry Shapiro about how My Space accidentally spurred this idea of citizen developers, and if there will ever be another platform like that again.

Feb 4, 2020 • 19min
New Agile, end-to-end DevOps platform for enterprises in CollabNet/XebiaLabs merger - Episode 18
CollabNet VersionOne and XebiaLabs has announced a new mission: to build an integrated Agile DevOps platform together. The company's new CEO Ashok Reddy and president Derek Langone explain exactly what that means and what enterprises can expect from this merger.

Jan 28, 2020 • 23min
Edge computing at the forefront with enterprise need for speed and new tech- Episode 17
The popularity of edge computing has greatly increased as more industries are adopting IoT devices and are increasing their demand for low-latency processing and real-time, automated decision-making solutions. This week, we talked to Kuba Stolarski, Research Director at IDC, about what exactly is edge computing and where it's headed.

Jan 21, 2020 • 19min
Celebrating Java's 25th anniversary- Episode 16
Java is coming up on a big milestone: Its 25th anniversary! To celebrate, we take a look back over the last 25 years to see how Java has evolved over time. In this episode, Social Media and Online Editor Jenna Sargent talks to Rich Sharples, senior director of product management for middleware at Red Hat, to learn more.

Jan 14, 2020 • 19min
What makes a successful open-source project with IBM- Episode 15
On this episode of What the Dev, SD Times news editor Christina Cardoza talks to Chris Ferris, CTO of Open Technology at IBM, about how the Red Hat acquisition changed IBM's approach to open source, what makes a successful open-source project and what we can expect from the space in the future.

Jan 7, 2020 • 19min
When to use serverless and when to stay away from it- Episode 14
In this week's podcast, Christina Cardoza talks to Chris Parlette, director of cloud solutions at ParkMyCloud. Parlette explains that serverless doesn't solve all of developer's problems, and goes through when to use serverless and when to stay away from it.

Dec 17, 2019 • 9min
CCPA starts Jan 1st..here's everything you need to know- Episode 13
In this year's final episode of What the Dev? before the holidays, we talk to data protection officer Sylvia Johnson about what consumers and companies need to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that goes into effect on January 1st. As always thank you for listening to What the Dev? and we can't wait to show you what's in store for the podcast in 2020. See you then!

Dec 10, 2019 • 21min
Talking Agile and Test Principles with Kent Beck - Episode 12
In this week's episode, we talk to Kent Beck, the first signer of the Agile Manifesto and Software Fellow and Engineering Coach at Gusto, about the latest in Agile practices and about the best programmer test principles.


