What the Dev?
What the Dev? is a podcast by the SD Times editorial team. We cover the biggest and newest topics in software and technology.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 16 minutes
- Episodes
- 324
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
325: The impact of AI on digital transformation (with Google's Andi Gutmans)
In this episode, Dave interviews Andi Gutmans, VP and general manager of Data Cloud at Google.
They discuss:
- How AI can help with data management
- How AI tools have matured and are now more accessible fo…
324: QA management in an AI world (with Sembi's Judy Bossi)
In this episode, Dave interviews Judy Bossi, VP of product management at Sembi, about the importance of QA in AI integration.
They discuss:
- Predictions for how QA will evolve alongside AI
- Ensuring exec…
323: AI agents need transparency and trust to be successful (with Creatio's Burley Kawasaki)
In this episode, Dave interviews Burley Kawasaki, global VP of product marketing and strategy at no-code CRM platform Creatio.
They discuss:
- The cautious adoption of AI in the workplace due to trust i…
322: What to consider before selecting AI tooling (with Instabase's Anant Bhardwaj)
In this episode, Jenna interviews Anant Bhardwaj, CEO and founder of Instabase, about what factors to consider before purchasing an AI tool.
They discuss:
- Why it's important to start with the problem y…
321: Bridging the gap between AI tools and Kubernetes with kagent (with solo.io's Idit Levine)
In this episode originally published on Get With IT, Dave interviews Idit Levine, founder and CEO of solo.io, about kagent, a framework for running agents in Kubernetes.
They discuss:
- Why kagent was c…
320: Creating a culture for AI experimentation (with LaunchDarkly's Jenn Wei)
In this episode, Dave interviews Jenn Wei, senior vice president of product at LaunchDarkly.
They discuss:
- The importance of creating a culture for AI experimentation
- Needing to shift from building feat…
319: Rules and guardrails for AI coding assistants (with Continue's Brian Douglas)
In this episode, Dave interviews Brian Douglas, head of developer experience at Continue, about the importance of rules for AI tools.
They discuss:
- How to implement rules for AI assistants
- Using rules …
318: How developer advocacy fuels product growth (with DigitalOcean's Wade Wegner)
In this episode, Jenna interviews Wade Wegner, chief ecosystem and growth officer at DigitalOcean, about the importance of developer advocacy.
They discuss:
- The relationship among developer advocacy, d…
317: Using HOPrS to verify that images and videos are real and unedited (with OpenOrigins' Manny Ahmed)
In this episode, Jenna interviews Dr. Manny Ahmed, co-founder and CEO of OpenOrigins, the company behind Human-Oriented Proof System (HOPrS), which can be used to determine if an image or video has b…
316: The benefits of specialized language models (with OpenText's Justin Cantrall)
In this episode, Dave interviews Justin Cantrall, AI engineer and architect at OpenText, about specialized language models.
They discuss:
- The difference between specialized language models and large la…
315: Gray work in software development (with Quickbase's Maya Palfreyman)
In this episode, Jenna interviews Maya Palfreyman, product marketing director at Quickbase, who leads the company's research on gray work.
They discuss:
- What gray work is and what sort of tasks qualify…
314: The search revolution: Dense vs. sparse vectors (with Jack Pertschuk from Pinecone)
In this episode, Dave interviews Jack Pertschuk, principal engineer for Algorithms and Platform at Pinecone. They discuss:
- What semantic search is and where it falls short
- The difference between sparse…
313: Identity and auth in the age of agentic AI (with Stytch's Julianna Lamb)
In this episode, Jenna interviews Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO of Stytch, about MCP and how it handles authorization.
They discuss:
- Where MCP gets it right and where more work is needed
- Issues wit…
312: The downsides of vibe coding (with AutonomyAI's Tammuz Dubnov)
In this episode, Jenna Barron interviews Tammuz Dubnov, founder and CTO of AutonomyAI, a company that makes AI agents for software development.
They discuss:
- What vibe coding is
- The risks associated wi…
311: Looking back on 30 years of Java (with Azul's Simon Ritter)
In this episode, Jenna welcomes back Simon Ritter, CTO of Azul, to talk about the history and evolution of Java, which is celebrating its 30 year anniversary this year.
They discuss:
- The software deve…
310: The history of Kubernetes (with Nutanix' Dan Ciruli)
In this episode, Dave interviews Dan Ciruli, senior director of product management at Nutanix (and ex-Googler), about the history of Kubernetes. They discuss:
- What was going on at Google that led to t…
309: How Chase is building the next generation of expert engineers with its E2 program (with Chase's Priti Naik)
In this episode, Dave interviews Priti Naik, vice president of architecture at Chase, about the company's Expert Engineering (E2) program.
They discuss:
- What the program involves
- What prompted its crea…
308: Why engineering feedback loops fail (and how to avoid that) - with Port's Zohar Einy
In this episode, Jenna interviews Zohar Einy, CEO of Port, about engineering feedback loops.
They discuss:
- The purpose of engineering feedback loops
- Where most organizations go wrong
- What makes feedback …
307: Value Stream Management is getting a boost from AI (Sponsored by Broadcom)
Thank you to Broadcom for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about their VSM offerings here: https://www.broadcom.com/products/software/value-stream-management
In this episode, Dave interviews Jean-L…
306: TLS certificate lifespans shortening to 47 days by 2029 (with DigiCert's Dean Coclin)
In this episode, Jenna interviews Dean Coclin, senior director of Industry Strategy at DigiCert, about the recent vote by the CA/Browser Forum to shorten the lifespan of TLS certificates to 47 days b…