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Roman Zhukov - Principal Architect - Security Communities Lead at Red Hat
Damian Brady - Staff Developer Advocate at GitHub

RESOURCES
Roman
https://github.com/rozhukov
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rozhukov

Damian
https://bsky.app/profile/damovisa.me
https://hachyderm.io/@damovisa
https://x.com/damovisa
https://github.com/Damovisa
https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianbrady
https://damianbrady.com.au

Links
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-assisted-development-and-open-source-navigating-legal-issues

DESCRIPTION
Roman Zhukov (Red Hat) and Damian Brady (GitHub) explore the evolving landscape of AI-assisted software development. They discuss how AI tools are transforming developer workflows, making developers about 20% faster on simple tasks while being 19% slower on complex ones.

The conversation covers critical topics including code quality and trust, security concerns with AI-generated code, the importance of education and best practices, and how developer roles are shifting from syntax experts to system architects. Both experts emphasize that AI tools serve as amplifiers rather than replacements, with humans remaining essential in the loop for quality, security, and licensing compliance.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Phil Winder • Reinforcement Learning • https://amzn.to/3t1S1VZ
Alex Castrounis • AI for People and Business • https://amzn.to/3NYKKTo
Holden Karau, Trevor Grant, Boris Lublinsky, Richard Liu & Ilan Filonenko • Kubeflow for Machine Learning • https://amzn.to/3JVngcx
Kelleher & Tierney • Data Science (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) • https://amzn.to/3AQmIRg
Lakshmanan, Robinson & Munn • Machine Learning Design Patterns • https://amzn.to/2ZD7t0x
Lakshmanan, Görner & Gillard • Practical Machine Learning for Computer Vision • https://amzn.to/3m9HNjP
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Olaf Molenveld - Technology Advisor at CircleCI
Julian Wood - Serverless Developer Advocate at AWS

RESOURCES
Olaf
https://x.com/olafmolenveld
https://medium.com/@olafmolenveld
https://www.linkedin.com/in/olafmolenveld

Julian
https://bsky.app/profile/julianwood.com
https://twitter.com/julian_wood
https://github.com/julianwood
http://www.wooditwork.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianrwood

DESCRIPTION
CircleCI's Technology Advisor Olaf Molenveld discusses the evolution of CI/CD practices with AWS's Julian Wood. They explore how modern software delivery has transformed from simple monolithic deployments to complex microservices ecosystems, drawing parallels between managing production code and managing the "factory" that produces it.

The discussion covers optimization strategies, the balance between local and remote development, platform engineering trends, and how AI is reshaping DevOps practices. Olaf emphasizes that getting software into users' hands is as critical as writing it, and shares how teams can leverage observability, right-sizing, and intelligent automation to improve their delivery pipelines.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
David Farley • Continuous Delivery Pipelines • https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines
Jez Humble & Dave Farley • Continuous Delivery • https://amzn.to/3ocIHwd
Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble & Gene Kim • Accelerate • https://amzn.to/442Rep0
Kim, Humble, Debois, Willis & Forsgren • The DevOps Handbook • https://amzn.to/47oAf3l
Lauren Maffeo • Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up • https://amzn.to/3QhIlnV
Roy Osherove • The Art of Unit Testing • https://bit.ly/3obiKNB
Burns, Beda & Hightower • Kubernetes: Up & Running • https://amzn.to/3sueuuI
Gojko Adzic • Lizard Optimization • https://leanpub.com/lizardoptimization
Gregor Hohpe • Platform Strategy • https://amzn.to/4cxfYdb
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Martin Štefanko - Quarkus Core Engineer at IBM & Co-Author of "Quarkus in Action"
Jan Martiška - Software Engineer Quarkus at IBM & Co-Author of "Quarkus in Action"
Holly Cummins - Senior Technical Staff Member, Quarkus at IBM

RESOURCES
Martin
https://bsky.app/profile/xstefank.bsky.social
https://mastodon.cloud/@xstefank
https://x.com/xstefank
https://github.com/xstefank
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-stefanko

Jan
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https://github.com/jmartisk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/janmartiska

Holly
https://hollycummins.com
https://hollycummins.com/type/blog
https://bsky.app/profile/hollycummins.com
https://hachyderm.io/@holly_cummins
https://twitter.com/holly_cummins
https://github.com/holly-cummins
https://linkedin.com/in/holly-k-cummins

Links
https://code.quarkus.io
https://vaadin.com

DESCRIPTION
Holly Cummins sits down with Martin Stefanko and Jan Martiška, authors of "Quarkus in Action", to discuss their journey writing this comprehensive guide to the Java framework. The authors share insights about Quarkus's developer experience, from its blazing-fast dev mode to native compilation capabilities, while revealing what they learned writing about 29 different extensions across 12 chapters.

