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Ep. #9, How We Will Work Together with Michelle Yi
April 18, 2024 07:11 - 35 minutes - 50.5 MBIn episode 9 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers speaks with technology expert Michelle Yi. This conversation examines how generative AI will change the future of work. Together they explore topics like the philosophy of work and productivity, the advent of multi-agent systems, and what to consider when investing in AI.
Ep. #145, The Future of Collaborative Docs with Cara Marin of Stashpad
April 18, 2024 07:10 - 21 minutes - 31.4 MBIn episode 145 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Cara Marin of Stashpad about collaborative documents. Together they explore the shortcomings of popular collaborative tools on the market today and how they can be improved. Additionally, Cara unpacks local-first technology and how it enables elevated real-time collaboration experiences.
Ep. #144, Financial Accounting Databases with Joran Dirk Greef of TigerBeetle
March 28, 2024 07:10 - 30 minutes - 43.5 MBIn episode 144 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Joran Dirk Greef of TigerBeetle. This conversation explores financial transaction databases and the importance of building trust at the intersection of open source and business. Joran shares the invaluable lessons he learned from his early days as a self-taught developer as well as his journey founding TigerBeetle.
Ep. #8, The Promise of Generative AI with Josh Furstoss of Incued
March 26, 2024 07:10 - 19 minutes - 28.6 MBIn episode 8 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers speaks with Josh Furstoss of Incued about the promise of generative AI. This talk explores the considerations founders must make before incorporating generative AI into their products, and the potential impact AI will have on financial decision-making in the future.
Ep. #68, Observa-What? with Michele Mancioppi of Dash0
March 19, 2024 07:10 - 47 minutes - 66.5 MBIn episode 68 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Michele Mancioppi of Dash0. This talk examines what it takes to make observability more accessible to non-experts in the space. Additional topics explored include the differences between monitoring and observability and Michele's shift from staff engineering to product management.
Ep. #143, Jamstack’s Next Chapter with Mike Neumegen of CloudCannon
March 14, 2024 07:10 - 25 minutes - 36.8 MBIn episode 143 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Mike Neumegen of CloudCannon. Together they discuss the evolution of the Jamstack and speculate on where it might be going in the future. Additionally, Mike shares his passion for static sites and unpacks how CloudCannon is bringing developers and content editors together.
Ep. #7, Investing in AI with Wei Lien Dang of Unusual Ventures
February 27, 2024 08:10 - 35 minutes - 50.5 MBIn episode 7 of Generationship, Rachel speaks with Wei Lien Dang of Unusual Ventures about the landscape of Generative AI and what it means from an investment standpoint. They analogize previous platform shifts to better understand what’s happening with LLMs today, and together they unpack the qualities investors seek out when investing in the world of AI.
Ep. #67, Managing Infrastructure Costs with Performance Engineering
February 27, 2024 08:10 - 43 minutes - 61.4 MBIn episode 67 of o11ycast, Martin, Jess, and Liz dive deep on performance engineering. Pulling heavily from Liz’s extensive experience in the field, they share insights on utilizing data to balance resources like developers’ time and infrastructure costs. Listeners can expect to learn helpful lessons on infrastructure optimization, performance data accessibility, and why Honeycomb embraced Kubernetes.
Ep. #6, AI’s Cognitive Leap with Mark Wallace of Global Worldwide
February 20, 2024 08:10 - 34 minutes - 48.6 MBIn episode 6 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers speaks with Mark Wallace of Global Worldwide. The conversation kicks off with a deep dive on Mark’s philosophical stance that LLMs are actually thinking. Additionally, they explore the risks of using commercial LLMs, the difficulty of fine-tuning LLMs, and the crossroads of game infrastructure and generative AI.
Ep. #142, Decoupled Authorization with Alex Olivier and Emre Baran of Cerbos
February 15, 2024 08:10 - 31 minutes - 44.7 MBIn episode 142 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Alex Olivier and Emre Baran of Cerbos. This conversation explores tools for managing roles and permissions within an organization, the value of audit logs, decoupled authorization, attribute-based access control (ABAC), and the pain points that inspired Cerbos.
