Best Ben Baran Podcasts (2024)

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73. Adversity, Leadership and Facing Our Crucibles with Social Scientist Dr. Ben Baran. 1:15:59

14d ago1:15:59

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Dr. Ben Baran, an organizational psychologist and management professor, discusses adversity and leadership. He defines crucibles as unexpectedly hard experiences that have the potential to transform us. He emphasizes the importance of recognizing that suffering is universal and that we are not alone in our challenges. Dr. Baran also explores the sy…

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76. Gold Medalist Jessica Long on Overcoming Adversity and Loving Yourself 46:35

1d ago46:35

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In this inspiring conversation, Jessica Long, the most decorated active Paralympian in the United States, shares her journey from adoption in Russia to becoming a champion swimmer. She discusses the challenges she faced, including numerous surgeries and the struggle for self-acceptance, while emphasizing the importance of resilience, mindset, and t…

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75. Renovate Your Life with Lena Taylor 1:01:27

2h ago1:01:27

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In this episode of Becoming Heart Strong, host Jess Lindberg interviews Lena Taylor, a visionary content creator and entrepreneur behind the YouTube channel Flipping Gorgeous. They discuss the parallels between home renovation and personal transformation, emphasizing the importance of authenticity, self-awareness, and courage in pursuing one's pass…

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Mobile Observability on OpenTelemetry: Embrace with Hanson Ho 28:43

34m ago28:43

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Hanson Ho (@bidetofevil) is an Android Architect at Embrace, the mobile-first observability solution built on OpenTelemetry. Embrace began as a proprietary platform but went open-source at the end of 2023. Hanson shares about how the project is still at the beginning of its open-source journey and why his team is committed to collaborative developm…

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74. Living on Mission Because of His Brother, Men’s Mental Health and Gen Z with Ethan Getchell 1:01:33

7d ago1:01:33

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In this conversation, Jess Lindberg sits down with Ethan Getchell, a men's mental health advocate, graduate student, and speaker, to discuss his personal journey and how it changed the course of his life. Ethan shares his experience of losing his brother to suicide and how it led him to pivot from a career in commercial real estate to pursuing a ma…

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No PhD Required: Restate with Stephan Ewen 32:34

14d ago32:34

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Stephan Ewen (@StephanEwen) is the co-founder of Restate, the open-source workflow-as-code engine. Restate is lightweight, simple, and provides durable execution. Before Restate, Stephan co-created Apache Flink, the open-source stream processing framework. Lessons learned from Flink have heavily influenced the development of Restate, although Steph…

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72. The Power of a Mother's Love To Drive Change with Dr. Tracy Dixon-Salazar 1:01:54

25d ago1:01:54

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Jess Lindberg encourages you to listen to this episode not just for details of this inspiring story but also as a model for what you, too, can do when faced with an insurmountable problem. Dr. Tracy Dixon Salazar, a mother, neuroscientist, geneticist, and patient advocate, shares her journey of discovering a novel precision therapy for her daughter…

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71. Change Your Thoughts to Change Your Life with Neurosurgeon, Veteran and Author Dr. Lee Warren 1:14:37

1M ago1:14:37

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Dr. Lee Warren is a neurosurgeon, Iraq War Veteran, and author. In 2013, his son Mitch died. In this episode, Dr. Warren discusses his experiences with grief, faith, and the interplay between science and spirituality. He shares his journey of healing from PTSD and the importance of facing and unpacking emotional baggage. Dr. Warren emphasizes the n…

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70. Radical Acceptance and Choosing Joy with Speaker, Mindset Coach, Author and Philanthropist Jessica Janzen 1:09:25

1M ago1:09:25

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Jessica Janzen, author of Bring the Joy, shares her journey of turning adversity into impact and finding joy in the midst of challenging stories. She emphasizes the importance of owning your story rather than being stuck in a sad narrative. She founded the Love for Lewiston Foundation in honor of her son Lewiston and in support of the Spinal Muscul…

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Ep. #150, The Evolution of Jamstack: An Eight-Year Journey 34:56

2M ago34:56

34:56

Join Brian Douglas for this final episode of Jamstack Radio as he chats with Matt Biilmann, CEO of Netlify. Together they discuss the evolution of the Jamstack over the past eight years and its impact on the development landscape. Matt shares insights on the current state of Netlify and the exciting new developments on the horizon. Lastly, they dis…

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69. Standing on Your Story and Grieving with Hope with Mother, Speaker, and Suicide Prevention Advocate Leslie Weirich. 1:15:00

2M ago1:15:00

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This is one special episode. Leslie Weirich is a warrior woman and mother on a mission to share her son Austin’s story and stand in the gap for young men struggling with their mental health. She’s on a mission to prevent suicide in young people, especially young men. Her son Austin died by suicide at the young age of 20. Austin was a high-achieving…

