Adam Hawkins
Software Delivery Coach
Appears in 122 Episodes
The High-Velocity Edge: Part Four
Part four of a ten-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edge by Steven Spear. This episode introduces the two pillars of the first capability: design systems...
The High-Velocity Edge: Part Three
This episode tells how Admiral Hyman Rickover demonstrated the four capabilities while creating the US Navy's nuclear reactor (or NR) program. Part three of a ten-part...
The High Velocity Edge: Part Two
The four capabilities demonstrated by Alcoa's commitment to changing their safety culture.
The High-Velocity Edge: Part One
Part one of a nine-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edge by Steven Spear. This episode demonstrates how complex systems fail through the story of Mrs. Gr...
Dev Environments with Bryan Finster
Adam & Bryan Finster discuss the development workflows required for delivering to production daily with fast feedback and high confidence. Don't miss this one.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team with Dave Mangot
Adam discusses "The Five Dysfunctions of Team" by Patrick Lencioni with SRE & DevOps expert Dave Mangot.
Transforming Conversations with Jeffrey Fredrick & Douglas Squirrel
Adam Hawkins discuss Jeffrey Fredrick & Douglas Squirrel's book "Agile Conversations". They get into the concept of "TDD for People" and leading change through better ...
Value Streams with Carmen de Ardo
Carmen de Ardo & Adam Hawkins give an introduction to value streams and value stream management.
Team Topologies with Matthew Skelton
Matthew Skelton & Adam Hawkins discuss concepts in "Team Topologies" and inflection points in team and software architecture.
Developer Principles with Markus Schirp
Markus Schirp & Adam Hawkins discuss the principles and practices that led to mutation testing and impact on effective daily work.
Saltside Chronicles with Sebastian Dahlgren
Sebastian Dahlgren & Adam Hawkins continue the Saltside Chronicles by discussing the rewrite's long tail impacts on Saltside.
Saltside Chronicles #5: Retrospective
The third episode in a five part series on the Big Bang rewrite completed at Saltside in 2014/15. This episode is a retrospective through the lens of the flow framewor...
Saltside Chronicles #4: A New Architecture
The fourth episode in a five part series on the Big Bang rewrite completed at Saltside in 2014/15. This episode discusses how we split the monolith and created a new a...
Saltside Chronicles #3: The Snow Ball
The third episode in a five part series on the Big Bang rewrite completed at Saltside in 2014/15. This episode discusses how we started off creating an API & Android a...
Saltside Chronicles #2: Technical Debt Calls
The second episode in a five part series on the Big Bang rewrite completed at Saltside in 2014/15. This episode discusses the technical debt and architecture issues th...
Saltside Chronicles #1: Overview
The first in a five part series on the Big Bang rewrite completed at Saltside in 2014/15. This episode briefly tells the entire story as a backdrop for subsequent epis...
Service Level Objectives with Alex Hidalgo
Alex Hidalgo & Adam Hawkins discuss the theory, practices, and the hard problems with service level objectives (SLOs).
Software Delivery at Buildkite with Keith Pitt
Keith Pitt & Adam Hawkins discuss the fearless continuous deployment culture at Buildkite.
GitOps & ArgoCD with Viktor Farcic
Viktor Farcic & Adam Hawkins discuss logic behind GitOps, how to use ArgoCD, and changing the way we think of production environments.
Open Policy Agent with Torin Sandall
Torin Sandall & Adam Hawkins discuss shifting left on security with Open Policy Agent (OPA), conftest, and rego. Plus Small Batches housekeeping.
