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ShipTalk is the podcast series on the ins, outs, ups, and downs of software delivery. This series dives into the vast ocean Software Delivery, bringing aboard industry tech leaders, seasoned engineers, and insightful customers to navigate through the currents of the ever-evolving software landscape. Each session explores the real-world challenges and victories encountered by today’s tech innovator... more

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How do you secure data in the age of Agentic AI? 🤖🔐

In this episode of ShipTalk, Dewan Ahmed sits down with Devan Shah, Chief Architect of Data Security at IBM, to explore the massive shift from traditional DevOps to AI-infused software delivery. more

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In this special predictions episode of ShipTalk, host Dewan Ahmed (Principal Developer Advocate, Harness) sits down with Nick Durkin, Field CTO at Harness, to unpack what’s actually coming in 2026—beyond the hype.

They explore whether we’re heading ... more

In this episode of the ShipTalk Podcast, host Dewan Ahmed (Principal Developer Advocate at Harness) sits down with Evgeny Ilinykh (Founder of GuidedMind.ai and former Tesla Engineering Manager) to move past the AI hype and get into the engineering re... more

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In this episode of Ship Talk, host Dewan Ahmed (Principal Developer Advocate, Harness) sits down with Marina Petzel, Senior ML Engineer and AI Productivity Lead at Autodesk, to unpack what it actually looks like to ship AI into long-lived, production... more

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Devan Shah
Chief Architect Data Security at IBM
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Episode: Crown Jewels In, Crown Jewels Out – The Hidden Risk of AI with Devan Shah (IBM)
Nick Durkin
Harness Field CTO
Harness
Episode: CTO Predictions for 2026: How AI Will Change Software Development (with Harness Field CTO Nick Durkin)
Evgeny Ilinykh
Founder of guidedmind.ai, rag consultant and former Tesla engineer
guidedmind.ai
Episode: Beyond the Magic Box: Solving AI Hallucinations with Precision RAG (with Evgeny Ilinykh)
Marina Petzel
Senior ML Engineer and AI Productivity Lead at Autodesk
Autodesk
Episode: Shipping Practical AI: How to Build Real-World ML for 2D Drawings (with Marina Petzel)
Adeeb Valiulla
Leads Developer Productivity and Efficiency at Harness
Harness
Episode: Beyond Dashboards: How AI Is Redefining Developer Productivity with Adeeb Valiulla
Fatih Bulut
AI architect at Microsoft; former IBM Master Inventor
Microsoft
Episode: AI for Security vs Security for AI: From IBM Master Inventor to Microsoft AI Architect
Aravind Putrevu
Head of Developer Relationships at CodeRabbit
CodeRabbit
Episode: Debugging Developer Productivity in an AI-native World with Aravind Putrevu (CodeRabbit)
Nathen Harvey
DORA Lead and Developer Advocate at Google Cloud
Google Cloud
Episode: DORA, DevEx, and the Role of AI with Nathen Harvey (Google Cloud)
Puneet Saraswat
VP of Engineering at Harness
Harness
Episode: From Windows Kernel to AI-Native Platforms: Scaling Engineering Teams and Systems with Puneet Saraswat

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Dewan Ahmed
Co-host handling discussions on platform engineering, DevOps, and AI-enabled software delivery

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From Windows Kernel to AI-Native Platforms: Scaling Engineering Teams and Systems with Puneet Saraswat
Q: How did the move to Harness come about, and what was the driving motivation?
Puneet describes identifying the toil in large-scale deployments at Azure (bi-weekly release cadence, patching, and regional deployments) and recognizing Harness's problem space as something valuable to address for enabling smoother CI/CD and deployments, which motivated the switch.
From Windows Kernel to AI-Native Platforms: Scaling Engineering Teams and Systems with Puneet Saraswat
Q: What were the major takeaways from building Windows and Azure-scale systems at Microsoft?
Key lessons included the importance of telemetry and root-cause analysis for production issues, the shift from monolithic releases to continuous deployment, and learning to design for fault isolation and scalable control planes across regions.
From Windows Kernel to AI-Native Platforms: Scaling Engineering Teams and Systems with Puneet Saraswat
Q: Where did Puneet's passion for engineering begin, and what shaped his early curiosity?
Puneet describes a late-middle school moment in a computer lab in India where instant feedback from programming inspired him, followed by formative experiences at IIT Kanpur and early projects in AI and machine learning that cemented his love for solving problems with code.
Beyond Dashboards: How AI Is Redefining Developer Productivity with Adeeb Valiulla
Q: What are the top three structural measures teams should invest in to safely scale AI in their pipelines?
Invest in platform governance and guardrails embedded in pipelines, maintain strong security reviews for AI-generated code, and ensure feature flags and testing guard deployments as AI scales across the delivery lifecycle.
Beyond Dashboards: How AI Is Redefining Developer Productivity with Adeeb Valiulla
Q: How has AI changed the way you measure engineering productivity and what metrics matter now?
AI has shifted productivity from raw output to outcomes and business value, focusing on throughput, stability, and the efficiency of AI-assisted work, while guarding against increased costs and noise.

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What is ShipTalk about and what kind of topics does it cover?

This show centers on practical software delivery, blending conversations about AI in production, DevOps, platform engineering, and developer productivity with real-world lessons from engineering leaders. Episodes frequently explore guardrails and governance for AI-enabled pipelines, secure and scalable CI/CD, DevEx and developer tooling, as well as large-scale platform strategies, Kubernetes, and cloud-native practices. Noteworthy angles include balancing speed with security, AI-assisted development, and the human aspects of adoption—trust, process, and organizational culture—presented through candid stories, tactical frameworks, and concrete examples from enterprise teams. Listeners of this program are likely developers, engineering manage... more

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