Ep. #5, Live from DevGuild: AI Summit
January 30, 2024 08:10 - 23 minutes - 33.8 MBIn episode 5 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers shares interviews from Heavybit’s 2023 DevGuild: AI Summit on October 19th, 2023. This Open Space unconference brought together a community of 200+ to discuss how AI will change the face of software development. This episode features event highlights and insights from industry experts: Christine Spang of Nylas, Heidi Waterhouse of Sym, Paul Biggar of DarkLang, Raiya Kind of Code and Concept, and Seema Patel of Stifel Venture Banking.
Ep. #141, Postgres as a Platform with Vignesh Ravichandran of Omnigres
January 25, 2024 08:10 - 36 minutes - 51.1 MBIn episode 141 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Vignesh Ravichandran of Omnigres, a developer-first application platform. They discuss the latest trends in the Platform as a Service (PaaS) space, the inspiration behind Omnigres, and invaluable lessons for founders on finding product-market fit.
Ep. #140, Accelerating API Development with James Perkins of Unkey
January 18, 2024 08:10 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBIn episode 140 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with James Perkins of Unkey. This talk examines the difficulties developers face when issuing auth keys to end users. James also shares lessons from his firsthand experience scaling an open source side project into a full time startup.
Ep. #66, Building Observability Platforms with Iris Dyrmishi of Miro
January 17, 2024 08:10 - 34 minutes - 51.1 MBIn episode 66 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Iris Dyrmishi of Miro. They dive deep on what it takes to build an observability platform with open source tooling. Additionally, they explore the expense of outsourcing observability, the journey from logs to traces, tips for adopting new tools, and the spread of the FinOps movement.
Ep. #40, The Open Source Secret Agent with Dave McAllister of NGINX
January 17, 2024 08:10 - 1 hour - 108 MBIn episode 40 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with open source pioneer Dave McAllister. Dave shares stories and lessons from his 40-year career in tech including working for DEC, NASA, Adobe, Red Hat, Splunk, and NGINX. Additionally, they discuss Linux’s rise to popularity in the early days of open source, SGI’s contribution to modern cinematic effects, predictions around AI, and the overlap of open source and LLMs.
Ep. #4, Reimagining The Terminal with Michael Sawka of Wave Terminal
January 16, 2024 08:10 - 21 minutes - 31.1 MBIn episode 4 of Generationship, Rachel speaks with Michael Sawka of Wave Terminal (known as Command Line Inc. at the time of this recording). This talk focuses on the terminal, how easily it’s overlooked, and what’s missing from the terminals we use today. Other topics explored include the security implications of commercial LLMs, the risks AI poses to programming as an occupation, and the hard lessons Michael learned on the journey to building Wave Terminal.
Ep. #139, Navigating Apps with LLMs featuring Matt Dupree of ATLAS
December 28, 2023 20:42 - 35 minutes - 49.7 MBIn episode 139 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Matt Dupree of ATLAS. This talk focuses heavily on LLMs and how they're elevating UX. Additionally, Brian and Matt explore AI hallucinations, tips for predicting where LLMs might be most impactful, and insights on why most code in future apps may be generated by AI.
Ep. #3, A Contrarian History of AI with Steven Schkolne of MightyMeld
December 26, 2023 16:45 - 31 minutes - 49.1 MBIn episode 3 of Generationship, Rachel speaks with Steven Schkolne of MightyMeld. They discuss cultural myths surrounding AGI, theories on machine consciousness, philosophical insights on how humans might hybridize with machines, Steven’s literary influences, and how generative AI is helping humans advance their creative abilities.
Ep. #138, What’s New with Next.js Featuring Nick Taylor of OpenSauced
December 14, 2023 08:10 - 35 minutes - 49.7 MBIn episode 138 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Nick Taylor of OpenSauced. This talk explores the improvements and new features developers can expect from Next.js 14, as well as expert advice on choosing a frontend framework and navigating the unique challenges of open source projects.
