Semaphore Uncut

In this Semaphore Uncut episode, I meet Eric Seidel , co-creator of Flutter and Director of Engineering for the Flutter team at Google. We chat about the Flutter developer experience, the Dart language that powers it, and the transition Flutter is making from mobile to desktop. Key takeaways: Flutter allows one codebase for mobile, web and desktop Dart is designed for developer experience AOT or J...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, we meet Nader Dabit , Senior Developer Advocate at AWS . He gives us his perspective on managed services in cloud development, tells us about AWS Amplify, and gives his predictions on the future of cloud computing.  Key takeaways: As the front-end ecosystem matures, more challenging products are possible Managed services give power to builders Prepackaged manage...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, I talk to Benjy Weinberger , co-founder of Toolchain . We discuss the open-source build tool, ' Pants ', and hear Benjy's views on the monorepo strategy for managing your codebase. Key takeaways: Pants: a fast, scalable build system Explicit modelling of dependencies is key to Pants performance Monorepo gives visibility and ownership of the effect...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, I talk to Michael Grinich , founder and CEO for WorkOS . We chat about how software companies fall foul of the 'Enterprise Chasm', and how WorkOS helps them cross it. We also learn about the engineering approach that the WorkOS team takes to maintain the reliability of their service, which is critical to their users. Key takeaways: How to cross the &ap...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, I chat with Emile Vauge , founder and CEO of Traefik Labs . We talk about the origins of Traefik and the Traefik Labs products that have stemmed from it. We also discuss getting started in the complex Kubernetes world and look into the future of cloud-native. Key takeaways: Automated microservice container networking with Traefik Like Istio, but simplified: Trae...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, I chat with Alex Ellis , creator of OpenFaaS , Inlets , and Arkade . He shares his experience of following his open-source passion while also making his work pay. Key takeaways: When an open-source project has traction and community, but no business model The sponsored app business model The Freemium business model Entrepreneurs have to take blows and get up aga...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, we talk to Guillermo Rauch . Guillermo is CEO and co-founder of Vercel . We talk about how React has emerged as a de-facto standard for the front-end. Guillermo describes Vercel's Next.js framework that is built around React. And we also discuss front-end testing and microservices engineering trends. Key takeaways: Next.js improves React development and dep...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, we talk to Vuk Gojnic . Vuk is Squad Lead for container and cloud-native engine at Deutsche Telekom Technik . Vuk describes how his internal engineering team is bringing Cloud Native infrastructure to the 200,000 person telecom giant. We discuss a number of technical challenges. We also address the issue of measuring the success of an internal engineering team....

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, we talk to Gojko Adzic , specialist in agile and lean quality improvement. We talk about how to make truly valuable software products: addressing real needs rather than all requests and establishing quick feedback loops by observing behavior change. Gojko also shares how he has kept his passion for software alive. We hear how he made space to learn and experimen...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Jon Reid , leading expert in unit testing and test-driven development (TDD) for iOS, talks about the importance of shaping production code in response to tests. Jon is a Technical Agile Coach and the author of iOS Unit   Testing by Example, XCTest Tips and Techniques Using Swift book. Key takeaways: From Objective C to Swift Rapid test-driven development in iOS...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, José Valim , the creator of the Elixir programming language shares with us insights on developing Elixir, from its inception to the road ahead. José is the Chief Adoption Officer at Dashbit , speaker, and the author of three technical books . We talked about: How Elixir was born Elixir's functional roots The role of Erlang VM Modeling concurrency in Elixir...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, John-Daniel Trask , the co-founder, and CEO of Raygun explains how a short feedback loop enables teams to rapidly develop high-quality products. JD Trask is a technology leader with almost 30 years of software development experience. Key takeaways: The shorter the loops are, the happier the customer gets Putting the customers at the heart of what you do Understa...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Elton Stoneman , Docker Captain, trainer, and author shares with us some great tips on how to get started with Kubernetes and exciting news about his latest project, Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches . Elton is a Microsoft MVP , PluralSight Author , and the writer of a step-by-step guide for those just starting out with containers. We talked about: Latest p...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Stephanie Wong , Developer Advocate at Google Cloud and the creator of the Google Cloud Youtube series Networking End-to-End and Kubeflow 101 , talks about her work of creating remarkable online developer content. Stephanie is a speaker, writer, supporter of communities for women in tech, and the host of Google's Next onAir broadcast . Key takeaways: Online...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Jérôme Petazzoni , leading instructor on containers and the creator of container.training talks about his amazing journey of becoming an evangelist and the impact of Kubernetes adoption. Jérôme is a Senior Software Engineer, international speaker, and the co-author of the open-source eBook “ CI/CD with Docker and Kubernetes ”. Key takeaways: The journey: from SR...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Justin Cormack , Senior Security Engineer at Docker and member of the Technical Oversight Committee at CNCF , shares insights from the security industry. We talk about why it’s important to think about what could go wrong when building software, how hackers are now exploiting vulnerabilities before shipping your code to production, and what companies can really...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Cheryl Hung , VP Ecosystem at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and founder of the Cloud Native London meetup , introduces us to the End User Community 's latest initiative – the CNCF Technology Radar . Furthermore, we talk about the most common challenges companies face nowadays and why being part of the Kubernetes community is different. Cheryl is a C...

