The Continuous Delivery Podcast

Zarar Siddiqi
The Continuous Delivery Podcast

A podcast about continuously delivering valuable software to production.

  1. FEB 3

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 2024-07-15

    How to Shift Left on Security

    Max Tykhenko, Security Architect from IBM joins the podcast to talk about: What are the attack surfaces that most people don't think about enough? How has the security landscape changed over the last few years in terms of threat detection.  How vulnerable are we than how we were 10 years ago? We all know what shift left generally means, but what does it mean for security? Analyzing this question from a developer and management point of view.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

    36 min

  7. 2024-07-01

    Getting into GitOps with Fred Harper, Principal Developer Advocate, kubefirst.io

    Frederic Harper, Principal Developer Advocate, from kubefirst.io joins the podcast to dive into GitOps. We discuss: - What is GitOps? - How GitOps can help orgs manage their infrastructure - How to get started - Secrets management - Monorepos  You can follow Fred here: https://twitter.com/fharper 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

    39 min

  8. 2024-06-17

    Focus to Scale: Amplifying XP Practices with Elisabeth Hendrickson

    Elisabeth Hendrickson, author of the hugely impactful book, Explore It! joins the podcast to talk - How the Explore It! text came to be - What is it about testing that tends to make it a gate rather than part of development - How we can scale XP practices - Importance of focus and how XP helps achieve it.  - How to deal with resistance when introducing XP practices  - How to maintain customer centricity while scaling - How Scrum Masters/Coaches can help Product Managers not slip into Project Manager patterns - Simpler Machines - a newsletter recommendation from Elisabeth: https://simplermachines.gumroad.com/ Buy the book: https://www.amazon.ca/Explore-Increase-Confidence-Exploratory-Testing/dp/1937785025 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

    40 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
    97
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 The Continuous Delivery Podcast
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