[Dev]olution

Coding used to be the bottleneck. Gene Kim says that era is ending, and most companies are not ready for what comes next. In this episode of [Dev]olution, Gene Kim, author, DevOps researcher, and founder of IT Revolution , joins Nicky Pike to talk about what happens when software is no longer built only by developers. Gene has spent decades studying high-performing technology organizations. He’s s...

96% of companies are running AI agents in production. Only 21% can actually control them. Gari Singh has watched this movie before. Three times. XML middleware, enterprise blockchain, and now AI infrastructure at Google Cloud , and every wave has the same opening act: teams rush to deploy before the platform team is even in the room. In this episode of [Dev]olution, Nicky Pike , and Gari break dow...

Everyone's asking the wrong question about open AI models and has turned the debate into a geography problem. Is it Chinese? Is it American? Can we trust it? But the biggest AI security incident in recent memory had nothing to do with where a model came from. In this minisode, Nicky Pike breaks down the three layers of risk hidden behind open-weight AI models and why most security conversations fo...

What if your developer community could teach you more than any AI ever could? In this episode of [Dev]olution, Nicky Pike sits down with Pauline Narvas , former Head of Community Platforms at Vercel and incoming leader at OpenAI Codex, to unpack why human connection is thriving in the age of AI. Pauline reveals how communities are becoming the hidden engines driving learning, collaboration, and re...

What if your AI could patch your vulnerabilities while you sleep? In this episode of [Dev]olution, Nicky Pike talks with DaShaun Carter , Spring Advocate at Broadcom , about the growing impact of agentic AI in software development. With more companies turning to AI to accelerate development and patch vulnerabilities, DaShaun explains how AI isn't just about coding faster, it’s about automating the...

You think your AI is working for you…until it’s leaking your data. Welcome to Echo Leak, the zero-click exploit that can send your company’s most sensitive info to attackers, and you won’t even realize it’s happening. Here’s how it works: an email lands in your inbox, and without anyone clicking anything, your AI system picks it up. It accesses your sensitive data from Outlook, SharePoint, Teams,...

AI agents are already embedded within your infrastructure, yet the critical issue remains: no one is truly in control. In this episode, we sit down with two experts from Red Hat, Michael Epley and Sam Richman , who are actively engaged at the intersection of AI, security, and defense. Their work isn't theoretical; it's about managing systems where the stakes couldn't be higher. Michael Epley, as C...

Adron Hall thinks you already missed the boat if you are still banging away at lines of code.  He watches organizations struggle with locked-down environments while the rest of the industry moves at a pace they can't keep up with. The junior pipeline is collapsing, and we are building systems on code that nobody actually understands. Vibe coding sounds like a dream until the production system cras...

Dan Vega has spent years teaching developers how to build things the right way. Now he’s watching AI change how an entire generation learns to code. Dan is a Spring Developer Advocate at Broadcom , and in this episode of [Dev]olution, we get into what happens when AI removes friction faster than it builds understanding. Writing code has never been easier, but the fundamentals are quietly getting s...

Welcome to the first minisode of Devolution where we dive into the devastating Shai-Hulud attack that shook the NPM ecosystem last year.  Nicky Pike breaks down how a self-replicating worm took control of over 25,000 GitHub repositories, exploiting a simple NPM command that every developer runs without thinking. From the rapid spread to its impact on household developer tools, this attack wasn’t j...

Marco Martinez went rogue and built a production-ready system with zero coding experience. Six months ago, the only Python Marco knew was a really big snake. Now, as the Community Marketing Manager at Coder , he created a multi-agent system that monitors Discord, processes messages through Llama AI, and routes them to Slack for approval, then sends them back to Discord. And it’s heading to product...

Caleb Washburn didn’t build his career on chasing shiny new tech. From his years as an IT architect to his role as CTO and Founder at MomentumAI , Caleb’s focus has always been on solving real problems.  In this episode of [Dev]olution, Caleb challenges the current hype around Kubernetes, cloud costs, and AI tools, urging us to think beyond the latest trends. With his extensive experience in enter...

