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Practical AI Practical AI #257

Leading the charge on AI in National Security

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2024-02-20T15:15:00Z #ai +2 šŸŽ§ 23,243

Chris & Daniel explore AI in national security with Lt. General Jack Shanahan (USAF, Ret.). The conversation reflects Jackā€™s unique background as the only senior U.S. military officer responsible for standing up and leading two organizations in the United States Department of Defense (DoD) dedicated to fielding artificial intelligence capabilities: Project Maven and the DoD Joint AI Center (JAIC).

Together, Jack, Daniel & Chris dive into the fascinating details of Jackā€™s recent written testimony to the U.S. Senateā€™s AI Insight Forum on National Security, in which he provides the U.S. government with thoughtful guidance on how to achieve the best path forward with artificial intelligence.

Changelog Interviews Changelog Interviews #572

Dear new developer

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2024-01-04T13:00:00Z #culture +1 šŸŽ§ 20,860

Hello 2024! Weā€™re kicking off the year with Dan Moore, author of ā€˜Letters to a New Developerā€™ ā€” a blog series of letters of what Dan wished he had known when starting his developer career. We discuss the value of online communities for new developers, the importance of communication skills, and the need to stay relevant in a rapidly changing industry. Dan shares his best advice for new developers, including the importance of saying no, leaving code better than you found it, and the value of skill stacking. So much wisdom and advice in this episode!

Ship It! Ship It! #77

Seven shipping principles

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2022-11-03T13:30:00Z #ops +3 šŸŽ§ 9,541

15 years ago, Gerhard discovered magic in the form of Ruby on Rails. It was intuitive and it just worked. That is the context in which Gerhard fell in love with infrastructure and operations.

Today, for special episode 77, we start at Seven Shipping Principles, and, in the true spirit of Ship It, weā€™ll see what happens next.

Our guest is David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails, co-founder of Basecamp & HEY, and a lot more - check out dhh.dk.

Practical AI Practical AI #170

Creating a culture of innovation

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2022-03-08T19:35:00Z #ai +2 šŸŽ§ 22,494

Daniel and Chris talk with Lukas Egger, Head of Innovation Office and Strategic Projects at SAP Business Process Intelligence. Lukas describes what it takes to bring a culture of innovation into an organization, and how to infuse product development with that innovation culture. He also offers suggestions for how to mitigate challenges and blockers.

Changelog Interviews Changelog Interviews #479

Principles for hiring engineers

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2022-02-08T17:00:00Z #career +1 šŸŽ§ 51,046

This week weā€™re joined by Jacob Kaplan-Moss and weā€™re talking about his extensive writing on work sample tests. These tests are an exercise, a simulation, or a small slice of real day-to-day work that candidates will perform as part of their job. Over the years, as an engineering leader, Jacob has become a practicing expert in effectively hiring engineers ā€” today he shares a wealth of knowledge on the subject.

Backstage Backstage #19

Honoring Veterans Day and #VetsWhoCode

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2021-11-11T20:00:00Z #learn +2 šŸŽ§ 2,607

Weā€™re ā€œdoing it liveā€ with Jerome Hardaway, a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft and the Executive Director of Vets Who Code ā€” a veteran-led and operated 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that focuses on training veterans, active duty military, and military spouses in software development and open source with the goal of starting careers in the technology industry.

This is a lengthly conversation in and around Jeromeā€™s story, the Vets Who Code mission and impact, the experience of being in the United States Military, and the opportunity and potential of 1.5xā€™ing one of the most elite group of people on the planet.

Ship It! Ship It! #22

It's crazy and impossible

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2021-10-05T21:00:00Z #apple +2 šŸŽ§ 5,998

Today we have a very special episode, where Gerhard gets to share his favourite learnings from Steve Jobs. If it wasnā€™t for his determination to build a better personal computer, Gerhard would have most likely continued with a career in physics.

We know what youā€™re thinking: itā€™s crazy and impossible to interview Steve Jobs, but on his 10th memorial anniversary, Gerhard was determined to combine the things that Steve said with his passion for computers, automation, and infrastructure.

Live your life and ship your best stuff because thereā€™s nothing like the present.

Thank you, Steve.

Changelog Interviews Changelog Interviews #462

Learning-focused engineering

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2021-10-01T21:00:00Z #learn +1 šŸŽ§ 41,663

This week weā€™re joined by Brittany Dionigi, Director of Platform Engineering at Articulate, and weā€™re talking about how organizations can take a more intentional approach to supporting the growth of their engineers through learning-focused engineering.

