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The Reconfigured Podcast

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The Reconfigured Podcast is a show that explores the intersection of technology, culture, and society which is hosted by Mohamad Kalaaji (technolaaji). We bring professionals to talk about their extended experience or discuss about a topic that might be interesting. All of our episodes are available for free to the general public at no additional cost

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#5 - Startups in Lebanon with Maysaa Ajjan 04.05.2022 1:10:51

Today’s episode is with Maysaa Ajjan, a journalist at Arab News. We have discussed the following topics: Her contributions to Al Annahar on the “Startup City” segment How Arabnet had the ability to track some startups in details Funding mechanism for startups from BDL (circular 331), bootcamps, competitions, and angel investing Lebanese startups conditions before the 2019 economic crisis (failed,...

#4 - Advocating on AWS with Faz 19.04.2022 2:03:01

Today's podcast episode is with Faz, a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS. We have discussed some interesting topics ranging from: - how AWS supports developers to adopt the cloud - his experience being a Senior Solution Architect at AWS - the challenges he faced when iterating and optimizing software at Randstad (a 24.5 billion dollar scale company that has multiple high scaled clients and offices...

#3 - Startups on AWS with Nicolas David 12.04.2022 1:23:22

This is my interview with Nicolas David, Senior Startup Solutions Architect Middle East at Amazon Web Services. We have discussed some interesting topics ranging from: How startups receive guidance and support from AWS His role on the Cloud Innovation Centers (CIC) program: a program provides opportunities for non profits, education institutions, and government agencies to collaborate with other p...

#2 - Fear 07.04.2022 19:47

We fear from a lot of things in our lives and that is something we will constantly face in our lives, in this episode Mohamad tries to deconstruct fear and recommend using a method called "Fear Setting" which is created by Tim Ferris that utilizes the Stoic's premeditatio malorum—the premeditation of the evils and troubles that might lie ahead

#1 - Web3: The Good, The Scams, and The Hype 21.03.2022 1:06:23

This episode we will dive deep into web3 in various aspects. We are going to talk about the advantages, the disadvantages, as well as the scams and hype around certain aspects of web3 even though the technology behind of it is pretty interesting. We will also talk about why do people buy some of those scams and how it is related to the metaverse in a certain way. I have decided to talk about web3...

Introduction to the podcast 03.03.2022 3:29

Hello there! I'm Mohamad Kalaaji and I am an AWS Community Builder and Software Engineer. I've decided to launch my podcast "The Reconfigured Podcast" as a way to spread zero cost information to the general public through sharing my experience as a software engineer ever since I entered the field at the age of 17 years old. The podcast will also host guests where they will share their knowledge an...