Best Gwen Shapira Podcasts (2024)

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A Brief History of Simplyblock | Michael Schmidt 30:10

12h ago30:10

30:10

In this episode of Cloud Commute, Michael Schmidt, co-founder & CTO of simplyblock, joins us to discuss the innovation behind simplyblock. Michael shares his journey from consulting and leading major retail IT operations to the creation of simplyblock. In this episode of Cloud Commute, Chris and Michael discuss: What is software-defined storage? Wh…

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Timeplus: Streaming Analytics for Realtime Data | Jove Zhong 29:40

7d ago29:40

29:40

Event-driven processing and real-time stream analytics are common design elements of modern, scalable architectures. Jove Zhon from Timeplus talks about how and why you want to use these architectural patterns and why Timeplus. In this episode of Cloud Commute, Chris and Jove discuss: What is Streaming Analytics? Why do people prefer Timeplus? What…

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Integration Tests Done Right: Testcontainers | Oleg Šelajev 30:46

14d ago30:46

30:46

Writing good integration tests is hard. Databases and other services need to be started up, the test has to be run, and everything needs to be shut down again. In this episode of Cloud Commute Oleg Šelajev from Docker talks about how Testcontainers makes our lives better. In this episode of Cloud Commute, Chris and Oleg discuss: Test containers and…

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From Teaching to Tech: The Forefront of the Kubernetes Community - Bart Farrell 27:51

23d ago27:51

27:51

In this very special episode of Cloud Commute we try something else. Joined by guest Bart Farrell, well known in the Kubernetes ecosystem for his work in the Data on Kubernetes community, as well as Kube.FM. Bart talks about his past, teaching children English after he moved from the USA to Spain, and how this shaped his view on teaching tech topic…

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Building AI Agents with Java and Semantic Kernel 30:18

30d ago30:18

30:18

In this episode of Simplyblock's Cloud Commute Podcast, Bruno Borges, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, discusses millions of Java instances at Microsoft and the role of the Microsoft Java team. He introduces Semantic Kernel, a Java library for integrating AI into business applications, using large language models. Tune in to learn how Micros…

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#103 AI Augmented Programming with ⁠⁠Stephan Janssen⁠⁠ 1:07:54

24d ago1:07:54

1:07:54

⁠Stephan Janssen⁠ is always on the bleeding edge of both helping developers grow and with how he uses technology to accomplish amazing things. He led the creation of Devoxx but is a coder at heart. Stephan shares his journey with AI, both as a "library" in his applications and also as an "assistant" that helps him iterate and program more quickly. …

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#102 Gathering Nerds and Java Gatherers with Venkat Subramaniam 52:33

27d ago52:33

52:33

We chat with Venkat about his upcoming dev2next conference and the new Stream Gatherers API (preview in JDK 22). Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF

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How to Build a Serverless Postgres? ft Gwen Shapira 28:36

1M ago28:36

28:36

In this episode, our guest Gwen Shapira talks about her co-founded database startup Nile, a serverless Postgres database. She explains how they implemented the multi-tenant features, made sure that customers are probably isolated, how scalability works, and what the future holds. Gwen has years and years of experience using technologies as Oracle d…

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A Time-Series Database in Postgres - WHY? 29:22

1M ago29:22

29:22

In this episode of Simplyblock's Cloud Commute Podcast, host Chris Engelbert talks with Mike Freedman, co-founder and CTO of Timescale. Timescale enhances Postgres for handling time series data, analytics, and AI efficiently. The discussion covers Timescale's use of Kubernetes for scalable, decoupled compute and storage, ensuring high availability …

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Introduction to Side Channel Attacks using CacheWarp 31:43

2M ago31:43

31:43

In this week's episode we have a very special guest, Michael Schwarz from CISPA. A security researcher specialized in CPU side-channel attacks. He explains how side-channel attacks work in general, but most specifically with the example of his team's most recent find: #CacheWarp. He was also involved in the finding of #Meltdown and #Spectre. In thi…

