Welcome to Software Delivery Club – The Reboot

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Welcome to software delivery club.

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Every week we explore different aspects of the business of delivering

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software, into production, talking to industry experts about how they

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get to keep their production software running, whether they buy or build

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how they cope with new features and product changes, how they keep their

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customers satisfied while also keeping themselves and their engineers happy.

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What tools they like to use and which ones they don't as well as tales from

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the frontline when it comes to delivering and supporting production grade software.

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Thank you for joining me.

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Welcome.

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I'm Richard Bown, your host, and I believe that an explanation is in order.

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Software delivery club is the new name of this podcast.

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It used to be called automation for the nation.

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While it's not a complete reboot in terms of content, I wanted to draw

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the line in the sand between what I was trying to do a few months

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ago and where this podcast is now.

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For the last few weeks, I've been looking to better focus my newsletter and this

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podcast around a more specific subject.

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When I started out earlier this year, I had the ambition to bring

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systems thinking, structured delivery and software engineering, best

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practice to anyone who wants it.

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I thought I cared deeply about systems and processes.

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However, business leaders, engineering leaders, and

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software engineers want results.

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All of them want to make sure that their projects work and are successful.

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Automation through systems, implementation of processes, and good planning are

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just some of the tools that we use.

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So while I love the idea of making automation accessible to all, the true

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magic we're looking for, I believe is at the intersection of software development

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practice, product and pragmatism.

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Above all, it's about creating and delivering effective software systems,

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which are delight for the user.

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And this is something I have plenty of experience with, from building

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enterprise software, for network management, billing systems, high volume,

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financial accounting, and reporting systems, mobile native, and cross

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platform , IoT embedded and network management, cloud infrastructure delivery,

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infrastructure as code, CI/CD and DevOps.

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You name it, I've done it better to share the experience with great guests

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about stuff that I know really well.

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So to put it another way, this podcast is all about software delivery.

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The way software is built, tested, deployed, and made available for our users

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. Every day, every week, I talk about

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software solutions to your customers, whether they be internal or external,

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whether you see your product as a business cost center or a profit center

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The things we admit to ourselves are:

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1.

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Building software is fun.

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2.

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Delivering software can be hard.

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3.

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It can get harder to deliver quality software changes.

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When there are customers to support.

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How do you improve your product, support customers and stay reliable?

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Software delivery club is about that.

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It's about the build, test, infrastructure, automation,

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tooling, observability, feedback, planning, product, organization.

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I hope you continue to enjoy the content.

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As always, I would love your feedback.

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If you'd like to be on a future episode to discuss anything to do with software

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delivery, such as supporting software and production, the challenges of development,

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testing deploying CI/CD or DevOps security compliance, tooling, or anything

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else, then feel free to get in touch.

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I would love to hear your suggestions.

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You can reach me via richardwbown.com or on Twitter @richardwbown.

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That's B O W N.

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If you'd like what you hear on software delivery club, then please consider

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subscribing to the podcast on your favorite platform, whether it be

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apple podcasts, Google, Spotify, or wherever else you consume your content.

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And please also tell your friends and colleagues about us and help us grow.

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Until the next time.

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Keep cool.

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Keep coding.