Podcasts

InfoQ Podcaster 2020 Year in Review: Challenges, Distributed Working & Looking to the Future

In this podcast, InfoQ podcast hosts, Wes Reisz, Shane Hastie, Charles Humble and Daniel Bryant, sit down for the 2020 year in review edition of the podcast. Topics discussed included: the technology industry’s response to the change in working habits; the rise of online events; the future of cloud platforms; remote working and leadership; and the need to be kind to yourself and others.

Michelle Noorali on the Service Mesh Interface Spec and Open Service Mesh Project

In this podcast, Michelle Noorali, senior software engineer at Microsoft, sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Daniel Bryant. Topics discussed included: the service mesh interface (SMI) spec, the open service mesh (OSM) project, and the future of application development on Kubernetes.

Stephen Wolfram on Computer Language Design, SMP, Mathematica, and Wolfram Language

In this episode of the InfoQ podcast, Charles Humble talks to Stephen Wolfram about Wolfram Language, its origins and the influences on its creation. In a wide-ranging discussion they also cover the ergonomics of programming languages; Wolfram|Alpha’s integration with Siri, Alexa, and the upcoming integration with Microsoft Excel; and live streaming language design discussions via Twitch.

Andrew Clay Shafer on Three Economies, the Wall of Confusion, and the Origin of DevOps

Wes Reisz speaks with one of the people at the center of the creation of the idea of DevOps. Andrew Clay Shafer is the VP of transformation at Red Hat where his role is about helping companies change their relationship with software in the cloud native ecosystem. On the podcast Shafer talks about the Three Economies, Wall of Confusion, and a bit about those first mentions of DevOps.

Alois Reitbauer on Cloud Native Application Delivery, Keptn, and Observability

In this podcast, Alois Reitbauer sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Daniel Bryant. Topics discussed included: the goals of the CNCF app delivery SIG; how cloud native continuous delivery tooling like Keptn can help engineers scale development and release processes; and the role of culture change, tooling, and adopting open standards, such as OpenTelemetry, within observability.

Joe Levy on Engineering Effectiveness through the Pandemic and beyond

In this podcast, Shane Hastie spoke to Joe Levy of Uplevel about the results of their Engineering Effectiveness survey, the levels of stress and burnout in engineering teams and what managers can do to support their teams.

Wade Jackson on Great Culture and Unleashing Creativity through Collaborative Disruption

In this podcast, Shane Hastie spoke to Wade Jackson of Inspired Learning about playfulness, enabling great team and organisational culture, and unleashing creativity through collaborative disruption.

Engineering Culture Trends Report – March 2021

In this podcast, the Culture and Methods editorial team discuss their views on the current state and trends in the Culture and Methods area that they monitor.

Allan Kelly on Continuous Digital, #NoProjects, Minimally Viable Teams and OKRs

In this podcast recorded at the Agile on the Beach (New Zealand) conference, Shane Hastie, lead editor for culture & methods, spoke to Allan Kelly about his book, Continuous Digital, #NoProjects, Minimally Viable Teams and OKRs.

Alex Sloley on the Value of Coaching, Mob Programming in Action, Leadership for New Ways of Working

In this podcast, Shane Hastie spoke to Alex Sloley about the value of a coach, mobbing as a way to solve tough problems and the importance of leadership in adopting new ways of working