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Going to ProductionTrue Development in the AI Age: What It Means Beyond Writing CodeIs computer science a dying field now that AI can generate code? Are developers just becoming "code monkeys" who paste AI output into repositories? In this episode, David Dieruf and Wael Rabadi tackle these questions head-on and explore what true development actually means when AI handles the implementation grunt work.
What You'll Learn:
What true development means beyond writing code
Why context and documentation are critical for effective AI pairing
How AI exposes the difference between code monkeys and real developers
The importance of shared understanding and ubiquitous language
Why interdisciplinary teams and collaboration matter more...
2025-12-1100 minGoing to ProductionProduction First Development: Why Staging Environments Are Holding You BackMost engineering teams treat staging environments as a safety net—a place to test changes before they hit production. But what if that safety net is actually slowing you down and creating more problems than it solves? In this episode, David Dieruf and Wael Rabadi challenge the conventional wisdom around staging environments and make the case for production-first development.
What You'll Learn:
Why staging environments create false confidence and environment parity problems
How infrastructure as code (CDKTF) enables production-first development
Blue-green deployment strategies for safe production deployments
Why moving the edge to deployment eliminates the need fo...
2025-11-2700 min
Noise ComplaintCreative Writing - Advanced LyricsOur friend Tariq Hussain from UBC's Creative Writing department returns with his class for a special broadcast on CiTR. This year, the class focussed on musical Theatre and the class was kind enough to share dramatic readings from their musicals.
1. Werther's Original
Werther’s Original is a musical written by Jadan Vines that follows Tyler, a young bride, who, upon discovering her mother’s unwanted mingling in her relationship, runs away to her estranged Aunt Deborah’s diner. When familial secrets are revealed, the women of this family must learn how to let go, hold on, and move forward with love.
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2025-11-2700 minGoing to ProductionAI Pair Programming: How AI is Transforming Developer Roles and VelocityThe rise of AI coding assistants is fundamentally changing what it means to be a software developer. But contrary to popular fear, AI isn't replacing engineers—it's transforming their roles from code writers to context managers and decision-makers. In this episode, David Dieruf and Wael Rabadi explore how AI pair programming is reshaping development at every level, from entry-level developers to senior architects.
What You'll Learn:
How AI is transforming developer roles at entry, mid, and senior levels
Why context management is the new critical skill for developers
The economics of AI pair programming and productivity ga...
2025-11-1300 minGoing to ProductionThin Slices vs Story Points: Better Backlog Grooming for Engineering TeamsMost engineering teams struggle with backlog grooming because they focus on estimating story points and debating technical implementation details rather than defining user value and thin slices. In this episode, David Dieruf and Wael Rabadi discuss why traditional backlog grooming often becomes a solutioning session—and how to shift toward grooming that enables rapid iteration, effective testing, and better product outcomes.
What You'll Learn:
Why story points create false precision and slow teams down
How to identify true thin slices that deliver vertical value
The difference between grooming (defining what) and solutioning (planning how)
Practical techniques fo...
2025-10-3000 minGoing to ProductionWhen Good Engineers Build Bad Systems: Why Smart Teams Create ProblemsWhy do talented engineers with good intentions end up building problematic architectures? In this episode, we explore how smart teams create bad systems through local optimization, unintended consequences, and the gap between component thinking and systems thinking.
What You'll Learn:
Why smart teams create problematic architectures
The danger of local optimization without global context
Unintended consequences of well-intentioned technical decisions
Systems thinking vs component thinking
How technical debt accumulates in successful systems
Patterns that lead good engineers to build bad systems
Key Insight: Good engineers build bad systems when they optimize locally without understanding the...
2025-10-1600 minGoing to ProductionThe Stack, The Plan, and The Platform: Modern Delivery Stack MethodologyYour technology stack isn't just a list of tools—it's the foundation of your entire delivery system. In this episode, we introduce the Modern Delivery Stack methodology: how to connect business goals to technical decisions through a unified platform that enables sustainable velocity.
What You'll Learn:
The Modern Delivery Stack framework: Customer Value → Domain Applications → Domain Services → Runtime Platform
How to connect business goals to customer outcomes through technology
Why platform is the foundation for delivery, not just infrastructure
Strategic technology planning that aligns with business objectives
The difference between tooling and delivery systems
How to build pl...
2025-10-0200 minGoing to ProductionConway's Law in Action: How Team Structure Dictates System ArchitectureYour system architecture mirrors your organizational structure—whether you planned it that way or not. In this episode, we explore Conway's Law in practice: how team boundaries, communication patterns, and organizational design directly shape the technical systems you build.
What You'll Learn:
How team structure inevitably dictates system architecture
Why organizational design is a technical decision
Real-world examples of Conway's Law in action
How to align teams with your desired architecture
The relationship between communication patterns and system boundaries
Strategies for restructuring teams to enable better systems
Key Insight: If you want to change your ar...
2025-09-1800 minGoing to ProductionThe Platform Multiplication Problem: Why Teams Duplicate InfrastructureWhy do organizations end up with multiple platform teams building the same infrastructure? In this episode, we explore the platform multiplication problem—how well-intentioned teams create duplicated effort, fragmented systems, and wasted resources across the organization.
