Zarar Siddiqi

The Continuous Delivery Podcast

A podcast about continuously delivering valuable software to production.

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Zarar Siddiqi

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Feb 13, 2026

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Episodes

Ep. 52: Sr. Engineer Drunk Post Reaction 02.06.2021

/u/flipstables on Reddit had a drunk post titled "Things I've Learned as a Sr. Engineer". In this episode we look at some of the drunken insights that came to light. With Gino Marckx and Zarar Siddiqi. If you enjoy the show, please do rate us in your favourite podcast app. Here's the post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/nmodyl/drunk_post_things_ive_learned_as...

Ep. 51: Communicating Technical Debt 26.05.2021

So your team has loads of technical debt and you can't get "permission" to fix it. We got you. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjt...

Ep. 50: When Designers Become Product Owners 11.05.2021

Why not just cut up the design from Figma into user stories and deliver them blindly? With Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWD...

Ep. 49: Pet Peeves - Tech Story, PO Delegation, Fungibility, Testing, State Management 04.05.2021

The gang tackles things that annoy them. It's pet peeves time and on the docket are technical stories, Product Owners delegating to Business Analysts, people fungibility, testing approaches and state management. Blog post referenced in podcast about state management: https://zararsiddiqi.com/avoiding-duplication-in-state-management/ With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Mo...

Ep. 48: Intentional Chaos 26.04.2021

How can innovation and resiliency be achieved through intentionally injecting chaos into our systems? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi and Stacey Vetzal. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.f...

Ep. 47: What makes a good fluency model? 15.04.2021

If there was such a thing, what would a good fluency model look like? With Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi and Stacey Vetzal. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM...

Ep. 46: Design Rules: Reveals Intention, Fewest Elements 07.04.2021

Kent Beck had four software design rules, we dissect two of them: reveals intention, fewest elements. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi and Stacey Vetzal. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.f...

Ep. 45: Evaluating Metrics 02.04.2021

If you're not prepared to respond to a metric, don't measure it. We discuss how to evaluate which metrics can be useful and which harmful. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx and Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts...

Ep 44: COTS Software Testing 24.03.2021

How do you test and not test commercial off-the-shelf software integrations? With Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi and Stacey Vetzal. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS F...

Ep. 43: Reteaming 10.03.2021

What's the value of reteaming and how do you go about it? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx and Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bi...

Ep. 42: Coaching Through Conflict 03.03.2021

What are the types of conflict that arise on a team and what are some tools we can use to navigate them? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Stacey Vetzal. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA Li...

Ep. 41: Back to the Basics 22.02.2021

In this episode we go back to the basics and ask why someone would be considering continuous delivery. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Stacey Vetzal. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA Link...

Ep. 40: Kanban Pitfalls 16.02.2021

Kanban's more than pain medication for Scrum. In this episode we discuss what early steps teams can take to make the most out of Kanban. With Csaba Bereczki, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi and Stacey Vetzal. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotif...

Ep. 39: Squads in the Trenches 09.02.2021

Delivering software often depends on people who work deep in the organization's architecture on system of records like mainframes. How does a cross-functional team higher in the stack collaborate with the critical people working on these systems? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.l...

Ep. 38: Definition of Done 02.02.2021

What's a definition of done, how to create one and what to avoid when doing so. With Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi and Stacey Vetzal. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https:/...

Ep. 37: Should User Stories be Vertical End-to-End Slices? 19.01.2021

How does Continuous Delivery which focuses on shipping small increments jive with the idea that user stories should be vertical end-to-end slices that deliver complete functionality? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Po...

Ep. 36: Listener Q - Is Scrum suitable for complex bug fixes? 15.01.2021

Podcast listener, Vitalii, asks how to use Scrum when the primary responsibility of the team is software maintenance and fixing complicated bugs which are hard to reproduce and take a long time to fix? How do we measure value when all we do is fix bugs? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Accompanying post: https://zararsiddiqi.com/bug-fixes-and-scru...

Ep. 35: Defining DevOps 05.01.2021

What's the problem DevOps is trying to solve? Perhaps answering that question can lead us to a definition for this often used and more often abused term. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co...

Ep. 34: Getting Started with Continuous Delivery 16.12.2020

Topics: Techniques for framing continuous delivery Must-haves before you start The continuous delivery MVP With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA...

Ep. 33: Breaking up Monoliths 09.12.2020

Topics: Why monoliths are bad Strategies for breaking them up Why monoliths are good With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https:...

Ep. 32: Refactoring 04.12.2020

Topics: Importance of refactoring When to refactor Refactor != Redesign Cost of not refactoring With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Gr...

Ep. 31: Is agile needed to continuously deliver? 27.11.2020

In this episode we discuss whether we need agile to continuously deliver.  With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3...

Ep. 30: WIP 19.11.2020

Topics: Why high Work in Progress is harmful Types of WIP Why WIP runs high Non-software WIP With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group...

Ep. 29: Mocking 13.11.2020

Topics: Use cases for mocking Feature toggles and mocking combination Avoiding complexity Mocking anti-patterns As a proxy for software design quality Mocking in legacy systems code With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Pod...

Ep. 28: Cost of Delay 05.11.2020

Topics: What is Cost of Delay? Calculating CoD Alternative approaches when not applicable Issues with CoD With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Principles of Product Development Flow https://www.amazon.ca/Principles-Product-Development-Flow-Generation/dp/1935401009  Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1239...

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