Software Defined Talk
A podcast about Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Displaying items 1-10 of 60 in total of Software Defined Talk with the tag "interview".
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Episode 542: Yuriy Shyyan on owning your own Cloud.
October 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 2 mins
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Matt Ray talks to Yuriy Shyyan, the Director of Cloud Systems Architecture for OpenMetal. They discuss the cost of running your enterprise in the public cloud, high school hacking, building a business on OpenStack, and recognizing that cloud credits are an invitation to purchase a timeshare.
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Episode 538: Michael Irwin on Docker, Developers, and AI
September 19th, 2025 | 48 mins 57 secs
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Brandon interviews Michael Irwin, Principal Engineer at Docker. They cover Docker’s evolution, why hardened images matter, and how AI fits in. Plus, Michael shares stories from teaching computer science.
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Episode 527: Victor Adossi on WebAssembly
July 4th, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
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Brandon interviews Victor Adossi, an engineer at Cosmonic. They discuss the state of WebAssembly, wasmCloud, and why Wasm is poised for growth. Plus, Victor shares what it’s like to live as an expat in Japan.
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Episode 523: Sterling Chin on APIs, AI, and Building MCP Servers
June 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 9 mins
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Brandon talks with Sterling Chin, Senior Developer Advocate at Postman, about building great APIs, why AI needs APIs, and what’s new at Postman. Plus, hear how he made the leap from 3rd-grade teacher to dev advocate.
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Episode 515: Rick Houlihan, MongoDB Field CTO on Document Databases
April 18th, 2025 | 43 mins 2 secs
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Brandon talks with Rick Houlihan, Field CTO at MongoDB, about why document databases are more important than ever, how MongoDB fits into modern app architectures, and where AI comes into play. Plus, Rick shares the story of how he helped deprecate 3,000 Oracle databases at Amazon.
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Episode 508: Software Defined Interviews Crossover: PaaS and Career Advice with Brian Gracely
February 28th, 2025 | 1 hr 17 mins
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This week, we're sharing a Software Defined Interviews episode! Coté and Whitney talk with Brian Gracely from the Cloudcast and Red Hat about cloud news, PaaS evolution, and career advice. If you like this, subscribe to Software Defined Interviews for more great conversations!
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Episode 492: Aran Khanna on Cloud Insurance
November 8th, 2024 | 50 mins 40 secs
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Brandon interviews Aran Khanna, CEO of Archera, on user privacy, his work on DeepLens at AWS, and Archera’s "cloud insurance" model. Plus, Aran shares how he lost his Facebook internship before it started.
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Episode 489: Whitney Lee: From Wedding Photographer to Cloud-Native DevRel
October 18th, 2024 | 1 hr 26 mins
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This episode is from the reboot of Software Defined Interviews. Whitney Lee joins Coté to discuss her varied career path, from artist and wedding photographer to her current role in DevRel within the cloud-native world. They kick off this revamped series with an engaging conversation. Expect new interviews every two weeks! Subscribe at softwaredefinedinterviews.com.
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Episode 470: Paul Yuknewicz on Serverless
June 7th, 2024 | 36 mins 57 secs
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Matt interviews Paul Yuknewicz, Product Leader for Azure Serverless. They discuss Azure Functions, Dapr, WASM, and security. Plus, Matt explains rhyming Australian slang in the aftershow.
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Episode 469: Amanda K. Silver on Developer Tools
May 31st, 2024 | 46 mins 31 secs
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Matt interviews Amanda K. Silver, Corporate Vice President in the Developer Division at Microsoft. They discuss the latest developments with Visual Studio Code, GitHub Copilot, and why developers only want to see live demos. Plus, some thoughts on tiny houses and Murphy beds vs. hammocks.