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The O’Reilly Programming podcast features conversations that give developers, engineers, and architects tips on getting projects done better and faster.
A Jenkinsfile gets easier to defend when Brent Laster explains why yours belongs beside your source code.
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A focused look at how JavaScript's speed gains made compilation the modern web's next pressure point.
The O'Reilly Programming Podcast's conversation with Kyle Simpson frames modern web performance as a story of pressure moving from one bottleneck to the next.
A practical, concrete review of evolutionary architecture, centered on monitoring, automation, and disciplined gradual change.
Evolutionary architecture gets a grounded, useful airing, with Rebecca Parsons showing how systems can change gradually while older services stay in place until they fade out of use.
A grounded Kubernetes overview focused on the cluster-level choices that shape real deployments.
Kubernetes comes across as a deliberately flexible system, with Bridget Kromhout using cluster configuration choices to show why broad, one-size-fits-all guidance rarely holds up.
A practical review of how Jenkinsfiles make pipeline logic reviewable alongside source code.
Jenkins 2 comes into focus as Brent Laster frames pipeline as code around the Jenkinsfile, instead of treating pipeline logic as something kept only inside Jenkins itself.
A practical Java episode on actors, RxJava, asynchronous communication, and latency.
Java 8, Java 9, and reactive programming shape a practical look at latency, reliability, and concurrency in networked software. The episode draws a clear line from asynchronous communication to the hidden cost of synchronous remote calls, then settles into its strongest section:…
Specialists walking through software's tradeoffs, one system at a time.
Founders and engineers on AI coding agents like Claude Code, and supply chain security.
The engineering decisions behind code, agents, and control.
Python tools, practical trade-offs, and the occasional programming joke.
Matt Stratton interviews DevOps practitioners on security, platform engineering, and trusting AI-written code.
Tammy Everts says a 1-second HTML delay still reduced returning-visitor retention after the delay was removed.
Rebecca Parsons, CTO at ThoughtWorks and co-author of O'Reilly's "Building Evolutionary Architectures," defines the approach as "guided incremental change across multiple dimensions." She says predictability is unrealistic, pointing to Neil Ford's bet about which JavaScript framework will exist in two years and calling five- and ten-year roadmaps "ludicrous." She also describes how fitness functions, deployment pipelines, and tools like ArcUnit and JDepend can automate architectural governance.
Bridget Kromhout, a Principal Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft and co-host of Arrested DevOps, explains why Docker made containers “more usable” and why Kubernetes became central to production systems.
Jenkins 2 turns pipelines into code that supports history, diffs, and code review.
Richard Warburton says streams replace loops with "filter, map, reduce" and a more declarative style.
An interview with Sam Newman about microservices, including their definition, trade-offs, and guidance for migrating from monoliths.
Interview with Wendy Wise about developing for augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality, including tools like AR Kit and Unity.
Interview with Nathaniel Shuda about the role of software architect, skills needed, and transitioning from developer to architect.
Michael Nygaard discusses his concept of 'Architecture Without an End State' and eight rules for building adaptable software systems.
Interview with Ken Cousin about functional programming in Java 8, upcoming Java 9, and related technologies like Spring and Groovy.
Interview with Mike Roberts about serverless architectures, covering definitions, evolution, and upcoming conference talks.
Interview with Ben Evans about Java performance optimization and the upcoming Java 9 release.
Interview with Neil Ford about evolutionary architecture and upcoming tech conferences.