Michael: What the heck is this thing
What the heck is this thing? And more introductory notes.
Episodes
15
Latest episode
Jul 2025
Language
EN
A talk format, talking to people who develop software for cars
What the heck is this thing? And more introductory notes.
In our first episode we talk to Konrad, the PO of team Honey Bee. We talk about the origin story, how work is being done and what has been learned. For further reading: https://www.mapbox.com/blog/the-bmw-group-the-mapbox-navigation-sdk-for-automotive](https://www.mapbox.com/blog/the-bmw-group-the-mapbox-navigation-sdk-for-automotive) https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0401875EN/bmw-group-expands-bmw-operating-system-8-integrates-android-automotive-os](https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0401875EN/bmw-group-expands-bmw-operating-system-8-integrates-android-automotive-os)
This time I have my teammate Max with me who tells us more about developing a large-scale automotive Android Application.We dive into the similarities between CE devices and cars and talk about their differences as well. We also go through our development and testing strategies and talk about the perks of developing a car app: driving during coding.For further reading: https://zuul-ci.org/](https://zuul-ci.org/) https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/zuul-case-study-bmw/](https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/zuul-case-study-bmw/)
Klara is telling me all about her doctorate.For further reading: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.04267.pdf](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.04267.pdf) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.08934.pdf](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.08934.pdf)
Chris talks me through mobile App development at BMW.We are talking about early stages and tech stacks and all the learnings we gained along the way. Then we go over theMy BMW App development from the beginning to now.For further reading:https://www.bmw.de/de/topics/service-zubehoer/bmw-connecteddrive/my-bmw-app.html](https://www.bmw.de/de/topics/service-zubehoer/bmw-connecteddrive/my-bmw-app.html)https://github.com/bmw-tech](https://github.com/bmw-tech)
Maria talks me through her journey of becoming an Android developer within Team HoneyBee
Dimitri tells me his three ground rules on how to set up an agile project in a waterfall-oriented company.We are talking about reducing dependencies, increasing team responsibility and establish a before and after view.
Céline tells me what a software practice is at BMW, how to build it up and how to keep growing.We are talking about myJourney and the Connected Company and about the department structures. Howthe journey began and what steps were taken to set up and grow software development here ad the CoCo.Also, we go through career paths for a developer and what will come up in the near future in terms of software development.
Susanne gives me a glimpse into how our Intelligent Personal Assistant worksWe talk about all the building blocks, team setup and testing. We also go through all layers and functionalities thathave to work seamlessly in twenty languages. Also we hint about the future.
Maxim takes me into the realm of Data Products.We talk about how we generate data products based on a specific example. We go a little into the machine learning background and then walk through the development side to learn how all the knowledge is applied to actual products.
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