The Continuous Delivery Podcast

Zarar Siddiqi
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A podcast about continuously delivering valuable software to production.

  1. 2025-12-19

    Team Sizes, Trust, and Testing in an AI-First World

    What does the future of software development look like when AI is writing most of the code? We dive deep into how AI is fundamentally changing team dynamics, agile methodologies, and the roles we've held sacred in software engineering. We break down why humans are now the real bottleneck, how to build trust with AI-generated code, and what your development workflow should actually look like right now. Sections & Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 0:06 - The Two Pizza Team: Still Relevant? 1:36 - Where Agile Breaks Down with AI 3:18 - Rethinking Team Structure in an AI-First World 5:06 - Can We Keep the Roles? Should We? 6:50 - From Developers to Agents: The Shift in Thinking 8:00 - Code Review is Your New Bottleneck 10:15 - The Beads Project: Never Looking at Your Own Code 12:14 - Why Companies Keep Forcing AI Into Old Processes 14:00 - Humans Are the Bottleneck Now (the Big Insight) 16:00 - How to Convince Skeptical Engineers to Trust AI Code 18:30 - Start Small, Build Confidence Over Time 21:50 - Why Brownfield Projects Are Actually AI's Sweet Spot 25:30 - Managing Context Windows and Problem Decomposition 28:00 - The Hard Problem: Testing Non-Deterministic Agents 31:50 - What We're Actually Using Right Now (Tool Rundown) 32:20 - The Rise of AI UX and Task Formatting 34:00 - Tidewave, Claude Code, and Cloud Skills 36:00 - Closing Thoughts & See You Next Time YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju

    37 min

  2. 2025-10-31

    Has AI made the Agile Manifesto obsolete?

    Is the Agile Manifesto obsolete in the age of AI? Is a complete rethinking of software development required? From agile overhead  to evolving roles and responsibilities of development teams, we'll unpack it all.  0:00 - Introduction  1:30 - Agile Methodologies and AI  6:00 - Overhead and Productivity 10:30 - Agile Manifesto 15:00 - Testing and Documentation  18:00 - Team Structures and Collaboration  22:00 - Product Management and Customer Interaction  30:00 - Impediments to Adoption  37:00 - Insights and Takeaways  42:00 - Conclusion and Decision YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju

    43 min

  3. 2025-07-31

    AIs impact on DORA Continuous Delivery Metrics

    NEW POD! Zarar and Csaba discuss examine the findings of the 2024 DevOps Research and Assessment Report (DORA) and the impact of AI on continuous delivery  00:00 - Intro 02:15 - The Big Question: Does AI Speed Up Production Deployments? 04:30 - The DORA Report Shocker: AI's Surprising Impact 07:45 - Where AI Actually Shines: Documentation Over Deployment 11:20 - The Dangerous Trap of AI-Generated Tests 15:10 - Smart AI Usage: Boilerplate vs. Business Logic 18:00 - Junior Developers in Crisis: The Experience Gap Widens 22:30 - The Abstraction Debate: Are We Losing Essential Skills? 26:45 - The Death of Refactoring Tools 29:15 - Product Performance Paradox: More Tools, Same Results 32:00 - The Hockey Stick Prediction: DORA's Optimistic Future 34:30 - The Big Question: AI Addiction and Pricing Reality 36:45 - The Open Source Response: Will History Repeat? 39:20 - Local AI Revolution: Running ChatGPT on Your Laptop 42:10 - The Toilsome Work Mystery: Why AI Isn't Solving Burnout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZZtG6LLhq4 #continuousdeliverypodcast #agile #dorametrics #dora YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju

    37 min

  4. 2025-02-03

    Getting Kanban Right, with Fernando Cuenca

    Kanban guru, Fernando Cuenca joins the podcast alongside Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Csaba Bereczki to discuss Kanban. Hosted by Zarar Siddiqi. 00:00 🚦 Introducing Kanban: Why Your Scrum Teams Are Stuck Learn why traditional sprint methodologies might be holding your team back and how Kanban can unlock better workflow 04:32 🔍 The Kanban Lens: Understanding Your Current Process Discover how Kanban isn't about switching processes, but about gaining insights into your existing workflow and identifying improvement opportunities 11:45 🤝 Tackling Organizational Dependencies Like a Pro Master strategies for managing complex dependencies in large organizations and keep your team's productivity flowing 18:20 💡 Work Item Types: Not All Tasks Are Created Equal Unlock the secret to creating more meaningful work categories that actually make sense to your customers 24:15 📋 Crafting Powerful Team Policies for Maximum Autonomy Learn how clearly defined policies can surprisingly give your team MORE freedom, not less 30:40 🧩 WIP Limits: The Game-Changing Productivity Hack Understand how work-in-progress limits can transform your team's efficiency and speed of delivery 36:50 🚀 From Scrum to Continuous Flow: The Kanban Evolution Explore how high-performing teams are moving beyond rigid sprint boundaries to a more flexible, value-driven approach YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju

    53 min

  5. 2024-11-01

    Architecting for Growth, with Brad Smith

    Brad Smith, author of "DevOps for the Desperate" and Sr. Director of Engineering at Varo Bank, formerly a Sr. Engineering Manager at Amazon, joins the podcast to discuss: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Minimizing productivity dips when onboarding 11:45 Simplification through reduction in cognitive load 14:15 Lightweight Architectural Decision Records 18:45 Need for SRE? How we got from DevOps to SRE 27:10 Scaling startup infrastructure efficiently 41:30 Zarar’s crazy story about his old boss  42:53 Viability of one-stack frameworks like Elixir LiveView and OneStack 49:50 Where does AI fit in current and future development workflows?  Book link: https://www.amazon.ca/DevOps-Desperate-Hands-Survival-Guide/dp/1718502486/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju

    1h 3m

  6. 2024-10-22

    Shifting Left on Accessibility, with Patrick Dunphy

    Digital accessibility leader, Patrick Dunphy, joins Zarar Siddiqi and Csaba Bereczski on the podcast to discuss: - How to Shift Left on Accessibility - Why accessibility is a mark of a quality product - What developers need to known about accessibility - How does shift left work with accessibility - Models to structure teams so that they produce accessible products - Are Ontario accessibility guidelines too onerous? - Big Tech / operating systems handing accessibilities, which companies are getting it right - Much more... YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju

    38 min

  7. 2024-09-16

    Managing Software Complexity with John Ousterhout

    John Ousterhout, author of the influential book A Philosophy of Software Design, joins the podcast. The book is: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39996759-a-philosophy-of-software-design Topics include: - What does software complexity look like? - How do we identify complexity before it develops? - The importance of continuous refactoring - What the education system gets wrong about teaching software complexity - How John teaches Computer Science at Stanford - What John thinks of agile - Balancing tactical and strategic programming, what TDD gets wrong YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju Topics include: - What does software complexity look like? - How do we identify complexity before it develops? - The importance of continuous refactoring - What the education system gets wrong about teaching software complexity - How John teaches Computer Science at Stanford - What John thinks of agile - Balancing tactical and strategic programming, what TDD gets wrong YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju

    50 min

  8. 2024-08-12

    Empowered Developers Write Clean Code, Tom Howlett, Head of Product at Sonar

    Tom Howlett, Head of Product Management at Sonar is our guest today. Sonar is the leader in helping engineers write clean code through continuous feedback during the development process, and is trusted by millions of developers worldwide. We talk about: - The idea of "Start Left" and how it ties into "Shift Left" - Gen AI in developer workflows and how it promotes TDD - How does Sonar empower development teams? What's the role of the PM? - What constitutes a bad test? - Will static code analysis ever eliminate the need for pen testing? - How can static code analysis catch bugs across integration boundaries? - What does a team at Sonar look like? - Is there a QA or BA role at Sonar? - What makes Sonar a great place to work YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju

    32 min
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A podcast about continuously delivering valuable software to production.

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  • Creator
    Zarar Siddiqi
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
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