Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitch Ashley, Camberley Bates and Jack Poller discuss the state of DevOps in the age of artificial intelligence as 2026 gets underway. The gang examines how AI is reshaping workflows, tooling and team structures across software development and operations.
The conversation then turns to the question of where the new AI jobs are, weighing expectations against the realities of enterprise hiring and skills development. The episode concludes with a discussion of the critical role identity plays in cybersecurity, an area that remains widely misunderstood even as identity-based attacks continue to rise.