Z DevOps Talks

In this episode, Chris and David speak with Guy Slade and Luke Burgess about IBM's Dependency Based Build (DBB) zBuilder tool! Learn more at the link below:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/adffz/dbb/3.0.x?topic=zbuilder-getting-started

In this episode, Chris and David speak with John Bouzakis about the amazing body of work his team has accomplished (including building z/OS) and how it got done.

In this episode, Chris and David welcome IBM's Peter Haumer to talk about IBM Developer for z/OS, IBM Bob, and his work with MCP tooling within those development environment. Peter is one of the most passionate and accomplished guests we've ever had and we're so excited to share this episode! Check out some of Peter's work at the links below:
MCP in IDz on VS Code overview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpI7HOEnv_k
IBM Bob Premium Package for Z introduction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dos36WG9xN4
IBM Bob Premium Package for Z capabilities article - https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/latrell-freeman/2026/07/08/ibm-bob-premium-package-for-z-ai-powered-developme

On this episode, Chris does a solo session with Jennifer Walker and Neha Shah to talk about IBM's Test Accelerator for Z product! Testing is important, and there's lots to talk about. Enjoy the show!

Welcome everyone to the first Z DevOps Talks episode of 2026! As fate would have it, both Chris and David happened to be in the same place at the same time for once, and it happened to be in Orlando at the SHARE Conference. Plot twist: Chris was actually attending SHARE, David was just hanging out. What are the odds???

As promised in the episode, we are hopeful to be able to interact with our listeners more this year! We're still working out the details on a few things, but until then, we suggest joining the System Z Enthusiasts Discord server at https://discord.gg/sze where we're going to post updates. Thanks for listening, from the bottom of our hearts.