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Data Privacy by Design (with Lisa Phillips) - Episode 39
With CCPA enforcement starting, privacy should be top of mind for most companies. Fastly's VP of data governance Lisa Phillips joins us to discuss the practice of data privacy by design, and lessons learned from implementing it.
How to effectively lead from afar - Episode 38
In this week's episode, we spoke with Dr. Vince Molinaro, a strategic leadership expert and author, about how communication is now more important than ever between leaders and their teams since many software development jobs are staying remote even as businesses in some areas are starting to open up.
The state of software security today with Derek Weeks - Episode 37
Vice President of Sonatype Derek Weeks returns to the podcast to discuss the DevSecOps Community survey, what changes have happened in the open source and security space since we last spoke, and the state of software quality.
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Doing Agile Right with Sarah Elk - Episode 35
In this week's episode we speak with Sarah Elk, one of the co-authors of the recently published books "Doing Agile Right." We discuss the measures that need to be in place in order for teams to adopt Agile successfully and what some common misconceptions are.
Talking Serverless with Austen Collins - Episode 34
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Microsoft Build 2020 (with Scott Hanselman) - Episode 33
In this week's episode we talk to Scott Hanselman about the latest developer tools Microsoft has been working on, like Codespaces, WSL2, and the Windows Terminal. He also talks about transitioning Microsoft Build to an online format and what kind of experience Microsoft wants to offer.
Democratizing AI (with Serkan Piantino) - Episode 32
In today’s episode we talk with Serkan Piantino, founder and CEO of Spell, a company that is working on democratizing AI. As an early pioneer in the AI space, he shares the changes he’s seen in the AI space over the years. We also discuss why there’s a need for AI to be democratized, what needs to be in place for that to happen, and what the future of AI looks like.
How to collaborate with your team as a product owner - Episode 31
As organizations adopt a more product-oriented mindset, the product owner is becoming more important. In Scrum, product owners work to maximize the value of a product by working with the development team. But, in order to do this there must be trust between the development team and the product owner. In this podcast, CEO of Scrum.org Dave West talks about the role of product owners and how they can successfully work with the development team and business.
Making the move from Python 2 to Python 3 - Episode 30
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VC groups shift interest to enterprise technology - Episode 29
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