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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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In this episode, Dave speaks with Derek Holt, CEO at digital.ai, to discuss how AI should be used in testing to give organizations the most value. In this podcast, they talk about: -- How AI pays off when it handles pattern-heavy, low-judgment work -- How fully autonomous, “one-click” QA has issues -- What organizations can do to get started using AI in software testing
In this episode, Dave interviews Sydnee Mayers, product lead at Cribl, about the skills developers need to thrive in 2026. They discuss: How the development role is changingThe specific skills developers need going forwardHow organizations should handle the speed at which things are changing
In this episode, Jenna interviews Adi Polak, director of advocacy and developer experience engineering at Confluent, about why developers need to embrace a head chef mindset when working with AI agents. They discuss: What it means to adopt a "head chef" mindsetThe mental shifts needed to work this wayWhat role data streaming plays in enabling this
In this episode, Jenna interviews Vic Chynoweth, CEO of Tempo Software, about how the company predicts that this year software development teams will begin challenging the rising complexity in their dev environments. They discuss: Why teams are shifting from executing work to questioning why it existsWhat's driving rising complexityHow SPM can help manage complexity
In this episode, Jenna interviews Jeff Malnick, GM of developer and AI at 1Password, about the open source agent platform OpenClaw and some of the security concerns that have been raised about it. They discuss: What OpenClaw isThe security issues that could result from using itSteps to take to reduce risk when experimenting with it Here are a few blog posts from 1Password mentioned in the episode: From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surfaceIt’s incredible....
In this episode, Dave interviews John Dickerson, CEO of Mozilla.ai, about the current state of open AI models. They discuss: The challenges of bringing open AI models to the communityHow government regulations could potentially impact open-source AIThe importance of transparency of models that are being deployed in production
In this episode, Dave interviews Sara Gutierrez, chief science officer at SHL, about the evolving skills needed in an AI-driven workforce. They discuss: Why in 2026 it's important to have foresight to notice things before disruption hitsAI as an enabler for talent decisionsUsing small experiments to guide larger decisions
In this episode, we share a webinar hosted by Progress about data and AI readiness. Here is the webinar description: In today’s business landscape, data is your most powerful asset, but only if it’s accessible, digestible and ready for implementation. Progress recently surveyed enterprise leaders to understand the state of data readiness, uncovering critical insights across four key areas. In this on-demand webinar, you'll hear David Loshin, Data and Information expert from Knowledge In...
In this episode, Dave interviews Dan Lorenc, CEO and co-founder of Chainguard, about what happens when open source projects are abandoned. They discuss: How to figure out if a project has been abandonedThe role of companies in sponsoring open source projectsHow foundations play a role in maintaining projects
Dave Rubinstein was recently a guest on Torc's Guidance Counselor 2.0 live stream, and we're sharing that conversation with you here. Listen in to this special episode to learn about how community and mentorship are more important than ever as AI adoption continues.
In this episode, Jenna interviews Woodson Martin, CEO of OutSystems, about how AI only really assists with a portion of the software development life cycle. They discuss: The areas that will still require a human touchThe evolution of the developer role and how success should be measured differentlyThe bottlenecks that still exist even with AI-assisted coding
This episode was originally broadcast in April 2024, and includes discussions that are still relevant to developers today, so we are publishing it again. --- In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein discusses how cognitive fatigue is compounding the software productivity problem. His guest is Hans Dockter, CEO at Gradle Inc. and lead at Gradle Open Source Project.
In this episode, Dave interviews Justin Moon, vice president of Core Product Engineering at BlackBerry QNX, providers of a real-time OS for embedded systems. They discuss: How QNX is working to close the development skills gap for SDVsHow developers manage complexity in vehicle software designsThe commercial challenges for autonomous vehicle hardware
In this episode, Dave interviews Mitchell Johnson, chief product development officer at Sonatype, about the notion of a Hippocratic Oath for developers, where you do no harm to the codebase, and how AI is impacting that. They discuss: The responsibility a developer has to keeping their codebase healthy whenever they add a new featureHow being able to output code faster with AI makes it harder to have visibility into how changes impact downstream systemsHow AI assisted coding may actually slow...
In this episode, Dave interviews Angie Jones, VP of engineering for AI Tools & Enablement at the financial services company Block. They discuss: How AI is empowering a new wave of developers from non-traditional rolesThe importance of feeding AI models and agents important business contextBlock's coding agent Goose
In this episode, Dave interviews Dave Protasowski, a member of the steering committee for Knative, about the project's recent graduation from the CNCF. They discuss: An overview of what Knative doesThe history of the project at the CNCFWhat's in store for Knative in the future
In this episode, Jenna interviews Pia Nilsson, senior director of engineering at Spotify, about the company's decision to make its own AI tool to improve developer productivity. They discuss: Why they built their own tool instead of using something that already existsHow developers are using it day-to-dayHow AI is shaping developer culture at SpotifyWatch Spotify's webinar on October 22 to learn about the latest updates to Portal: https://info.backstage.spotify.com/webinar?utm_campaign=216395...
In this episode, Jenna interviews Khachatur Virabyan, head of code quality at Aikido Security, about why code quality and security should be addressed together. They discuss: The differences in definitions for code quality and securityHow clean code could still have vulnerabilitiesThe impact AI coding will have on code quality and security
In this episode, Dave interviews Mark Lambert, chief product officer of ArmorCode, about how AI is influencing Application Security Posture Management (ASPM). They discuss: How AI-generated code has more vulnerabilities than human-generated codeThe risks of slowing down innovation while trying to govern AI-assisted developmentUsing AI agents for automated testing and security vulnerability detection
In this episode, Jenna interviews Dan Lorenc, CEO of Chainguard, about the Shai-Hulud worm that has made its way through the npm ecosystem. They discuss: What Shai-Hulud is and why it's so badSecurity measures GitHub plans to implement in npm Best practices to follow to mitigate risk
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