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68. How to Communicate with Influence and Make an Impact with Leadership Communication Expert Jess Goldberg 52:45

2M ago52:45

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Today's guest is Jess Goldberg, a leadership communication expert on a mission to help leaders make an impact and build powerhouse teams. Jess’s journey into mastering communication began in the demanding terrains of journalism. She covered stories on over 100 countries and pivotal events like the Syrian Civil War, the Ukraine Crisis, the rise of D…

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67. Coming Home to Yourself: Redefining Success and Finding Peace with Podcast Host Matt LeBris 1:02:58

2M ago1:02:58

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Matt LeBris shares his story of overcoming setbacks and finding success. He talks about the importance of not listening to the voices that say you can't succeed. Matt discusses his own struggles in sports and how he learned from his failures and setbacks. He also reflects on the role of mentors and Divine guidance in his journey. Matt's definition …

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Ep. #149, Server-Side Swift with Joannis Orlandos of Unbeatable Software 28:23

2M ago28:23

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In episode 149 of Jamstack Radio, Brian sits down with Joannis Orlandos to dive into the world of Server-side Swift. They unpack Swift’s growing adoption, Apple's investment in the language, its strengths on the server, and its future. Tune in to hear Joannis's insights and advice for anyone eager to get started with Swift. The post appeared first …

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66. Helping Mission Driven Messengers Build A Personal Brand with Brand Strategy Expert Larissa Salazar 1:08:28

2M ago1:08:28

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Turn Your Reputation into Revenue >> Book Your FREE Brand Call today: https://freebrandcall.com/rpp/?affiliate_code=177226 In this conversation, Jess and Larissa Salazar, Brand Strategist with Brand Builders Group, discuss the importance of building a personal brand. Larissa is Jess’ coac and they have been working together for the past nine months…

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65. Empowering Family Caregivers with Victor Imbimbo 1:05:59

3M ago1:05:59

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In this episode, Jess and Victor discuss the challenges of caregiving, including loneliness, having a positive mindset, building a community of helpers, and living a full life rooted in the present while also being faithful to this calling. This episode is an encouragement and soft place to land for anyone serving their loved one as a caregiver tod…

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Ep. #148, WordPress 2024: A Deep Dive into Studio and Playground 38:01

3M ago38:01

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In Episode 148 of Jamstack Radio, Daniel Bachhuber, Matt West, and Adam Zieliński unpack the latest in WordPress development. They explore new projects like WordPress Studio and WordPress Playground, the impact of WordPress on the internet, and what's next for this ubiquitous platform. The post appeared first on Heavybit.…

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64: Becoming Brave Together: Empowering and Supporting Caregiving Moms with Founder Jessica Patay 58:58

3M ago58:58

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Jessica Patay, founder of We Are Brave Together, shares her journey as a mom with a child with a disability and the organization she created to support caregiving moms. The organization has 2,600 moms in its international community and has launched 25 support groups worldwide. Jessica discusses the challenges caregiving moms face, including the fin…

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63: Practice mindful spending and create a budget that aligns with your family’s goals with financial coaches Shana and Vanessa 1:06:01

3M ago1:06:01

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Shanna and Vanessa, master financial coaches, discuss the importance of mindset and organization when it comes to money. They address the shame and fear that often surround personal finances and emphasize the need for empathy and practicality in financial coaching. They recommend separating finances into different accounts to manage expenses better…

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62: What If There’s More? Finding Significance Beyond Success with Leadership Expert Traci Schubert Barrett 47:57

3M ago47:57

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Traci Schubert Barrett, one of the founding members of HGTV, shares her journey from building a billion-dollar media empire to starting her own company, Navigate the Journey. She emphasizes the importance of mission, vision, and values in leadership and how they guided the success of HGTV. Tracy also discusses the need for courageous leadership and…

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61: Building Confidence: Cultivating Inner Strength by Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone with Sports Medicine Specialist Kelsey Lesman 1:00:18

4M ago1:00:18

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Kelsey Lensman, a certified nutrition and sports medicine specialist, shares her journey and insights on women's fitness and confidence. She discusses her experience with Mission 48, where she competed in 48 fitness competitions in 48 states in 48 days to inspire women to do hard things and push their limits. Kelsey emphasizes the importance of sel…

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60: Raising healthy, resilient, independent kids in an age of social media, phones, and a culture of external influences with psychotherapist Nicole Runyon 1:17:21

4M ago1:17:21

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Nicole Runyon, a psychotherapist and parent coach, discusses the impact of technology on child and adolescent mental health, as well as intergenerational parenting variations. She highlights the challenges the iGeneration faces and the need for parents to support their children's development. The conversation delves into the symptoms observed in ch…

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59: The Power of Self-Love and Personal Growth with Transformational Coach Elizabeth Marth Tarara 1:04:10

