Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak & Viktor Gamov podcast

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak & Viktor Gamov

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Hi, we’re Tim Berglund, Adi Polak, and Viktor Gamov and we’re excited to bring you the Confluent Developer podcast (formerly “Streaming Audio.”) Our hand-crafted weekly episodes feature in-depth interviews with our community of software developers (actual human beings - not AI) talking about some of the most interesting challenges they’ve faced in their careers. We aim to explore the conditions that gave rise to each person’s technical hurdles, as well as how their experiences transformed their understanding and approach to building systems. Whether you’re a seasoned open source data streaming engineer, or just someone who’s interested in learning more about Apache Kafka®, Apache Flink® and real-time data, we hope you’ll appreciate the stories, the discussion, and our effort to bring you a high-quality show worth your time.

Hi, we’re Tim Berglund, Adi Polak, and Viktor Gamov and we’re excited to bring you the Confluent Developer podcast (formerly “Streaming Audio.”) Our hand-crafted weekly episodes feature in-depth interviews with our community of software developers (actual human beings - not AI) talking about some of the most interesting challenges they’ve faced in their careers. We aim to explore the conditions that gave rise to each person’s technical hurdles, as well as how their experiences transformed their understanding and approach to building systems. Whether you’re a seasoned open source data streaming engineer, or just someone who’s interested in learning more about Apache Kafka®, Apache Flink® and real-time data, we hope you’ll appreciate the stories, the discussion, and our effort to bring you a high-quality show worth your time.

 

#276

Adventures in Data Infrastructure with Gwen Shapira | Ep. 11

Adi Polak talks to Gwen Shapira (Nile) about her career in databases and data infrastructu... more

08 Dec 2025

21 MINS

21:32

08 Dec 2025


#275

Decreasing Java Build Times with Pratik Patel | Ep. 10

Tim Berglund talks to Pratik Patel (Azul Systems) about his career in developer relations ... more

01 Dec 2025

25 MINS

25:56

01 Dec 2025


#274

Reimagining Stream Processing with Matthias J. Sax | Ep. 9

Viktor Gamov talks to Matthias J. Sax (Confluent) about his career in stream processing an... more

17 Nov 2025

36 MINS

36:42

17 Nov 2025


#273

How Time Kills All Deals in Pre-Sales with Rachel Pedreschi | Ep. 8

Listen: https://confluent.buzzsprout.com | In this episode, Tim Berglund talks to his gues... more

10 Nov 2025

27 MINS

27:40

10 Nov 2025


#272

Scaling AI in Engineering with Peter Bell | Ep. 7

Listen: https://confluent.buzzsprout.com | Today, Adi Polak talks to her guest, Peter Bell... more

03 Nov 2025

27 MINS

27:16

03 Nov 2025


#271

How Kafka Expert Robin Moffat Tackles Open Source Problems | Ep. 6

Today, Viktor Gamov talks to his colleague Robin Moffat (Confluent) about his career in da... more

27 Oct 2025

24 MINS

24:50

27 Oct 2025


#270

Building Parquet into Apache Pinot ft. Neha Pawar | Ep. 5

Today, Tim Berglund talks to Neha Pawar (StarTree) about her career in real-time analytics... more

20 Oct 2025

26 MINS

26:07

20 Oct 2025


#269

The Fix That Secured 1000s of Credit Cards ft. Brian Sletten | Ep. 4

In this episode, Tim talks to Brian Sletten (Bosatsu Consulting) about his career in softw... more

13 Oct 2025

29 MINS

29:37

13 Oct 2025


#268

How Viktor Gamov Stays Curious as Tech Rapidly Evolves | Ep. 3

Adi Polak interviews her co-host, Viktor Gamov, about his career’s evolution from distribu... more

06 Oct 2025

30 MINS

30:11

06 Oct 2025


#267

How Tim Berglund Found His Calling | Ep. 2

Viktor Gamov interviews his co-host, Tim Berglund, about his career in the world of stream... more

29 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:36

29 Sep 2025


#266

Building Real-time Systems for Apple, Nike & more ft. Adi Polak | Ep. 1

The Confluent Developer Podcast is here! For this first episode, Tim Berglund talks to his... more

22 Sep 2025

32 MINS

32:53

22 Sep 2025


#265

We're back! Welcome to the Confluent Developer Podcast.

Weekly episodes launching Sept. 22! | Hi, I'm Tim Berglund. It's been about four years sin... more

02 Sep 2025

01 MINS

01:20

02 Sep 2025


#264

Apache Kafka 3.5 - Kafka Core, Connect, Streams, & Client Updates

Apache Kafka® 3.5 is here with the capability of previewing migrations between ZooKeeper c... more

15 Jun 2023

11 MINS

11:25

15 Jun 2023


#263

A Special Announcement from Streaming Audio

After recording 64 episodes and featuring 58 amazing guests, the Streaming Audio podcast s... more

13 Apr 2023

01 MINS

01:18

13 Apr 2023


#262

How to use Data Contracts for Long-Term Schema Management

Have you ever struggled with managing data long term, especially as the schema changes ove... more

21 Mar 2023

57 MINS

57:28

21 Mar 2023


#261

How to use Python with Apache Kafka

Can you use Apache Kafka® and Python together? What’s the current state of Python support?... more

14 Mar 2023

31 MINS

31:57

14 Mar 2023