Ep. #39, Live From KubeCon 2023
December 13, 2023 08:10 - 1 hour - 88.8 MBIn episode 39 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie recount their experience at KubeCon 2023 and share interviews from the event with guests like Matt Butcher and Radu Matei of Fermyon, Umair Khan of Stacklet, Anna Reale of Keptn, Solomon Hykes of Dagger, Bailey Hayes of wasmCloud, and many more.
Ep. #2, Putting LLMs to Work with Liz Fong-Jones and Phillip Carter of Honeycomb
December 12, 2023 08:10 - 36 minutes - 56 MBIn episode 2 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers speaks with Liz Fong-Jones and Phillip Carter of Honeycomb. Together they explore use cases for LLMs, insights on navigating AI hallucinations, the tradeoffs between prompt engineering and fine-tuning, and the privacy and security implications inherent to commercial LLMs.
Ep. #1, Building Future Infrastructure Sustainably with Catharine Strauss
November 28, 2023 08:10 - 32 minutes - 50.4 MBGenerationship is a podcast exploring the intersection of infrastructure and artificial intelligence through a technical and philosophical lens. In this debut episode, host Rachel Chalmers is joined by special guest Catharine Strauss of Summerstir Solutions. Together they dive deep into the world of infrastructure capacity planning, sustainability in data centers, the future of AI in the industry, the importance of getting outdoors, and much more.
Ep. #65, Simplifying Tracing with Sophie DeBenedetto of GitHub
November 21, 2023 08:10 - 35 minutes - 51.6 MBIn episode 65 of o11ycast, Jess and Martin speak with Sophie DeBenedetto of GitHub. This talk explores observability at GitHub, the value of tracing, the BEAM ecosystem, the Elixir language, and insights on leveraging observability at scale.
Ep. #137, Building Sophisticated Functionality with Steven Schkolne of MightyMeld
November 16, 2023 20:17 - 27 minutes - 38.9 MBIn episode 137 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Steven Schkolne of MightyMeld. Steven unpacks MightyMeld’s founding story, objectives, users, and internal team. Additionally, they discuss React development, the state of low-code and no-code tooling, the intersection of design and engineering, and the challenges developers face when integrating new tools.
Ep. #38, Exploring K0s with Jussi Nummelin of Mirantis
November 15, 2023 08:10 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MBIn episode 38 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Jussi Nummelin of Mirantis. This talk explores the accessibility and consistency of utilizing a Kubernetes distribution with zero dependencies. Other topics explored include the K0s project from Mirantis, the evolution of container management, and the advantages of control plane isolation.
Ep. #10, The Happy Path with Avery Durrant of Dripos
October 31, 2023 07:10 - 40 minutes - 56.6 MBIn episode 10 of How It’s Tested, Eden Full Goh speaks with Avery Durrant of Dripos. This conversation explores the unforeseen difficulties faced when hiring engineers, the importance of customer feedback, and the journey from scrappy startup to stable business.
Ep. #136, Serverless Postgres with Nikita Shamgunov of Neon
October 26, 2023 07:10 - 36 minutes - 50.1 MBIn episode 136 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Nikita Shamgunov of Neon. This conversation explores how Serverless Postgres is revolutionizing the database game, making it easier, more scalable, and more cost-effective than ever before. Together they explore topics like orchestrating micro VMs, utilizing databases as a service (DaaS), building a scalable cloud service for Postgres databases, and getting started with Neon.
Ep. #64, Shared Language Concepts with Austin Parker of Honeycomb
October 24, 2023 07:10 - 34 minutes - 50.3 MBIn episode 64 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr and Martin Thwaites speak with Austin Parker of Honeycomb. This talk explores how observability within an organization provides a shared language between teams to discuss reliability. Other topics examined include numeronyms in the tech space, OpenTelemetry, and Kubernetes.