4M ago1:04:10

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Elizabeth Marth Tarara, a transformational growth coach, discusses the concept of midlife awakening and the importance of shadow work in personal and emotional growth. She emphasizes the integration of all aspects of the self and the impact of external experiences on internal growth. The conversation delves into the unique needs of women in midlife…

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58: Women’s Friendships in Middle Age with Bridgett Piacenti 1:25:33

4M ago1:25:33

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In this episode, Jess invites Bridgett Piacenti back to the podcast to chat about women's friendships in middle age. Jess and Bridgett have been friends for over 20 years, and they bring you into their conversations about life and growth. They also discuss the evolution of motherhood, sending kids off to college, reinventing ourselves, and the impo…

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57: 10 Pillars of Perspective for the High School Graduating Class of 2024 with Jess Lindberg 24:14

5M ago24:14

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In this episode, Jess Lindberg shares 10 pillars of perspective for the high school graduating class of 2024, offering valuable insights and advice for the future. She emphasizes the importance of purpose, self-discovery, curiosity, and courage while touching on relationships, physical health, and the value of disappointments and challenges. The ep…

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Ground Control: Lunar with Eyal Solomon 27:17

5M ago27:17

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Eyal Solomon (@EyalSolomo44643) is the CEO and co-founder of Lunar, an open-source platform which bills itself as the “first reverse API gateway.” Lunar allows engineering teams to monitor, manage, and optimize API consumption. According to Eyal, it’s very easy to integrate with APIs, but difficult to keep them maintained, and there was a clear nee…

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Ep. #147, Secure Local Dev Environments with Chris Stolt and Ben Burkert of Anchor 20:40

5M ago20:40

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In episode 147 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Chris Stolt and Ben Burkert of Anchor about securing local development environments. This talk explores dev/prod parity and how Anchor’s taking a developer-first approach to addressing the pains of internal TLS. The post appeared first on Heavybit.…

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Ep. #146, Help Desks for Modern Teams with Brian Levine of Yetto 26:59

6M ago26:59

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In episode 146 of Jamstack Radio, Brian Douglas speaks with Brian Levine of Yetto about customer support. Together they explore the pain points that lead small companies to adopt help desks or support tech stacks, as well as solutions for bolstering customer success like tools and hiring practices. The post appeared first on Heavybit.…

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Metadata Management: DataHub with Shirshanka Das 36:56

6M ago36:56

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Shirshanka Das (@shirshanka) is the CTO of Acryl Data and founder of DataHub, which bills itself as the #1 open-source metadata platform. It enables data discovery, data observability and federated governance to help tame complex data ecosystems. Shirshanka first developed DataHub while at LinkedIn, but has grown it into an independent project with…

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Ep. #145, The Future of Collaborative Docs with Cara Marin of Stashpad 21:59

6M ago21:59

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In episode 145 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Cara Marin of Stashpad about collaborative documents. Together they explore the shortcomings of popular collaborative tools on the market today and how they can be improved. Additionally, Cara unpacks local-first technology and how it enables elevated real-time collaboration experiences. The post …

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Take Your Own Advice: vlcn with Matt Wonlaw 31:58

6M ago31:58

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After his first child was born, Matt Wonlaw (@tantaman) imagined giving his son life advice. What kind of life did he want his kid to lead? At the time, he was working for Facebook, and he decided that his own life needed a change in direction. So Matt started vlcn, aka Vulcan Labs, a research company that develops open-source projects like CR-SQLi…

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Ep. #144, Financial Accounting Databases with Joran Dirk Greef of TigerBeetle 30:49

7M ago30:49

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In episode 144 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Joran Dirk Greef of TigerBeetle. This conversation explores financial transaction databases and the importance of building trust at the intersection of open source and business. Joran shares the invaluable lessons he learned from his early days as a self-taught developer as well as his journey fou…

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Secret Sauce: Amplication with Yuval Hazaz 31:22

7M ago31:22

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Amplication is an open-source development platform for scalable and secure Node.js applications. It allows engineers to skip writing boilerplate code and offers the flexibility to customize and add components. Amplification was created by Yuval Hazaz (@Yuvalhazaz1), a veteran developer who determined that low-code platforms save time but restrict f…

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Ep. #143, Jamstack’s Next Chapter with Mike Neumegen of CloudCannon 25:57

7M ago25:57

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In episode 143 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Mike Neumegen of CloudCannon. Together they discuss the evolution of the Jamstack and speculate on where it might be going in the future. Additionally, Mike shares his passion for static sites and unpacks how CloudCannon is bringing developers and content editors together. The post appeared first …

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To the Moon: OpenBB with Didier Lopes 39:41

7M ago39:41

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OpenBB is an open-source investment research platform created by Didier Lopes (@didier_lopes). OpenBB grew out of a project called Gamestonk Terminal that Didier began working on shortly before the Gamestop short squeeze in January 2021. Today, OpenBB has evolved into an infrastructure platform that allows users to build extensions and access finan…

