Best Ben Baran Podcasts (2024)

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

6d ago28:23

28:23

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

19d ago38:01

38:01

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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Ground Control: Lunar with Eyal Solomon 27:17

3M ago27:17

27:17

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

3M ago20:40

20:40

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

4M ago26:59

26:59

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

4M ago36:56

36:56

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

4M ago21:59

21:59

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

4M ago31:58

31:58

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

5M ago30:49

30:49

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

5M ago31:22

31:22

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

5M ago25:57

25:57

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

5M ago39:41

39:41

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

6M ago35:01

35:01

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

6M ago1:06:37

1:06:37

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

6M ago37:15

37:15

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

6M ago50:21

50:21

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

6M ago31:40

31:40

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

6M ago1:05:05

1:05:05

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

7M ago33:55

33:55

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

7M ago36:26

36:26

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

7M ago28:15

28:15

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

7M ago34:14

34:14

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

7M ago36:24

36:24

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

8M ago35:40

35:40

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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The Social Miracle: rqlite with Philip O’Toole 43:02

8M ago43:02

43:02

rqlite is a lightweight, distributed relational database built on Raft and SQLite. Founder Philip O’Toole (@general_order24) decided to combine these technologies while working at a startup years ago. The startup no longer exists, but rqlite is going strong. Today, Philip is an engineering manager at Google, while he continues to be the driving for…

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Ep. #138, What’s New with Next.js Featuring Nick Taylor of OpenSauced 35:46

8M ago35:46

35:46

In episode 138 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Nick Taylor of OpenSauced. This talk explores the improvements and new features developers can expect from Next.js 14, as well as expert advice on choosing a frontend framework and navigating the unique challenges of open source projects. The post appeared first on Heavybit.…

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Ep. #137, Building Sophisticated Functionality with Steven Schkolne of MightyMeld 27:51

9M ago27:51

27:51

In episode 137 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Steven Schkolne of MightyMeld. Steven unpacks MightyMeld’s founding story, objectives, users, and internal team. Additionally, they discuss React development, the state of low-code and no-code tooling, the intersection of design and engineering, and the challenges developers face when integrating …

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Suzanne Lucas "The Evil HR Lady" on the State of HR, Improv, and More 58:17

9M ago58:17

58:17

Suzanne Lucas is the "Evil HR Lady." After a decade in corporate HR, she embarked on a new mission to enhance the world of work for all. She coaches and trains HR departments, speaks around the world, and is the mastermind behind the Evil HR Lady group on Facebook, which has become a community of more than 31,000 HR professionals. In this episode, …

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Ep. #136, Serverless Postgres with Nikita Shamgunov of Neon 36:01

10M ago36:01

36:01

In episode 136 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Nikita Shamgunov of Neon. This conversation explores how Serverless Postgres is revolutionizing the database game, making it easier, more scalable, and more cost-effective than ever before. Together they explore topics like orchestrating micro VMs, utilizing databases as a service (DaaS), building…

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Community Driven IaC: OpenTofu with Kuba Martin 33:11

10M ago33:11

33:11

Kuba Martin (@cube2222_2) is Software Engineering Team Lead at Spacelift and Interim Tech Lead of OpenTofu, the open-source fork of Terraform. Terraform is a declarative infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tool that recently switched to a source-available license. Spacelift and other companies that heavily relied on Terraform came together to fork it into…

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Ep. #135, Maintainer Funding with Birk Jernström of Polar 31:39

11M ago31:39

31:39

In episode 135 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Birk Jernström of Polar. This talk explores different avenues for supporting maintainers of open source projects and looks specifically at ways to provide better funding for their initiatives. The post appeared first on Heavybit.By Heavybit

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Ep. #134, Commercializing Open Source with Victoria Melnikova of Evil Martians 27:45

11M ago27:45

27:45

In episode 134 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Victoria Melnikova of Evil Martians. They discuss commercializing open source projects for improved feedback loops and longterm sustainability, as well as the importance of technical marketing. The post appeared first on Heavybit.By Heavybit

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Postgres for Everything: Tembo with Ry Walker 32:03

11M ago32:03

32:03

Ry Walker (@rywalker) is the founder and CEO of Tembo, the Postgres developer platform for building any and every data service. To Ry, the full capabilities of Postgres appear underappreciated and underused for most users. Tembo is an attempt to harness the large ecosystem of Postgres extensions, and ultimately collapse the database sprawl of the m…

