Modern Web Podcast S11E19- It's Impossible for this Code to Fail - with Loren Sands-Ramshaw

Jon Moniaci - Can We Draw A Boundary?: Robby speaks to the Senior Software Engineer at Perchwell, Jon Moniaci, about the delicate balance between innovation and stability in software development, the importance of fostering an environment where engineers can experiment without fear, advocating for a culture of defensive programming to mitigate the fear of breaking things in production, and so much more. by Maintainable

54 min listen

John Nunemaker-How Scary Is This Change?: Robby has a conversation with John Nunemaker, the Owner at "Box Out Sports" and "Fewer & Faster", about the crucial importance of keeping dependencies and versions up to date when maintaining software projects, the benefits of using tools like Dependabot to help with dependency management, how dangerous a change is from a dependency, how John enjoys seeking out the dark corners of a codebase to improve those areas, and much more. Stay tuned! by Maintainable

63 min listen

S10E18 Modern Web Podcast- Software Testing Strategies and Real User Engagement with Andrew Knight: Andrew Knight, popularly known as automation panda, was recently interviewed on the Modern Web Podcast by host Rob Ocel. Andrew, a software quality champion, developer advocate, and test automation expert, shared his insights and experiences in the i... by Modern Web

52 min listen

S09E19- The Future of DevRel and Databases with Tejas Kumar: In this episode Rob Ocel is joined by Tejas Kumar - international Keynote Speaker, Angel Investor, Advisor, and also the Director of Developer Relations at Xata - to talk about how DevRel and Databases have changed over the last few years. They talk abo... by Modern Web

52 min listen

Chad Fowler-How Small Can We Make This Problem: Robby has a candid chat with Chad Fowler, the General Partner & CTO at BlueYard Capital, about the importance of building software in small, manageable pieces to facilitate easy updates or replacements, the counterintuitive perspective on unit testing's impact on maintainability, strategies for keeping software up-to-date by redeploying to new platforms, and so much more. by Maintainable

59 min listen

Colin Campbell - The Daily Habits of Effective Engineers: Robby has a chat with Colin Campbell, the Director of Engineering at Tucows, about the professional ethos of software development and why the caliber of an engineer’s work is a reflection of their daily habits, the importance of humility for software engineers, the strategic approach of doing nothing during Sprint Zero, the practical aspects of software engineering, and so much more. by Maintainable

41 min listen

Irina Nazarova - Investing in Innovation: The Consultancy's Guide to Growth: In this episode, Robby Russell sits down with Irina Nazarova, CEO of Evil Martians, to peel back the layers of leading a software consultancy, the essence of maintainable software, and the journey from open-source projects to commercial success. Dive into a discussion filled with insights on balancing innovation with maintainability, the evolution of a consultancy, and the art of turning challenges into opportunities. by Maintainable

46 min listen

Avery Quinn - Can You Quantify the Impact?: Robby has a chat with former Senior Software Engineer at Remotion, Avery Quinn, about the benefits of having a skeleton project that you can experiment with when weighing up different dependencies, tips for onboarding engineers to your teams, things to consider when building desktop applications, what it is like to work as a consultant and later at a product company, and many more valuable topics around software engineering. by Maintainable

40 min listen

"You've Got a Job to Do" with Joel Meador: Today on Elixir Wizards Office Hours, SmartLogic Engineer Joel Meador joins Dan Ivovich to discuss all things background jobs. by Elixir Wizards

44 min listen

Modern Web Podcast S11E23- AI (Probably) Won’t Ruin Your Engineering Career: Join Ben Lesh, Adam Rackis, and Tracy Lee as they talk about observables landing in the browser and its potential impact on the use of RXJS. They also talk about the significance of listening to customers vs having a strong vision in software develop... by Modern Web

27 min listen

Dave Bryant Copeland - Quantifying the Carrying Cost: Robby has a chat with the Author of Sustainable Web Development with Ruby on Rails, Dave Bryant Copeland (he/him/his), about writing software that people understand how it works, the challenges that developers face when trying to retrofit software with more testing, how software engineers should engage with the experienced practitioners who advice them, and so much more. Stay tuned! by Maintainable

43 min listen

Oliver Drotbohm - Modulithic Applications: Robby has a chat with Oliver Drotbohm, a Staff 2 Engineer at VMware, about the essence of maintainable software and why understandability and modifiability are its foundational pillars, the historical context of technical debt and its relevance in today's fast-paced software development environment, the critical role that clear documentation of architecture design decisions plays, and much more. Tune in and enjoy! by Maintainable

42 min listen

Books for software engineers: Nature-inspired ways to scale software delivery by Level-up Engineering

56 min listen

Data Driven Software Assurance: In 2012, SEI researchers began investigating vulnerabilities reported to the SEI's CERT Division. A research project was launched to investigate design-related vulnerabilities and quantify their effects. by Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Podcast Series

