Thu, 1 February 2024 SE Radio 601: Han Yuan on Reorganizations Han Yuan, an accomplished Chief Product and Technology Officer, joins host Priyanka Raghavan to discuss reorganizations. The conversation starts with a broad discussion of reorganizations and reasons that companies choose to undertake them. They then consider organizational behavior and topics such as Conway's law and the theory of constraints. Han offers some advice on key steps to take when planning for a reorg, including how software teams could organize themselves based on technology, frameworks, or user journeys. The episode ends with some discussion of metrics and lessons learned. Brought to you by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine. Direct download: 601_han_yuan_reorganization.mp3 Category:guest/technology -- posted at: 12:58am CEST

Fri, 26 January 2024 SE Radio 600: William Morgan on Kubernetes Sidecars and Service Mesh William Morgan, founder of the Linkerd service mesh and CEO of Bouyant, joins SE Radio’s Robert Blumen for a discussion of sidecars, service mesh, and a forthcoming enhancement to kubernetes to support sidecars natively. The conversation explores the origin of sidecars, sidecars and service mesh, and migrating service mesh to kubernetes. They take a deep dive into some aspects of running service mesh on kubernetes, the difficulties in running a sidecar container in a pod, and Kubernetes Enhancement Proposal (KEP) 753, which is intended to provide better native support for sidecar containers. William also gives some thoughts on the continuing relevance of service mesh. Direct download: 600_william_morgan_kubernetes_sidecars_and_service_mesh.mp3 Category:general -- posted at: 1:17am CEST

Thu, 18 January 2024 SE Radio 599: Jason C. McDonald on Quantified Tasks Jason C. McDonald, author of the book Dead Simple Python, speaks with host Samuel Taggart about leveraging quantified tasks to improve estimation, particularly across projects. They discuss the origin of the concept and its relationship with story points, and Jason offers examples to show how quantified tasks can capture nuances in software tasks that are often lost with story points. He also points to the ability to compare them across projects as a major advantage of quantified tasks. Among other topics, they consider also how to use quantified tasks to analyze the stability of a codebase. Brought to you by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine. Direct download: 599_jason_mcdonald_quantified_tasks.mp3 Category:guest/technology -- posted at: 12:34am CEST

Thu, 11 January 2024 SE Radio 598: Jonathan Crossland on the AMMERSE Framework Jonathan Crossland, software architect, author, and business owner, joins host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about the AMMERSE framework of design principles. They start by discussing the agile manifesto as a statement of values, and Jonathan shares his perspective based on his experience as a software developer and business owner. They then explore the three layers of the AMMERSE framework and how they help business and engineering leaders to align their values, thereby improving their ability to collaborate and reach common goals. Brought to you by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine. Direct download: 598_Jonathan_Crossland_on_AMMERSE.mp3 Category:guest/technology -- posted at: 9:30pm CEST

Tue, 9 January 2024 SE Radio 597: Coral Calero Muñoz and Félix García on Green Software Coral Calero Muñoz and Felix Garcia, professors at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, speak with host Giovanni Asproni about green and sustainable software—an approach to software development aimed at creating software systems that consume less energy and produce less CO2 during their entire lifetimes with minimal impact on their functionality and other qualities. The episode starts by describing why green software matters, particularly in the context of global warming, and introducing the key concepts. Continues discussing the current status of the field, in both academia and industry, and finishes with hints and tips that can be readily applied by development teams to make their systems greener. Brought to you by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Software magazine. Direct download: 597_Coral_Calero_and_Felix_Garcia_on_Green_Software_final.mp3 Category:guest/technology -- posted at: 12:44am CEST