The CD Pipeline Show - Continuously Delivering Software from A to Z

In this episode, host Alan Shimel is joined by Ben Powell (Apple), Gerard McMahon (Fidelity Investments) and Andrea Fritolli (IBM), as we delve into the transformative potential of the CDEvents project, an open-source initiative hosted by the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF). We'll explore why enterprises increasingly turning to CDEvents to streamline their software delivery pipelines and enha...

In this episode, Alan Shimel and Lori Lorusso sit down with key maintainers of the Jenkins open-source project to explore their experiences with major upgrades and significant improvements to Jenkins. Join Mark Waite, Basil Crow, Damien Duportal and Kris Stern as they dive into the challenges of managing a project with a large user base, a long history, and how evolving trends in software developm...

In this episode, hosts Alan Shimel and Lisa Cao are joined by an All-Star team of experts, including Barry Hart (Owl Bear Hart Consulting), Karn Wong (Data Cafe) and Dadisi Sanyika (Apple). The panel discusses their experiences around what modern DataOps has become, perspectives on evolving technologies, as well as future trends and pitfalls. DataOps is the intersection of DevOps and Data Engineer...

Being chosen as a mentor organization for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is highly competitive. In 2023, this prestigious program attracted more than 43,765 applicants from 160 countries. To stand out, you need a compelling proposal, solid coding skills, and a genuine passion for open source development. Hosts Alan Shimel and Lori Lorusso are joined by Alyssa Tong (CloudBees), Ben Pursell (OpenSSF)...

The 2024 State of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Report, commissioned by the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) and Cloudbees, and authored by SlashData, unveils the current landscape of the CI/CD developer ecosystem while exploring its evolution over the past two and a half years. This comprehensive report looks at what proportion of  developers are engaged in the broade...

What is platform engineering, and what makes it critical for today's organizations? Come explore this question with our distinguished panel of DevOps and Continuous Deployment (CD) experts. We'll dive into the ways organizations are adopting Platform Engineering, its challenges, its efficacy as a solution and how open source ecosystems and projects are driving its evolution. We'll also examine the...

Join hosts Alan Shimel and Lori Lorusso to kickoff the CD Pipeline Show for 2024. This panel brings together industry leaders to dissect the compelling relationship between CI/CD and GitOps. By marrying declarative approach, version control, automation and continuous reconciliation, GitOps has emerged as a game-changer. The discussion will delve into practical strategies, real-world case studies,...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of software development and deployment, the integration of generative AI has emerged as a transformative force for continuous delivery. Generative AI has opened up new avenues of innovation for automated testing, optimizing deployment strategies and anomaly detection, among others. In this episode of The CD Pipeline , hosts Alan Shimel and Lori Lorusso are joined...

As software development practices evolve, continuous delivery (CD) has become a popular approach for accelerating the delivery of high-quality software products. Robust testing methodologies introduced throughout the software development life cycle are central to the success of CD, but there are some challenges organizations need to address first. This panel brings together industry experts Tracy...

At the recent cdCon + GitOpsCon conference, The Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) announced the release of the fourth State of Continuous Delivery 2023 Report. The report findings are based on two and a half years of SlashData’s Developer Nation surveys from Q3 2020 to Q1 2023 that collected data from more than 125,000 respondents. Hosts Alan Shimel and Melissa McKay are joined by Liam Dodd (se...

Continuous delivery (CD) and GitOps can seem intimidating, but they don't have to be! Whether you're brand-new to CD and GitOps or have been using these methodologies for a while, there's plenty to learn at cdCon +GitOpsCon. The cdCon program committee reviewed nearly 200 submissions and curated a great program with amazing technical content and community-focused sessions from project maintainers,...

Though it's often overshadowed by continuous integration, continuous delivery (CD) is an equally critical software development practice. CD technologies are integral for organizations that want to establish complex end-to-end pipelines. CD enables organizations, regardless of their industry and size, to deliver new features, configuration changes and bug fixes in a fast and secure manner. Hosts Al...

The Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) community has made tremendous progress on the issue of interoperability over the last few years, led by the CDF Special Interest Group Interoperability. The focus of the work has been on open interfaces and metadata, which are key aspects to interoperability, enabling multiple disparate systems to work with each other in a seamless manner. These efforts res...

Pyrsia is an open source project focused on supply chain security at the source – package management. Developers use open source software in their product builds, but not knowing where that software comes from means hard-to-spot risks to the integrity of your code. Trusting dependencies can leave the door wide open to breaches, exploits and supply chain attacks. Pyrsia is an open source-based, dec...

For the second episode of The State of Pipelines: Past, Present & Future, our featured guests are maintainers, contributors, and active voices in the Jenkins project and CD Foundation. This year Jenkins celebrates its 18 birthday! As the leading open source automation server, Jenkins provides hundreds of plugins to support building, deploying, and automating any project. Hosts Alan Shimel and Lori...

Continuous delivery (CD) has evolved since its inception. Our inaugural episode will trace this evolution, starting with the state of pipelines: Past, present and future. Our featured guests are maintainers, contributors and active voices in the Tekton project and CD Foundation. Tekton is an open source framework for creating CD systems, allowing developers to build, test and deploy across cloud p...