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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Rahil Parekh
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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, weR
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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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’re ta
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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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Chris Engelbert
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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