What the Dev? is a podcast by the SD Times editorial team. We cover the biggest and newest topics in software and technology.
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266: Privacy concerns with Apple Intelligence and Apple's partnership with OpenAI (with Tabnine's Brandon Jung)
In this episode, SD Times editor-in-chief David Rubinstein interviews Brandon Jung, VP of ecosystem and business development for Tabnine about his concerns with Apple's partnership with OpenAI, which was announced alongside Apple Intelligence as a way to pull in real-world knowledge from ChatGPT for questions Apple's own model cannot answer. They discuss: Why it's surprising that Apple decided to partner with OpenAIThe lack of transparency into Apple's own modelWhy open source models are better for innovation
265: The impact of impolite chatbot behavior on a company's customer service reputation
In this episode, David Rubinstein, editor-in-chief of SD Times, interviews Michelle Avery, group VP of AI at WillowTree, about a recent survey the company did on rude chatbots.Key talking points include: What we mean by "rude bot behavior"What goes into creating a chatbot that is politeHow organizations can measure politeness of a chatbotOn the flip side, humans can be rude to bots too
264: Extending OpenTelemetry to the mobile ecosystem (with Embrace's Andrew Tunall)
In this episode, Jenna Barron, news editor of SD Times, interviews Andrew Tunall, head of product at Embrace, a mobile observability company. They talk about:What it takes to get mobile observability rightThe challenges companies might face when trying to get observability into mobile appsOpenTelemetry's role in mobile observability Access Embrace's open source mobile observability SDKs here: https://github.com/embrace-io
263: Getting past the hype of AI development tools (with Honeycomb's Phillip Carter)
In this episode, SD Times news editor Jenna Barron interviews Phillip Carter, principal product manager for Honeycomb's AI offerings. Key talking points:Experienced developers will derive greater value from these tools than newer devsTesting is one area where they're really helpful for devs regardless of experience levelGetting past the hype of what the creators of these tools are promising and setting realistic expectationsHow tools will get better for developers over time
262: What you missed from Broadcom's 2024 VSM Summit (with Broadcom's Laureen Knudsen)
*This episode sponsored by Broadcom*In this episode, SD Times Editor in Chief David Rubinstein talks to Laureen Knudsen, chief transformation officer at Broadcom. They recap Broadcom's 2024 VSM Summit and look forward to what's coming next year. To access the summit on-demand: https://enterprise-software.broadcom.com/vsm-virtual-summit-2024-on-demand To nominate a company for next year's Wavemaker: Broadcom.com/wavemaker
261: An interdisciplinary approach to responsible AI advancement (with University of Maryland Professor Hal Daumé III)
While we largely talk about AI's impact on software development here at SD Times, the reality is that AI will impact nearly every discipline, from business to finance to education to journalism. The University of Maryland recently launched Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM) as a collaborative hub for AI research across different departments and subjects.Hal Daumé III, AIM's inaugural director and a Volpi-Cupal Family Endowed Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, joins us in this episode to talk about AIM's formation, goals, and the role educators have in teaching students how to use AI to properly prepare them for the future workforce.
260: Why development secrets end up in the wild and how to stop that (with Bitwarden's Gina Tran)
In this episode, Jenna Barron, news editor of SD Times, is joined by Gina Tran, director of product for Bitwarden. They talk about the ever growing problem of secrets getting leaked into production, and why it happens. They also talk about how to prevent this problem and what improvements she has seen in secrets management practices over the last couple of years. Related reading: 1. The key to successful secrets management is to make the best way the easiest way2. Implement a good secrets management practice to reduce your security risk
259: Agile anti-patterns that are important for developers to recognize (with VMware Tanzu Labs' Mik Freedman)
In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein interviews Mik Freedman, senior director of VMware Tanzu Labs. They talk about anti-patterns in Agile and how by identifying them, developers can advance their Agile software development practice.
258: Impacting EBITDA: Testing is a boardroom decision (Sponsored by KMS Technology)
In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein interviews Kim Mirazimi, chief revenue officer at KMS Technology and Nilesh Patel, senior director of software services at KMS Technology.They talk about how testing can improve a company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), which is a way of measuring profitability. Kim and Nilesh make the case that by improving testing, organizations can lower costs and deliver higher quality software product more quickly. This episode was sponsored by KMS Technology. Learn more about them here: https://kms-technology.com/
257: How DevOps can be applied to manufacturing processes (with Copia Automation's Adam Gluck)
In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein interviews Adam Gluck, CEO and founder of Copia Automation, about using DevOps practices in the manufacturing sector and how many of the principles transfer.
256: Value stream management in 2024 (with Broadcom's Laureen Knudsen)
In this episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein discusses the current state of value stream in the industry and what organizations can do to improve their value streams. His guest is Laureen Knudsen, chief transformation officer at Broadcom.
255: How cognitive fatigue impacts developer productivity
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.
254: The government’s role in regulating AI (with guest Duane Pozza)
In this episode, we speak with Duane Pozza, former assistant director of the FTC and AI lawyer at Wiley Rein, about President Biden’s executive order on AI and the European Union’s AI Act, and what impact those will have on AI technology.
All about Winglang, the programming language for the cloud - Episode 253
In this podcast episode, SD Times Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein discusses the creation of Winglang, a programming language for the cloudHis guest is Shai Ber, co-founder and COO at Wing Cloud.
The critical importance of platform engineering in today's enterprise - Episode 252
In this episode we interview Erin Boyd, director of emerging technologies at Red Hat, about where platform engineering fits into the technology landscape, how organizations are implementing platform engineering teams, and how important this new discipline will become as companies are looking to deliver business value from AI.