Podcasts

Jendrik Joerdening and Anthony Navarro on Self-Racing Cars Using Deep Neural Networks

Jendrik Joerdening and Anthony Navarro describe how a team of 17 Udacity students entered a self-racing car event using a Neural Network built with using Keras and Tensorflow to steer the car and just one front-facing camera.

Andrea Magnorsky on Paradigm Shifts and the Adoption of Programming Languages

In this podcast we talk about paradigm shifts and the adoption of programming languages with Andrea Magnorsky, tech lead at Goodlord on their engineering squads; she has a background in Scala, C#, and organised conferences.

Anne Currie on Organizational Tech Ethics, Including Scale, GDPR, Algorithmic Transparency

Wes Reisz and Anne discuss issues such as the implications (and responsibilities) of the massive amount of scale we have at our fingertips today, potential effects of GDPR (EU privacy legislation), how accessibility is a an example of how we could approach tech ethics in software, and much more.

Oliver Gould on Service Mesh for Microservices, LinkerD, and the Recently Released Conduit

Wes Reisz talks with the CTO of Bouyant Oliver Gould. Bouyant is the maker the LinkerD Service Mesh and the recently released Conduit. Gould defines a service mesh, clarifies the meaning of the data and control plane, discusses what a Service Mesh can offer a Microservice application owners, and, finally, discusses some of the considerations they took into account developing Conduit.

Theo Schlossnagle on Software Ethics and the Presence of Doing Good

In this podcast, Theo and Wes Reisz chat about the need for ethical software, and how we as technical leaders should be reasoning about the software we create. With the incredible implications of machine learning and AI in our future, this week's podcast touches on topics we should all consider in the systems we create.

Sangeeta Narayanan of Netflix on Improving the Developer Experience

In this podcast recorded at QCon New York, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Sangeeta Narayanan of Netflix about improving the developer experience, and why it matters.

Simon Powers on Transitioning to Product Teams and Advice for New Managers

In this podcast recorded at the Agile 2018 conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Simon Powers of Adventures with Agile about helping organisations move from siloed groups to large product teams. He gave advice for new managers and discussed the trends he sees happening in large organisations.

Dominic Price on Why Agile is Not Always the Answer

In this podcast recorded at the Agile 2018 conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Dominic Price from Atlassian about his opening keynote at the Agile 2018 conference.

Diana Larsen on Agile Fluency, Organisational Design and Being an Ally

In this podcast recorded at the Agile 2018 conference Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Diana Larsen about the evolution of the Agile Fluency model, the rate of adoption of new ideas in organisations, organisation design and being an ally.

Miki Szikszai and Sandy Mamoli on Adopting Holacracy at Snapper

In this podcast recorded after the JAFAC 2018 conference Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke Miki Szikszai and Sandy Mamoli about Snapper’s adoption of holacracy.