In a new episode of Semaphore Uncut, Solo.io founder and CEO Idit Levine ( @Idit_Levine ) shares insights on what’s next in service mesh solutions. We dig into the importance of network for distributed systems, the evolution of API gateways, the cutting edge of service mesh infrastructure, and more. Idit was very kind to share many details from her journey in discovering and developing Solo's...

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Alexis Richardson , CEO and co-founder of Weaveworks , shares insights on how GitOps is reshaping the industry. We talk about why Weaveworks was founded, the problems it solves, and how GitOps best practices emerged from their work. We follow the evolutionary path all the way to the company's new GitOps Toolkit . Alexis also touches on ways one can contribu...

To many developers, deploying an application to Kubernetes may feel like riding a wild horse. That experience will soon change as more high-level abstractions appear. Bryan Liles , Senior Staff Engineer at VMware, was kind to share with us his views on how to think about Kubernetes, where the next innovations will appear, and his latest project. Bryan is an expert in software architecture with nea...

Since its initial release, Kubernetes has seen a fantastic rise as more and more organizations are migrating production workloads to containers. But how do you know if the next big thing is the next right thing for you? Who better to ask than our guest – Nigel Poulton , famous author, and Kubernetes aficionado? Nigel is a popular trainer and author, internationally recognized for his Docker Deep D...

It’s not every day that you get to peek inside the inner workings of a major tech company like WeTransfer. But today, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Antoine van der Lee about his work as a lead iOS engineer at the file transfer company. Antoine van der Lee, who lives in Amsterdam, is also the founder of SwiftLee , a weekly blog jam-packed with useful Swift, iOS, and Xcode tips.   Dur...

If you’re looking to level-up your Docker game or to get started using containers, you’re in for a treat. This week, I had the pleasure of chatting with Docker architect and author Elton Stoneman about: His upcoming book for beginners, Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches How enterprises can modernize their code without complete re-writes What a typical Docker learning path looks like for beginners...

In this week’s episode of Semaphore Uncut, I had the honor of speaking with author, consultant, and continuous delivery thought leader Dave Farley .  Dave, who has been in the industry for more than 30 years, was kind enough to share his experience as a strategic software development consultant, industry patterns (and anti-patterns) he has observed, best practices for setting up successful testing...

In today's Semaphore Uncut episode, host Darko Fabijan chats with Matt Klein, a software engineer at Lyft. Matt is the architect behind Envoy , one of the most popular open-source service proxies, which is shipping out a new mobile version soon. What prompted Matt to create Envoy, and what problems does it solve? What's the secret sauce that made it such a wild hit? Listen to the episode...