The InfoQ Podcast
The InfoQ Podcast is a weekly show that interviews top CTOs, engineers, and technology directors from companies like Uber and Netflix. It provides software engineers, architects, and team leads with inspiration and essential information to drive change and innovation in their teams. The podcast has over 1,200,000 downloads in the last 3 years.
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Architectural Patterns: Moving Beyond Cloud-Native to Local-First - Insights from Adam Wiggins
In this episode, Heroku co-founder and Ink & Switch founder Adam Wiggins argues for a 'local-first' architecture that reconciles cloud-based collaboration with the performance and data ownership of local software. He explores the role of CRDTs and version control primitives in non-code domains, and examines how a hybrid AI future might leverage local models for core productivity tasks, challenging
How eBPF Empowers Developers to Observe Inside the Linux Kernel in a Safe and Unintrusive Way
Daniel Finneran explores how eBPF has evolved far beyond its roots in packet filtering into a robust, safe way to extend the Linux kernel. He explains how the eBPF "verifier", the security guardrail, enables implementation of deep observability and networking without the risks of traditional kernel modules or the slow upstreaming process. He touches on tools like Tetragon that leverage eBPF for "f
Increasing Users’ Data Agency: From BlueSky's AT Protocol to the Local-First Software Movement
Martin Kleppmann, an associate professor at Cambridge and author of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, discusses the evolution of data systems over the last decade, mainly the shift from monolithic databases to modular building blocks. Kleppmann underlines the importance of moving from cloud-centric data storage systems to decentralised data storage similar to Bluesky’s AT protocol. He also di
From MCP and Vibe Coding to Harness Engineering: How Did AI Native Engineering Evolve in One Year
Birgitta Böckeler, Distinguished Engineer at Thoughtworks, returns to discuss the rapid evolution of AI in software delivery. She touches on the evolution from vibe coding, the changing tools landscape and the more autonomous agents that, besides higher velocity, introduce higher risk.
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Requirements Analysis for Architects: A Conversation with Sonya Natanzon
In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke to Sonya Natanzon about the intersection of technical and social aspects of software architecture. Understanding the business and how a company operates is more important than the specific technologies used. Effective requirements analysis requires focusing on problems to be solved that describe good and bad outcomes, rather than statements of need or solution
Chasing Efficient Java Development: From 1BRC to Developing Hardwood AI Natively
Gunnar Morling, technologist at Confluent and Java Champion, shares his experiences with building high-performance applications in Java, especially in the data space. He shares insights from experiments with building durable execution engines, bootstrapping, and AI natively developing Apache Hardwood - a minimal dependencies Java parser for Apache Parquet.
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Context is the Key to the Agentic Architecture Revolution: A Conversation with Baruch Sadogursky
In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke to Baruch Sadogursky about software architecture in the age of agentic AI. Large Language Models can function, albeit stochastically, as reasoning machines capable of interpreting human ambiguity. With the appropriate rigorous context artifacts to control the LLM’s reasoning, software specifications can become the source of truth, while the code becomes a disp
From Java EE to Quarkus and LLMs: Adam Bien’s Playbook for Boring, Future‑Proof Systems
Adam Bien, an independent consultant and pioneer of zero dependencies in the enterprise world of Java, highlights the benefits of consistently using standards, regardless of whether they involve Java or existing patterns. He argues that by doing so, he managed to future-proof the systems he built, preparing them for the cloud era and even for the AI-Native era.
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Roq: Leveraging Quarkus to Build Static Sites at the Speed of Go
Andy Damevin, a developer who worked on Quarkus for almost a decade, talks about Roq. A project that started as an experiment to try to see if it’s possible to build a static web site generator on top of quarkus. He touches on the rationale for choosing Java and Quarkus, how to migrate to Roq, and the platform's future.
