The FOSSA Podcast

By FOSSA Engineering Team

The engineering minds behind FOSSA’s open source management platform discuss the latest news, trends, and learnings in software development.... more

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How many episodes does The FOSSA Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.

The FOSSA Podcast episodes:

May 24, 2023The FOSSA Podcast: Product Management from Startup to Enterprise
Introductions
How engineering figures out what to build when there’s no product manager: 2:00
Product management at smaller companies vs. larger companies: 4:35
Product management - engineering collaboration (and areas of friction) for midsize companies: 15:50
Growth vs. customer retention during the start-up phase: 20:50
How engineering-product management collaboration evolves during company growth: 26:30
Ticketing and why (and when) it’s necessary and valuable: 28:40
How accountability changes as companies grow: 33:05
Product management tools (and how needs change depending on company stage): 39:30
Whether startups should focus on agile methodologies: 47:19
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52min
April 28, 2023 The FOSSA Podcast: Managing Engineering Projects
Introductions
Evolution of project management at FOSSA: 1:16
Project management in the pre-agile era: 9:54
Scaling and managing multiple teams: 14:08
Gauging engineering organization success: 24:21
Delegating and planning work: 30:29
Scaling teams and roles: 38:15
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50min
April 04, 2023The FOSSA Podcast: SCA Purchasing and Implementation Trends
Introductions
Problems customers are trying to solve with SCA tools like FOSSA: 2:21
Considerations for evaluating SBOM tools: 7:58
Seasoned SCA users vs first-time SCA users: 14:10
How organizations can ensure smooth integration/rollout of SCA: 22:38
What companies should expect during an evaluation/POC of an SCA tool: 26:33
Best practices when transitioning from POC to a full rollout: 33:19
SCA tooling trends to know: 37:42
Final thoughts and takeaways: 45:50
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48min
March 09, 2023Structuring and Growing a Customer Success Team
Introductions
Building the first customer success team: 1:34
Structuring your customer success team: 5:24
FOSSA’s approach to customer success: 7:47
Reflecting on early-stage customer success decisions: 10:18
Setting customer expectations: 13:09
Measuring success: 14:08
Developing processes: 16:26
Defining success: 19:23
NPS scores: 22:13
Gauging customer happiness with your product: 24:25
Increasing collaboration: 28:27
Final thoughts and takeaways: 31:39
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35min
February 21, 2023Early-Stage Technology Decisions and Regrets
Introductions
Single-page applications vs. multi-page applications: 3:40
Language choices and diversity: 8:59
Picking databases: 11:54
Whether (and how) to use ORMs: 13:38
How to think about rewrites: 17:45
Preparing for on-prem environments: 21:06
Linting in types: 26:12
Approaches to creating documentation: 31:11
Considerations for refactoring: 36:35
The sprint process: 42:34
Final thoughts and takeaways: 49:45
Visit our website for more information about FOSSA and how we help organizations manage open source license compliance and security.
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53min
February 03, 2023Adopting Haskell Into an Existing Codebase
Introductions
Why FOSSA adopted Haskell (and why we switched from Golang): 2:30
Why Haskell isn’t hard to learn — with caveats: 10:15
The many positives of Haskell’s type system: 19:40
Effect tracking in Haskell — what it is and why we love it: 23:15
Pros and cons of Haskell for developers: 29:55
Bigger-picture pros and cons of Haskell for less technical decision-makers (like the ability to hire Haskell-savvy developers): 34:00
Visit our website for more information about FOSSA and how we help organizations manage open source license compliance and security.
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47min

FAQs about The FOSSA Podcast:

How many episodes does The FOSSA Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.