Brittany has been a software engineer for more than 10 years, and learned formal educational and classroom-based learning strategies as a Technical Lead & Senior Instructor at Turing School of Software & Design. We talk through a ton of great topics; getting mentorship right, common coaching opportunities, classroom-based learning strategies like backwards planning, and ways to identify and maximize the learning opportunities for teams and org.

Ship It! Ship It! #16

Optimize for smoothness not speed

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2021-08-25T11:00:00Z #ops +3 šŸŽ§ 6,295

This week Gerhard is joined by Justin Searls, Test Double co-founder and CTO. Also a šŸž magnet. They talk about how to deal with the pressure of shipping faster, why you should optimize for smoothness not speed, and why focusing on consistency is key. Understanding the real why behind what you do is also important. Thereā€™s a lot more to it, as its a nuanced and complex discussion, and well worth your time.

Expect a decade of learnings compressed into one hour, as well as disagreements on some ops and infrastructure topics ā€” all good fun. In the show notes, you will find Gerhardā€™s favorite conference talks Justin gave a few years back.

Changelog Interviews Changelog Interviews #453

Leading leaders who lead engineers

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2021-08-11T11:00:00Z #leadership šŸŽ§ 41,553

This week weā€™re joined by Lara Hogan ā€“ author of Resilient Management and management coach & trainer for the tech industry. Lara led engineering teams at Kickstarter and Etsy before she, and Deepa Subramaniam stepped away from their deep roots in the tech industry to start Wherewithall ā€“ a consultancy that helps level up managers and emerging leaders.

The majority of our conversation focuses on the four primary hats leaders and managers end up wearing; mentoring, coaching, sponsoring, and delivering feedback. We also talk about knowing when youā€™re ready to lead, empathy and compassion, and learning to lead.

Practical AI Practical AI #96

Practical AI Ethics

The multidisciplinary field of AI Ethics is brand new, and is currently being pioneered by a relatively small number of leading AI organizations and academic institutions around the world. AI Ethics focuses on ensuring that unexpected outcomes from AI technology implementations occur as rarely as possible. Daniel and Chris discuss strategies for how to arrive at AI ethical principles suitable for your own organization, and what is involved in implementing those strategies in the real world. Tune in for a practical AI primer on AI Ethics!

Go Time Go Time #110

The fireside edition šŸ”„

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2019-12-17T16:30:00Z #go +2 šŸŽ§ 13,076

Grab a hot beverage and a warm blanket because itā€™s time for a fireside chat with the Go Time panel! We discuss many topics of interest: what weā€™d build if we had 2 weeks to build anything in Go, the things about Go that ā€œgrind our gearsā€, our ideal work environments, and advice weā€™d give ourselves if we were starting our career all over again.

Go Time Go Time #99

Hiring and nurturing junior developers

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2019-09-20T19:00:00Z #go +2 šŸŽ§ 13,744

Johnny, Carmen, Jon, and returning guest Stevenson Jean-Pierre talk about hiring engineers with a focus on junior roles. Why do we keep running into these ridiculous job listings that nobody could ever live up to? What benefits do junior developers bring to the team? Why donā€™t teams put more focus on developing junior engineers? What can we do better?

Changelog Interviews Changelog Interviews #358

OSCON 2019 anthology

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2019-08-23T11:00:00Z #oss +2 šŸŽ§ 23,888

Weā€™re on the expo hall floor of OSCON 2019 talking with Eric Holscher, Ali Spittel, and Hong Phuc Dang. First up, we talk to Eric about his work at Write the Docs, ethical advertising, and the Pac-Man rule at conferences. Second, we talk with Ali about her passion for teaching developers, her passion for writing, and her new found love for podcasting. Last, we talk with Hong about her work at FOSSASIA, the disconnect between America and Asia in open source, and several of the cool open source projects they have on GitHub.

Founders Talk Founders Talk #60

Leading data-driven software teams and products

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2018-12-21T22:30:00Z #leadership +2 šŸŽ§ 6,746

For the final show of 2018 Iā€™m talking with Travis Kimmel, the CEO of GitPrime. Travis has spent years as an engineering manager. Travisā€™s mission at GitPrime is to bring crystal clear visibility into the software development process and bridge the communication gap between engineering and stakeholders. This communication gap is often an ongoing plague in product development lifecycle. We talked through focus, tech debt, leading teams, predictability, and more.

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