Software Misadventures podcast

Software Misadventures

A show about not just the technologies, but the people and stories behind them. In every episode, Ronak and Guang sit down with engineers, founders, and investors to chat about their paths, lessons they’ve learned and of course, the misadventures along the way.

A show about not just the technologies, but the people and stories behind them. In every episode, Ronak and Guang sit down with engineers, founders, and investors to chat about their paths, lessons they’ve learned and of course, the misadventures along the way.

 

#55

Podcast update and news!

Some reflections on running the podcast and Ronak has some eggciting news to share :)   Mu... more

08 Oct 2024

13 MINS

13:41

08 Oct 2024


#54

Uncrating the Oxide Rack | Bryan Cantrill, Steve Tuck (Oxide)

Oxide co-founders Bryan and Steve are back on the show to give an impromptu peek at the Ox... more

24 Sep 2024

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:35

24 Sep 2024


#53

LLMs are like your weird, over-confident intern | Simon Willison (Datasette)

Known for co-creating Django and Datasette, as well as his thoughtful writing on LLMs, Sim... more

10 Sep 2024

1 HR 55 MINS

1:55:50

10 Sep 2024


#52

From "AI mid-life crisis" to the "time of my life" | Steve Yegge (Sourcegraph)

A Silicon Valley veteran and known for his writings like "The Death of the Junior Develope... more

27 Aug 2024

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:32

27 Aug 2024


#51

Early Twitter's fail-whale wars | Dmitriy Ryaboy

A veteran of early Twitter's fail whale wars, Dmitriy joins the show to chat about the tim... more

13 Aug 2024

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:46

13 Aug 2024


#50

Discovering the power of story-telling in engineering | Adam Gordon Bell (CoRecursive)

Known for hosting the CoRecursive podcast, which dives into the stories behind the code, A... more

06 Aug 2024

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:28

06 Aug 2024


#49

Behind designing Kubernetes' APIs | Brian Grant (Google)

As the original architect and API design lead of Kubernetes, Brian joins the show to chat ... more

30 Jul 2024

2 HR 10 MINS

2:10:56

30 Jul 2024


#48

Ditching the rules to build a team that lasts | Bryan Cantrill, Steve Tuck (Oxide)

From building a new kind of server to building a new kind of company, co-founders Bryan an... more

23 Jul 2024

2 HR 06 MINS

2:06:29

23 Jul 2024


#47

Grokking Synthetic Biology | Dmitriy Ryaboy (Twitter, Ginkgo Bioworks)

From building a data platform and Parquet at Twitter to using AI to make biology easier to... more

16 Jul 2024

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:51

16 Jul 2024


#46

Growing and selling an indie business | Michael Lynch (TinyPilot)

Having quit Google in 2018 to bootstrap indie software businesses, Michael is known for wr... more

09 Jul 2024

1 HR 40 MINS

1:40:18

09 Jul 2024


#45

Breaking distributed systems for fun and profit | Kyle Kingsbury (Jepsen)

Well-known for his insightful and meticulous write-ups on testing distributed systems, Kyl... more

02 Jul 2024

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:17

02 Jul 2024


#44

The 3 traps of open source funding models | Wes McKinney (pandas, Voltron Data, Posit)

From creating one of the Python’s most influential libraries to co-founding Voltron Data, ... more

25 Jun 2024

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:51

25 Jun 2024


#43

Impact Driven Development | Matt Klein (Envoy, bitdrift)

From creating Envoy to co-founding bitdrift to reimagine mobile observability, Matt joins ... more

18 Jun 2024

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:18

18 Jun 2024


#42

Build the scary stuff | Bryan Cantrill (Oxide)

From being a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems to co-founding Oxide Computer Comp... more

11 Jun 2024

2 HR 19 MINS

2:19:41

11 Jun 2024


#41

Lessons from the early days building Kafka and Confluent | Jay Kreps

From writing the first lines of Kafka over a Christmas break as a LinkedIn engineer to run... more

04 Jun 2024

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:08

04 Jun 2024