Dev Interrupted

Paying devs more isn’t going to help you retain folks if your culture is stressful 💁 No one wants to constantly be woken up at 3AM to fix bugs, or be trapped working somewhere that doesn’t enable learning new skills. Ben Matthews has recognized this, and has seen great results investing in his team at Stack Overflow 💪 Learn more in Ben’s episode posted below 👇 #Culture #Retention #SoftwareEngineering

Can you measure how your technical debt influences revenue? Dan Lines thinks that comparing your software engineering investment profile to productivity metrics like planning accuracy, change failure rate, and project predictability is the best way to ensure your organization right-sizes investments into developer experience. Listen to the full episode at Dev Interrupted: https://lnkd.in/gMzuStcR

The widespread adoption of Gen AI happened at an incredible pace. Have you stopped to consider where it's having the biggest impact on your software delivery pipelines? Dan Lines speaks to engineering leaders every day about where they’re seeing the biggest benefits. He thinks structuring your adoption strategy around a coordinated and measurable rollout is the best way to maximize developer success. Listen to the entire Dev Interrupted episode here: https://lnkd.in/gnVmYdFk

‘Agent' is the new buzzword in generative AI - but what does it actually mean? Birgitta Boeckeler thinks that ‘agent’ has become overloaded, much like the word ‘service’ before it. As generative AI tooling rapidly evolves, it’s essential to establish linguistic signposts that help us understand what terms like agentic AI mean. Doing so keeps everyone on the same page as they adopt generative AI tooling for new use cases. Listen to this week's episode of Dev Interrupted here:  https://lnkd.in/gSvCUb9T

Is everyone a prompt engineer now? What does that even mean? However you define it, it’s clear that the ability to efficiently work with generative AI tooling while maintaining quality standards will be a critical skill everyone needs to learn, but even more so for developers. This week on Dev Interrupted, we sat down with Birgitta Boeckeler to learn about the cutting edge of Gen AI technology and how it’s impacting software delivery and code quality. Listen to the full episode for more expert advice. https://lnkd.in/g8ESDGBC

Today's lunchtime listen was a great podcast on the intersection of generative AI and software development from Dev Interrupted, with Birgitta Boeckeler as a guest. Very useful discussion of real world use cases, hype vs. reality, and where AI can do better for development teams. If you care about developer experience, it's 48 minutes well spent. https://lnkd.in/g8HrCGCQ

AI is already altering the 'power' of individuals, and may create even bigger power gaps between companies - but open-source AI has the opportunity to upend that paradigm. This week on Dev Interrupted I had a fascinating conversation with Scott McCarty from Red Hat about the future of AI, and how AI tools are 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 altering power dynamics in tech and beyond. Key insights from Scott: • The parallels between today's AI hesitation and the early skepticism around Linux • Why chatbots aren't products (and what 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 drives value) • Why we might not have enough developers globally to patch CVEs without AI • How compute could become the new currency, concentrating power in ways we've never seen (shout out Sam Altman) Scott's take? "LLMs are just software" - but the implications for power dynamics in tech could be revolutionary (or dangerous). 🎧 Full episode out now on Dev Interrupted - I'll link it in the comments 👇 #OpenSource #ArtificialIntelligence #TechLeadership #SoftwareDevelopment #DevOps

Had a great conversation with Amanda Sopkin on Dev Interrupted about making the transition from an engineering mentor to a manger - if you're looking to make the transition into engineering leadership, check it out 👇

I spoke with Dev Interrupted about transitioning into engineering management https://lnkd.in/eag45GMQ

Tune in as Productiv’s founder Ashish Aggarwal shares insights with Conor Bronsdon for how to build with purpose on the LinearB Dev Interrupted Podcast! See how he cuts through complexity and unlocks real value. Don’t miss the full convo here: https://lnkd.in/giabuDjg