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A Java Performance Quest: Taming Unsafe Code, Embracing Idiomatic Style & Debugging the Linux Kernel
In this podcast, Jaromir Hamala, a seasoned Java engineer specialising in high-throughput data systems, shares his thoughts on how developers can tackle high-performance software development. He touches on the benefits of modern Java that allow writing idiomatic Java code while remaining "mechanically sympathetic", and also on his experience debugging a Linux kernel bug.
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Engineering Stable, Secure and Scalable Platforms: A Conversation with Matthew Liste
In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke to Matthew Liste about building and managing software platforms. Platform services act as the basis for application development, and must always be stable, secure, and scalable. Scaling these systems is particularly difficult because unknown resource contention often causes them to break. Using customer journeys, one can pinpoint the places where the system is
How SBOMs and Engineering Discipline Can Help You Avoid Trivy’s Compromise
Viktor Peterson, part of the CISA task force working on SBOM blueprints and co-founder of sbomify, explores the shifting landscape of software supply chain security as the EU's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) comes into force, a "GDPR moment" for the industry. Beyond mere compliance, Peterson argues that SBOMs provide significant operational value as tools for automated security audits and license mana
Context Engineering with Adi Polak
In this episode, Thomas Betts and Adi Polak talk about the need for context engineering when interacting with LLMs and designing agentic systems. Prompt engineering techniques work with a stateless approach, while context engineering allows AI systems to be stateful.
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Failure As a Means to Build Resilient Software Systems: A Conversation with Lorin Hochstein
In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke to Lorin Hochstein about how real-world failures provide insight into how software systems actually work. Our first topic was understanding that while automated fault injection tools can introduce basic robustness into a system, they cannot replicate the understanding that comes from mitigating complicated software failures in the real world. We then pondered
Agentic Systems Without Chaos: Early Operating Models for Autonomous Agents
Are you ready for your new non-deterministic co-workers?
Autonomous agents promise to help build, operate, and run software systems, but they can also be unpredictable, chaotic, and difficult to control without the right operating model. In this episode of Next Generation Architecture Playbook, Shweta Vohra and Joseph Stein explore what changes when software systems start planning, acting, and mak
Andres Almiray on How to Release Any Software to Any OS with JReleaser
Andres Almiray, a serial open-source contributor and the creator of JReleaser, discusses the project's state, noting that the tool is usable across any ecosystem, not just Java. He also touches on the Common House Foundation's mission.
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Mindful Leadership in the Age of AI
In this episode, Thomas Betts and Sam McAfee discuss how AI hype is reshaping organizational behavior, why many companies struggle with experimentation, and how unclear decision structures create friction. They explore psychological safety and mindful leadership as essential foundations for healthier, more effective engineering cultures.
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AI Autonomy Is Redefining Architecture: Boundaries Now Matter Most
This conversation explores why generative AI is not just another automation layer but a shift into autonomy. The key idea is that we cannot retrofit AI into old procedural workflows and expect it to behave. Once autonomy is introduced, systems will drift, show emergent behaviour, and act in ways we did not explicitly script. The real architectural shift is not about controlling every step, but abo
Frictionless DevEx with Nicole Forsgren
In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Dr. Nicole Forsgren, the author of Accelerate and one of the most prominent and important minds in DevOps and developer productivity. The conversation is about identifying and removing developer friction, the subject of her new book, Frictionless.
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Software Evolution with Microservices and LLMs: A Conversation with Chris Richardson
In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Chris Richardson about using microservices to modernize software applications and the use of artificial intelligence in software architecture. We first discussed the problems of monolithic enterprise software and how to use microservices to evolve them to enable fast flow - the ability to achieve rapid software delivery. The discussion also focused on so
Building Resilient Event-Driven Microservices in Financial Systems with Muzeeb Mohammad
In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with Muzeeb Mohammad about building event-driven microservices for financial systems. The discussion covers some of the core principles and patterns for event-driven architectures, reasons for using these patterns, and some of the challenges related to finance and other highly-regulated industries.