What You'll Learn:
Why platform teams naturally duplicate effort across organizations
The hidden costs of fragmented infrastructure and tooling
How team autonomy leads to platform proliferation
The difference between platform teams and platform engineering
Why unified delivery systems matter for scale
Practical approaches to consolidating platform efforts
Key Insight: Platform multiplication happens when teams optimize locally without understanding the gl...
2025-09-0400 min
If These Walls Could TalkWendy Stuart & Tym Moss Interview Motivational Speaker and Author David RabadiJournalist/Author/Speaker David Rabadi has just released his highly anticipated new book “How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself.” Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style, of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstories of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their audience along for a fantastic ride.
2021-07-2258 min
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2021-07-0919 min
InfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 minInfoTrakA Surprising Jump in Highway Deaths and Smart Advice for Medical Bills-Mental Health Struggles in the Pandemic EraLast year, there was a double-digit percentage increase in reports of anxiety and depression symptoms, yet many struggling with these issues don't seek help. Well get some wise advice from mental health advocate David Rabadi, National Speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and author of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself", who has faced the same struggles and prevailed.
2021-07-0200 min
Sunday Morning MagazineFacing mental health issues is the beginning of living a stronger lifeTwo guests offer good, supportive information about facing and dealing with mental health/illness conditions. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation study, 41% of Americans report anxiety and depression symptoms up from just 11% in 2019. So it's important to be open about it and talk about it. Kevin Petersen is a family addictions psychotherapist and author of Chronic Hope: Families and addiction. Kevin speaks and counsels from his own experiences with addiction. www.ChronicHope.us
David Rabadi is a mental health advocate whose mission is to erase the stigma surrounding mental illness. He's also written about his experiences with bi -polar disorder...
2021-06-0629 min
The Mike Wagner ShowAuthor David Rabadi of "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself" is back with an update!Author David Rabadi is back by popular demand with an update on his book “How I Lost my Mind and Found Myself” and continues to be an advocate for mental health in the LGBTQ community to fight stigma towards mental health, plus shares his stories with everyone so they don’t feel alone! David also lived in the Middle East and the first Jordanian to come out publicly and talks about his upcoming plans for 2021 and beyond!Don’t forget to check out his book on Amazon and www.davidrabadi.com today! #davidrabadi #author #memoir #howilostmymindandfounfmyself #mentalhealth #LGBTQ #middleeast #jordan...
2021-05-2735 min
Issues Today RadioIssues Today 21-22(#21-22-May 24-May 30) Ray Perkins discusses patent jacking. Brandolyn Barnett answers the question,"How can people of color get a seat at the table? and David Rabadi on mental health month.
2021-05-2428 min
The Mindless Morning ShowComing Out, And Staying Strong with Author David Rabadi!We were so fortunate to be given the time we had to speak with author David Rabadi about what growing up was like, and the book he wrote "How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself"! David Rabadi is not only an author however, he's a mental health and LGBTQ advocate. More importantly, he is the first Jordanian to come out publicly in Yonkers, NY! Being an advocate he has even mentioned being happy to talk to others who have similar struggles. Let's beat the stigmatism in his name and with his help! Check out his book, and be...
2021-04-091h 14
Big Queer Book Club PodcastDavid Rabadi - How I Lost My Mind and Found MyselfKendra and Amanda talk to author David Rabadi about his memoir How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself. David is the first gay Jordanian to come out in Yonkers.The sentence for being gay and Arab is death-even when the punishment is self-inflicted. Living a closeted life in a Middle-Eastern culture is brutal-and potentially deadly. Add to the mix mental illness and your odds of survival drop to near zero. How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself is the true story of how one man lived to tell the tale. Gay Arab, David Rabadi, had b...
2021-03-1254 min
Positively PipemanPipemanRadio Interviews David RabadiPipemanRadio interviews David Rabadi. Listen as they discuss David's new book, mental awareness, sharing personal stories with others, relationship dynamics, and being bipolar. Positively Pipeman is a segment of The Adventures of Pipeman Radio Show (#pipemanradio) broadcast live on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com), W4VET Radio, and K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). This podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).Become a supporter of this podcast...
2021-03-0932 min
The Power of PipemanPipemanRadio Interviews David RabadiPipemanRadio interviews David Rabadi. Listen as they discuss David's new book, mental awareness, sharing personal stories with others, relationship dynamics, and being bipolar. The Power of Pipeman is a segment of The Adventures of Pipeman Radio Show (#pipemanradio) broadcast live on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com), W4VET Radio, and K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). This podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).
2021-03-0932 min
The Mike Wagner ShowAuthor/mental health/LGBTQ advocate David Rabadi talks about his new book How I Lost my Mind and Found Myself!Author David Rabadi talks about his new book and memoir“ How I Lost My Mind and Found Myself” (available on Amazon and more) plus being the first Jordanian to come out in Yonkers, NY! David is also a mental health and LGBTQ advocate and a writer for Splash magazine! Check out his website at ww.davidrabadi.com!
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2020-11-2839 min
AME Radio ShowAME Radio Show -David Rabadi & Brina TorchDavid Rabadi - David is a mental health and LGBTQ advocate who penned his story of overcoming his mental illness and coming out as gay to his Muslim family called "I Lost My Mind and Found Myself". We discuss his struggles and how he overcame it.Brina Torch - Brina is a young singer/songwriter making her presence known in the Pop music world. She released her new single "Barbie". We talk about her passion for music, songwriting and her new single.
2020-09-181h 00