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Robust Observability: OpenTelemetry with Austin Parker 35:01

7M ago35:01

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OpenTelemetry is an open-source observability framework for collecting and managing telemetry data. OpenTelemetry has been more successful than expected, becoming the second fastest growing project in the CNCF. It allows for flexibility and avoids vendor lock-in, making it attractive to startups and large enterprises alike. On today’s show, Eric (@…

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Malissa Clark on Workaholism and Never Not Working 1:06:37

8M ago1:06:37

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Do you feel compelled to work? Is your work difficult to stop thinking about? Are you upset if you have to miss a day of work? Do you tend to work beyond the actual requirements of your job? If so, you might be a workaholic–and so are almost half of U.S workers. Our guest today is Malissa Clark, author of Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Cultur…

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Never Build Permissions Again: OPAL with Or Weis 37:15

8M ago37:15

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OPAL is an open-source administration layer for Policy Engines such as Open Policy Agent (OPA). OPAL provides the necessary infrastructure to load policy and data into multiple policy engines, ensuring they have the information they need to make decisions. Today, we’re talking to Or Weis (@OrWeis), co-creator of OPAL and co-founder of Permit, the e…

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Steven Rogelberg on 1:1 Meetings 50:21

8M ago50:21

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Love them or hate them, meetings are everywhere. But we really do need good meetings for teams and organizations to work. Steven Rogelberg is the world’s top evidence-based expert on meetings. He’s the author of the 2019 hit book The Surprising Science of Meetings and more recently, he wrote and published a new book, Glad We Met: The Art and Scienc…

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Ep. #142, Decoupled Authorization with Alex Olivier and Emre Baran of Cerbos 31:40

8M ago31:40

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In episode 142 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Alex Olivier and Emre Baran of Cerbos. This conversation explores tools for managing roles and permissions within an organization, the value of audit logs, decoupled authorization, attribute-based access control (ABAC), and the pain points that inspired Cerbos. The post appeared first on Heavybit.…

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Loneliness and Building Connections for a Better Life 1:05:05

8M ago1:05:05

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This episode is about loneliness--but it's also about so much more. The bigger issue has to do with building connections with each other and within a society that so often feels fragmented. So we do tackle loneliness in this episode, but building connections is the big theme of what we discuss. It’s a topic that we see as absolutely critical for th…

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Oxygen Deprivation: FerretDB with Peter Farkas 33:55

8M ago33:55

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FerretDB enables users to run MongoDB applications on existing Postgres infrastructure. Peter Farkas (@FarkasP), co-founder and CEO of FerretDB, explains the need for an open source interface for document databases. Peter also discusses the licensing change of MongoDB and the uncertainty it created for users. He emphasizes the importance of open st…

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Ep. #141, Postgres as a Platform with Vignesh Ravichandran of Omnigres 36:26

9M ago36:26

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In episode 141 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Vignesh Ravichandran of Omnigres, a developer-first application platform. They discuss the latest trends in the Platform as a Service (PaaS) space, the inspiration behind Omnigres, and invaluable lessons for founders on finding product-market fit. The post appeared first on Heavybit.…

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Ep. #140, Accelerating API Development with James Perkins of Unkey 28:15

9M ago28:15

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In episode 140 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with James Perkins of Unkey. This talk examines the difficulties developers face when issuing auth keys to end users. James also shares lessons from his firsthand experience scaling an open source side project into a full time startup. The post appeared first on Heavybit.…

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The Duke of SQLite: Litestream with Ben Johnson 34:14

9M ago34:14

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Ben Johnson (@benbjohnson) is the creator of Litestream and LiteFS, two open-source disaster recovery solution for SQLite. Litestream is designed to provide continuous backups for SQLite databases by streaming incremental changes, allowing for easy data recovery in the event of a server crash. LiteFS, on the other hand, is built on LiteStream but u…

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Rust Never Sleeps: Tonic with Lucio Franco 36:24

9M ago36:24

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Tonic is a native gRPC implementation in Rust that allows users to easily build gRPC servers and clients without extensive async experience. Tonic is part of the Tokio stack, which is a library that provides an asynchronous runtime for Rust and more tools to write async applications. Today, Lucio Franco (@lucio_d_franco) of Turso joins the podcast …

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Ep. #139, Navigating Apps with LLMs featuring Matt Dupree of ATLAS 35:40

10M ago35:40

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In episode 139 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Matt Dupree of ATLAS. This talk focuses heavily on LLMs and how they're elevating UX. Additionally, Brian and Matt explore AI hallucinations, tips for predicting where LLMs might be most impactful, and insights on why most code in future apps may be generated by AI. The post appeared first on Heav…

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