Z DevOps Talks

In this episode, we are LIVE for the very first time! David and Chris have the pleasure of speaking with Russ May, a developer for IBM's Developer for z/OS (IDz) product suite. He takes us through the work he's done, how he got the ideas, and what he's doing to make an impact in the work-lives of all the good folks in our mainframe community who are using IDz to keep the engine running. Enjoy, and don't forget to weigh in on the poll!

In this episode, Chris and David speak with Guy Slade and Luke Burgess about IBM's Dependency Based Build (DBB) zBuilder tool! Learn more at the link below:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/adffz/dbb/3.0.x?topic=zbuilder-getting-started

In this episode, Chris and David speak with John Bouzakis about the amazing body of work his team has accomplished (including building z/OS) and how it got done.

In this episode, Chris and David welcome IBM's Peter Haumer to talk about IBM Developer for z/OS, IBM Bob, and his work with MCP tooling within those development environment. Peter is one of the most passionate and accomplished guests we've ever had and we're so excited to share this episode! Check out some of Peter's work at the links below:

MCP in IDz on VS Code overview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpI7HOEnv_k

IBM Bob Premium Package for Z introduction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dos36WG9xN4

IBM Bob Premium Package for Z capabilities article - https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/latrell-freeman/2026/07/08/ibm-bob-premium-package-for-z-ai-powered-developme

On this episode, Chris does a solo session with Jennifer Walker and Neha Shah to talk about IBM's Test Accelerator for Z product! Testing is important, and there's lots to talk about. Enjoy the show!

Welcome everyone to the first Z DevOps Talks episode of 2026! As fate would have it, both Chris and David happened to be in the same place at the same time for once, and it happened to be in Orlando at the SHARE Conference. Plot twist: Chris was actually attending SHARE, David was just hanging out. What are the odds???

As promised in the episode, we are hopeful to be able to interact with our listeners more this year! We're still working out the details on a few things, but until then, we suggest joining the System Z Enthusiasts Discord server at https://discord.gg/sze where we're going to post updates. Thanks for listening, from the bottom of our hearts.

In this episode, David and Chris talk with.... a whole lot of people. Might be tied for our largest guest group yet! We had Mohit Satoskar, Neha Shah, and Gerald Mitchell on to discuss IBM's Test Accelerator for Z testing product: what it is, what it does, how it does what it does, and cool features that have been released recently. Enjoy the listen, and check out the product here!

In this episode, David is live on the scene (back in August) at SHARE! He was able to catch up with Paul Buchanan from Ensono and have a great conversation. Enjoy!

In this episode of zDevOps Talks, David and I were able hook Frank De Gilio! This is big news, in case you weren't aware, Frank has run a very successful, very entertaining and informative podcast called Terminal Talk over the years and he is one big fish that we were hoping to get on our show. We talk simplification, the rebel alliance, and more on re:ipl (you can almost think of it as a semi-part-two of our last episode with Steven Perva). Have a listen, it's a great talk!

In this episode, Steven Perva is back again to talk about his unconference, re:ipl. This year will be the second time he has hosted this conference and it sounds like a really good time. He also is founded the System Z Enthusiasts Discord server, found here: https://discord.gg/sze

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