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
305: Why PostgreSQL became the database of choice for cloud native development (with Neon's Heikki Linnakangas)
In this episode, Dave Rubinstein interviews Heikki Linnakangas, co-founder of Neon, a company that provides Postgres solutions.
They discuss:
- The factors that have contributed to adoption of PostgreS…
304: The skills developers need in an era of AI development (with AWS' Antje Barth)
In this episode, Jenna Barron interviews Antje Barth, principal developer advocate for generative AI at AWS.
They discuss:
- The skills that are becoming more important as AI adoption increases
- The emerge…
303: How AI agents are transforming how software is built (with GitLab's Emilio Salvador)
In this episode, Jenna Barron speaks with Emilio Salvador, vice president of strategy and developer relations at GitLab, about AI agents in software development.
Key talking points include:
- How AI ag…
302: Breaking down the barriers to serverless adoption (with DBOS' Jeremy Edberg)
In this episode, David Rubinstein interviews Jeremy Edberg, CEO of DBOS, about the current state of serverless.
They discuss:
- Why serverless adoption has stagnated
- The complexity of serverless architect…
301: What's new in Java 24 (with Azul's Simon Ritter)
In this episode, Jenna Barron interviews Simon Ritter, deputy CTO of Azul, about the six features in Java 24 he thinks are most exciting, including faster startup times for Java apps, improvements to…
300: The complex world of open source AI (with Red Hat's Stephen Watt)
In this episode, David Rubinstein interviews, Stephen Watt, VP of the Office of the CTO at Red Hat, about open source AI.
They discuss:
- Differences between open source software and open source AI
- The d…
299: The growing divide between developers and FinOps (with Martin Reynolds from Harness)
In this episode, Jenna Barron interviews Martin Reynolds, field CTO of Harness, about the misalignment between developers and FinOps. The company recently did a report that backed up the claims that …
298: Building a prompt engineering playground for faster company-wide innovation (with LinkedIn's Lukasz Karolewski and Ajay Prakash)
In this episode, Jenna Barron interviews Lukasz Karolewski, senior staff software engineer at LinkedIn, and Ajay Prakash, staff software engineer at LinkedIn, to talk about how they built a prompt en…
297: Why a clean codebase is key when using AI-assisted coding tools (with Tabnine's Eran Yahav)
In this episode David Rubinstein interviews Eran Yahav, co-founder and CTO of Tabnine, about why its important to provide AI assistants with clean code.
They discuss:
- The importance of defining organi…
296: DeepSeek Unpacked: Security, Innovation, and What’s Next
Join SD Times news editor Jenna Barron for a panel discussion on DeepSeek and what developers need to know about this model that has been in the spotlight for the past few weeks.
The conversation cov…
295: How middle code is bridging the gap between low-code and traditional programming (with OpsMill's Damien Garros)
In this episode, David Rubinstein interviews Damien Garros, co-founder and CEO of OpsMill, about middle code, a concept that sits somewhere between programming and low-code/no-code.
They discuss:
- What …
294: From "shift left" to "shift everywhere" (with OpenText Cybersecurity's Dylan Thomas)
In this episode, we interview Dylan Thomas, senior director of product engineering at OpenText Cybersecurity, about the evolution from shift left to shift everywhere.
At the end of 2024, he predicted:…
293: The best ways to deal with flaky tests (with Gradle's Trisha Gee)
In this episode, we spoke with Trisha Gee, lead developer advocate at Gradle, about flaky tests and the challenges of dealing with them.
Key talking points:
- What is a flaky test?
- How can they be identif…
292: Software Engineering Intelligence gains traction as Value Stream Management loses it (with Digital.ai's Derek Holt)
In this episode, we spoke with Derek Holt, CEO of Digital.ai, about the emerging practice of software engineering intelligence (SEI). At the end of last year, he predicted that "SEI will have a break…
291: Containers in 2025: Bridging the gap between software and hardware (with Red Hat's Scott McCarty)
In this episode, we interview Scott McCarty, senior principal product manager of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, about what we can look forward to in 2025 when it comes to containers.
Key talking points in…
290: The state of software supply chain security (with Sonatype's Brian Fox)
In this episode, David Rubinstein interviews Brian Fox, co-founder and CTO of Sonatype. They discuss the company's 10th annual State of the Software Supply Chain report.
Key talking points include:
- T…
289: Balancing security and convenience in biometric authentication (with Aware's Mohamed Lazzouni)
In this episode, David Rubinstein interviews Mohamed Lazzouni, CTO of Aware, a company that offers identity verification services. They discuss the current state of biometric authentication, includin…
288: The negative long-term impacts of AI on software development pipelines (with Prismatic's Tanner Burson)
In this episode, editor-in-chief David Rubinstein interviews Tanner Burson, vice president of engineering at Prismatic, about how AI might be destabilizing development pipelines.
They discuss:
- The lac…
287: How AI is driving innovation in Kubernetes (with Nutanix' Tobi Knaup)
In this episode, editor-in-chief David Rubinstein interviews Tobi Knaup, VP and general manager of cloud native at Nutanix. They discuss how AI is driving innovation in Kubernetes, and also how AI ad…
286: Improving and evolving your engineering processes (with Stytch's Julianna Lamb)
In this episode, news editor Jenna Barron interviews Julianna Lamb, co-founder and CTO of Stytch, about how to evolve your engineering processes.
They discuss:
- How the dynamic of a team contributes to …