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[Dev]olution

Coder
Artificial Intelligence
Software Development
Test-Driven Development
Coding Practices
AI Agents
Developer Productivity
Board Game
Collaboration
Developer Experience
Software Development Lifecycle
AI In Software Testing
Robotics
Agile Development
Mental Health
Sonica
Platform Teams
Developer Industrial Complex
Production Environments
Security Compliance
NASA

The development world is cluttered with buzzwords and distractions. Speed, focus, and freedom? Gone. 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. What do devs really want? How can platform teams drive flow, not friction? How does AI actually help? Join m... more

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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 ... more

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 ... more

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... more

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 l... more

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 intersec... more

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... more

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 wha... more

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 ... more

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Recent Guests

Ted Young
Technical coach with 25 years of experience at companies like Google and Apple.
Independent consultant
Episode: You’ve Been Writing Code Backwards feat. Ted Young
Max Bretschneider
Software engineer working on autonomous parking and simulation for advanced driver assistance systems.
Episode: What Happens When a College Robotics Team Refuses To Play Small with Max Bretschneider
Keiran Sweet
Service Line Owner for Cloud Platforms at Amdocs
Amdocs
Episode: Using Al to Boost Dev Efficiency and Innovation with Keiran Sweet
Noel Jackson
Founder of Sonica, a music platform
Sonica
Episode: This Is Not Vibe Coding, This Is Industrial AI With Noel Jackson
Maaret Pyhäjärvi
Director of Consulting at CGI, self-described polyglot programmer.
CGI
Episode: Is Manual Testing Dead? Why AI Is Exposing Our Blind Spots with Maaret Pyhäjärvi
Dr. Gloria Chance
Former CIO and performance psychologist, CEO of The Mousai Group
The Mousai Group
Episode: Is AI Messing with Our Minds? Breaking Down Its Impact on Mental Health with Dr. Gloria Chance
Marc Hornbeek
CEO of Engineering DevOps Consulting and author of 'Intelligent Continuous Security'
Engineering DevOps Consulting
Episode: Is Agentic AI Your New Security Team or Your Worst Nightmare? Marc Hornbeek Weighs In
Jennifer Spykerman
Founder of DefenseLogic AI, with a background in aerospace and extensive experience in federal contracting.
DefenseLogic AI
Episode: From Managing NASA Projects to AI Vibe Coding with Jennifer Spykerman
Jason Baum
Expert in developer productivity and quality, with extensive experience in automation and testing.
Episode: Are We Shipping Code We Don’t Trust? The AI Productivity Paradox with Jason Baum

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Nicky Pike
Primary host facilitating technical conversations and exploring how platform teams drive productive workflows.

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What Happens When a College Robotics Team Refuses To Play Small with Max Bretschneider
Q: What does being a coder mean to you?
Being a coder means it's okay to not know something and encourages participation in the community.
What Happens When a College Robotics Team Refuses To Play Small with Max Bretschneider
Q: How do you keep the team from kind of falling apart when it seems like everything else is?
Max emphasizes that competition usually provides motivation and he fosters an environment where team members can learn from breaking code and overcoming challenges.
What Happens When a College Robotics Team Refuses To Play Small with Max Bretschneider
Q: How did you get introduced to Coder and what was the moment you thought, man, this is exactly what our robotics clubs needs?
Max started using Coder at work for autonomous vehicles and found it solved many issues he faced, leading him to consider it for his robotics club.
Using Al to Boost Dev Efficiency and Innovation with Keiran Sweet
Q: What really shaped your skepticism about AI?
A mix of witnessing many technologies come and go and understanding the maturity required before they can be effectively adopted.
This Is Not Vibe Coding, This Is Industrial AI With Noel Jackson
Q: What do you think about the current competitors in the music platform space?
Noel believes that many competitors fail to adequately cater to artists' needs, focusing instead on profit.

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Across recent episodes, the show centers on practical, frontline questions in modern development: how AI can augment real-world coding and testing practices, how to improve developer productivity without losing craftsmanship, and how emerging tech reshapes security, governance, and team dynamics. Conversations often balance pragmatic tooling—AI agents, platforms, testing strategies, and DevSecOps—with broader implications for careers, mental health, and the evolving roles of developers in high-stakes domains like aerospace, federal contracting, and robotics. A recurring theme is building healthier, more collaborative workflows where humans and AI cooperate, rather than compete, to ship reliable software and empowering tools for builders and... more

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2. Max Bretschneider
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5. Maaret Pyhäjärvi
6. Dr. Gloria Chance
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