Ted Young didn’t just write code, he’s been rethinking how we write it for decades.  After working with the likes of Google and Apple, Ted became obsessed with making development more precise and less chaotic. Forget the “code first, test later” approach that most of us fall into. Ted's here to challenge that mindset with Test-Driven Development by breaking it down into actionable steps that save...

Robotics clubs aren’t supposed to feel like real engineering jobs, but for Max Bretschneider and his club, they did. He joined his university’s autonomous car team before he ever sat through his first lecture. Five years later, he’s mentoring new builders, competing internationally, and working professionally in autonomous vehicles. Max’s secret to keeping a volunteer-only robotics team alive? A d...

What if the technology you once doubted could change the way you work forever? In this episode of [Dev]olution, host Nicky Pike sits down with Keiran Sweet , Service Line Lead at Amdocs Cloud Studio , to talk about his journey from AI skeptic to AI advocate. Keiran shares how bringing tools like Coder into his team’s workflow has changed the way they work, from speeding up onboarding to automating...

Everyone loves a “vibe coded this in a weekend” story. Almost nobody shows you the infrastructure that keeps it from falling over the second you charge a credit card. In this episode, host Nicky Pike sits down with Noel Jackson , founder of Sonica , a zero-platform-fee music platform built by one person using AI agents and Coder workspaces. Noel spent 25 years building products, from early days at...

We’re in a testing crisis nobody wants to talk about. AI is catching bugs with a single screenshot while developers still say they “can’t test” and testers cling to specs that never reflect the real world. Meanwhile, teams ship code that breaks in production and call it normal. Enter Maaret Pyhäjärvi , Director of Consulting at CGI . A polyglot programmer with nearly three decades in software qual...

We’re in an AI-powered mental health crisis. While AI is breaking ground in business, tech, and other industries, it’s also leading to developer burnout, psychological breaks, and a whole lot of fear around job security. Enter Dr. Gloria Chance , founder and CEO of The Mousai Group . A former CIO and recipient of the Most Powerful Banking Award, she’s now paving the way for leadership development...

AI is everywhere in security. But most teams are still stuck in split-screen mode—DevSecOps over here, SecOps over there, everyone pointing fingers when things go wrong. Marc Hornbeek (AKA DevOps-the-Gray) has a better way. The CEO and Principal Consultant of Engineering DevOps Consulting lays out a model for Continuous Security that meets developers where they are and brings security along for th...

Jennifer Spykerman didn’t just dust off her old dev skills—she rebuilt them using AI. After two decades in leadership, managing multi-million dollar federal programs and complex engineering teams, she opened up a Claude chat and started coding again. Her mission: automate the mess of federal RFP responses with something smarter than copy-paste. In this episode, the DefenseLogic AI CEO and founder...

84% of devs use AI. Only 33% trust it. Why are we pretending this is fine? Jason Baum , Project Leadership at Selenium , is here to say what most won’t: AI is creating as many problems as it solves. Development is faster, sure, but the cost is rising. More bugs. More hallucinations, too. Teams are losing time chasing the promise of AI without fixing the foundation it runs on. In this episode, Jaso...

Is your local machine lying to you? Ben Potter , VP of Product at Coder , gets real about why AI agents aren’t living up to their potential without the right infrastructure. Developers and platform teams are dealing with bloated systems and inconsistent environments, but the real problem is a missing layer. In this episode, we uncover the key to making AI work: a development stack that’s secure, s...

Drowning in a sea of tools and productivity hacks that don’t deliver? You’re not alone.  I’m Nicky Pike . And it’s time for a reset. [Dev]olution is here to help you get back to what matters: creating, solving, and making an impact. No trend chasing, just asking better questions. We explore the real systems and processes that help developers work smarter, not harder. No buzzwords, just practical s...