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The Craft of Software Architecture in the Age of AI Tools
AI coding assistants promise speed, but what do they mean for quality, trust, and the architect’s craft? In this inaugural episode of Next Gen Architecture Playbook, Shweta Vohra and Grady Booch explore a principled view of how architecture must evolve when machines begin writing code alongside humans. They unpack the third golden age of software engineering, where productivity gains are real, whe
Improving Valkey with Madelyn Olson
In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with Madelyn Olson, a maintainer of the Valkey project and a Principal Software Development Engineer at Amazon ElastiCache and Amazon MemoryDB. The conversation covers how Valkey started as an open source fork of Redis and how the maintainers optimized the memory usage and improved throughput.
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Developers Can Improve the ESG Aspects of Software By Tackling Early Ethical Debt
Erica Pisani, host of the performance and sustainability track at QCon London 2025, retrospects on the lessons learned from assembling the track and the lessons learned from attending the talks. She touches on the importance of the environmental-social aspects of software and hints on how developers can improve these aspects with small steps in the architecture and practices of building software.
Startup Software Architecture - You Never Really Throw It Away: A Conversation with David Gudeman
In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke with David Gudeman about software architecture for startups. The discussion starts by illuminating how to make decisions with imperfect information, and how uncertainty and ambiguity flow through all aspects of developing the architecture. This leads to analyzing how the architect must focus on both product strategy and technical decisions, and how there must
AI-Driven Development with Olivia McVicker
In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with Olivia McVicker, a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft about AI-driven software development. The conversation covers the current, mainstream AI coding assistants and gets into where those tools are quickly heading. They then look to the future of how the entire software development lifecycle will see the benefits of AI in the next few years.
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Somtochi Onyekwere on Distributed Data Systems, Eventual Consistency and CRDTs
In this podcast, InfoQ spoke with Somtochi Onyekwere on recent developments in distributed data systems, how to achieve fast, eventually consistent replication across distributed nodes, and how Conflict-free Replicated Data Type (CRDTs) can help with conflict resolution when managing data.
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2025 Key Trends: AI Workflows, Architectural Complexity, Sociotechnical Systems & Platform Products
In this end-of-year panel, the InfoQ podcast hosts reflect on AI’s impact on software delivery, the growing importance of sociotechnical systems, evolving cloud realities, and what 2026 may bring.
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The Latest in OpenJDK and JCP Expert Group: Insights with Simon Ritter
In this episode, Simon Ritter, Deputy CTO at Azul, sat down with podcast host Michael Redlich, Lead Editor of the Java topic at InfoQ, and discussed the latest features in OpenJDK and Simon’s experiences serving on the JCP Expert Group since JDK 9. OpenJDK topics included: the six-month release cycle, Generational Shenandoah, JDK Flight Recorder, Project Leyden and Compact Object Headers.
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Building a More Appealing CLI for Agentic LLMs Based on Learnings from the Textual Framework
Will McGugan, the maker of Textual and Rich frameworks, speaks about the reasoning of developing the two two libraries and the lesson learned. Also, he shares light on Toad, his current project, which he envisions being a more visually appealing way of interacting with agentic LLMs through command line.
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Platform Engineering for AI: Scaling Agents and MCP at LinkedIn
QCon AI New York Chair Wes Reisz talks with LinkedIn’s Karthik Ramgopal and Prince Valluri about enabling AI agents at enterprise scale. They discuss how platform teams orchestrate secure, multi-agentic systems, the role of MCP, the use of foreground and background agents, improving developer experience, and reducing toil.
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Bridging the Open Source Gap: From Funding Paradoxes to Digital Sovereignty
Gabriele Columbro, managing director of the Linux Foundation Europe, discusses the differences in the open-source landscape between Europe, China and the US. Stressing that the open-source landscape is the last favorable ground for global innovation in the current geo-political landscape.
