Database Reliability Engineering with Laine Campbell
Over the last decade, cloud computing made it easier to programmatically define what infrastructure we have running, and perform operations across that infrastructure. This is called “infrastructure as code.” Whether you want to backup a database, deploy a new version of a service, or introduce a new tier of load balancers, the changes that we
GraphQL: Designing APIs for the Internet of Everything
GraphQL is not just changing the way we think about APIs, but transforming how we build applications for the modern internet. GraphQL was conceived when Facebook was rebuilding their mobile experiences in 2012 and later released to the public in 2015. GraphQL technology offers many features that make it greatly useful and helped it gain
Rust Networking with Carl Lerche
Rust is a systems programming language with a distinct set of features for safety and concurrency. In previous shows about Rust, we explored how Rust can prevent crashes and eliminate data races through its approach to type
Dremio Data Engineering with Tomer Shiran
Twenty years ago, all of the data in an organization could fit inside of relational databases. Imagine a company like Proctor and Gamble. P&G is a consumer packaged goods company with hundreds of business
Digital Evolution with Joel Lehman, Dusan Misevic, and Jeff Clune
Evolutionary algorithms can generate surprising, effective solutions to our problems. Evolutionary algorithms are often let loose within a simulated environment. The algorithm is given a function to optimize for, and the
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Hacking Your Short-Term Rental with Jeremy Galloway
If you have ever stayed in a short-term rental (like an Airbnb, HomeAway, or CouchSurfing), you have probably used the wifi network at that rental property. Why wouldn’t you? It’s no different than hopping on an open wifi...
Postgres Sharding and Scalability with Marco Slot
Relational databases have been popular since the 1970s, but in the last 20 years the amount of data that applications need to collect and store has skyrocketed. The raw cost to store that data has decreased. There is a common...
Necto: Build an ISP with Adam Montgomery
In the tech industry, we have all grown to fear “lock-in.” Lock-in is a situation in which you have no choice but to pay a certain provider for some aspect of your computer services. Since computers are so fundamental to our...
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Reality with Donald Hoffman
What is the relationship between your brain and your conscious experiences? This is is the fundamental question of the work of Donald Hoffman, a professor of computer science and cognitive science at UC Irvine. When Hoffman was a child, he wondered whether there was a...
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