The InfoQ Podcast

This is a repost from March 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...

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/3GMLtCv Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpai...

In this episode, Solomon Hykes, founder of Dagger and the original Docker project, sat down with Daniel Bryant to discuss the state of DevOps and how the new open source Dagger project aims to improve continuous delivery practices. Topics covered included the challenges of building applications, modernizing CI/CD tooling and practices, and building an effective community. Read a transcript of this...

In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke to Sid Anand about what it means to be a software architect, the process of becoming one, and how to be a successful architect in an organization. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3R3KT8l Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: www.infoq.com/software-architect…mpaign=architectnl Upcoming Events: QCon London https://qconlo...

In this episode, Michael Redlich, lead editor of the Java topic at InfoQ, sat down with podcast co-host Daniel Bryant and discussed the recent publication of the InfoQ Java Trends Report. Topics covered included the release of Java 21, the adoption of Java virtual threads, the evolution of the Jakarta EE and Spring projects, and the development of community and ecosystems projects. Read a transcri...

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 started with ChatGPT apps. Read a transcrip...

In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Micha “Mies” Hernandez van Leuffen about observability and incidents, and the roles of developers, SREs and other team members. One challenge is knowing what metrics to track in the first place. A developer-first approach to observability means focusing on metrics that are specific to your application. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/48R...

In this episode, Adam Jacob, CEO and co-founder at System Initiative, sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Daniel Bryant and discussed the evolution and potential future directions of DevOps and managing infrastructure. Topics covered included the challenges remaining within the DevOps movement, how to model and manage infrastructure, and how to increase collaboration between developers and operato...

In this episode, Tracy Miranda, a leader in the secure software supply chain domain, sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Daniel Bryant and discussed the current state of the industry. Topics covered included the benefits of SBOMs and SLSA, getting started with generating SBOMs, and how developers should work with leadership when evaluating their organization’s security posture. Read a transcript o...

In today's episode Thomas Betts talks to Mark Fussell and Yaron Schneider about the Distributed Applications Runtime, Dapr. In the latest InfoQ Architecture and Design Trends Report, Dapr is part of the early adopter ideas of design for portability and cloud-bound applications. Dapr provides APIs that abstract away the infrastructure details for modern applications, providing secure, best practice...

In this episode of the podcast will be discussing the current trends in the domain of AI, ML and Data Engineering as part of the process of creating 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. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/47YpXqY S...

In this episode, Roi Ravhon, co-founder and CEO of Finout, sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Daniel Bryant and discussed the emergence and industry adoption of FinOps. The conversation covers topics such as the benefits of adopting FinOps, the typical journey of an organization interested in learning more about cloud costs, and a range of cultural and tooling required for a successful implementa...

In today's episode Thomas Betts talks to Lily Mara, Engineering Manager at OneSignal in San Mateo, California. She manages the infrastructure services team, which is responsible for in-house services used by other OneSignal engineering teams. They will discuss how to build a reliable Kafka data processing pipeline. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3ONTM63 Subscribe to the Softwa...

In this episode of the podcast, members of the InfoQ editorial staff and friends of InfoQ will be discussing the current trends in the domain of cloud and DevOps as part of the process of creating 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. In addition t...

Live from the venue of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), we are talking with Ben Dart about the trends in robotics. In this podcast, Ben and Roland discuss the latest robotics technology as showcased at ICRA, and discuss where this technology is on the hype cycle. They also discuss how to get started with robotics yourself. Read a transcript of this interview: bit.ly/...

In Evolutionary Architectures, the book she co-authored, Dr. Rebecca Parsons described the principles and practices that allow architecture to evolve. In this episode of the podcast, we talk about those principles, how they’ve changed between the first and second editions of the book, and what changes we might see in the next few years. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3IUg5U6 S...

Live from the venue of the QCon London Conference, we are talking with Mehrnoosh Sameki. In this podcast, Mehrnoosh discusses the importance of responsible AI, the principles behind it, and the challenges in ensuring fairness and transparency in AI systems. She also highlights various open-source tools and approaches for developers to incorporate responsible AI practices into their machine learnin...

Commiting to the journey of running in the cloud is quite as simple as moving your code or writing a new application on a cloud offering. Between a diverse service catalog, greater developer autonomy, rapid provisioning, surprise billing, and changing security requirements, you might find that hosting applications on the cloud does not make the most of the cloud. In this episode of the podcast, Ro...

Live from the venue of the QCon London Conference, we are talking with Hien Luu, head of ML Platform at DoorDash. In this podcast, Hien discusses the main principles and strategies that DoorDash uses to scale and evolve MLOps, as well as some tips for those who want to get started with MLOps. Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3pkOiFL Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newslett...

Live from the venue of the QCon London Conference, we are talking with Leslie Miley, a technical advisor to the CTO at Microsoft. In this podcast, Leslie shares his insights on AI bias, sustainability, and the potential impact of AI on society. He emphasizes the importance of understanding and mitigating the harm these technologies can cause, while also discussing the responsibilities of developer...

Live from the venue of the QCon London Conference we are talking with Tomáš Neubauer. He will talk about Quix Streams, an open-source Python library that simplifies real-time machine learning pipelines. In his presentation, Tomáš will discuss various architecture designs, their pros and cons, and demonstrate a real use case of detecting a cyclist crash using Quix Streams and a TensorFlow model. Re...

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 the InfoQ readers with a high-level overview of the topics to pay attention to, and also help the editorial team focus on innovative technologies. In addition to the report an...

What makes QCon software conferences stand out from other events? The top reason has to be the content, which focuses on innovator and early adopter trends, and presenters who are expert practitioners, sharing their real-world stories. Deciding what topics to include in the conference starts with the QCon programming committee. In this episode, we're going backstage to get an understanding of how...

In this podcast, Srini Penchikala spoke with Dan Benjamin, the CEO of Dig Security on three main topics: Cloud Data Security, Data Security Posture Management, Data Detection and Response (DDR). Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3KKXKe3 Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter [monthly]: https://www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_mediu...

Today on the InfoQ Podcast, Wes Reisz speaks with Colin McCabe about Apache Kafka’s KRaft mode. Colin is a principal engineer with Confluent working on the scalability and performance of Apache Kafka. KRaft mode is the new operating mode of Apache Kafka released with 3.3.1 and is the new target architecture for Kafka metadata (the current roadmap will completely deprecate Zookeeper in Kafka in the...