30 min listen

Jeanine Soterwood - Helping Clients Understand Maintenance Work: Robby has a chat with the Software Development Team Lead at Thoughtbot, Jeanine Soterwood, about the intricacies of Ruby on Rails, how to be a commendable guest in another team's code base, navigating the challenge of conveying that software is an ever-evolving entity, the nuances of pairing with junior developers, and so much more. by Maintainable

39 min listen

SRE for the non-unicorns (aka Enterprises) with James Brookbank: You have a CISO (Chief Security Information Officer) but no CRO (Chief Reliability Officer)? You blame people if systems crash? You scale your people in the rate of scaling your infrastructure? If you answer any of those questions with YES then you... by PurePerformance

53 min listen

Building Community in Open Source with Floor Drees by Screaming in the Cloud

33 min listen

DevOps and Site Reliability: How do the most popular websites stay online? How do mobile app developers release new versions safely and monitor them? Today we have Matt Watson from Stackify on the show to talk about Developer Operations (DevOps) and site reliability. These two are by Programming Throwdown

63 min listen

Mark Erikson: Accidentally Becoming an Open Source Maintainer: Robby speaks with Mark Erikson, Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman and Redux Maintainer. They discuss common characteristics of well-maintained software code, documentation best practices, and advice for developers on how to begin contributing to open source projects. by Maintainable

47 min listen

Henrik Warne - There is No Software Maintenance: Robby has a chat with Henrik Warne (he/him/his), the Senior Software Engineer at Talos, about the importance of code having structure early on, the importance of engineers being able to read, run, and test code when they join a project, why Henrik feels there is no such thing as software maintainance, how software is better seen as a product versus a project, why all software engineers should spend a portion of their time working on bugs, and much more. by Maintainable

43 min listen

Software Architecture Patterns for Deployability: Competitive pressures in many domains, as well as development paradigms such as and , have led to the increasingly common practice of where frequent updates to software systems are rapidly and reliably fielded. In today’s systems, releases can... by Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Podcast Series

29 min listen

Glenn Vanderburg: Don't Ask For Small Things: Robby speaks with Glenn Vanderburg, Executive Director of Software Development at RE/MAX. They discuss what types of documentation should go in the repository vs external content tools and the importance of acknowledging how helpful older code was to get you to here. Glenn also shares the benefits of hiring developers who had made a career change prior to becoming a developer, along with the challenges for software engineers and organizations during COVID with everyone being distributed. by Maintainable

42 min listen

EP 174- The future of low-code DevOp by Industrial IoT Spotlight

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Smarter Testing = Safer Digital Experiences: Application testing is a critical component of a software development lifecycle. A complete testing battery for any application includes not only functionality and usability testing but security and reliability testing as well. However, helping ensur... by ISACA Podcast

32 min listen

Jacob Aronoff - At Least One Person Who Cares To See It Through: Robby has a chat with Staff Software Engineer at Lightstep from ServiceNow, Jacob Aronoff, about the vital signs of a thriving open source software project, the importance of a passionate community behind such projects, why understanding an open source project's own dependencies is crucial before adopting it, the nuances of evaluating a project's health through performance metrics, the organizational dynamics of the OpenTelemetry community, and so much more. by Maintainable

47 min listen

Nadia Odunayo - Don't Try to Solve a Pain Point For a Problem You Aren't Experiencing: Robby has a chat with the Founder and CEO at The StoryGraph, Nadia Odunayo (she/her/hers), about when it makes sense to document debugging processes for your future self, the tradeoffs made when you're the solo developer and founder of a software project, the differences one experiences going from an environment of constant pairing to being a solo developer, and so much more. by Maintainable

57 min listen

#122 - Essential Things Every Software Engineer Should Know - Kevlin Henney by Tech Lead Journal

61 min listen

SE-Radio-Episode-276-Björn-Rabenstein-on-Site-Reliability-Engineering: SE-Radio by Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers

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Resilience engineering, learning from incidents and unintuitive perspectives on incident analysis w/ John Allspaw #116: We cover resilience engineering & learning from incidents with John Allspaw, former CTO @ Etsy and current Founder & Principal @ Adaptive Capacity Labs! Co-hosted by Kenji Kiuchi (Head of Quality and Performance @ Postman) this episode also addresses common unintuitive perspectives within resilience engineering, strategies for effective incident response / problem solving, how to identify current sources of resilience, and practical tips for implementing these resiliency tactics in your organization today. by The Engineering Leadership Podcast

43 min listen

Jordan Edwards: ML Engineering and DevOps on AzureML by Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

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Modern Web Podcast S11E19- It's Impossible for this Code to Fail - with Loren Sands-Ramshaw

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