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This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/episodes/428 Elton Stoneman - Freelance Consultant, Trainer & Author of "Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches" Bret Fisher - Docker Captain, Cloud Native Ambassador, Course Creator, YouTuber & Podcaster RESOURCES Elton https://bsky.app/profile/eltonstoneman.bsky.social https://x.com/EltonStoneman https://github.com/sixeyed https://www.linkedin.com/in/eltonstoneman https://blog.sixeyed.com Bret https://bsky.app/profile/bretfisher.com https://x.com/BretFisher https://github.com/BretFisher https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretefisher https://www.bretfisher.com/start https://www.bretfisher.com Links Get 45% discount on Manning products with code: GOTOstoneman3 https://www.manning.com https://blog.sixeyed.com/why-would-you-write-a-book-about-docker-in-2025 https://12factor.net DESCRIPTION In this conversation, Docker educator Brett Fisher sits down with Elton Stoneman - freelance consultant, former Docker employee, and author of "Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches" — to discuss the newly released second edition of his book. They cover what has changed in the container ecosystem over the last five years, why Docker fundamentals still matter even as Kubernetes dominates production environments, and what separates a Docker beginner from a true expert. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Elton Stoneman • Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches • https://amzn.to/4kJVSSD Elton Stoneman • Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches • https://amzn.to/4qKjate Elton Stoneman • Docker on Windows • https://amzn.to/4cD6kJD Burns, Beda & Hightower • Kubernetes: Up & Running • https://amzn.to/3sueuuI Liz Rice • Container Security • https://amzn.to/3oU4iJe Liz Rice • Kubernetes Security • https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/kubernetes-security/9781492039075 Bluesky Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech William Rizzo - Global Field CTO at Mirantis & CNCF Ambassador Colin Griffin - CEO at Krumware & Co-Chair of CNCF Platform Engineering Working Group RESOURCES William https://bsky.app/profile/williamrizzo.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-rizzo https://github.com/wrkode Colin https://bsky.app/profile/devnetes.bsky.social https://github.com/krumware https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-e-griffin Links https://www.cncf.io/reports/cloud-native-artificial-intelligence-whitepaper https://cloudnativeplatforms.com/whitepapers/platform-eng-maturity-model DESCRIPTION Colin Griffin and William Rizzo explore the evolving state of platform engineering in 2026. They discuss how the discipline plays out very differently across verticals such as fintech, telco, and automotive, and why generic frameworks must be tailored to the unique regulatory, cultural, and technical realities of each industry. The conversation moves through the growing pressure to align platform investments with measurable business outcomes, the distinct compliance challenges facing European organizations under tightening AI regulation, and the infrastructure reckoning triggered by large-scale GPU investment. Both speakers converge on a shared wish: that the CNCF Platform Engineering White Paper and Maturity Model be updated to reflect vertical-specific guidance, informed directly by end-user organizations. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Gregor Hohpe • Platform Strategy • https://amzn.to/4cxfYdb Gregor Hohpe • Cloud Strategy • https://amzn.to/3TOS3Nv Zhamak Dehghani • Data Mesh • https://amzn.to/3tTCwAC Sandeep Uttamchandani • The Self-Service Data Roadmap • https://amzn.to/3wAw5W2 Bluesky Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This conversation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2025. https://gotopia.tech Marko Klemetti - CTO of Eficode Kris Jenkins - Lifelong Computer Geek and Podcast Host ORIGINAL TALK TITLE Rewriting the SDLC Playbook with GenAI: How To Build a GenAI-Augmented Software Organization? RESOURCES Marko https://bsky.app/profile/mrako.com https://twitter.com/mrako https://github.com/mrako https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrako https://mrako.com Kris https://bsky.app/profile/krisajenkins.bsky.social https://twitter.com/krisajenkins https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisjenkins https://github.com/krisajenkins http://blog.jenkster.com ABSTRACT Speakers interview each other on topics that matter to them. Expect the unexpected. [...] Read the full abstract here: https://gotocph.com/2025/sessions/3931 