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Automatically secure your application with your personal Application Firewall 25:21

2M ago25:21

25:21

In this week's episode of the Cloud Commute podcast by simplyblock, host Chris Engelbert talks to Hannes Ullman from bifrost security, a company building an automatic application firewall. Bifrost is built upon AppArmor, using a training phase to learn the application's network behavior, necessary system calls, and more. Using the data acquired dur…

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How to connect millions of devices every day 29:04

2M ago29:04

29:04

In this episode of the Cloud Commute Podcast, Chris Engelbert talks with Dominik Obermaier, CTO and co-founder of HiveMQ. They delve into the technical aspects of MQTT, a lightweight communication protocol designed for the Internet of Things (IoT), and much more. In this episode of Cloud Commute, Chris and Dominik discuss: Introduction to HiveMQ an…

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Getting Started with Graph Databases with Jennifer Reif from Neo4j 26:43

2M ago26:43

26:43

In this week's episode of simplyblock's Cloud Commute podcast, host Chris Engelbert sits down with Jennifer Reif, a developer advocate at Neo4j. Jennifer dives into the fascinating world of graph databases, explaining how Neo4j stores data as entities and relationships, making it perfect for complex queries involving networks, social structures, su…

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#101 Effects and Local-First with Johannes Schickling 1:13:10

3M ago1:13:10

1:13:10

Johannes Schickling (@schickling | schickling.dev⁠) gets us up-to-speed on Effect, the ZIO-inspired Effect System for TypeScript, and the Local-First movement. Resources: Local-First Podcast: www.localfirst.fm Ink & Switch's Local-First Essay: www.inkandswitch.com/local-first Effect (TypeScript Library): effect.website Riffle research project: riff…

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End-to-end testing of mobile and web-applications with Paloma Oliveira from Saucelabs 26:45

3M ago26:45

26:45

In this week's episode of simplyblock's Cloud Commute podcast, host Chris Engelbert welcomes Paloma Oliveira, a Brazilian growth engineer at Sauce Labs and active member of the Python Software Verband and PyLadies Berlin. In this episode of Cloud Commute, Chris and Paloma discuss: The role of Sauce Labs in end-to-end testing for software and device…

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Machine Learning driven Database Optimization with Luigi Nardi from DBtune 25:57

3M ago25:57

25:57

In this week's episode of Simplyblock's Cloud Commute podcast, host Chris Engelbert interviews Luigi Nardi, founder and CEO of DBtune. Luigi provides insights into the complexities of database optimization and the significant role of machine learning in improving system efficiency. In this episode of Cloud Commute, Chris and Luigi discuss: Introduc…

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How I designed PostgreSQL High Availability with Shaun Thomas from Tembo 28:31

3M ago28:31

28:31

Welcome to this week's episode of Simplyblock's Cloud Commute podcast! Host Chris Engelbert sits down with Shaun Thomas, affectionately known as "Mr. High Availability" in the Postgres community, to discuss his journey from a standard DBA to a leading expert in high availability solutions for Postgres databases. In this episode of Cloud Commute, Ch…

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#100 Thinking about Thinking with Diana Montalion 1:31:57

3M ago1:31:57

1:31:57

Diana Montalion teaches us about Systems Thinking and why it matters for those of us building software. Diana is founder of ⁠Mentrix⁠, which teaches "systems architecture skills for an increasingly complex world." Pre-Order Diana's book: Learning Systems Thinking: Essential Nonlinear Skills and Practices for Software Professionals Discuss this epis…

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Simplify Developer Namespaces with Multi-tenant Kubernetes with Alessandro Vozza from Kubespaces 25:21

3M ago25:21

25:21

In this episode of simplyblock's Cloud Commute podcast, host Chris Engelbert welcomes Alessandro Vozza, a prominent figure in the Kubernetes and cloud-native community. Alessandro shares his journey from his early days in open-source advocacy to his pivotal role in organizing the DevOps and Kubernetes meetups in Amsterdam. In this episode of Cloud …