Ep. #9, Leading Engineering Teams with Dave Lewis of Mobot
October 17, 2023 07:11 - 32 minutes - 45.6 MBIn episode 9 of How It’s Tested, Eden Full Goh speaks with Dave Lewis of Mobot. This talk spotlights Dave’s experiences leading engineering teams at several notable companies, including the work he’s currently doing at Mobot. Additionally, Dave and Eden explore the evolution from manual testing to automated testing that's happening within organizations.
Ep. #20, Demuxed 2023 Conference Preview
October 17, 2023 07:10 - 31 minutes - 45.6 MBIn episode 20 of Demuxed, Matt and Phil share a special preview of the Demuxed 2023 Video Conference. Together they discuss the planning and logistics of the event, the talks they’re most excited about, the ways the conference has evolved over the years, and how you can be a part of this inclusive event.
Ep. #135, Maintainer Funding with Birk Jernström of Polar
October 05, 2023 07:10 - 31 minutes - 44.1 MBIn episode 135 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Birk Jernström of Polar. This talk explores different avenues for supporting maintainers of open source projects and looks specifically at ways to provide better funding for their initiatives.
Ep. #63, Observability in the Database with Lukas Fittl of pganalyze
October 04, 2023 07:10 - 36 minutes - 52.1 MBIn episode 63 of o11ycast, Charity and Jess speak with Lukas Fittl of pganalyze about database observability. This talk explores relational database management systems (DBMS), the open source library Sqlcommenter, query plans, and insights on supporting application teams.
Ep. #134, Commercializing Open Source with Victoria Melnikova of Evil Martians
September 21, 2023 07:10 - 27 minutes - 38.8 MBIn episode 134 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Victoria Melnikova of Evil Martians. They discuss commercializing open source projects for improved feedback loops and longterm sustainability, as well as the importance of technical marketing.
Ep. #62, Adopting OpenTelemetry with Doug Ramirez of Uplight
September 07, 2023 07:10 - 36 minutes - 53 MBIn episode 62 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr and Martin Thwaites speak with Doug Ramirez of Uplight. This conversation covers many aspects of adopting OpenTelemetry including integration concerns, social challenges, building trust, and running it at scale. Listen in to find out why after 35 years of diverse experiences across several industries, Doug’s excited about observability.
Ep. #133, React Server Components with Tom Preston-Werner of RedwoodJS
September 07, 2023 07:10 - 37 minutes - 52.2 MBIn episode 133 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Tom Preston-Werner, founder of GitHub and creator of RedwoodJS. This talk explores React server components, the origin story of RedwoodJS and its latest offerings, the inherent rewards of working in open source, and the tedious lifecycle of application development.
Ep. #8, AI and the Future of Debugging with Dani Grant of Jam
August 28, 2023 07:10 - 33 minutes - 46.7 MBIn episode 8 of How It's Tested, Eden Full Goh speaks with Dani Grant, Co-Founder & CEO of Jam. This discussion examines AI and how it can be used to spot bug patterns, the evolving role of QA, and insights on how Jam can be embedded into the developer workflow to improve debugging.
Ep. #132, Open Source Observability with Pranay Prateek of SigNoz
August 24, 2023 07:10 - 28 minutes - 40.1 MBIn episode 132 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Pranay Prateek of SigNoz. This talk explores application performance monitoring, insights on utilizing OpenTelemetry, and reasons to consider open source observability solutions instead of those from SaaS vendors.
Ep. #7, Game Testing with Michael Le Bail of Homa Games
August 14, 2023 07:10 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBIn episode 7 of How It’s Tested, Eden Full Goh speaks with Michael Le Bail of Homa Games. This talk explores game testing at Homa, how the lifecycle of a game is managed, the move from manual to automated testing, and how AI is changing the testing space.
Ep. #131, Video on WebRTC with Christian Stuff and James Hush of Daily
August 10, 2023 07:10 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBIn episode 131 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Christian Stuff and James Hush of Daily. This talk explores virtual meetings, WebRTC, and video technology. Christian and James share insights on building a video call experience in the browser and rising to the demand in recent years for world wide virtual events.
