Off Script Hey! Presents

Inspired by reading ‘Investments Unlimited’ and other books built around the principles of storytelling, James and Josh dive into DevSecOps and the bigger picture of shifting security left in this new episode of Off Script!


In this episode:



00:00 Fictional Bugs - Investments Unlimited
01:00 DevSecOps
02:00 Moving security testing to the beginning
03:00 Reducing the friction of releases
04:00 Go through pain points early
05:00 Strict linting, function length, no unused variables
06:00 Early automated tests to prevent Git leaks
08:00 Making it easy for the developer
10:00 Bearer
11:00 Concise reporting
12:00 Dependabot
13:00 Secret Management
14:00 Making it easy to do the right thing
16:00 Having pride in your security
17:00 What if your language doesn’t have much security support?
19:00 Dynamic & Static languages
20:00 Language agnostic tools
21:00 Key takeaways


References:



https://itrevolution.com/product/investments-unlimited/
https://www.bearer.com/
https://github.com/dependabot


Find out more about Stac and Parallax:



https://stac.works
https://parall.ax

What do fish donuts, a passion for cooking and elaborate recipes have to do with productivity? Are you getting enough of a creative outlet around your busy schedule? Josh and James discuss the importance of side projects and how the variety they add to your week benefits your work-life balance and output!


In this episode:



00:00 Welcome
01:00 What are our side projects?
02:00 Coding
03:00 Cooking
04:00 Josh’s chef stage experience
11:00 Service state - Flow state when coding
12:00 Find your creative outlet
13:00 Find the time
16:00 Adding variety to life
17:00 Book - One Thing
18:00 Having side projects when being a leader
19:00 Consistency


References:



https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Thing-Surprisingly-Extraordinary-bestselling/dp/1848549253


Find out more about Stac and Parallax:



https://stac.works
https://parall.ax

What are AI risks? What do we need to consider when looking at our projects? Josh and James are are back for another episode of Off Script to dig deeper into this important topic!



00 - ISO 42001 Regulation
03 - What are the risks
04 - Hallucinations
05 - How do we critically assess the output
06 - Human in the loop
08 - Authorised API integrations
13 - Prompt Injection
14 - Sleeper agent LLM
18 - Denial OF Service models
22 - Exact phrasing on outputs
25 - Rabbit.tech


Find out more about Stac and Parallax:



https://stac.works
https://parall.ax

It’s time for our annual review of the year! In this episode, James and Josh discuss the many twists and turns that the last 12 months brought in this 2023 developer round-up.


Thank you for listening this year. We’ll be back with more episodes in the New Year!



01 A look back at the year
03 The year AI went mainstream
05 Tech layoffs
07 Open AI x Microsoft partnership
08 M2 Apple Mac chips
09 Google Bard
12 Stephen Wolfram wrote "What is ChatGPT doing.. And why does it work?"
13 Web IOS & Ipad
15 ChatGPT Plus & Whisper API's
15 Parallax hosted "stories on the road"
19 React.dev
21 Apple vs Epic Games
22 Meta fined 1.3B
23 EU Cookie policy
24 Final Cut & Logic Pro on IOS
27 Advent of code
28 Chrome added web GPU support
29 Native to web based apps
30 All Day Hey 2023
31 Fluency Bot
32 SEC sue Coinbase & Binance
33 NASA lost connection to Voyager 2
34 Microsoft Type Chat
36 Meta Launched Threads
38 Temporary disabilities
40 Josh joins Glean as CTO
41 Apple launched Name Drop
42 Air traffic control meltdown
43 Hyperdx
44 Webflow Conf
46 WCAG 2.2
47 M3 Macs
49 re:invent
50 Deno KV
51 StyleX
53 iA writer
54 CloudFlare year in review
55 Spotify Wrapped


References:



[https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/]([https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/)
https://openai.com/blog/introducing-chatgpt-and-whisper-apis
https://www.storyblok.com/ev/stories-on-the-road-uk-23
https://heypresents.com/conferences/2023/schedule
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2023/temporarily-abled/


Find out more about Stac and Parallax:



https://stac.works
https://parall.ax

Are all leaders extroverts? Does agile development mean there is no plan or documentation? Do leaders have to be the best developer? Following on from a recent in-person talk, James and Josh discuss more common tech misconceptions in the area of leadership.



01 Misconception in leadership
01 Leadership is the only way for progression
02 Tech path vs management path
03 Dual track progression
04 Good code is all that matters
05 How teams interact
06 We'll cross the bridge when its comes to it
09 Have to be the best engineer to be a leader
10 It’s not about you
11 Tech skills trump company culture
12 Diversity
14 More developers = more velocity
17 Documentation is less important for agile teams
19 Agile development means no plan
22 All leaders are extroverts
25 Leadership is lonely
27 You don't need a mentor or peers


Find out more about Stac and Parallax:



https://stac.works
https://parall.ax

Any team will have a variety of emotional states when responding to problems. How do you analyse, understand and make meaningful decisions based on these differences? In this episode, James and Josh discuss different methods of understanding a team’s characteristics and how taking these into account can lead you to getting the best out of everyone.



01 SDIs
01 Strength, Deployment, Inventory
02 Stress states
05 Trickle down management
06 Myers briggs
07 Performance, Process, People
08 Dissecting Josh’s results
12 Using the results within a team
13 Strengths and weaknesses
14 What brings out the best in you
15 Being accountable
16 Applying the findings


Resources:


Find out more about Stac and Parallax:



https://stac.works
https://parall.ax