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#99 The Agile Illusion with Trond Hjorteland 55:54

3M ago55:54

55:54

We chat with Trond Hjorteland about Agile and why it hasn't led to successful outcomes in many traditional organizations. Mentioned and related resources: Trond & João Rosa's training on Agile + DP2 Open Systems Theory LinkedIn Group for Open Systems Theory More material on Open Systems Theory Resource List from Trond Some of Trond's recorded talks…

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Access Policy Management at Cloud-Scale with Anders Eknert from Styra 24:54

3M ago24:54

24:54

The podcast episode of simplyblock's Cloud Commute features Chris Engelbert interviewing Anders Eknert. They discuss Anders' background and current role at Styra, the company behind the Open Policy Agent (OPA) project. Anders lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden, and has been involved with Styra for about three and a half years. He shares how his p…

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Your CI/CD Pipeline is a Production system with Stefan Prodan from ControlPlane 28:59

4M ago28:59

28:59

Using CI/CD pipelines to build and deploy your applications is common sense. Many use combined tools though. Stefan Prodan, from ControlPlane, talks about the importance of recognizing that a deployment pipeline is basically a cluster admin and needs to be handled securely as a production system. If you have questions to Stefan, you can reach her h…

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Continuous vulnerability scanning in production - Oshrat Nir from ARMO 24:32

4M ago24:32

24:32

Running vulnerability scanners during development and in your build pipeline is great, but not enough. Newly emerging CVEs, and other application behavior anomalies need to be caught in production. Oshrat Nir, from ARMO, talks about the importance of runtime vulnerability scanning. If you have questions to Oshrat, you can reach her here: LinkedIn: …

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How Oracle transforms its operation into a cloud business - Gerald Venzl from Oracle 24:37

4M ago24:37

24:37

Gerald Venzl, lead product manager for Oracle databases, talks about the shift of focus away from on-premise databases towards the cloud. It's a big change for a company like Oracle, but a necessary one. Learn more about the challenges and why Oracle believes multi-cloud is the future. If you have questions to Gerald, you can reach him here: Linked…

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Automated Vulnerability Detection throughout your Pipeline - Brian Vermeer from Synk 24:50

4M ago24:50

24:50

Brian Vermeer from Snyk, a cybersecurity company providing tooling to detect common code issues and vulnerabilities throughout your development and deployment pipeline, talks about the necessity of multi checks, the commonly found threads, and how important it is to rebuild images for every deployment, even if the code hasn’t changed. If you have q…

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PostgreSQL mistakes and how to avoid them - Jimmy Angelakos 21:37

5M ago21:37

21:37

Jimmy Angelakos, a freelance consultant, talks about his experiences with customers running PostgreSQL on bare-metal, in the cloud, and on Kubernetes. He also talks about his new book "PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them" (discount link below). If you have questions to Jimmy, you can reach him here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vyrus…

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Change Data Capture and Stream Processing in the Cloud - Gunnar Morling from Decodable 23:24

5M ago23:24

23:24

Gunnar Morling, from Decodable, a company simplifying the use of Apache Flink, talks about how to extract modifications from a database using change data capture tools, such as Debezium, and how to use Apache Flink or Decodable to run your real-time analytics or queries in a stream processing fashion. If you have questions to Gunnar, you can reach …

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#98 Continuous Deployment with Valentina Servile 1:06:04

5M ago1:06:04

1:06:04

We chat with Valentina Servile about her upcoming book on Continuous Deployment and reducing the risks to keeping HEAD not just always deployable, but automatically deployed to production. Book for preorder on Amazon: Continuous Deployment: Enable Faster Feedback, Safer Releases, and More Reliable Software Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD…

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How API Gateways help to improve your security - Nicolas Fränkel from API7.ai 27:16

5M ago27:16

27:16

Nicolas Fränkel from API7.ai, the major company behind the Apache APISIX API gateway, talks about how APISIX helps you implement rate limiting, customer-specific behavior, and how API gateways in general help secure your APIs. Editor's note: Sorry for the bad audio quality. The recording got messed up. For questions, you can reach Nicolas at: Linke…

