Podcasts

Susanne Kaiser on DDD, Wardley Mapping, & Team Topologies

Susanne Kaiser is a software consultant working with teams on microservice adoption. Recently, she’s brought together Domain-Driven Design, Wardley Mapping, and Team Topologies into a conversation about helping teams adopt a fast flow of change. Today on the podcast, Wes Reisz speaks with Kaiser about why she feels these three approaches to dealing with software complexity are so complementary.

Managing Tech Debt with Glenn Engstrand

In this episode, Glenn Engstrand discusses a structured approach to managing tech debt in a microservices architecture. By taking a proactive, long-term approach, all stakeholders are able to talk about, plan for, and safely reduce technical debt.

Matthew Clark on the BBC’s Migration from LAMP to the Cloud with AWS Lambda, React and CI/CD

In this podcast Matthew Clark, head of architecture for the BBC's Digital Products, sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Charles Humble and discussed: the new architecture for the BBC’s online services; the challenges of using Lambda functions including cold start-up, function chaining, debugging and setting the memory profile; the role of DevOps and CI/CD; and the nature of a cloud transformation.

Stefan Prodan on Flux, Flagger, and the Operator Pattern Applied to Non-Clustered Resources

In this podcast, Wesley Reisz talks to Stefan Prodan about Flux and Flagger–two tools built on top of Flux CD’s GitOps Toolkit. After discussing some of the architectural differences between Flux v1 and v2 and discussing some of the GitOps toolkit use cases, the two discuss the operator pattern on Kubernetes.

Clare Liguori on Automating Safe and “Hands-Off” Deployments at AWS

In this podcast we discuss the implementation of continuous delivery at AWS, the use of automation and deploying to multiple test environments, and the benefits of canary releasing.

Taming Flaky Tests: Trisha Gee on Developer Productivity and Testing Best Practices

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke with Trisha Gee about the challenges and importance of addressing flaky tests, their impact on developer productivity and morale, best practices for testing, and broader concepts of measuring and improving developer productivity.

Adam Sandman on Generative AI and the Future of Software Testing

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Adam Sandman about how generative AI is transforming software development and testing by automating mundane tasks, enabling faster prototyping, and collapsing traditional roles into broader generalist positions, while also highlighting challenges like increased defects and ethical concerns.

Building Your Personal Brand and Making an Impact: Insights from Principal Engineer Pablo Fredrikson

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Pablo Fredrikson, a principal engineer at Bitso, about the importance of building a personal brand, sharing knowledge, and helping others in the tech industry.

Claire Vo on Building High-Performing, Customer-Centric Teams in the Age of AI

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Claire Vo, Chief Product and Technology Officer at LaunchDarkly, about building high-performing, customer-centric teams, fostering a culture of experimentation, and preparing for the future of AI-driven software development.

Engineering Culture and the API Revolution: A Conversation with Sagar Batchu

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Sagar Batchu about building engineering teams in different environments, the transition from individual contributor to leadership roles, the importance of culture and autonomy in organizations, and the implications of AI agents on the future of APIs.