Ep. #6, Testing in Water with Adam Oxner and Nick Newell of MySwimPro
July 31, 2023 07:10 - 36 minutes - 51 MBIn episode 6 of How It’s Tested, Eden Full Goh speaks with Adam Oxner and Nick Newell of MySwimPro. This talk explores the challenges of testing a wearable device in water. Together they unpack MySwimPro’s platform evolution, day-to-day engineering process, team structure, and toughest challenges. Lastly, they discuss the importance of the human perspective when it comes to product testing.
Ep. #130, Faster GraphQL APIs with Jamie Barton of Grafbase
July 20, 2023 07:10 - 26 minutes - 37.1 MBIn episode 130 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Jamie Barton of Grafbase about backend as a service (BaaS). Together they share insights on elevating the local development experience and integrating projects with edge databases. They also explore solutions for authentication, edge caching, and getting started in development.
Ep. #129, Standardizing Orchestration with Surya Oruganti of Argonaut
July 07, 2023 07:10 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBIn episode 129 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Surya Oruganti of Argonaut. This talk explores the complexities faced when addressing application and infrastructure deployments, insights on managing multiple environments and getting full visibility into cloud costs, and Argonaut’s mission to make software orchestration accessible to smaller teams.
Ep. #37, Dagger with Solomon Hykes
June 28, 2023 07:10 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBIn episode 37 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Solomon Hykes about his new project, Dagger. This talk explores CI/CD in depth and examines the difficulties teams face when implementing it. Finally, Solomon looks back on the lessons he learned while building Docker and how they ultimately influenced the creation and trajectory of Dagger.
Ep. #5, The Future of Developer Advocacy with Filip Grebowski
June 26, 2023 07:10 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBIn episode 5 of How It’s Tested, Eden Full Goh speaks with Filip Grebowski. This conversation explores Filip’s career journey, metrics for gauging the health of a product, insights on parsing vanity metrics from useful metrics, AI and content creation, and the future of developer advocacy.
Ep. #128, Cross-Platform App Development with Simon Grimm
June 15, 2023 07:10 - 35 minutes - 49.5 MBIn episode 128 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Simon Grimm, a prolific content creator and developer educator. Together they explore the Ionic framework, cross-platform app development, and tips for maintaining a cadence and building an audience with original developer content.
Ep. #7, The March 2023 Datadog Outage with Laura de Vesine
June 12, 2023 07:10 - 1 hour - 84 MBIn episode 7 of Getting There, Nora and Niall speak with Laura de Vesine of Datadog. Laura shares a unique perspective on the March 2023 Datadog outage, how the incident was handled internally, the resulting damage of the outage, and the many lessons learned.
Ep. #4, Session-Based Testing with Jacob Stevens
June 08, 2023 07:10 - 39 minutes - 54.5 MBIn episode 4 of How It’s Tested, Eden Full Goh speaks with testing expert Jacob Stevens. Together they unpack session-based testing and how it compares to regression testing. They also share insights on managing customer satisfaction, keeping up with rapidly evolving technology, and understanding the key differences between automated and manual testing.
Ep. #36, The Docker Story with Solomon Hykes
June 07, 2023 07:10 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MBIn episode 36 of The Kubelist Podcast, Benjie and Marc speak with Solomon Hykes, founder of both Docker and Dagger. This conversation explores the early days of containers and the origins of Docker, including the many hurdles Docker overcame early on, its unexpected virality, and its continued prevalence among the developer community.
Ep. #127, Open Source eCommerce with Saurav Pathak of Bagisto
June 01, 2023 07:10 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MBIn episode 127 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Saurav Pathak of Bagisto about open source tools for building ecommerce sites. Together they explore PHP frameworks, IndiaStack, the pain points developers have with ecommerce, and why so many developers around the world are building with Laravel.
Ep. #61, What Comes After o11y with Heidi Waterhouse of Sym
May 31, 2023 07:10 - 43 minutes - 62.1 MBIn episode 61 of o11ycast, Jessica and Martin speaks with Heidi Waterhouse of Sym. Together they explore the sensations of proprioception and interoception, how they relate to the future of observability, and the ways machine learning could assist in simplifying that future.