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GenAI Security: Defending Against Deepfakes and Automated Social Engineering
In this episode, QCon AI New York 2025 Chair Wes Reisz speaks with Reken CEO and Google Trust & Safety founder Shuman Ghosemajumder about the erosion of digital trust. They explore how deepfakes and automated social engineering are scaling cybercrime. Shuman argues defenders must move beyond default trust, utilizing behavioral telemetry and game theory to counter attacks that simulate human behavi
Looking for Root Causes is a False Path: A Conversation with David Blank-Edelman
In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke with David Blank-Edelman about the relationship between software architecture and site reliability engineering. Site reliability engineering can give architecture vital feedback about how the system actually behaves in production. Architects and designers can then learn from their failures to improve their ability to build systems that can evolve, gracefully d
How to Use Apache Spark to Craft a Multi-Year Data Regression Testing and Simulations Framework
Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from Stripe, shares his experience in building a testing system based on multi-year worth of data. He shares insights into why Apache Spark was the choice for creating such a system and how it fits in the "traditional" engineering practices.
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Cloud Security Challenges in the AI Era - How Running Containers and Inference Weaken Your System
Marina Moore, a security researcher and the co-chair of the security and compliance TAG of CNCF, shares her concerns about the security vulnerabilities of containers. She explains where the issues originate, providing solutions and discussing alternative routes to using micro-VMs rather than containers. Additionally, she highlights the risks associated with AI inference.
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Architecture Should Model the World as It Really Is: A Conversation with Randy Shoup
In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Randy Shoup about how to evolve your software after a software failure, and how to improve the resilience of your software by modeling transient states using events and workflows.
Software failure is inevitable, but learning from failure, including making the necessary changes to organizational culture can make your software more resilient. One of the m
If You Can’t Test It, Don’t Deploy It: The New Rule of AI Development?
Magdalena Picariello reframes how we think about AI, moving the conversation from algorithms and metrics to business impact and outcomes. She champions evaluation systems that don't just measure accuracy but also demonstrate real-world business value, and advocates for iterative development with continuous feedback to build optimal applications.
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Effective Error Handling: A Uniform Strategy for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems
Jenish Shah, a back-end engineer focused on distributed systems at Netflix, provides more insights on how to handle failures in a distributed systems setup. He shares details on how he built a library that handles exceptions uniformly, regardless of the underlying communication protocol.
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Cloud and DevOps InfoQ Trends Report 2025
In this episode of the podcast, members of the InfoQ editorial staff and friends of InfoQ will discuss current trends in the cloud and DevOps domains as part of our annual trends report creation process. These reports provide InfoQ readers with a high-level overview of key topics to watch and also help the editorial team focus on innovative technologies. In addition to the report and the trends gr
Mental Models in Architecture & Societal Views of Technology: A Conversation with Nimisha Asthagiri
In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Nimisha Asthagiri about the importance of system thinking, multi-agent systems, the consequences of society applying a technology into an area for which it was not designed, and whether we can ever have a healthy relationship with artificial intelligence.
System thinking emphasizes the importance of mental models, and how they relate to business requir
Elena Samuylova on Large Language Model (LLM) Based Application Evaluation and LLM as a Judge
In this podcast, InfoQ spoke with Elena Samuylova from Evidently AI, on best practices in evaluating Large Language Model (LLM) based applications. She also discussed the tools for evaluating, testing and monitoring applications powered by AI technologies.
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The Hidden Vulnerability of The Open Source Software Supply Chain: The Underlying Infrastructure
Software supply chain veteran Brian Fox unpacks the security implications of the new EU Cyber Resilience Act and its profound impact on open-source projects. He reveals the hidden infrastructure risks threatening open-source projects and shares insights for senior software leaders navigating this regulatory landscape.
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AI, ML, and Data Engineering InfoQ Trends Report 2025
In this episode of the podcast, members of the InfoQ editorial staff and friends of InfoQ discuss the current trends in the domain of AI, ML and Data Engineering.
One of the regular features of InfoQ are the trends reports, which each focus on a different aspect of software development. These reports provide the InfoQ readers and listeners with a high-level overview of the topics to pay attention
Scaling Systems, Companies, and Careers with Suhail Patel
In this episode, Suhail Patel joins Thomas Betts for a discussion about growing yourself as your company grows. When he started at Monzo, Patel was one of four engineers on the then new platform team–there are now over 100 people. The conversation covers how to thrive when the company and the systems you’re building are going through major growth.
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Safely Changing Software to Avoid Incidents: A Conversation with Justin Sheehy
In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Justin Sheehy about how to safely put software into production without creating production incidents. Among the topics discussed were the futility of root cause analysis, and the importance of having a shared language for discussing incidents. This discussion included the need for software to be malleable as well as observable, and noted the fact that th
Observability in Java with Micrometer - a Conversation with Marcin Grzejszczak
Marcin Grzejszczak, a veteran of observability spaces, discusses the current state of the space, including its evolution and the fine-grained details of how to instrument your system to capture all relevant information at every level - both inside services and between services communication.
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Why Rust Will Help You Deliver Better Low-latency Systems and Happier Developers
Andrew Lamb, a veteran of database engine development, shares his thoughts on why Rust is the right tool for developing low-latency systems, not only from the perspective of the code’s performance, but also looking at productivity and developer joy. He discusses the overall experience of adopting Rust after a decade of programming in C/C++.
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Is WebAssembly the Secure, Efficient Alternative Everybody was Waiting for?
Laurent Doguin and Geoffroy Couprie discuss their pioneering work with Wasm on the infrastructure side. They walk us through the benefits and challenges of building a platform over WebAssembly and why it’s the safer alternative to containers.
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Continuous Deployment and Pair Programming for Lean Software Delivery Even Without Jira
Asgaut Mjølne Söderbom and Ola Hast, two developers with Sparebank1 speak about their journey towards continuous deployment and pair programming. During the conversation, they share how they use the "waste clock" to identify areas of improvement or how TDD helps them deliver high-quality code.
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Sovereign Clouds, Hyperscalers and European Alternatives: InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2025 Preview
In this podcast episode, speakers from the upcoming InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2025 tackle the practical challenges facing European developers caught between regulatory pressures and technological realities. The panel discusses trade-offs between using US cloud providers versus emerging European alternatives, exploring cloud-agnostic architecture strategies, the implications of data sovereignty, and
The Financial Architecture of Software with Ian Miell
In this episode, Thomas Betts speaks with Ian Miell about how the financial aspects of a business affect how software is designed and built. If Conway’s Law says organizational structures determine the software design, then following the money helps us understand why those organization structures exist, and ultimately whether software will be successful in achieving its goals.
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Microfrontends: Heuristics, Patterns and Antipatterns by Luca Mezzalira
Luca Mezzalira, a pioneer and enthusiast of microfrontends, discusses the microfrontends' evolution over the past years, underlying a set of heuristics that will allow you to gradually implement them in your product. He also touches on approaches to obtain quick feedback, both in your inner and outer development loops.
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Understanding Event-Driven Architecture in a Multicloud Environment
Teena Idnani, senior solutions architect at Microsoft, shares her experience on how and when to use event-driven architectures to improve the experience of your customers. She touches on when to use and not use this approach, as well as how to design your system, implement observability, and when to consider using more than one cloud vendor.
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The Java Ecosystem Remains Ever-Green By Continuously Adapting to Developers' Needs
Kevin Dubois and Thomas Vitale, two cloud-native enthusiasts in the Java ecosystem, discuss the evolution of frameworks and tooling that has led to increased development and developer joy. They cover everything from Testcontainers to incorporating LLMs in existing applications, as well as how to ensure the code quality remains high, even with the proliferation of code generation tooling.
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Mandy Gu on Generative AI (GenAI) Implementation, User Profiles and Adoption of LLMs
In this podcast, Mandy Gu from WealthSimple discusses how to establish AI programs in organizations and implement Generative AI (GenAI) initiatives, and the relationship between user profiles and adoption of LLMs.
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Achieving Seamless Integration Through User Co-Design
Savannah Kunovsky and Jenna Fizel, co-managing directors of IDEO’s Emerging Technology division, talk about the future of technology in general and how we can work with our users to build the most impactful product. They explore prototyping and co-design techniques, as well as how generative AI can help with rapid prototyping.
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Building the Middle Tier and Doing Software Migrations: A Conversation with Rashmi Venugopal
In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Rashmi Venugopal about two topics. The first is how the middle-tier creates the application from the raw materials in the back-end, and how the front-end uses the middle-tier to present a meaningful workflow to the user. The second is how to manage the usually inevitable software migration that results from a successful software product.
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Do microservices' benefits supersede their caveats? A conversation with Sam Newman
Sam Newman, one of the pioneers of microservices, encourages architects to use distributed systems as a last resort architecture. He stresses the importance of focusing on the desired outcome and starting with monoliths, gradually evolving the architecture. By thinking holistically at the system level, including observability, ephemeral environments, and testing, it will enable your team to remain
Nikolaos Vasiloglou on Knowledge Graphs and Graph RAG
In this podcast, Nikolaos Vasiloglou from @RelationalAI team discusses how knowledge graph based applications are leveraging Generative AI technologies and how Graph RAG techniques can be used to enhance data analytics and insights.
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Designing for Knowledge Flow with Diana Montalion
In this episode, Thomas Betts speaks with Diana Montalion about how architecture is designing for knowledge flow. The conversation covers the differences between knowledge stock and knowledge flow and the importance of a growth mindset. If you’re trying to find new ways to solve problems, you have to start by thinking in new ways.
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Kubernetes Edge Resiliency: Recovering from Ransomware Attacks in Minutes
Julia Furst Morgado, global technologist at Veeam, discusses Kubernetes edge resilience after a ransomware attack. The mentioned challenges include resource limits, network issues, and security risks. A swift recovery underscored the need for specific backup approaches, write-protected storage, and automated, tested recovery for edge environments to limit disruptions.
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How developer platforms, Wasm and sovereign cloud can help build a more effective organisation
Max Körbächer, Managing Partner at Liquid Reply, discusses the coming of age of the Kubernetes ecosystem and how and when an organisation should use it to build its platform. Also, he touches on how to measure its success and how WebAssembly and Kubernetes can play together to obtain the most effective usage of your infrastructure.
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How to Build Effective LLMs When Both Basic Infrastructure and Model Training Data Are Lacking
In a conversation with Jade Abbott, CTO and co-founder of Lelapa AI, we discussed how the basic infrastructure scarcities found on the African continent can ignite innovation and help push forward the AI space. Particularly when dealing with never-written languages, you need to be innovative to generate proper data and divide the problem into minor problems that can be solved with fewer intensive
How To Improve the Quality of the Gen AI-Generated Code And Your Team’s Dynamics
Birgitta Böckeler, Thoughtworks’ subject matter expert on Generative AI coding assistants, discusses how to enhance generated code by incorporating additional information into its context, and how your team’s dynamics will evolve with the adoption of these tools.
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InfoQ Architecture and Design Trends in 2025
The panel discussion in this episode is one half of the annual InfoQ Architecture and Design Trends Report. The other half is the written report .
One of the regular features of InfoQ are the trends reports, which each focus on a different aspect of software development. These reports provide the InfoQ readers with a high-level overview of the topics to pay attention to this year, and also help t
Embrace the Requirements of The EU Cyber Resilience Act to Strengthen Your Software Project
Eddie Knight, OSPO lead at Sonatype, discusses how the EU Cyber Resilience Act can help with improving your software project’s security and in the same time to slow down the alarming acceleration of software supply chain attacks.
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Wenjie Zi on Technology and Organizational Aspects for ML Project Success
In this podcast, Wenjie Zi discusses why many ML projects don’t succeed and what technology and organizational aspects affect the success of those projects. She also talked about what potential communication and understanding gaps can exist between business team and ML practitioners and how to address these gaps.
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Balancing Coupling in Software Design with Vlad Khononov
In this episode, Thomas Betts speaks with Vlad Khononov about balancing coupling in software design, the subject of his recent book. They discuss how coupling is necessary for a system to function, but has to be balanced to allow the system to evolve. Vlad identifies three factors that can be used to measure coupling: knowledge sharing, distance, and volatility.
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Simplify Your System By Challenging The Status-Quo And Learning From Other Ecosystems
In this podcast, Max Rydahl Andersen, distinguished engineer at RedHat and the creator of JBang discusses how continuously learning from other ecosystems and adopting new tools allows you to simplify your thinking and systems. This will allow you to increase the developer joy of the coders and further, obtain safer and more robust systems.
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Building LinkedIn’s Resilient Data Storage: A Deep Dive into Derived Data Storage with Felix GV
In this podcast, Felix GV, Principal Staff Engineer at LinkedIn, discusses how to create and operate planet-scale data storage solutions for derived data. When it’s time to build a new system, how do you decide on the pieces that must be fitted to ensure a resilient operating system?
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Understanding What Really Matters for Developer Productivity: A Conversation with Lizzie Matusov
In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke with Lizzie Matusov about the dependency of effective, productive, and satisfied teams on good software architecture. Understanding this relationship requires understanding exactly what software productivity really is, how modern software engineering research has become more rigorous and practical, and how to apply that research to software development.
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Facilitating Software Architecture with Andrew Harmel-Law
In this episode, Thomas Betts speaks with Andrew Harmel-Law about his new book, Facilitating Software Architecture: Empowering Teams to Make Architectural Decisions. The conversation includes a discussion of what constitutes an architecturally significant decision, how the practice of architecture is evolving, and how architects have a role to facilitate software architecture, rather than being th
Your Software Will Fail, It is How You Recover That Matters: A Conversation with Randy Shoup
In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke with Randy Shoup about how to build resilient systems. We discuss why it is a serious mistake to fail to acknowledge that software’s interaction with itself and the real world produces fragility. Therefore, software systems must be built to be resilient to that fragility.
We also discuss where to use workflows, orchestration or choreography, the role of archit
Dissecting the Intelligence of AI with Avraham Poupko
In this episode, Thomas Betts speaks with Avraham Poupko. Avraham believes software architects will not be replaced by Generative AI or LLMs. They will be replaced by software architects that know how to leverage Generative AI and LLMs. Their discussion compares LLM training with how humans learn, leading to better understanding of how architects can use GenAI effectively.
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Apoorva Joshi on LLM Application Evaluation and Performance Improvements
In this podcast, Apoorva Joshi, Senior AI Developer Advocate at MongoDB, discusses how to evaluate software applications that use the Large Language Models or LLMs and how to improve the performance of LLM based applications.
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Building Green Software with Anne Currie and Sara Bergman
What Does It Mean to Be Green in IT? That's the question that begins chapter one in Building Green Software. In this episode, Thomas Betts is joined by two of the book's authors, Anne Currie and Sara Bergman. The discussion covers general themes and digs into some practical advice for all software practitioners.
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Susan Shu Chang on Bridging Foundational Machine Learning and Generative AI
Live from the QCon San Francisco Conference, we are talking with Susan Shu Chang, Principal Data Scientist at Elastic. Chang shares insights on bridging foundational machine learning with generative AI, emphasizing the importance of deploying ML models effectively, leveraging collaborative tools for prototyping, and aligning team roles with the ML life cycle to create scalable AI solutions.
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