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Ep. #133, React Server Components with Tom Preston-Werner of RedwoodJS 37:29

11M ago37:29

37:29

In episode 133 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Tom Preston-Werner, founder of GitHub and creator of RedwoodJS. This talk explores React server components, the origin story of RedwoodJS and its latest offerings, the inherent rewards of working in open source, and the tedious lifecycle of application development. The post appeared first on Heavy…

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Ep. #132, Open Source Observability with Pranay Prateek of SigNoz 28:42

12M ago28:42

28:42

In episode 132 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Pranay Prateek of SigNoz. This talk explores application performance monitoring, insights on utilizing OpenTelemetry, and reasons to consider open source observability solutions instead of those from SaaS vendors. The post appeared first on Heavybit.…

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Ep. #131, Video on WebRTC with Christian Stuff and James Hush of Daily 35:01

1y ago35:01

35:01

In episode 131 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Christian Stuff and James Hush of Daily. This talk explores virtual meetings, WebRTC, and video technology. Christian and James share insights on building a video call experience in the browser and rising to the demand in recent years for world wide virtual events. The post appeared first on Heavy…

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Automation for Technical People: n8n with Jan Oberhauser 40:04

1y ago40:04

40:04

Jan Oberhauser (@JanOberhauser) is the founder and CEO of n8n, the free and source-available workflow automation tool for technical users. n8n's flexible architecture allows users to avoid the limitations of other automation tools, while also opening doors for complex automation scenarios. The project has garnered over 30,000 GitHub stars and a thr…

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The Big Fork: libSQL with Glauber Costa 32:20

1y ago32:20

32:20

Glauber Costa (@glcst) is the founder of Turso and the co-creator of libSQL, an open source, open contribution fork of the database engine library, SQLite. Most people believe that SQLite is open-source software, but it actually exists in the public domain and doesn’t accept external contributions. With their big fork, Glauber and his team have set…

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Ep. #130, Faster GraphQL APIs with Jamie Barton of Grafbase 26:33

1y ago26:33

26:33

In episode 130 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Jamie Barton of Grafbase about backend as a service (BaaS). Together they share insights on elevating the local development experience and integrating projects with edge databases. They also explore solutions for authentication, edge caching, and getting started in development. The post appeared f…

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Ep. #129, Standardizing Orchestration with Surya Oruganti of Argonaut 30:09

1y ago30:09

30:09

In episode 129 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Surya Oruganti of Argonaut. This talk explores the complexities faced when addressing application and infrastructure deployments, insights on managing multiple environments and getting full visibility into cloud costs, and Argonaut’s mission to make software orchestration accessible to smaller tea…

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Rethinking the Workflow Problem: Windmill with Ruben Fiszel 26:49

1y ago26:49

26:49

Ruben Fiszel (@rubenfiszel) is the creator of Windmill, the open-source developer platform that lets users easily turn scripts into workflows and internal apps with auto-generated UIs. Windmill doesn’t force engineers to change their coding style or adopt a convoluted API, and its low-code design makes it accessible to non-technical users. Tune in …

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What it Takes to be an Executive 59:34

1y ago59:34

59:34

What does it really take to be an effective senior leader? Beyond just getting promoted, what is it about people at higher levels that helps them genuinely succeed in those roles? In this episode, we explore: What skills people need to lead at different levels Paths toward gaining those skills, for both high-potential professionals and people curre…

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Vector Search for Humans: Marqo with Jesse Clark 34:17

1y ago34:17

34:17

Jesse Clark (@jn2clark) is a co-founder of Marqo, the end-to-end, multimodal vector search engine. Vector search has exploded along with the rise of generative AI models, so Marqo’s arrival has had excellent timing. The project has quickly grown to almost 3000 GitHub stars, despite being less than a year old. Jesse and his team weren’t exactly expe…

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Sam Paustian-Underdahl on Women, Work, and Why it Matters 1:02:54

1y ago1:02:54

1:02:54

Sam Paustian-Underdahl is the Mary Tilley Bessemer Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Department of Management at Florida State University's College of Business, and we were honored to have her join us for a fantastic conversation about women, work, and why this topic matters. Sam’s research, which we discuss along with other rel…

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