Podcasts

Megan Cartwright on Building a Machine Learning MVP at an Early Stage Startup

In this podcast, Megan Cartwright discusses why their customers need a more personal experience and how they're using technology to help. She also talks about how the team got to an early MVP and then how they did the same for getting to an early machine learning MVP for product recommendations. Cartwright is the director of data science for the personalized bra company ThirdLove.

Lynn Langit on 25% Time and Cloud Adoption within Genomic Research Organizations

On today’s podcast, Wes Reisz talks with Lynn Langit about a concept she calls 25% time and a project it led her to become involved within genomic research. 25% time is her own method of learning while collaborating with someone else for a greater good.

Charles Humble and Wes Reisz Take a Look Back at 2018 and Speculate on What 2019 Might Have in Store

Charles Humble and Wes Reisz talk about autonomous vehicles, GDPR, quantum computing. Microservices, AR/VR and more

Java Language Architect Brian Goetz on Java and the JDK

On this week’s podcast, Wes Reisz talks with Brian Goetz. The two start with a discussion on what the six-month cadence has meant to the teams developing Java. Then move to a review of the features in Java 9 through 12. Finally, the two discuss the longer-term side projects (such as Amber, Loom, and Valhalla) and their role in the larger release process for the JDK.

Tanya Reilly on Site Reliability Engineering and the Evolution of the New York City Fire Code

Tanya Reilly discusses her research into how the fire code evolved in New York and draws on some of the parallels she sees in software. Along the way, she discusses what it means to be an SRE, what effective aspects of the role might look like, and her opinions on what we as an industry should be doing to prevent disasters.