Episodes
Episode 421: Doug Fawley on gRPC
Doug Fawley, tech lead of the golang native implementation of gRPC at Google, discusses gRPC with host Robert Blumen. They examine remote procedure calls generally, as well as the evolution of RPC technologies at Google, the benefits of HTTP/2 as the foundation of an RPC stack, and what HTTP/2 contributes to gRPC (security, flow control, […]
Episode 420: Ryan Ripley on Making Scrum Work
Ryan Ripley, professional Scrum Trainer and host of the podcast Agile for Humans discusses what makes scrum work and the anti-patterns to watch out for. Scrum is difficult to master. Many times the ways that organizations implement scrum can be problematic. People often change the Scrum framework to fit their organization rather than the organization […]
Episode 419: John Ellithorpe on the Role of a CTO
John Ellithorpe, currently EVP & Chief Product Officer @DNAnexus discusses the role of a CTO based on his unique perspective of having been in that role and having that role report into him. From the book “Book CTO’s at work” – There is no one way to define the CTO role. “CTO’s are managers, researchers, […]
Episode 418: Functional Programming in Enterprise Applications
Vladimir Khorikov discusses functional programming in enterprise applications with Jeremy Jung. They cover immutability, the downsides of exceptions and null values, the difference between value objects and entities, refactoring existing projects, and how creating a mutable core with an immutable shell can help you create easier to understand applications. Related Links Enterprise Craftsmanship Is […]
Episode 417: Alex Petrov on Database Storage Engines
Alex Petrov, author of Database Internals explains the ins and outs of database storage engines. What are they? How do they differ? What problems do they solve? Host Adam Gordon Bell spoke with Alex about these questions as well as how information is stored on disk, different strategies for building indexes and the difference between […]
