Amazon CTO, Werner Vogels, stops by to help us explore his tech predictions for 2026 and beyond. Will companionship be redefined by consumer robots? Will quantum-safe become the only safe worth talking about? Is this the dawn of the renaissance developer? We’re infinitely curious why Werner came to this particular set of conclusions. Are you?
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</ul>Featuring:<ul><li>Werner Vogels &ndash; <a href="https://www.allthingsdistributed.com" rel="external ugc">Website</a>, <a href="https://github.com/wv" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/wernervogels" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/werner.social" rel="external ugc">Bluesky</a>, <a href="https://x.com/werner" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Adam Stacoviak &ndash; <a href="https://adamstacoviak.com/" rel="external ugc">Website</a>, <a href="https://github.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@adam" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Jerod Santo &ndash; <a href="https://github.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@jerod" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">X</a></li></ul>Show Notes:<ul>
<li><a href="https://changelog.com/podcast/18">NoSQL Smackdown! (#18)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/11/tech-predictions-for-2026-and-beyond.html">Tech predictions for 2026 and beyond</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gray_%28computer_scientist%29">Jim Gray (computer scientist)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://changelog.fm/sotl">Leave us a state of the “log” voicemail!</a></li>
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