Software Defined Talk
A podcast about Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 57 in total of Software Defined Talk with the tag “interview”.
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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.
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Episode 464: Jana Werner on The Digital Transformation Card Game
April 26th, 2024 | 50 mins 15 secs
agile, aws, digitaltransformation, executives, interview, management
How can you start small changes to make big changes? That's the premise of Jana Werner's organization transformation card game. Sure, it's not really a "game," but each question is meant to help nudge management and executives a little closer to changing how they operate. Many of the ideas come from Amazon thinking, but many of the are also just the type of common sense that's too often uncommonly practiced.
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Episode 460: Tom Wilkie on Observability
March 29th, 2024 | 30 mins 25 secs
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Matt Ray interviews Tom Wilkie, Grafana Labs CTO. They discuss the latest trends in Observability, Grafana’s recent announcements and the state of OSS businesses . Plus, some ideas for your next 3D printing project.
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Episode 453: John Willis on how Kubernetes won, digital transformation and Deming
February 9th, 2024 | 1 hr 30 mins
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This week, Coté interviews John Willis and they discuss how Kubernetes ultimately won, why large companies struggle with Digital Transformation, and Systems Thinking. Plus, John shares his opinions about Human Resources and Venture Capital.