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Building a Time Series Database in the Cloud - Steven Sklar from QuestDB 23:39

5M ago23:39

23:39

Steven Sklar from QuestDB, a company producing a time series database for large IoT, metrics, observability and other time-component data sets, talks about how they implemented their database offering, from building their own operator to how storage is handled. For questions, you can reach Steven at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-skl…

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#97 The Pkl Configuration Language with Philip Hölzenspies 1:14:36

6M ago1:14:36

1:14:36

We chat with Philip Hölzenspies, one of the maintainers of the new Pkl configuration language (pkl-lang.org). Resources: James' Pkl for GitHub Actions: github.com/jamesward/pklgha Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF

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Building and operating a production-grade PostgreSQL in Kubernetes - Álvaro Hernández Tortosa from OnGres 24:44

6M ago24:44

24:44

Álvaro Hernández Tortosa from OnGres, a company providing the necessary tooling to run a production-grade PostgreSQL in Kubernetes. Álvaro talks about the issues with the many-solutions-to-a-problem situation in Postgres and how it can be overwhelming and alarming to newcomers. For questions, you can reach Álvaro at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.…

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How to automatically save money with AWS EC2 spot instances - Cristian Magherusan-Stanciu from AutoSpotting 24:05

6M ago24:05

24:05

Cristian Magherusan-Stanciu from AutoSpotting, a company helping to cost-optimize their AWS EC2 spent by automatically supplying matching workloads with spot instances. For questions, you can reach Cristian at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristimagherusan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/magheru_san You can learn more about AutoSpotting at: …

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#96 Compassionate Coding with April Wensel 59:13

6M ago59:13

59:13

We chat with April Wensel, founder of Compassionate Coding, about helping programmers bring more compassion to themselves and others. Resources: Confessions of a Recovering Jerk Programmer Marshall Rosenberg - Nonviolent Communication Kristin Neff - Self-Compassion Karen Armstrong - Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life UC Berkeley Greater Good Scie…

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Kubernetes is the platform to build platforms, like Cloud Run or Fargate - Abdelfettah Sghiouar from Google 24:41

6M ago24:41

24:41

In this episode of Cloud Commute, host Chris Engelbert welcomes Abdel Sghiouar, a Kubernetes expert from Google, to discuss various aspects of cloud technology, with a focus on Kubernetes and cloud-native solutions. Abdel, who has been with Google for a decade and specializes in Kubernetes networking, security, and storage, shares insights into the…

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#95 21st Century Databases with Gwen Shapira 1:00:15

6M ago1:00:15

1:00:15

We chat with Gwen Shapira, co-founder of Nile, about her journey to creating a virtualized, serverless Postgres database service. We also dive into the challenges with traditional data architectures and approaches like ORMs. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF

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Constellation, a Kubernetes distribution to provide full end-to-end encryption with Confidential Computing - Moritz Eckert from Edgeless Systems 23:28

7M ago23:28

23:28

In this episode, host Chris Engelbert welcomes Moritz Eckert from Edgeless Systems, a company specializing in confidential computing technologies. Moritz shares his background in computer security and his journey into co-founding Edgeless Systems. He dives deep into the concept of confidential computing, explaining its hardware-based approach to en…

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How Distributed SQL helps mitigate downtimes and outages - Franck Pachot from Yugabyte 22:42

7M ago22:42

22:42

In this episode of our podcast, host Chris Engelbert welcomes Franck Pachot from Yugabyte, a distributed SQL database company. Franck, a developer advocate with extensive experience in databases, discusses the advantages of distributed SQL databases over traditional single-node SQL databases. He explains that Yugabyte offers the robust features of …

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Sustainability in data centers or how to shrink your carbon footprint while saving money - Rich Kenny from Interact 24:40

