Recent Episodes
Episode 502: Omer Katz on Distributed Task Queues Using Celery

Omer Katz, a software consultant and core contributor to the Celery discusses the Celery task processing framework with host Nikhil Krishna. Discussion covers in depth: the Celery task processing framework, it’s architecture and the underlying messaging protocol libraries on which it it is built; how to setup Celery for your project, and examine the various […]
Episode 501: Bob Ducharme on Creating Technical Documentation for Software Projects

Bob DuCharme, an experienced technical writer and author talks about writing documentation for software products. In this episode we discuss the various types of documentation that one creates for software products. Host Nikhil Krishna spoke with Bob in depth about the difference between these types of documentation and the audiences they target; importance of using […]
Episode 500: Sergey Gorbunov on Blockchain Interoperability

Sergey Gorbunov of Axelar discusses blockchain interoperability, a technology that enables decentralized applications to work across multiple blockchain ecosystems. Host Philip Winston spoke with Gorbunov about programmable blockchains, distributed vs. centralized changes, the Ethereum virtual machine, Axelar’s Cross-Chain Gateway Protocol and Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, security issues, delegated proof of stake, and other implementation details. This […]
Episode 499: Uma Chingunde on Building a PaaS

Uma Chingunde of Render compares building a PaaS with her previous experience running the Stripe Compute team. Host Jeremy Jung spoke with Chingunde about the role of a PaaS, building on public cloud providers, build vs buy, choosing features, user experience, managing databases, Series A vs later stage startups, and why internal infrastructure teams should […]
Episode 498: James Socol on Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

James Socol of Policygenius discusses continuous integration and continuous delivery, ways to test and deploy software quickly and easily. SE Radio host Felienne spoke with Socol about why CI and CD matter for the development process, what tools to use to deploy continuously, and how to get your team to adopt the CI/CD mindset and […]