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320: Creating a culture for AI experimentation (with LaunchDarkly's Jenn Wei)
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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 assistantsUsing rules to replace lengthy promptsPreventing technical debt when using AI-generated code
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, developer relations, and technology evangelismEffective strategies for engaging with developersMetrics to track to know that advocacy is contributing to product growth
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 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
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 language modelsThe benefits and disadvantages of choosing specialized language modelsOpen weight models
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 How it affects software developersThe impact of unaccounted gray work in planning cycles
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 shortThe difference between sparse and dense vectorsHow search technology powers AI
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 neededIssues with traditional auth in agentic workflowsDesigning auth flows for agents vs humans
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 isThe risks associated with itWhere it can be used and where it should be avoided
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 development landscape at the time Java was createdKey moments in Java's historyWhat has made it such a resilient and long-lasting language
310: The history of Kubernetes (with Nutanix' Dan Ciruli)
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309: How Chase is building the next generation of expert engineers with its E2 program (with Chase's Priti Naik)
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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 loopsWhere most organizations go wrongWhat makes feedback actually actionable
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-managementIn 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