7M ago24:40

24:40

In this episode, host Chris Engelbert sits down with Rich Kenny, Managing Director of Interact and a visiting lecturer at London South Bank University. Rich shares his extensive experience in machine learning-based environmental consultancy and his work on the circular economy. Rich dives into Interact's innovative product that optimizes the perfor…

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#94 Build Ops & Developer Productivity With Trisha Gee 1:07:31

7M ago1:07:31

1:07:31

We chat with Trisha Gee about Test Driven Development (TDD), flaky tests, ops & observability for builds, and developer productivity. Mentioned TDD Article: The beautiful theory of TDD and the reality check of practice Discuss this episode: ⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF

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#93 Nerd Sniping via the 1B Row Challenge with Gunnar Morling 59:06

8M ago59:06

59:06

When Gunnar Morling announced the 1 Billion Row Challenge a few weeks ago, he had no idea it'd go crazy viral. Resources: Challenge details: www.morling.dev/blog/one-billion-row-challenge Rust 1BRC Blog: aminediro.com/posts/billion_row/ Cliff Click's implementation walkthrough: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJNIbgV6j-Y James' very slow Scala ZIO implemen…

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#92 Virtual Threads Looming with Adam Warski 1:07:37

8M ago1:07:37

1:07:37

We chat with Adam Warski about Loom, Virtual Threads, and his Loom-based Scala library, Ox, for structured concurrency & Go-Like Channels. Referenced articles & code: Ox EasyRacer Client Go statement considered harmful Go-like selects using jox channels in Java Limits of Loom's performance Fast and Scalable Channels in Kotlin Coroutines Discuss thi…

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#91 'Tis The Season For Reducing Gradle Friction 1:07:23

9M ago1:07:23

1:07:23

Announcing Graboo, a collection of experiments to reduce friction with Gradle. Repo: https://github.com/jamesward/graboo Buy your Happy Path Programming Shirt: https://happy-path.printify.me/products Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

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#90 The Best Manager with Sushila Sahay 44:42

9M ago44:42

44:42

Most of us have managers but they aren't always great. We chat with James' best manager, Sushila Sahay, about what makes her such a great manager. We also dive a bit into open source business models since Sushila has deep experience in that realm. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

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#89 Algebraic Effects with Kyo (Flavio Brasil) 1:07:45

10M ago1:07:45

1:07:45

We learn about Algebraic Effects with the Scala library Kyo ( getkyo.io) from the creator, Flavio Brasil. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

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#88 Developers Thriving In the Flow with Arty Starr 1:15:08

11M ago1:15:08

1:15:08

Arty Starr is a PhD student and entrepreneur focused on helping developers thrive. We chat about her research on developer momentum and ways that developers can find joy through more time in the flow state. Referenced resources: SpringOne Talk Arty's Idea Flow Book FlowInsight Discuss this episode: ⁠https://discord.gg/nPa76qF…

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#87 Diving Deeper into Wasm with Zalim Bashorov 1:07:11

12M ago1:07:11

1:07:11

Zalim Bashorov (@bashorov) works on Kotlin/Wasm at JetBrains and answers our many questions about Wasm, GC, the Component Model, and other future proposals. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

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#86 The Journey to OCaml with Sabine 1:10:34

12M ago1:10:34

1:10:34

Sabine went from acedemia and a PhD in formal methods, to Python, Elm, Haskell, and now OCaml. We chat about this journey and some of the reasons why OCaml is an awesome modern language. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

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#85 Scala, Rust, and Durable Computing with John De Goes 1:19:34

1y ago1:19:34

1:19:34

Our chat with John De Goes starts with his Scala & Rust journeys, then goes into Golem Cloud, a serverless durable computing platform underpinned by Wasm, and ends with a discussion about whether business applications really need parallelism. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

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#84 Inevitable Failure with Dormain Drewitz 1:09:11

1y ago1:09:11

1:09:11

We chat with Dormain Drewitz about failure and reliability. Ironically our recording software crashed near the end of the episode but we recovered and wrapped things up. Referenced Article: 10 Years of Failure Friday at PagerDuty: Fostering Resilience, Learning and Reliability Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF…

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