ShipTalk: AI, DevOps & Software Delivery

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AI is reshaping software delivery every week. ShipTalk turns the noise into what actually matters to you. Brought to you by Harness, it's the podcast that breaks down the biggest shifts in AI, DevOps, and software delivery into practical takeaways you can actually use. Every episode, our hosts sit down with a sharp guest — the engineers, security leaders, and executives living these changes — to unpack a timely headline and what it really means for how you build, ship, and secure software. No hype, no vendor gloss: just the context and candid opinions that help engineering, platform, and security leaders make smarter calls. Hit subscribe and stay current on AI, DevOps, CI/CD, platform engineering, and DevSecOps — so the future of software delivery never catches you off guard. Stop talking, start shipping.

  1. 1d ago

    Why the U.S. Locked Down Fable and Mythos: AI, National Security, and the Workforce Squeeze

    The U.S. just barred foreign nationals from accessing two advanced AI models — Fable and Mythos — citing national security. Around the same time, the Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that AI-enabled cyberattacks are "months, not years" away. Host Adam and co-host Martin dig into whether that warning is already overdue — and what it means for the people actually defending software. They're joined by Assaf, a longtime security leader (and Adam's former boss) and author of Lessons from the Front Line: Insights from a Cybersecurity Career. The conversation moves from the headlines to the harder truth underneath them: AI adoption is climbing, yet more than half of security and IT workers are considering leaving their jobs — burned out, under-resourced, and worried AI is coming for their roles. Assaf's take is contrarian and sharp: the real failure isn't AI, it's leadership translation and a training pipeline we're quietly demolishing. As Adam puts it, "this is not a security problem, it's an engineering problem." A candid, news-driven look at AI, national security, and the security workforce squeeze — and a surprisingly optimistic read on where it all goes next. Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify | YouTube Timestamps: 00:00 Cold Open: AI Cyberattacks Aren't Months Away — "We're Already There" 00:53 Welcome to ShipTalk: Today's Two Headlines 01:35 Are We Already Using AI Without Realizing It? 02:41 Five Eyes Warns AI Cyberattacks Are "Months, Not Years" Away 04:31 Harness by the Numbers: Half of Security Pros Want to Quit 05:25 Meet the Guest: Assaf Keren (ex-PayPal & Qualtrics CSO) 06:14 "Secure by Design, But For Real This Time" 08:46 The ISSA Survey: Why Security Jobs Keep Getting Harder 10:01 The "Triple Whammy" Burning Out Security Teams 11:49 Have We Been Here Before? Cloud & the Changing SOC Role 13:32 The Contrarian Take: AI Could Make Security Better 15:41 The Real Failure: We're Demolishing the Training Pipeline 18:41 Weak Leadership, or a Security Translation Problem? 22:05 Trust: The CISO's Real Business Function 23:20 What Teams Get Wrong About AI + Software Delivery 24:37 Debrief: Adam & Martin's Takeaways 26:31 Wrap-Up: Stop Talking, Start Shipping

    Why the U.S. Locked Down Fable and Mythos: AI, National Security, and the Workforce Squeeze

  2. May 8

    ShipTalk Season 4 Finale: Engineering Excellence at AWS re:Invent

    Welcome to the Season 4 finale of the Ship Talk podcast! Join special host Thomas Dockstader and several industry leaders at AWS re:Invent to discuss the intersection of AI and software delivery. The following is a series of interviews with partners, customers, and engineering leaders on the front lines of AI transformation.Don't miss the "Ship It or Skip It" segment, where our guests give their rapid-fire takes on everything from AI code reviews to the four-day work week.Connect with our featured host/guests:Thomas Docstater | Ron Miller | Hasith Kalpage |  Eric Baran |  Tim Knapp | Piyush DiwanWatch the full video on YouTube. Subscribe to ‪@Harnessio‬ YouTube channel for more insights as we prepare for Season 5!

    ShipTalk Season 4 Finale: Engineering Excellence at AWS re:Invent

  3. Apr 10 ·  Bonus

    Special ShipTalk Episode from DND NYC 2026

    This is a special episode where we sat down with the speakers at DevOpsNotDead NYC 2026 to hear their perspectives on how AI is transforming software delivery. Connect with our guests: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diamondbishop https://www.linkedin.com/in/sadiojonas/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuamlee/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/akash-thakur-00367a155/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahender-mangalasri/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbrookbank/

    Special ShipTalk Episode from DND NYC 2026

  4. Mar 16 ·  Bonus

    Special ShipTalk Episode from SREday NYC 2026

    This is a special episode where we sat down with the speakers at SREday NYC 2026 to hear their perspectives on how AI is transforming software delivery.

