The FOSSA Podcast

Episodes

1. 6

   The 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...

   May 24, 2023

   51m
2. 5

   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

   Apr 28, 2023

   49m
3. 4

   The 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...

   Apr 4, 2023

   47m
4. 3

   Structuring 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…

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   Mar 9, 2023

   34m
5. 2

   Early-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...

   Feb 21, 2023

   52m
6. 1

   Adopting 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...

   Feb 3, 2023

   46m