In this episode, we discuss:

• Can “move fast and break things” work in a large enterprise when people’s jobs are at stake? (3:35)

• Why your build pipeline is one of the first places to start when it comes to modernization (9:27)

• Developer happiness, productivity, Testcontainers, CI/CD and more (14:55)

• Why functional programming with languages like Scala and Kotlin has made James a better programmer and advocate (18:34)

• Technical debt issues, and how to think about it (27:48)

For more information, check out these resources:

• Listen to James’s podcast with co-host Bruce Eckel: https://anchor.fm/happypathprogramming

• TechCrunch covers Kotlin at Google, featuring James: https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/18/five-years-later-google-is-still-all-in-on-kotlin/

• James’ website, Twitter, and LinkedIn profiles:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesward

https://www.twitter.com/_jamesward