The FOSSA Podcast https://fossapodcast.podbean.com The engineering minds behind FOSSA’s open source management platform discuss the latest news, trends, and learnings in software development. Wed, 24 May 2023 23:37:00 +0000 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en 2022 FOSSA Engineering Podcast Technology 1440 episodic FOSSA Engineering Team FOSSA Engineering Team No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19200141/screen-shot-2022-11-30-at-8-25-20-pm.jpg The FOSSA Podcast https://fossapodcast.podbean.com 144 144 The FOSSA Podcast: Product Management from Startup to Enterprise The FOSSA Podcast: Product Management from Startup to Enterprise https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-fossa-podcast-product-management-from-startup-to-enterprise/ https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-fossa-podcast-product-management-from-startup-to-enterprise/#comments Wed, 24 May 2023 23:37:00 +0000 a4a3a14f-8440-4a91-bf92-bf56bee44aa6
  • 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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  • 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
    • ]]>     FOSSA Engineering Team false No 3108 6 full     The FOSSA Podcast: Managing Engineering Projects The FOSSA Podcast: Managing Engineering Projects https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-fossa-podcast-managing-engineering-projects/ https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-fossa-podcast-managing-engineering-projects/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2023 23:30:00 +0000 283a4199-321f-498c-a4a9-67d7afbdc6da 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

    ]]>     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

    ]]>     FOSSA Engineering Team false No 2992 5 full     The FOSSA Podcast: SCA Purchasing and Implementation Trends The FOSSA Podcast: SCA Purchasing and Implementation Trends https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-fossa-podcast-sca-purchasing-and-implementation-trends/ https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/the-fossa-podcast-sca-purchasing-and-implementation-trends/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2023 02:44:00 +0000 c11ac00f-ea08-48d0-93b2-6b607d5aa4eb
  • 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
    • ]]>
  • 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
    • ]]>     FOSSA Engineering Team false No 2846 4 full     Structuring and Growing a Customer Success Team Structuring and Growing a Customer Success Team https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/structuring-and-growing-a-customer-success-team/ https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/structuring-and-growing-a-customer-success-team/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:27:00 +0000 f69cfd05-be0d-4dfc-83be-5859220685ae
  • 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
    • ]]>
  • 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
    • ]]>     FOSSA Engineering Team false No 2059 3 full     Early-Stage Technology Decisions and Regrets Early-Stage Technology Decisions and Regrets https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/early-stage-technology-decisions-and-regrets/ https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/early-stage-technology-decisions-and-regrets/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2023 22:52:00 +0000 35d0946c-5289-46df-b77d-d1dd378283fa
  • 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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  • 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.

    ]]>     FOSSA Engineering Team false No 3152 2 full     Adopting Haskell Into an Existing Codebase Adopting Haskell Into an Existing Codebase https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/adopting-haskell-into-an-existing-codebase/ https://fossapodcast.podbean.com/e/adopting-haskell-into-an-existing-codebase/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2023 01:06:00 +0000 89490e85-2600-489e-899e-96c0ad079b08
  • 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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  • 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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