Theo Schlossnagle is a world-class software engineer, serial entrepreneur and owner of a butcher shop. In the podcast he unpacks the mindset, practices, and strategies that have shaped his approach to software development. From the power of curiosity to the challenges of debugging distributed systems, we explore what it takes to build resilient, maintainable software in an ever-evolving landscape. Along the way, we dive into automation of butchery equipment, the pitfalls of legacy systems, and the delicate balance between abstraction and simplicity. Whether you're scaling architectures, optimi ..read more

Sven Johann talks to Heinrich Hartmann and Alexander Heusingfeld about the cost of observability ..read more

Sven Johann talks with Aino Corry about better Tech Meetings Aino on Twitter Video from Aino on meetings on Dave Farleys channel Article about her book on Martin Fowlers website The book Liberating structures Fearless Change book ..read more

Lucas Dohmen talks with Angelo Veltens about Solid Solid Homepage SolidOS Solid community Solid organization on Github SolidOS organization on Github Forum Chat Solid Spec schema.org A data ecosystem fosters sustainable innovation ..read more

Stefan Tilkov talks with Mark Seemann Mark’s book Mark’s blog The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests (Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce) Hammock-driven development (Rich Hickey ..read more

Chris Richardson and Sven Johann discuss service templates Chris’ Microservices Patterns website Chris’ book on Microservices Patterns Crowdsourcing Technology Governance at Target Sam Newman, Building Microservices, chapter “Governance and the paved road” and “Governance and the paved road” Blogpost from Pete Hodgson ..read more

Sven Johann talks with Adam Tornhill about Software Design X-Rays This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club Part 1 Part 2 Adam Tornhill, Software Design X-Rays Adam Tornhill, Your Code as a Crime Scene Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais, Team Topologies John Ousterhout, A Philosophy of Software Design Dave Thomas & Andy Hunt, The Pragmatic Programmer Fred Brooks Jr., The Mythical Man-Month Chapter Marks: 0:00 Intro 2:54 Behavioral code analysis 8:53 Hotspot analysis and technical debt 14:42 Trends analysis 21:05 System mastery 24:11 Software Design X-Ray 27:18 The more metrics t ..read more

Sven Johann talks with Manuel Pais about Team Topologies Interview with Werner Vogels Team Topologies book Free resources Github: tools and templates Team Topologies Academy Platform as a Product Nikki Watts, Platform Engineering as a Community Service Chapter Marks: 00:00 Intro 01:45 The challenge of “two pizza” teams 07:00 The three types of cognitive load 10:48 Measuring cognitive load 16:44 Stream aligned (“two pizza”) teams 21:26 Platform teams 22:54 Enabling teams 24:25 Complicated subsystem teams 26:13 Overcoming common problems of enabling teams 38:21 What do Platform teams do? 5 ..read more

Joy Heron talks with Michele Hansen about customer interviews Deploy Empathy Practical Empathy by Indi Young Service Design by Andy Polaine, Ben Reason, and Lavrans Løvlie The User Experience Team of One by Leah Buley Inspired by Marty Cagan The Voice of the Customer, 1993 research paper by Abbie Griffin and John R. Hauser Clayton Christensen books Lean Customer Development by Cindy Alvarez Brené Brown Deploy Empathy Newsletter Software Social Podcast ..read more

Lucas Dohmen talks with Eric Normand Eric's homepage Grokking Simplicity We also got four coupons to get Grokking Simplicity for free - redeem them at https://www.manning.com: grsmplcr-7771 grsmplcr-2295 grsmplcr-32E6 grsmplcr-C494 Chapter Marks: 00:00:15 Introduction 00:06:10 Functional Thinking 00:19:27 Calculations, Actions, Events 00:26:56 Concurrency and Immutability 00:37:05 Immutable Facts and GDPR 00:40:46 Object Oriented and Functional Programming 00:59:30 Type System 01:25:11 Learning from other communities ..read more