The InfoQ Podcast

In this podcast, Edo Liberty, Founder and CEO at Pinecone, discusses the importance of vector databases in the successful adoption of Generative AI and LLM based applications and how vector databases are different from traditional data stores. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4aHaVGi Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news an...

In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Nick Tune, co-author of the book Architecture Modernization - Socio-technical Alignment of Software, Strategy, and Structure. The discussion includes how to know if it makes sense to invest in an architecture modernization journey, how to get started, what benefits you can expect to achieve and how to measure the improvements. Read a transcript of this inte...

In this podcast, Vitess CNCF project technical lead Deepthi Sigireddi discusses the architecture of cloud native distributed databases, sharding, replication, and failover. She also talks about what DB developers should consider when choosing distributed databases. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3JWNJbT Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to...

In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke to Anthony Alford and Roland Meertens about the future of software development and the training of new developers, in a world where Large Language Models heavily contribute to software development. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3ycggYv Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experi...

In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Sophia Prater about Object-Oriented UX (OOUX). OOUX focuses on identifying the objects and relationships within a system, allowing for better communication and collaboration among designers, product owners, engineers, and architects. Prater explains the process of OOUX, which involves multiple rounds of discovery, requirements, prioritization, and revision....

In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke to Robert Hurlbut about what it means to make an application, not just the code, secure. Robert is a Principal Application Security Architect and Threat Modeling Lead at Aquia, a PhD student at Cap TechU and co-host of the Application Security Podcast. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4dha4yx Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter...

In this InfoQ podcast, host Daniel Bryant sat down with speakers from the InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 24-25) and discussed the critical challenges and decisions developers are currently facing. Topics covered include platform engineering, the evolution of senior software developer roles into Staff-Plus positions, AI's impact on the SDLC, and the importance of security. Read a transcript of this...

In this episode, Courtney Nash, a researcher focused on system safety and failures in complex sociotechnical systems, discussed the latest edition of the VOID report. Topics covered included: incident management and the role of automation, working effectively within socio-technical systems, and the value of collecting and analyzing system metrics in the good times and the bad. Read a transcript of...

In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke to Tracy Bannon about what software architecture really is, and what an architect needs to be able to do. She is senior principal at MITRE. She sees herself as a passionate software architect and change agent who also puts out the Real Technologists podcast. Read a transcript of this interview: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/architecture-emerge-tracy-bannon/ S...

The panel discussion in this episode is one half of the annual InfoQ Architecture and Design Trends Report. The other half is the written report. One of the regular features of InfoQ are the trends reports, which each focus on a different aspect of software development. These reports provide the InfoQ readers with a high-level overview of the topics to pay attention to this year, and also help the...

In this podcast InfoQ spoke with Venkat Subramaniam, CEO of Agile Developer Inc., on architecture patterns and practices and the new role of software architect in agile software organizations. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4csp6B7 Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patter...

This is a re-post from December 2023. In this episode of the podcast, Thomas Betts speaks with Fran Mendez about version 3 of AsyncAPI. The standard format for describing asynchronous APIs has evolved, and has made some breaking changes to address limitations in earlier versions. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3VjVekl Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your m...

This is a re-post from November 2023. In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Pamela Fox, a cloud advocate in Python at Microsoft. They discuss several ChatGPT sample apps that Pamela helps maintain. These include a very popular integration of ChatGPT with Azure OpenAI and Cognitive Search for querying enterprise data with a chat interface. Pamela also covers some best practices for getting start...

In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Kurt Bittner and Pierre Pureur about continuous architecture. The discussion covers the role of a software architect, the importance of documenting architectural decisions, and why you need a minimum viable architecture for any minimum viable product. Read a transcript of this interview: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/continuous-architecture/ Subscribe to t...

In this season finale of the Generally AI podcast, Roland and Anthony delve into the problems of mapping and localization, exploring methods such as stars, sextants, and the importance of precise clocks in determining longitude. They then cover navigation methods for mobile robots and self-driving cars, including behavior-based robotics and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). The podcast...

In this episode of the Generally AI podcast, hosts Roland and Anthony explore the fascinating world of audio waves by discussing the history of Fourier analysis and how the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) revolutionized signal processing with its efficiency. They then shift to song recognition apps like Shazam and their underlying algorithms: breaking songs into snippets and using techniques such as...

In this episode of Generally AI, Roland and Anthony explore the theme of "sold out" and delve into the world of GPUs, hot sauce, and beer. The hosts cover CUDA-enabled GPUs and parallel programming patterns. Then they explore the parallels between the scarcity of GPUs and Sriracha hot sauce; the historical context of GPU shortages; and how beer and college students can model supply chain dynamics....

In this podcast episode, Roland and Anthony delve into the lives and contributions of two legendary programmers, Alan Turing and Claude Shannon. While the two men met only once, their careers contain many parallels: both did foundational work in computer science, cryptography, and AI. Read a transcript of this interview: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/cs-ai-founders/ Subscribe to the Software Arch...

In this podcast episode, Roland and Anthony explore the world of AI-generated voices and music. The discussion begins with Stephen Hawking and the topic of artificially generated voices. They touch upon the applications of generated voices, the use of AI-generated celebrity voices, the ethical considerations surrounding consent, and the risks of misuse. Moving on to music, they discuss the generat...

Live from the venue of the QCon San Francisco Conference, we are talking with Sam Partee, principal engineer at Redis. In this podcast, Sam shares his insights on Redis' vector database offering, different approaches to embeddings, how to enhance large language models by adding a search component for retrieval augmented generation, and the use of hybrid search in Redis. Read a transcript of this i...

In this podcast episode of Generally AI, Roland Meertens and Anthony Alford explore the world of large language models, focusing on their vulnerabilities and security measures. Additionally, they delve into the history of the transformer architecture and Google's role in its development, along with the basics of LLM inference. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3HALTMV Subscribe t...

In this episode, Nsikan Essien talks with Hywel Carver and Suhail Patel about developer upskilling and generative AI. Together, they explore the following topics: the software engineer’s learning journey, the ways current generative AI technologies could help or hinder it, and what the role of the software engineer becomes with powerful AI technologies. Read a transcript of this interview: https:/...

In this special year-end wrap-up podcast Thomas Betts, Wes Reisz, Shane Hastie, Srini Penchikala, and Daniel Bryant reflect on technology trends in 2023 and discuss what they hope to see in 2024. Topics explored included: the use of AI and LLMs within software delivery, the changing role of technical leadership, and the increasing integration of software architecture and data engineering. Read a t...

Live from the venue of the QCon San Francisco Conference, we are talking with Shreya Rajpal, CEO and Cofounder of Guardrails AI. In this podcast, Shreya shares her insights on building guardrails for large language model (LLM) applications. Rajpal discusses how Guardrails AI assesses the reliability and safety of LLM applications, ensuring any input sent to the model is functionally correct and pr...

This is a repost from July 2023. In this episode of the podcast, members of the InfoQ editorial staff will be discussing the current trends in software architecture and design, as part of the process to create our annual trends report. These reports provide InfoQ readers with a high-level overview of the topics to pay attention to, and also help the editorial team focus on innovative technologies....