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Oct 22nd, 2024 | 5 min read

Developer Platforms at Scale | Elias Schneider

Introduction:​​ In this episode of Cloud Frontier, Rob Pankow interviews Elias Schneider, founder of Codesphere, about his journey and the evolution of developer platforms at scale. With a backgro

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Sep 20th, 2024 | 4 min read

Origins of simplyblock and the Evolution of Storage Technologies

Introduction: In this episode of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, host Chris Engelbert interviews Michael Schmidt, co-founder of simplyblock. Michael shares insights into the evolution of storag

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Sep 17th, 2024 | 4 min read

Network Infrastructure for AI | Marc Austin

Introduction: In this episode of the Cloud Frontier Podcast, Marc Austin, CEO and co-founder of Hedgehog, explores network infrastructure for AI. He covers the need for high-performance, cost-effectiv

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Sep 13th, 2024 | 5 min read

Timeplus: Streaming Analytics for Realtime Data | Jove Zhong

Introduction: In this episode of simplyblock’s Cloud Commute podcast, host Chris Engelbert sits down with Jove Zhong, co-founder of Timeplus, a streaming analytics platform. The discussion delves in

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Sep 06th, 2024 | 6 min read

Integration Tests Done Right: Testcontainers | Oleg Šelajev

Introduction: This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , and our show site . In this episode of simplyblock’s Cloud Com

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Sep 04th, 2024 | 6 min read

Making LLMs Reliable | Mahmoud Mabrouk

Introduction: This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Frontier Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , and our show site . In this episode of simplyblock’s Cloud Fr

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Sep 02nd, 2024 | 6 min read

Side Channel Attacks using CacheWarp | Michael Schwarz

Introduction: In this episode of simplyblock’s Cloud Commute podcast, Chris Engelbert sits down with Michael Schwarz, a prominent researcher in cloud security, to discuss side-channel attacks and Ca

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Aug 23rd, 2024 | 6 min read

Building AI Agents with Java and Semantic Kernel | Bruno Borges

Introduction: This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , and our show site . In this episode of simplyblock’s Cloud Com

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Aug 20th, 2024 | 6 min read

Reselling spare GPU and data center capacity | Mihai Mărcuță

Introduction: This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Frontier Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , and our show site . In this episode of simplyblock’s Cloud Fr

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Aug 16th, 2024 | 7 min read

How to Build a Serverless Postgres | Gwen Shapira

Introduction: This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Frontier Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , and our show site . In this episode of simplyblock’s Cloud Co

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Aug 09th, 2024 | 6 min read

PostgreSQL for Everything | Mike Freedman

Introduction: This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Frontier Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , and our show site . In this episode of simplyblock’s Cloud Co

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Aug 06th, 2024 | 6 min read

Unifying customer data | Steven Renwick

Introduction: This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Frontier Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , and our show site . In this episode of simplyblock’s Cloud Fr

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Jul 26th, 2024 | 6 min read

Automatically secure your application with your personal Application Firewall | Hannes Ullman

Introduction: This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Frontier Podcast, available on Youtube, Spotify, iTunes/Apple Podcasts, and our show site. In this episode of simplyblock’s Cloud Commut

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Jul 19th, 2024 | 6 min read

How to connect millions of devices every day through MQTT | Dominik Obermaier

Introduction: This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Frontier Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , and our show site . In this episode of simplyblock’s Cloud Co

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Jul 12th, 2024 | 26 min read

Getting Started with Graph Databases with Jennifer Reif from Neo4j

Introduction This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Frontier Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , and our show site . In this episode of the Cloud Commute podcast

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Jun 27th, 2024 | 25 min read

Machine Learning driven Database Optimization with Luigi Nardi from DBtune (interview)

Introduction This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , and our show site . In this insightful video, we explore the cutt

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Jun 20th, 2024 | 23 min read

How I designed PostgreSQL High Availability with Shaun Thomas from Tembo (video + interview)

This interview is part of the simplyblock’s Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site. In this installment , w

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Jun 14th, 2024 | 18 min read

Easy Developer Namespaces with Multi-tenant Kubernetes with Alessandro Vozza from Kubespaces

This interview is part of the simplyblock’s Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment of

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Jun 07th, 2024 | 23 min read

Policy Management at Cloud-Scale with Anders Eknert from Styra (video + interview)

This interview is part of the simplyblock’s Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site. In this installment of

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May 31st, 2024 | 19 min read

Your CI/CD Pipeline is a Production system with Stefan Prodan from ControlPlane (video + interview)

This interview is part of the simplyblock’s Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site. In this installment of

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May 24th, 2024 | 23 min read

Continuous vulnerability scanning in production with Oshrat Nir from ARMO

This interview is part of the simplyblock’s Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site. In this installment of

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May 17th, 2024 | 21 min read

How Oracle transforms its operation into a cloud business with Gerald Venzl from Oracle

This interview is part of the simplyblock’s Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site. In this installment of

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May 10th, 2024 | 20 min read

Automated Vulnerability Detection throughout your Pipeline with Brian Vermeer from Snyk

This interview is part of the simplyblock’s Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment of

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May 02nd, 2024 | 15 min read

PostgreSQL mistakes and how to avoid them with Jimmy Angelakos

This interview is part of the simplyblock’s Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment of

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Apr 26th, 2024 | 21 min read

Coding the Cloud: A Dive into Data Streaming with Gunnar Morling from Decodable (video + interview)

This interview is part of the simplyblock’s Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment of

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Apr 19th, 2024 | 19 min read

Improve Security with API Gateways, Nicolas Fränkel

In this installment of the podcast, we talked to Nicolas Fränkel (X/Twitter) from API7.ai, the creator of Apache APISIX, a high-performance open-source API gateway, discusses the significance of choo

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Apr 12th, 2024 | 17 min read

Building a Time Series Database in the Cloud with Steven Sklar from QuestDB (video + interview)

This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment of the pod

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Apr 05th, 2024 | 25 min read

Production-grade Kubernetes PostgreSQL, Álvaro Hernández

In this episode of the Cloud Commute podcast, Chris Engelbert is joined by Álvaro Hernández Tortosa, a prominent figure in the PostgreSQL community and CEO of OnGres. Álvaro shares his deep insight

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Mar 28th, 2024 | 3 min read

AWS Cost Optimization with Cristian Magherusan-Stanciu from AutoSpotting (interview)

This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube, Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment, we’r

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Mar 22nd, 2024 | 25 min read

Kubernetes for AI, GKE, and serverless with Abdellfetah Sghiouar from Google (interview)

This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment, we’

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Mar 15th, 2024 | 20 min read

Confidential Computing with Moritz Eckert from Edgeless Systems (interview)

This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment , we’

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Mar 11th, 2024 | 16 min read

Distributed SQL Databases with Franck Pachot from Yugabyte (interview)

This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment , we’

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Mar 08th, 2024 | 22 min read

Data center and application sustainability with Rich Kenny from Interact (interview)

This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment , we’

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