How AI Is Changing Apache Iceberg with Russell Spitzer | Ep. 30
Adi Polak talks to Russell Spitzer (Snowflake) about his career in open source data infrastructure. Russell’s first job: software engineer in test at DataStax. His challenge: making Apache Iceberg rea...
18 Touko 40min
Being Wrong in the Right Direction with Caleb Grillo | Ep. 29
Tim Berglund talks to Caleb Grillo (Confluent / WarpStream) about his career in data streaming product management. Caleb’s first job: washing windows. Their challenge: reshaping Confluent Cloud’s bill...
4 Touko 35min
Building Banking Systems with Kafka Streams with Mateo Rojas | Ep. 28
Adi Polak talks to Mateo Rojas (LittleHorse) about his career working with Kafka Streams. Mateo’s first job: building a real-money policy management platform on early Kafka Streams. His challenge: wor...
20 Huhti 44min
The AI Impact on the Developer Future with Joseph Morais | Ep. 27
Tim Berglund talks to Joseph Marais (Confluent) about his career in data streaming. Joseph’s first job: SAN administrator. His challenge: AI radically changing how developers build software. The Pragm...
13 Huhti 35min
Tech vs. People: The Hardest Problem with Will LaForest | Ep. 26
Tim Berglund talks to Will LaForest (Confluent) about his career in software and data streaming. Will’s first job: a high school internship at DARPA. His challenge: turning advanced technology into so...
6 Huhti 28min
Inside OpenAI’s Streaming Backbone with Aravind Suresh | Ep. 24
Adi Polak talks to Aravind Suresh (OpenAI) about his career in distributed systems and real-time streaming. Arvind’s first job: coding at school. His challenge: turning OpenAI’s fragile Kafka setup in...
23 Maalis 30min
The 1 Billion Row Challenge with Gunnar Morling | Ep. 23
Tim Berglund talks to Gunnar Morling (Confluent) about his career in open source Java and data streaming. Gunnar’s first job: a student PHP developer in AMD’s e-learning group. His challenge: working ...
16 Maalis 30min
