Software Defined Interviews
Episodes
Episode 26: Getting over resistance to change
16 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Curry is back! In this episode recorded at OSCON 2017, we discuss the problems with getting people to change, from staff to management, private s...
Episode 25: John Willis on DevOps, inclusion, burn-out, and biz dev
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Special Guest: Barton George.
Episode 24: Oil and waffles
27 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We hear about the days when Charles was drilling for oil. Also, waffles: "I suffered years of floppy-waffles." We also discuss the deal with kombucha,...
Episode 23: “I don’t have a horse or gun.” Or: We were born in Austin. Or: “you may all go to hell. I am going to Texas.”
11 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When you travel, people have a lot of thoughts about Texas.
Episode 22: The Regular Show, Apple’s problem’s, Enterprise tech news blows
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Charles & Coté reboot their old podcast about regular things. Also, a rant on photo management in Apple-land and how terrible enterprise IT news it. ...
Episode 21: Biz Dev, Defining an application, the atheist eagle scout, with JJ Asghar
11 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Having worked in cloud since before cloud, JJ and I talk about what companies are using various cloud things for. We also discuss the conceptual histo...
Episode 20: Reading tech company financials, with Rachel Stephens
07 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What's up with all those cash numbers in quarterly reports, and what's the deal with "analyst expectations"? In this brief episode I talk with RedMonk...
Episode 19: Computers are easy. Humans are Hard. With Bridget Kromhout
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss all the human and process changes needed to do good things with computers. Special Guest: Bridget Kromhout.
Episode 18: Reactive applications, with Josh Long
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Long and I discuss “reactive programming." Special Guest: Josh Long.
Episode 17: Ignoring bad code on purpose
13 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes you have to live with bad code. No one will let you change it. There’s many good and bad reasons, so make sure you’re consciously making...
Episode 16: Pair programing doesn't stink
03 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Somewhere around just 20% of people do pair programming. It seems to be an incredibly effective technique, according to people who follow it. I go ove...
Episode 15: Getting executives to fail fast
02 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of “failing fast” is popular in DevOps and agile think. That sounds like the exact opposite of what managers at large organizations would...
Episode 14: Building a cloud in 30 minutes, metrics are a distraction
03 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
"I get to see your face during this podcast," Matt says as we start talking about SpringOne Platform. Both of us were there and we recap Matt's talk o...
Episode 13: The changing nature of open source & Loco Moco, with Barton George
01 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Summary I've had a theory that the hard-line philosophy of open source has softened in recent times. Rather than thinking closed source is to be avoid...
Episode 12: Introducing cloud at Express Scripts, with Brian Gregory
26 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing cloud in a large enterprise can be challenging, and the technology is usually the least of your worries. Matt and I talk with Brian Gregor...
Episode 11: How do we do things we would never, ordinarily do?
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Summary Matt and I talk about lessons learned from almost a year of helping transform IT at Allstate. When it comes to scaling up agile and cloud-thin...
Episode 10: Doing the DevOps at National Instruments and BazaarVoice, talking with Ernest Mueller
02 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ernest Mueller has worked helped introduce DevOps in several organizations and has been talking about those stories at two companies he's worked for, ...
Episode 9: The life of microservices in the F500
01 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Summary You don't hear too many stories about microservices in "normal" companies. In this episode, I talk with Nate Foreman about microservices-drive...
Episode 8: Transforming how the US government does software, Diego Lapiduz
01 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Summary What organization could be larger than the US Federal government? Not only that, the chance to transform how software is done in the governmen...
Episode 7: Getting beyond "the comfort of the number."
17 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Summary In this first part of a new series, Matt Curry (https://twitter.com/mattjcurry) and I discuss many of the problems with transforming how a lar...
Episode 6: Try to avoid killing your acquisition
15 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Summary After catching up about movies and OpenStack, John (https://twitter.com/botchagalupe) and I discuss how difficult it is to properly integrate ...
Episode 5: When the practice of using the tool is novel, thought-lording new technologies
28 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how you (slowly) introduce new technologies into the market by looking at past tech cycles John has gone through. We also catch-up on the C...
Episode 4: "I have become the hustler," Robert Brook
20 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Summary It can take a long time to get "the mainstream" to use new technologies. One would assume that this would be true in supporting the government...
Episode 3: Something Celsius and Busy Bullshit work
15 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Summary While he's in Paris for the local DevOpsDays, John and I discuss the next big step for DevOps: getting "The Business" involved to tie-break th...
Episode 2: Becoming a tech reporter, talking with Alex Williams
13 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Summary How do you go from playing baseball in France, to getting shot at, to covering the tech industry? I talk with Alex Williams (https://twitter.c...
Episode 1: How to demo your cloud poop, don't smoke corn silk
06 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to demo a cloud software? It's not easy! Also, lamb considered and memories of barcampESM. Our first re-boot of the IT Management an...