    Special ShipTalk Episode from SREday NYC 2026

  5. Feb 10

    Crown Jewels In, Crown Jewels Out – The Hidden Risk of AI with Devan Shah (IBM)

    How do you secure data in the age of Agentic AI? 🤖🔐In this episode of ShipTalk, Dewan Ahmed sits down with Devan Shah, Chief Architect of Data Security at IBM, to explore the massive shift from traditional DevOps to AI-infused software delivery.Devan shares his journey from being a chef to leading an "army" of 450+ developers at IBM. They dive deep into the technical bedrock of IBM’s "OnePipeline" (built on Tekton and Argo CD), the rise of Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), and the architectural principles required to ship AI features without compromising security or compliance.If you are an architect, SRE, or developer advocate trying to navigate the "Crown Jewels In, Crown Jewels Out" risk of LLMs, this episode is for you.Resources mentioned in this episode:  IBM Guardium: https://www.ibm.com/products/guardiumIBM & Anthropic Partnership: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-10-07-2025-ibm-and-anthropic-partner-to-advance-enterprise-software-development-with-proven-security-and-governanceModernizing SDLC with AI (Whitepaper): https://www.ibm.com/downloads/documents/us-en/1443d5dd174f42e6Subscribe to ShipTalk for more episodes on the intersection of AI and Software Delivery!#AI #DataSecurity #DevOps #IBM #CyberSecurity #SDLC #ArgoCD #Tekton #DSPM #SoftwareEngineering

    Crown Jewels In, Crown Jewels Out – The Hidden Risk of AI with Devan Shah (IBM)

  6. 12/23/2025

    CTO Predictions for 2026: How AI Will Change Software Development (with Harness Field CTO Nick Durkin)

    In this special predictions episode of ShipTalk, host Dewan Ahmed (Principal Developer Advocate, Harness) sits down with Nick Durkin, Field CTO at Harness, to unpack what’s actually coming in 2026—beyond the hype. They explore whether we’re heading toward the first AI-caused production meltdown, how much trust we should place in AI "confidence," and why many teams may face a wave of AI-driven tech debt before they find balance. Nick shares why the future isn’t about more tools or more gates, but about policy in the pipeline, guardrails instead of roadblocks, and teams finally operating with a shared rulebook. The conversation also dives into: Why DevSecOps may finally go mainstream in 2026How MLOps, agents, and prompts become first-class delivery artifactsThe real risks behind prompt injection, model tampering, and shadow AIWhether AI agents become coworkers—or chaosWhat developer experience looks like when IDEs start to feel like chat windowsHow engineers and teams can stay employable and relevant in an AI-native worldThis episode is pragmatic, optimistic, and grounded in real-world delivery experience—perfect for engineers, tech leads, architects, and executives navigating the next phase of AI-driven software delivery. Listen in for a CTO’s clear-eyed predictions on AI, DevSecOps, and what it really takes to ship safely at speed in 2026.

    CTO Predictions for 2026: How AI Will Change Software Development (with Harness Field CTO Nick Durkin)

  7. 12/22/2025

    Beyond the Magic Box: Solving AI Hallucinations with Precision RAG (with Evgeny Ilinykh)

    In this episode of the ShipTalk Podcast, host Dewan Ahmed (Principal Developer Advocate at Harness) sits down with Evgeny Ilinykh (Founder of GuidedMind.ai and former Tesla Engineering Manager) to move past the AI hype and get into the engineering reality of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).If your AI agents are hallucinating, the problem probably isn't your model—it’s your retrieval layer. Evgeny breaks down how to turn the "black box" of LLMs into a transparent, production-ready system that developers can actually trust.What we cover:- The Death of Deterministic Software: Moving from hardcoded paths to agentic AI logic.- The "Dark Spots" of Vector Space: Why hallucinations are actually retrieval failures.- Contextual Retrieval: Insights into how system-level context changes the game for accuracy.- Scaling to Production: Solving the "dirty work" of messy PDFs, table parsing, and chunking.- Standardizing AI Delivery: Will RAG become as common as CI/CD in the modern dev stack?RESOURCES & LINKS:1. Connect with our guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eilinykh/2. Explore GuidedMind.ai: https://guidedmind.ai/3. Read the Anthropic Research: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/contextual-retrieval

    Beyond the Magic Box: Solving AI Hallucinations with Precision RAG (with Evgeny Ilinykh)

  8. 12/01/2025

    Shipping Practical AI: How to Build Real-World ML for 2D Drawings (with Marina Petzel)

    In this episode of Ship Talk, host Dewan Ahmed (Principal Developer Advocate, Harness) sits down with Marina Petzel, Senior ML Engineer and AI Productivity Lead at Autodesk, to unpack what it actually looks like to ship AI into long-lived, production software. Marina shares her journey from classic predictive analytics to computer vision and LLMs, and how her team brings intelligent features like Smart Blocks in AutoCAD from ideation to prototype to production on a tight yearly release cadence. She breaks down the often ignored parts of ML work: data pipelines, infrastructure, UX fit, and safety testing, and explains why “garbage in, garbage out” is a law of nature, not just a cliché. They also dive into AI for developer productivity, multi-agent workflows, red-teaming and prompt safety, and how every engineer, regardless of seniority, can start using AI as a genuine skill multiplier. Marina closes with concrete advice for aspiring ML engineers: build more, read less, follow your curiosity, and share your work publicly so your visibility compounds over time. Follow Marina's work: https://marina.petzel.techConnect with her: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-petzel

    Shipping Practical AI: How to Build Real-World ML for 2D Drawings (with Marina Petzel)
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AI is reshaping software delivery every week. ShipTalk turns the noise into what actually matters to you. Brought to you by Harness, it's the podcast that breaks down the biggest shifts in AI, DevOps, and software delivery into practical takeaways you can actually use. Every episode, our hosts sit down with a sharp guest — the engineers, security leaders, and executives living these changes — to unpack a timely headline and what it really means for how you build, ship, and secure software. No hype, no vendor gloss: just the context and candid opinions that help engineering, platform, and security leaders make smarter calls. Hit subscribe and stay current on AI, DevOps, CI/CD, platform engineering, and DevSecOps — so the future of software delivery never catches you off guard. Stop talking, start shipping.

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