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What the Dev?

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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321: Bridging the gap between AI tools and Kubernetes...

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2025/08/12

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 createdWhat led solo.io to open source the project and donate it to the CNCFDifficulties with deploying AI agents in large organizations

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14:55

320: Creating a culture for AI experimentation (with...

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2025/08/05

In this episode, Dave interviews Jenn Wei, senior vice president of product at LaunchDarkly. They discuss: The importance of creating a culture for AI experimentationNeeding to shift from building features to managing dynamic learning systemsThe role of leadership in driving innovation

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15:40

319: Rules and guardrails for AI coding assistants...

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2025/07/29

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 assistantsUsing rules to replace lengthy promptsPreventing technical debt when using AI-generated code

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15:04

318: How developer advocacy fuels product growth...

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2025/07/22

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, developer relations, and technology evangelismEffective strategies for engaging with developersMetrics to track to know that advocacy is contributing to product growth

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9:31

317: Using HOPrS to verify that images and videos are...

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2025/07/15

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 been altered or is AI-generated. They discuss: How it works and how it differs from other tools that try to do thisHow it can be used to address concerns around AI-generated contentIts recent acceptance into the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust Lab

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12:52

316: The benefits of specialized language models...

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2025/07/08

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 language modelsThe benefits and disadvantages of choosing specialized language modelsOpen weight models

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21:36

315: Gray work in software development (with...

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2025/07/01

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 How it affects software developersThe impact of unaccounted gray work in planning cycles

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12:54

314: The search revolution: Dense vs. sparse vectors...

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2025/06/24

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 shortThe difference between sparse and dense vectorsHow search technology powers AI

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13:39

313: Identity and auth in the age of agentic AI (with...

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2025/06/17

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 neededIssues with traditional auth in agentic workflowsDesigning auth flows for agents vs humans

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9:56

312: The downsides of vibe coding (with AutonomyAI's...

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2025/06/10

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 isThe risks associated with itWhere it can be used and where it should be avoided

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16:44

311: Looking back on 30 years of Java (with Azul's...

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2025/06/03

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 development landscape at the time Java was createdKey moments in Java's historyWhat has made it such a resilient and long-lasting language

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18:10

310: The history of Kubernetes (with Nutanix' Dan...

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2025/05/27

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 the creation of KubernetesThe importance of getting the industry to agree on a non-vendor-specific way of deploying workloadsInitial concerns from VM vendors about being replaced by containersThe story behind Kubernetes' name and logoThis episode originally aired on 5/8/25 on our sister podcast, G...

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14:04

309: How Chase is building the next generation of...

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2025/05/20

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 creationHow graduates stay updated on new technologies and trends

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11:31

308: Why engineering feedback loops fail (and how to...

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2025/05/13

In this episode, Jenna interviews Zohar Einy, CEO of Port, about engineering feedback loops. They discuss: The purpose of engineering feedback loopsWhere most organizations go wrongWhat makes feedback actually actionable

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11:48

307: Value Stream Management is getting a boost from...

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2025/05/06

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-Louis Vignaud, head of ValueOps at Broadcom, about how VSM and AI are coming together. They discuss: The business implications of using AI in VSMConcerns around data privacy and proprietary information in AIRecapping Broadcom's recent VSM Summit

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13:27

306: TLS certificate lifespans shortening to 47 days...

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2025/04/29

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 by 2029. They discuss: The schedule for the changes and the gradual increments lifespans will shorten byThe rationale behind shortening certificate lifetimesHow to start preparing for changesDigiCert will be hosting a webinar on this topic on May 6 called "Unpacking Certificate Changes: Live ...

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11:06

305: Why PostgreSQL became the database of choice for...

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2025/04/22

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 PostgreSQLWhy PostgreSQL has leapfrogged over MySQL in popularityWhat to expect in PostgreSQL 18

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14:52

304: The skills developers need in an era of AI...

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2025/04/15

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 increasesThe emergence of the AI engineering roleThe trend of "vibe coding"Resources: Amazon Q Developer Episode transcript

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14:33

303: How AI agents are transforming how software is...

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2025/04/08

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 agents compare to traditional forms of automation in the software development processChallenges teams may face when implementing agentsThe impact AI agents will have on the role of software developers

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9:54

302: Breaking down the barriers to serverless...

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2025/04/01

In this episode, David Rubinstein interviews Jeremy Edberg, CEO of DBOS, about the current state of serverless. They discuss: Why serverless adoption has stagnatedThe complexity of serverless architectureWhat needs to change to increase adoption

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