A new company announced their launch and Series A funding. Esper (https://esper.io)is building a platform for android device deployment and application management. Not just for Android phones either.  The Esper founders are betting that Android will be the dominant form for embedded devices in both headless and IoT deployments.

The CEO/co-founder of Esper, Yadhu Gopalan knows a little something about this, as he was one of the key people behind Microsoft's Windows CE embedded program.  Yadhu was also a leader of Amazon's Go Store program prior to Esper.

We had a chance to sit down with Yadhu and talk about what raising their $7.5m series A means for Esper and where they are going.

Esper.io Launches Platform for Android Deployment & App Managment

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Alan and Mitch discuss several AI and DevOps topics, including the debate of whether DevOps failed us or if platform engineering is ignoring history; Tabnine is a Microsoft copilot alternative to generate code ; and does your Gen AI get mentally stuck on one path of thinking.

Reference Links: 

Tabnine:
https://devops.com/tabnine-extends-gen-ai-platform-for-writing-code-to-multiple-llms

AI:
https://devops.com/your-ai-might-be-lying-to-you

DevOps Platform Debate, Copilot Alternative and Did your AI lose its mind

Alan and Mitch discuss whether platform engineering will be "the game changer" some predict will happen in 2024, the evolution of CI/CD frameworks (ArgoCD, Tekton), and Mitch's interview with Cole Kennedy, TestifySec CEO, about securing software from source to production.

Links Referenced in Podcast:

https://devops.com/platform-engineering-the-2024-game-changer-in-tech
https://devops.com/driving-the-devops-evolution-argocd-tekton-and-seamless-migrations https://techstrong.tv/videos/interviews/securing-source-to-production-with-testifysecs-cole-kennedy

Platform Engineering in 2024, CI/CD Frameworks and Securing Source to Production

Alan and Mitch debate whether AI can make "no shift" vs. shift left a viable future testing software in production, the "five great DevOps job opportunities" series on DevOps.com, TabNine generative AI testing platform now adds your code into the LLM to generate tests and whether DevOps should be open-ended or have an end goal.

Links Referenced in Podcast:
https://devops.com/forget-shift-left-why-no-shift-is-the-future-of-software-innovation/
https://devops.com/five-great-devops-job-opportunities-77/
https://devops.com/tabnine-extends-generative-ai-testing-platform-by-embracing-rag/
https://devops.com/devops-whats-the-end-goal/

No No-Shift, DevOps Jobs, AI Tests Your Code, DevOps End Goal

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Links Referenced in Podcast:
 https://techstrong.tv/videos/interviews/cloud-dev-environments-coder-ben-potter

DevOps Past, Present, Future and Cloud Development Environments

Mitch and Alan discuss Dagger's Solomon Hyke interview on modernizing DevOps pipelines the current realities of open source, the growth in software supply chain attacks and the value of doing smaller code reviews.

Links Referenced in Podcast:

https://devclass.com/2024/02/12/from-docker-to-dagger-solomon-hykes-on-modernisation-of-the-devops-pipeline/

https://devops.com/the-practicalities-of-open-sourcing

https://devops.com/survey-cyberattacks-aimed-at-software-supply-chains-are-pervasive

https://devops.com/improve-efficiency-with-smaller-code-reviews

Esper.io Launches Platform for Android Deployment & App Managment

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