They discuss the book's structure - from getting started to deploying in the cloud- and offer practical advice on when to use JVM versus native compilation, making this essential reading for both Quarkus newcomers and experienced developers.

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Martin Stefanko • Jan Martiska • Quarkus in Action • https://amzn.to/3K1En2z
Ben Evans & Jim Gough • Optimizing Cloud Native Java • https://amzn.to/41nivD9
Kief Morris • Infrastructure as Code • https://amzn.to/4e6EBQc
Alex Soto Bueno & Jason Porter • Quarkus Cookbook • https://amzn.to/4au3QfF
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This interview was recorded for GOTO State of the Art in October 2025.
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Nathen Harvey - DORA Lead, Product Manager at Google Cloud & Author
Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant

RESOURCES
Nathen
https://bsky.app/profile/nathenharvey.bsky.social
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Charles
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https://linkedin.com/in/charleshumble
https://mastodon.social/@charleshumble
https://conissaunce.com

Links
https://dora.dev
https://dora.dev/research/2025/dora-report
https://dora.dev/research/2024/dora-report
https://thenewstack.io/ebooks/kubernetes/kubernetes-at-the-edge-container-orchestration-at-scale

DESCRIPTION
Charles Humble speaks with Nathen Harvey, leader of Google's DORA research team, about the real impact of AI on software development.

Drawing from surveys of nearly 5,000 practitioners, Nathen reveals a surprising finding: increased AI adoption initially correlates with decreased stability and throughput - the very metrics teams have optimized for decades. The conversation explores why this happens, what capabilities organizations need before scaling AI adoption, and how AI acts as an amplifier of existing systems rather than a silver bullet.

Nathen introduces DORA's seven AI capabilities model and discusses critical issues around trust, documentation, skill devaluation, and the future of software delivery in an AI-native world.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Emily Freeman & Nathen Harvey • 97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know • https://amzn.to/3UlWBLt
Charles Humble • Professional Skills for Software Engineers • https://www.conissaunce.com/professional-skills-shortcut
Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble & Gene Kim • Accelerate • https://amzn.to/442Rep0
Kim, Humble, Debois, Willis & Forsgren • The DevOps Handbook • https://amzn.to/47oAf3l
Jez Humble & David Farley • Continuous Delivery • https://amzn.to/452ZRky
Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky & Barry O'Reilly • Lean Enterprise • https://amzn.to/47pcOXD
Adrienne Braganza Tacke • "Looks Good to Me": Constructive Code Reviews • https://amzn.to/3E75XrD
Yevgeniy Brikman • Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery • https://amzn.to/3WMPMFU
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Alexandre Malavasi - CTO at Marelo & Author of "Modern Full-Stack Web Development with ASP.NET Core"
Albert S. Tanure - Cross Solutions Architec at Microsoft & Author of "ASP.NET Core 9 Essentials"

RESOURCES
Alexandre
https://x.com/alemalavasi
https://github.com/alexandremalavasi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandremalavasi

Albert
https://x.com/alberttanure
https://github.com/tanure
https://www.linkedin.com/in/albert-tanure
https://www.codefc.io/en

DESCRIPTION
Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect Albert Tanure interviews Microsoft MVP Alexandre Malavasi about his fourth book, "Modern Full-Stack Web Development with ASP.NET Core". The discussion explores the challenges of writing comprehensive technical books, the importance of foundational knowledge in full stack development, and how to integrate ASP.NET Core with modern JavaScript frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue.js.

Alexandre emphasizes that successful architecture decisions depend primarily on team expertise and the ability to facilitate change, rather than following trends.
The conversation also highlights the critical importance of looking beyond just coding - encompassing project planning, DevOps practices, monitoring, and continuous optimization - to truly bring value to customers and become well-rounded software engineers.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Alexandre Malavasi • Modern Full-Stack Web Development with ASP.NET Core • https://amzn.to/4pvEXnY
Alexandre Malavasi • Implementing Design Patterns in C# 11 and .NET 7 • https://amzn.to/49Capwn
Alexandre Malavasi • Enterprise Applications with C# and .NET • https://amzn.to/4iiVidk
Alexandre Malavasi • Implementing Design Patterns in C# and .NET 5 • https://amzn.to/3JU5UD2
Albert Tanure • ASP.NET Core 9 Essentials • https://amzn.to/43bH73t
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