The Engineering Room with Dave Farley

by Dave Farley

Welcome to the 'Engineering Room’ a podcast hosted by Dave Farley!

Join us on a journey through the world of software development, as we listen in to conversations between Dave and other influential experts from the field. Discover how to provide top-notch software that sets new standards for quality. Tune in and unlock the secrets to mastering Continuous Delivery and learn what it takes to achieve exce ... 

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Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • Expectations And Limitations Of AI-Assisted Software Engineering | Birgitta Böckeler In The Engineering Room Ep. 28

    Expectations And Limitations Of AI-Assisted Software Engineering | Birgitta Böckeler In The Engineering Room Ep. 28

    Birgitta Böckeler is a software engineer, consultant and thought leader. In this episode of The Engineering Room, Dave & Birgitta talk about her most recent work involving AI-assisted software delivery. They discuss tough questions regarding the job market for developers, the challenges and potential downsides of AI in software development, while also discussing the positives these new technologies bring, its applications beyond coding, the future of our work alongside artificial intelligence AND MORE. xx 🙏The Engineering Room series is SPONSORED BY EQUAL EXPERTS Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0 Birgitta on Twitter ➡️ https://twitter.com/birgitta410?lang=en Birgitta's "memos" on Martin Fowler’s site ➡️ https://martinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai.html Podcast with Adam Tornhill about refactoring ➡️ https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/podcasts/technology-podcasts/refactoring-with-ai Three things GenAI will not change about software delivery ➡️ https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/generative-ai/three-things-GenAI-will-not-change-about-software-delivery AI-assisted coding: Experiences and perspectives ➡️ https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/podcasts/technology-podcasts/ai-assisted-coding-experiences-perspectives 📧 JOIN CD MAIL LIST 📧 Keep up to date with the latest discussions, free "How To..." guides, events, online courses and exclusive offers. ➡️ https://bit.ly/MailListCD

  • Spotify's Strong Ownership Model, Fleet Management & "Golden Technologies | Niklas Gustavsson In The Engineering Room Ep. 27

    Spotify's Strong Ownership Model, Fleet Management & "Golden Technologies | Niklas Gustavsson In The Engineering Room Ep. 27

    In this episode, Dave Farley and Niklas Gustavsson, Chief Architect and VP of Engineering at Spotify, discuss the facets of Spotify's software development and operational strategies, discussing the company's unique approach to organising software development, notably through Fleet Management. Dave and Niklas discuss how to overcome common misconceptions and anti-patterns associated with microservices, and explore the role of Spotify's "Golden Technologies" in standardising technology stacks to reduce fragmentation. xx Niklass on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/protocol7/ 🙏The Engineering Room series is SPONSORED BY EQUAL EXPERTS Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0 📖 Dave’s NEW BOOK "Modern Software Engineering" is available as paperback, or kindle here ➡️ https://amzn.to/3DwdwT3 and NOW as an AUDIOBOOK available on iTunes, Amazon and Audible. 📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx 📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines

  • Developer Productivity ISN'T About Measurement | Trisha Gee In The Engineering Room Ep. 26

    Developer Productivity ISN'T About Measurement | Trisha Gee In The Engineering Room Ep. 26

    Trisha Gee joins Dave to talk about developer productivity. What are the keys to creating an environment for software engineers to feel positive and happy while being at their most productive? Can we really measure developer productivity? Let's find out! xx 🙏The Engineering Room series is SPONSORED BY EQUAL EXPERTS Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0 📧 JOIN CD MAIL LIST 📧 Keep up to date with the latest discussions, free "How To..." guides, events, online courses and exclusive offers. ➡️ https://bit.ly/MailListCD 📖 Dave’s NEW BOOK "Modern Software Engineering" is available as paperback, or kindle here ➡️ https://amzn.to/3DwdwT3 and NOW as an AUDIOBOOK available on iTunes, Amazon and Audible. 📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx 📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines

  • How AI Will Change Software Development In The Next 10 Years | Eric Evans In The Engineering RoomEp. 25

    How AI Will Change Software Development In The Next 10 Years | Eric Evans In The Engineering RoomEp. 25

    What does the future of software development look like? How will AI shape software engineer jobs? In this episode of the Engineering Room podcast, Dave is joined by author, software engineer and well-known thought leader, Eric Evans. They talk about Eric's background, domain-driven design, artificial intelligence and what the next 10 years look like for the software industry with the emergence of AI. Eric wrote THE software design book that should be on every software engineer's bookshelf. xx 🔗 Eric on Twitter/X ➡️ @ericevans0 🔗 "Learn Design from the Experts" ➡️ https://www.domainlanguage.com 🔗 "Domain Driven Design", by Eric Evans ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WXJ94m 📖 Dave’s NEW BOOK "Modern Software Engineering" is available as paperback, or kindle here ➡️ https://amzn.to/3DwdwT3 and NOW as an AUDIOBOOK available on iTunes, Amazon and Audible. 📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx 📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0

  • Platform Strategies & Platform Engineering | Gregor Hohpe In The Engineering Room Ep. 24

    Platform Strategies & Platform Engineering | Gregor Hohpe In The Engineering Room Ep. 24

    Gregor Hohpe. is a world-class expert on software architecture and the role of the architect, he is a technologist and expert on the topics of large-scale systems and the public Cloud as well as lots of other stuff. Gregor is currently part of the Serverless team working as an Enterprise Strategist for Amazon at AWS,  Previously he was Technical Director in the Office of the CTO at Google, and before that was Chief SW Architect at Allianz the German Insurance giant. Gregor is an international speaker, author of Several great books, as well as writing on his always thought-provoking blog, “The Architect Elevator”. and he’s just published a new book called “Platform Strategy”. xx Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0 🖇 LINKS 🔗 "Architect Elevator Blog" https://architectelevator.com/blog/ 🔗 "Architecture as Code" https://architectelevator.com/cloud/i... 📖 "Cloud Strategy", Gregor Hohpe ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cloudstrategy LINKS: 📖 "Enterprise Integration Patterns", ➡️ Gregor Hohpe https://amzn.to/47r2j56 📖 Dave’s NEW BOOK "Modern Software Engineering" is available as paperback, or kindle here ➡️ https://amzn.to/3DwdwT3 and NOW as an AUDIOBOOK available on iTunes, Amazon and Audible. 📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx 📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines