Podcasts

Thomas Wuerthinger on GraalVM and Optimizing Java with Ahead-of-Time Compilation

On this podcast, we're talking to Thomas Wuerthinger, a senior research director at Oracle Labs, leading programming language implementation teams for Java, JavaScript, Ruby, and R. He is the architect of the Graal compiler and the Truffle self-optimizing runtime.

Johnny Xmas on Web Security & the Anatomy of a Hack

On this podcast, Wes Reisz talks to John Xmas. Xmas works for Kasada, a company that offers a security platform to help ensure only your users are logging into your web applications. Xmas is a well-known figure in the security space. The two discuss common attack vectors, the OWASP Top 10, and then walk through what hackers commonly do when attempting to compromise a system.

Mike Milinkovich, Director of the Eclipse Foundation, Discusses the Journey to Jakarta EE 8

Today on the podcast, Wes Reisz talks with Mike Milinkovich, the executive director for the Eclipse Foundation. The Eclipse Foundation was chosen to govern the evolution of Oracle’s Java EE to Jakarta EE. The two discuss the project, the recent news about issues with the javax namespace, the challenges around bundling a Java Runtime with Eclipse, and the path forward for Jakarta EE 9 and beyond.

Piero Molino on Ludwig, a Code-Free Deep Learning Toolbox

Ludwig is a code-free deep learning toolbox originally created and open sourced by UberAI. On this podcast, the creator of Ludwig Piero Molino and Wes Reisz discuss the project.

Ben Sigelman, Co-Creator of Dapper & OpenTracing API, on Observability

Ben Sigelman is the CEO of Lightstep and the author of the Dapper paper that spawned distributed tracing discussions in the software industry. Sigelman discusses with Wes Reisz observability, and his thoughts on logging, metrics, and tracing. The two discuss detection and refinement as the real problem when it comes to diagnosing and troubleshooting incidents with data.

Dave Thomas & Andy Hunt on the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to David Thomas and Andrew Hunt about the 20th Anniversary edition of The Pragmatic Programmer.

Portia Tung on Coaching, Playful Leadership and the Importance of Play at Work

In this podcast recorded at QCon London 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Portia Tung from the School of Play about agile coaching, helping individuals and organisations adopt a playful leadership style and the importance of play in the workplace.

Randy Shoup on Creating High-Performance Cultures

In this podcast recorded at QCon London 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Randy Shoup, VP of Engineering at WeWork, about what is needed to create a high-performance culture.

Sarah Wells on FT's Transition to DevOps

In this podcast recorded at QCon London 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Sarah Wells, technical director for operations and reliability at the Financial Times, about their adoption of DevOps.

A. Dobson on Balancing Risk and Psychological Safety, and K. Kirk on Escaping Organisational Hell

In this episode recorded at QCon London 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, first spoke to Andrea Dobson on balancing risk and psychological safety, and then Katherine Kirk on escaping organisational hell.