In this episode, Dave speaks with Derek Holt, CEO at digital.ai, to discuss how AI should be used in testing to give organizations the most value.

In this podcast, they talk about:

-- How AI pays off when it handles pattern-heavy, low-judgment work

-- How fully autonomous, “one-click” QA has issues

-- What organizations can do to get started using AI in software testing

In this episode, Dave interviews Sydnee Mayers, product lead at Cribl, about the skills developers need to thrive in 2026.

They discuss:

• How the development role is changing
• The specific skills developers need going forward
• How organizations should handle the speed at which things are changing

In this episode, Jenna interviews Adi Polak, director of advocacy and developer experience engineering at Confluent, about why developers need to embrace a head chef mindset when working with AI agents.

They discuss:

• What it means to adopt a "head chef" mindset
• The mental shifts needed to work this way
• What role data streaming plays in enabling this

In this episode, Jenna interviews Vic Chynoweth, CEO of Tempo Software, about how the company predicts that this year software development teams will begin challenging the rising complexity in their dev environments.

They discuss:

• Why teams are shifting from executing work to questioning why it exists
• What's driving rising complexity
• How SPM can help manage complexity

In this episode, Jenna interviews Jeff Malnick, GM of developer and AI at 1Password, about the open source agent platform OpenClaw and some of the security concerns that have been raised about it.

They discuss:

• What OpenClaw is
• The security issues that could result from using it
• Steps to take to reduce risk when experimenting with it 

Here are a few blog posts from 1Password mentioned in the episode:

• From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface
• It’s incredible. It’s terrifying. It’s OpenClaw.
• How to build secure agent swarms that power production-grade autonomous systems

In this episode, Dave interviews John Dickerson, CEO of Mozilla.ai, about the current state of open AI models.

They discuss: 

• The challenges of bringing open AI models to the community
• How government regulations could potentially impact open-source AI
• The importance of transparency of models that are being deployed in production

In this episode, Dave interviews Sara Gutierrez, chief science officer at SHL, about the evolving skills needed in an AI-driven workforce.

They discuss: 

• Why in 2026 it's important to have foresight to notice things before disruption hits
• AI as an enabler for talent decisions
• Using small experiments to guide larger decisions

In this episode, we share a webinar hosted by Progress about data and AI readiness. 

Here is the webinar description:

In today’s business landscape, data is your most powerful asset, but only if it’s accessible, digestible and ready for implementation. Progress recently surveyed enterprise leaders to understand the state of data readiness, uncovering critical insights across four key areas.

In this on-demand webinar, you'll hear David Loshin, Data and Information expert from Knowledge Integrity, Inc., dive deeper into the findings from Progress’ latest report. The report results highlight that while many organizations recognize the potential of AI, data challenges are still a major barrier.   

You’ll leave the webinar with key takeaways around topics like these:

• Data Literacy & Accessibility: Are teams able to find and use the data they need?
• Business Initiative Support: How well does your data landscape enable innovation and growth?
• Data Readiness for AI: Is your data prepared to fuel AI and advanced analytics initiatives?
• Data Governance & Risk Management: Are proper controls in place to facilitate  compliant, trustworthy AI outcomes?

You can download the full report here: https://www.progress.com/resources/papers/data-trends 

In this episode, Dave interviews Dan Lorenc, CEO and co-founder of Chainguard, about what happens when open source projects are abandoned.

They discuss:

• How to figure out if a project has been abandoned
• The role of companies in sponsoring open source projects
• How foundations play a role in maintaining projects

Dave Rubinstein was recently a guest on Torc's Guidance Counselor 2.0 live stream, and we're sharing that conversation with you here. 

Listen in to this special episode to learn about how community and mentorship are more important than ever as AI adoption continues. 

In this episode, Jenna interviews Woodson Martin, CEO of OutSystems, about how AI only really assists with a portion of the software development life cycle.

They discuss:

• The areas that will still require a human touch
• The evolution of the developer role and how success should be measured differently
• The bottlenecks that still exist even with AI-assisted coding