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • http://amzn.to/3sVLyLQ Forsgren, Humble & Kim • Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps • https://amzn.to/3tCz1xO John Arundel & Justin Domingus • Cloud Native DevOps with Kubernetes • https://amzn.to/3hKZvI5 Wynne, Hellesoy & Tooke • The Cucumber Book • https://amzn.to/3tEUINJ Sol Rashidi • Your AI Survival Guide • https://amzn.to/3UFYnKC David Foster • Generative Deep Learning • https://amzn.to/48ZgP4x Phil Winder • Reinforcement Learning • https://amzn.to/3t1S1VZ Bluesky Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/429 Ajay Chankramath - Founder & CEO at Platformetrics & Co-Author of "Effective Platform Engineering" Nic Cheneweth - Principal Consultant at Thoughtworks & Co-Author of "Effective Platform Engineering" RESOURCES Ajay https://www.linkedin.com/in/chankramath https://github.com/achankra https://x.com/ajchantw https://chankramath.com https://platformetrics.com Nic https://www.linkedin.com/in/niccheneweth https://github.com/ncheneweth https://x.com/NicCheneweth https://ncheneweth.com Links https://effectiveplatformengineering.com https://epetech.io https://dora.dev https://dora.dev/research/2025/dora-report DESCRIPTION Ajay Chankramath (founder and CEO of Platformetrics) and Nic Cheneweth Cheneweth (Principal Technologist at ThoughtWorks) explore the evolving world of platform engineering. They discuss why a product mindset is critical for internal platforms, how control planes and API-first design create scalable foundations, the real challenges organizations face when implementing Backstage, and where AI and agents are beginning to change the platform landscape. Throughout, both speakers emphasize that cutting corners on architectural foundations ultimately compounds problems at scale. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Chankramath, Cheneweth, Oliver & Alvarez • Effective Platform Engineering • https://amzn.to/3OnxN8i Gregor Hohpe • Platform Strategy • https://amzn.to/4cxfYdb Bluesky Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for GOTO State of the Art in November 2025. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/425 Adrian Mouat - Developer Relations at Chainguard & Author of 'Using Docker' Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant RESOURCES Adrian https://bsky.app/profile/adrianmouat.com https://twitter.com/adrianmouat https://github.com/amouat https://linkedin.com/in/adrianmouat http://www.adrianmouat.com Charles https://bsky.app/profile/charleshumble.bsky.social https://linkedin.com/in/charleshumble https://mastodon.social/@charleshumble https://conissaunce.com Links https://images.chainguard.dev https://www.cisa.gov/sbom https://www.chainguard.dev/supply-chain-security-101/the-npm-registry-cant-protect-you-the-new-javascript-supply-chain-attacks https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/discovering-the-xz-backdoor-with-andres-freund https://edu.chainguard.dev DESCRIPTION In this State of the Art episode, Charles Humble speaks with Adrian Mouat, Developer Relations at Chainguard and author of "Using Docker", about the evolution of container security and the persistent challenge of outdated packages. Adrian explains how traditional Linux distributions weren't designed for the immutable, frequently-replaced nature of containers, leading to security vulnerabilities that scanners detect but teams struggle to address. He discusses how Chainguard tackles this problem by building everything from source using Wolfi, creating minimal "distroless" images with near-zero CVEs, and how concepts like SBOMs, attestations, and defense in depth are reshaping security practices. The conversation also covers major security incidents including the XZ Utils backdoor and Shai-hulud attacks, emphasizing the importance of building from source, using short-lived credentials, and replacing rather than updating containers – practices pioneered by companies like Google that are gradually spreading across the industry. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Adrian Mouat • Using Docker • https://amzn.to/3PEYIJL Liz Rice • Container Security • https://amzn.to/3oU4iJe Liz Rice • Kubernetes Security • https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/kubernetes-security/9781492039075 Bluesky Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/427 Nick Selby - Managing Partner at EPSD Sarah Wells - Independent Consultant & Author of "Enabling Microservice Success" RESOURCES Nick https://infosec.exchange/@fuzztech https://bsky.app/profile/nickselby.com https://github.com/nickselby https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickselby https://nickselby.com Sarah https://bsky.app/profile/sarahjwells.bsky.social https://linkedin.com/in/sarahjwells1 https://www.sarahwells.dev Links https://ainowinstitute.org/contributor/heidy https://www.heidyk.com DESCRIPTION In this conversation, Sarah Wells and Nick Selby explore why the current rush to adopt AI tools introduces significant business risks. They discuss how AI vendors deliberately blur security terminology to confuse buyers, how AI tools' insatiable appetite for data creates enormous blast radii when breaches occur, and what organizations can do to adopt AI responsibly - from threat modeling and cross-disciplinary governance to minimum-permission principles and incident readiness. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Sarah Wells • Enabling Microservice Success • https://amzn.to/4aa8xrv Katharine Jarmul • Practical Data Privacy • https://amzn.to/3OafC3m Katharine Jarmul & Jacqueline Kazil • Data Wrangling with Python • https://amzn.to/3Ue5BV5 Bluesky Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/episodes/426 Frances Buontempo - Consultant, Developer & Author of "Learn C++ by Example" Matt Godbolt - Low-level Latency Geek & Creator of Compiler Explorer RESOURCES Frances https://bsky.app/profile/fbuontempo.bsky.social https://mastodon.social/@fbuontempo https://x.com/fbuontempo https://github.com/doctorlove https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesbuontempo https://about.me/frances_buontempo https://buontempoconsulting.blogspot.com Matt https://bsky.app/profile/matt.godbolt.org https://xania.org https://github.com/mattgodbolt https://www.linkedin.com/in/godbolt https://twitter.com/mattgodbolt https://godbolt.org Links https://cppinsights.io DESCRIPTION Matt Godbolt interviews Frances Buontempo about her book "Learn C++ by Example", a practical guide aimed at helping programmers relearn modern C++ features introduced since C++11. Frances shares her unique teaching philosophy, which emphasizes self-contained, playable examples like simple games that make complex concepts accessible and memorable. Drawing on her background in mathematics and her father's work in teacher education, she explains how her approach—exemplified by her famous "X Out of a Y Paper Bag" series of talks—uses humor and practical scenarios to help learners understand challenging topics like coroutines, the spaceship operator, and the "almost always auto" style. The discussion touches on the evolution of C++, the upcoming reflection features in C++26, and Fran's current project: writing an introductory C++ book for complete beginners, despite finding concepts like "constant variable" challenging to explain even as an experienced author. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Frances Buontempo • Learn C++ by Example • https://amzn.to/4rgxSZX Frances Buontempo • Introducing C++ • https://amzn.to/40aHQQC Frances Buontempo • Genetic Algorithms and Machine Learning for Programmers • https://amzn.to/3OLjXMV Daniel Kusswurm • Modern Parallel Programming with C++ and Assembly Language • https://amzn.to/4o5J3SF Bluesky Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for GOTO State of the Art in January 2026. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/423 Dr. Ewelina Kurtys - Strategic Advisor on Frontier Technologies at FinalSpark Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant RESOURCES Ewelina https://x.com/ewelina_kurtys https://github.com/ewelinaewela https://www.linkedin.com/in/ewelinakurtys https://www.ewelinakurtys.com Charles https://bsky.app/profile/charleshumble.bsky.social https://linkedin.com/in/charleshumble https://mastodon.social/@charleshumble https://conissaunce.com Links https://finalspark.com https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biologically-inspired-computing-dr-ewelina-kurtys-udnhe https://finalspark.com/finalspark-6-month-research-technology-update https://finalspark.com/first-publication-from-a-neuroplatform-user DESCRIPTION Dr. Ewelina Kurtys, Strategy Advisor at FinalSpark, discusses the revolutionary potential of biological computing with host Charles Humble. The conversation explores FinalSpark's ambitious goal to build computers using living neurons that are 1 million times more energy efficient than current digital systems. Ewelina explains the technical challenges of working with brain organoids, the ethical considerations of using human stem cells, and why biological neurons could dramatically reduce AI costs while offering unique advantages for complex tasks like generative AI. The interview covers everything from neural encoding and plasticity to consciousness and the deterministic nature of the brain. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Robert M. Sapolsk • Determined • https://amzn.to/4akv2gi Jin Xu • Biological Computing • https://amzn.to/4a4Wwp9 Bluesky Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/episodes/424 Susanne Kaiser - Independent Tech Consultant & Author of "Architecture for Flow" James Lewis - Software Architect & Director at Thoughtworks RESOURCES Susanne https://bsky.app/profile/suksr.bsky.social https://mastodon.social/@suksr https://twitter.com/suksr https://www.linkedin.com/in/susannekaiser1 https://susannekaiser.net James https://bsky.app/profile/boicy.bovon.org https://twitter.com/boicy https://linkedin.com/in/james-lewis-microservices https://github.com/boicy https://www.bovon.org Links https://susannekaiser.net/the-architecture-for-flow-canvas https://susannekaiser.net/articles https://www.christenseninstitute.org/theory/jobs-to-be-done DESCRIPTION James Lewis interviews Susanne Kaiser about her comprehensive new book "Architecture for Flow: Adaptive Systems with Domain-Driven Design, Wardley Mapping and Team Topologies". Susanne shares how she brought together 3 powerful frameworks over several years of her consulting work, creating a holistic approach to designing socio-technical systems. The discussion covers her journey from startup CTO to independent consultant, the evolution of her thinking around value streams and team organization, and her practical "Architecture for Flow Canvas" that teams can use to assess their current state and envision their future. With 126 hand-drawn illustrations and 599 sticky notes in the book, Kaiser emphasizes the importance of visual communication and starting with the problem space before jumping to solutions. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Susanne Kaiser • Adaptive Systems With Domain-Driven Design, Wardley Mapping & Team Topologies • https://amzn.to/3XTmNCc Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • https://amzn.to/4a2gh0i Woods, Erder & Pureur • Continuous Architecture in Practice • https://amzn.to/2QWAmkl Steve Pereira & Andrew Davis • Flow Engineering • https://amzn.to/3GY3u44 Stefan Hofer & Henning Schwentner • Domain Storytelling • https://amzn.to/3EroBH7 Bluesky Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2025. https://gotocph.com Abby Bangser - Platform Engineering Insights from Syntasso delivering Kratix Adrian Mouat - Developer Relations at Chainguard & Author of 'Using Docker' Holly Cummins - JavaOne Rock Star. Building Quarkus to Make the Cloud Cloudier RESOURCES Abby https://bsky.app/profile/abangser.bsky.social https://twitter.com/a_bangser https://github.com/abangser https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbybangser https://www.syntasso.io/members-area/abby/profile Adrian https://bsky.app/profile/adrianmouat.com https://twitter.com/adrianmouat https://github.com/amouat https://linkedin.com/in/adrianmouat http://www.adrianmouat.com Holly https://hollycummins.com https://hollycummins.com/type/blog https://bsky.app/profile/hollycummins.com https://hachyderm.io/@holly_cummins https://twitter.com/holly_cummins https://github.com/holly-cummins https://linkedin.com/in/holly-k-cummins RECOMMENDED BOOKS Adrian Mouat • Using Docker • https://amzn.to/3PEYIJL Liz Rice • Container Security • https://amzn.to/3oU4iJe Liz Rice • Kubernetes Security • https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/kubernetes-security/9781492039075 Anne Currie, Sarah Hsu, & Sara Bergman • Building Green Software • https://amzn.to/3UjSClv Kief Morris • Infrastructure as Code • https://amzn.to/4e6EBQc Bluesky Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/episodes/422 Fabrice Bernhard - Co-Author of “The Lean Tech Manifesto” & Co-Founder & CTO at Theodo Steve Pereira - C o-Author of “Flow Engineering” & Principal Consultant at Visible Flow Consulting RESOURCES Fabrice https://bsky.app/profile/fab-ber.bsky.social https://x.com/fabriceb https://github.com/fabriceb https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabricebernhard Steve https://x.com/steveelsewhere https://github.com/stevepereira https://www.linkedin.com/in/devopsto https://stevepereira.ca Links https://hbr.org/1986/01/the-new-new-product-development-game DESCRIPTION Fabrice Bernhard, co-founder of Theodo and co-author of "The Lean Tech Manifesto", shares his journey from agile practitioner to lean thinking advocate. The discussion explores how lean principles can scale agile practices beyond small teams, the misconceptions around both methodologies, and the emergence of tech-enabled networks of teams as a new organizational model. Fabrice emphasizes that both lean and agile are fundamentally about people, not processes, and shares practical lessons from scaling his consultancy to 700 people while maintaining agility through lean principles. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Fabrice Bernhard & Benoît Charles-Lavauzelle • The Lean Tech Manifesto • https://amzn.to/3Z4EbU6 Steve Pereira & Andrew Davis • Flow Engineering • https://amzn.to/3GY3u44 General Stanley McChrystal, Collins, Silverman & Fussell • Team of Teams • https://amzn.to/4bUzhQY Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • https://amzn.to/4a2gh0i Bill Frasure, Bruce Eckel, James Ward • Effect Oriented Programming • https://amzn.to/4sO6wLV Susanne Kaiser • Adaptive Systems With Domain-Driven Design, Wardley Mapping & Team Topologies • https://amzn.to/3XTmNCc Bluesky Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/421 Félix GV - Current Interests: Multi-Planetary Databases, Data Sovereignty & Lifelogging Olimpiu Pop - Technologist & Tech Journalist RESOURCES Félix https://bsky.app/profile/felixgv.ninja https://github.com/FelixGV https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixgv Olimpiu https://x.com/olimpiupop https://github.com/zroll https://www.linkedin.com/in/olimpiupop Links https://venicedb.org https://github.com/linkedin/venice https://rocksdb.org https://duckdb.org DESCRIPTION Félix GV, a former engineer at LinkedIn and architect of the Venice database system, discusses the complexity of building planetary-scale data systems. He explains Venice's unbundled architecture where each component—from Kafka-based pub/sub to RocksDB-powered servers—operates as an independent distributed system. Félix details their rigorous chaos engineering practices, including regular load tests that push data centers beyond normal capacity to ensure reliability. The discussion covers fundamental distributed systems concepts like the CAP theorem and the trade-offs between consistency and availability in multi-region deployments. He also explains why Venice, as a derived data system, deliberately sacrifices strong consistency for high throughput and availability, and concludes by discussing their experimental integration of DuckDB for SQL-based analytics and data exploration capabilities. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Kasun Indrasiri & Danesh Kuruppu • gRPC: Up and Running • https://amzn.to/3sBGBJJ Tomer Shiran, Jason Hughes & Alex Merced • Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide • https://amzn.to/488Z30k William Smith • Arrow Flight Protocols and Practices • https://amzn.to/4o2Q2fd Adi Polak • Scaling Machine Learning with Spark • https://amzn.to/3N9vx1H Mark Needham, Michael Hunger & Michael Simons • DuckDB in Action • https://amzn.to/45QwSli Simon Aubury & Ned Letcher • Getting Started with DuckDB • https://amzn.to/3VPk4q Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This conversation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2025. https://gotocph.com Sam Newman - Author of Building Microservices & Monolith to Microservices Jacqui Read - Author of Communication Patterns: A Guide for Developers and Architects Simon Rohrer - Global Head of Enterprise Tech Architecture and Ways of Thinking ORIGINAL TALK TITLE Software Design, Architecture & Giving Clarity at Scale RESOURCES Sam https://twitter.com/samnewman https://www.linkedin.com/in/samnewman http://samnewman.io http://samnewman.io/blog https://github.com/snewman Jacqui https://bsky.app/profile/tekiegirl.bsky.social https://jacquiread.com https://fosstodon.org/@tekiegirl https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelineread https://github.com/tekiegirl Simon https://bsky.app/profile/simon.bvssh.com https://mastodon.social/@simonr https://x.com/sirohrer https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonrohrer https://github.com/sirohrer https://www.soonersaferhappier.com Links https://acedmodel.com ABSTRACT In this session, we will explore the nature of software design - what is it, and where is the intersection with architecture? We’ll also look at the importance of communicating context, design, and architecture across an organization. If you’d like to do some advanced reading, head over to acedmodel.com for more. Both Jacqui and Simon will be sharing their expertise and experiences, but this session is also all about your questions. Come along, and get involved! [...] Read the full abstract here: https://gotocph.com/2025/sessions/3932 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Jacqui Read • Communication Patterns • https://amzn.to/3E37lvv Sam Newman • Building Resilient Distributed Systems • https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/building-resilient-distributed/9781098163532 Sam Newman • Monolith to Microservices • https://amzn.to/2Nml96E Sam Newman • Building Microservices • https://amzn.to/3dMPbOs Jonathan Smart, Zsolt Berend, Myles Ogilvie & Simon Rohrer • Sooner Safer Happier • https://amzn.to/3Emm9p2 Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/episodes/420 Bill Frasure - Co-Author of "Effect Oriented Programming" Bruce Eckel - Author of many books such as "Thinking in Java", "Thinking in C++" & Atomic Kotlin & Co-Author of "Effect Oriented Programming" James Ward - Principal Developer Advocate at AWS & Co-Author of "Effect Oriented Programming" Andrew Harmel-Law - Technical Principal at Thoughtworks & Author of "Facilitating Software Architecture" RESOURCES Bill https://github.com/swoogles https://x.com/bill_frasure Bruce https://bsky.app/profile/bruceeckel.bsky.social https://x.com/BruceEckel https://github.com/BruceEckel https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruceeckel James https://bsky.app/profile/jamesward.com https://twitter.com/_JamesWard https://github.com/jamesward https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesward Andrew https://bsky.app/profile/andrewhl.bsky.social https://twit.social/@ahl https://x.com/al94781 https://github.com/andrewharmellaw https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewharmellaw https://andrewharmellaw.github.io Links https://effectorientedprogramming.com https://happypathprogramming.com https://zio.dev https://www.unison-lang.org https://www.roc-lang.org DESCRIPTION Andrew Harmel-Law explores the core concepts of effect oriented programming with authors Bill Frasure, Bruce Eckel, and James Ward. The discussion reveals that effects are composable operations that encapsulate side effects and defer execution, giving developers the right handles to manage unpredictability through compiler-checked types. The authors explain how ZIO tracks three critical types: outputs, failures, and environmental requirements, enabling better testing with mock clocks and random number generators. They share their intentional avoidance of intimidating functional programming terminology like "monads" proving you don't need mathematical foundations to understand effects. The conversation covers effect systems' expansion beyond Scala into TypeScript, Kotlin, and new languages like Unison and Roc, and how their collaborative writing process with strict constraints like 47-character line limits - created a coherent 100-page book readable in portrait mode on your phone. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Bill Frasure, Bruce Eckel, James Ward • Effect Oriented Programming • https://amzn.to/4sO6wLV Bruce Eckel & Svetlana Isakova • Atomic Kotlin • https://amzn.to/4qT1gEQ Bruce Eckel • Thinking in C++ • https://amzn.to/4qnrIGW Andrew Harmel-Law • Facilitating Software Architecture • https://amzn.eu/d/5kZKVfU Sam Keen • Clean Architecture with Python • https://amzn.to/4pBT5g0 Eric Evans • Domain-Driven Design • https://amzn.to/3tnGhwm Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This conversation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2025. https://gotocph.com Rod Johnson - Building the future of agent frameworks at Embabel Arjen Poutsma - Practical Insights from a Spring Framework Veteran Trisha Gee - Award-winning Engineer, Author and PC Member RESOURCES Rod https://twitter.com/springrod https://github.com/johnsonr https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsonroda https://the-composition.com/@springrod Arjen https://bsky.app/profile/poutsma.bsky.social https://fosstodon.org/@poutsma https://github.com/poutsma https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjen-poutsma-288ba6 Trisha https://bsky.app/profile/trishagee.bsky.social https://twitter.com/trisha_gee https://github.com/trishagee https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishagee https://trishagee.com ABSTRACT Ask me anything. Read the full abstract here: https://gotocph.com/2025/sessions/3927 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Rod Johnson • Expert One-On-One J2Ee Design and Development • https://amzn.to/48oCxAJ Johnson, Höller, Arendsen, Risbert & Sampaleanu • Professional Java Development with the Spring Framework • https://amzn.to/44J4SRb Trisha Gee & Helen Scott • Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA • https://amzn.to/3ZBgnGc Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/3kiTwJJ Trisha Gee, Kathy Sierra & Bert Bates • Head First Java • https://amzn.to/3k59BJ6 Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Serverless 2025. https://conferences.gotopia.tech/goto-serverless-bengaluru-2025 Nick Coult - Director of Product for Serverless at AWS Robbie Kohler - VP of Software Engineering, Byte by Yum! David Anderson - Software Architect at G-P/Globalization Partners & Author of "The Value Flywheel Effect" Janak Agarwal - Senior Manager, Product Management, AWS Lambda Akshatha Laxmi - Solution Architect at AntStack Jeevan Dongre - CEO & Co-Founder at AntStack RESOURCES Nick https://x.com/nickcoult https://github.com/coultn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickcoult Robbie https://www.linkedin.com/in/rkohler https://x.com/robbie_kohler David https://x.com/davidand393 https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-anderson-belfast https://theserverlessedge.com Janak https://www.linkedin.com/in/janakagarwal Akshatha https://github.com/AkshathaLaxmi https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshatha-laxmi Jeevan https://x.com/jeevandongre https://github.com/jeevandongre https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeevandongre Read the full abstract here: https://conferences.gotopia.tech/goto-serverless-bengaluru-2025/sessions/3856 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Peter Sbarski • Serverless Architectures on AWS • https://amzn.to/3hJzEUM Michael Stack • Event-Driven Architecture in Golang • https://amzn.to/3G5e8ST Ashley Peacock • Serverless Apps on Cloudflare • https://amzn.to/3EU7P85 Jeroen Mulder • Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects • https://amzn.to/3FdNDOA Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/episodes/418 Sam Keen - Founder & Researcher at AlteredCraft & Author of "Clean Architecture with Python" Max Kirchoff - CTO at Ginko & Multidisciplinary Technologist & Creative RESOURCES Sam https://bsky.app/profile/samkeen.bsky.social https://x.com/samkeen https://github.com/samkeen https://www.linkedin.com/in/samkeen https://samkeen.dev Max https://x.com/ProductNihilist https://github.com/maxkirchoff https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkirchoff https://maxkirchoff.com Links https://www.heyginko.com https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TestPyramid.html DESCRIPTION Max Kirchoff interviews Sam Keen about his book "Clean Architecture with Python". Sam, a software developer with 30 years of experience spanning companies from startups to AWS, shares his approach to applying clean architecture principles with Python while maintaining the language's pragmatic nature. The conversation explores the balance between architectural rigor and practical development, the critical relationship between architecture and testability, and how clean architecture principles can enhance AI-assisted coding workflows. Sam emphasizes that clean architecture isn't an all-or-nothing approach but a set of principles that developers can adapt to their context, with the core value lying in thoughtful dependency management and clear domain modeling. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Sam Keen • Clean Architecture with Python • https://amzn.to/4pBT5g0 Fabrizio Romano & Heinrich Kruger • Learn Python Programming • https://amzn.to/4myLBIt Uncle Bob • Clean Code • https://amzn.to/3soPO6k Uncle Bob • Clean Architecture • https://amzn.to/3x0gjBQ Eric Evans • Domain-Driven Design • https://amzn.to/3tnGhwm Naomi Ceder • The Quick Python Book • https://amzn.to/3zwdDOa Luciano Ramalho • Fluent Python • https://amzn.to/3oSw2je David Beazley • Python Distilled (Developer's Library) • https://amzn.to/3QjNBEv Saleem Siddiqui • Learning Test-Driven Development • https://amzn.to/35OMb3n Maciej «MJ» Jedrzejewski • Master Software Architecture • https://leanpub.com/master-software-architecture Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/419 Roman Zhukov - Principal Architect - Security Communities Lead at Red Hat Damian Brady - Staff Developer Advocate at GitHub RESOURCES Roman https://github.com/rozhukov https://www.linkedin.com/in/rozhukov Damian https://bsky.app/profile/damovisa.me https://hachyderm.io/@damovisa https://x.com/damovisa https://github.com/Damovisa https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianbrady https://damianbrady.com.au Links https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-assisted-development-and-open-source-navigating-legal-issues DESCRIPTION Roman Zhukov (Red Hat) and Damian Brady (GitHub) explore the evolving landscape of AI-assisted software development. They discuss how AI tools are transforming developer workflows, making developers about 20% faster on simple tasks while being 19% slower on complex ones. The conversation covers critical topics including code quality and trust, security concerns with AI-generated code, the importance of education and best practices, and how developer roles are shifting from syntax experts to system architects. Both experts emphasize that AI tools serve as amplifiers rather than replacements, with humans remaining essential in the loop for quality, security, and licensing compliance. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Phil Winder • Reinforcement Learning • https://amzn.to/3t1S1VZ Alex Castrounis • AI for People and Business • https://amzn.to/3NYKKTo Holden Karau, Trevor Grant, Boris Lublinsky, Richard Liu & Ilan Filonenko • Kubeflow for Machine Learning • https://amzn.to/3JVngcx Kelleher & Tierney • Data Science (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) • https://amzn.to/3AQmIRg Lakshmanan, Robinson & Munn • Machine Learning Design Patterns • https://amzn.to/2ZD7t0x Lakshmanan, Görner & Gillard • Practical Machine Learning for Computer Vision • https://amzn.to/3m9HNjP Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/417 Olaf Molenveld - Technology Advisor at CircleCI Julian Wood - Serverless Developer Advocate at AWS RESOURCES Olaf https://x.com/olafmolenveld https://medium.com/@olafmolenveld https://www.linkedin.com/in/olafmolenveld Julian https://bsky.app/profile/julianwood.com https://twitter.com/julian_wood https://github.com/julianwood http://www.wooditwork.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianrwood DESCRIPTION CircleCI's Technology Advisor Olaf Molenveld discusses the evolution of CI/CD practices with AWS's Julian Wood. They explore how modern software delivery has transformed from simple monolithic deployments to complex microservices ecosystems, drawing parallels between managing production code and managing the "factory" that produces it. The discussion covers optimization strategies, the balance between local and remote development, platform engineering trends, and how AI is reshaping DevOps practices. Olaf emphasizes that getting software into users' hands is as critical as writing it, and shares how teams can leverage observability, right-sizing, and intelligent automation to improve their delivery pipelines. RECOMMENDED BOOKS David Farley • Continuous Delivery Pipelines • https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines Jez Humble & Dave Farley • Continuous Delivery • https://amzn.to/3ocIHwd Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble & Gene Kim • Accelerate • https://amzn.to/442Rep0 Kim, Humble, Debois, Willis & Forsgren • The DevOps Handbook • https://amzn.to/47oAf3l Lauren Maffeo • Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up • https://amzn.to/3QhIlnV Roy Osherove • The Art of Unit Testing • https://bit.ly/3obiKNB Burns, Beda & Hightower • Kubernetes: Up & Running • https://amzn.to/3sueuuI Gojko Adzic • Lizard Optimization • https://leanpub.com/lizardoptimization Gregor Hohpe • Platform Strategy • https://amzn.to/4cxfYdb Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Check out more here: https://gotopia.tech/episodes/416 Martin Štefanko - Quarkus Core Engineer at IBM & Co-Author of "Quarkus in Action" Jan Martiška - Software Engineer Quarkus at IBM & Co-Author of "Quarkus in Action" Holly Cummins - Senior Technical Staff Member, Quarkus at IBM RESOURCES Martin https://bsky.app/profile/xstefank.bsky.social https://mastodon.cloud/@xstefank https://x.com/xstefank https://github.com/xstefank https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-stefanko Jan https://bsky.app/profile/janmartiska.bsky.social https://x.com/janmartiska https://github.com/jmartisk https://www.linkedin.com/in/janmartiska Holly https://hollycummins.com https://hollycummins.com/type/blog https://bsky.app/profile/hollycummins.com https://hachyderm.io/@holly_cummins https://twitter.com/holly_cummins https://github.com/holly-cummins https://linkedin.com/in/holly-k-cummins Links https://code.quarkus.io https://vaadin.com DESCRIPTION Holly Cummins sits down with Martin Stefanko and Jan Martiška, authors of "Quarkus in Action", to discuss their journey writing this comprehensive guide to the Java framework. The authors share insights about Quarkus's developer experience, from its blazing-fast dev mode to native compilation capabilities, while revealing what they learned writing about 29 different extensions across 12 chapters. They discuss the book's structure - from getting started to deploying in the cloud- and offer practical advice on when to use JVM versus native compilation, making this essential reading for both Quarkus newcomers and experienced developers. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Martin Stefanko • Jan Martiska • Quarkus in Action • https://amzn.to/3K1En2z Ben Evans & Jim Gough • Optimizing Cloud Native Java • https://amzn.to/41nivD9 Kief Morris • Infrastructure as Code • https://amzn.to/4e6EBQc Alex Soto Bueno & Jason Porter • Quarkus Cookbook • https://amzn.to/4au3QfF Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!