Best Database Architect Podcasts (2025)

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Ep. 134 Bonus Ep. 5 | The 2025 Update: What's New in AWS SAA-C03 and Why It Matters 17:30

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Don't just learn the cloud - BYTE it!! Stay ahead with this update on new AWS services and changes impacting the Solutions Architect Associate exam in 2025. Bonus episodes: * Fill gaps from lightly covered or complex topics (IAM, VPC, Databases). * Address high learner demand areas (security, networking, decision-making). * Provide a “meta” episode…

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Attention isn’t all we need; we need ownership too 36:32

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NEAR is the blockchain for AI, enabling AI agents to transact freely across networks. Connect with Illia on LinkedIn and X, and read the original Transformers paper that Illia co-authored in 2017. Today’s shoutout goes to Populous badge winner Adi Lester for answering the question DataTable - foreach Row, EXCEPT FIRST ONE.…

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Ep. 133 Bonus Ep. 4 | SAA-C03 Exam Traps: 10 Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them 18:35

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Don't just learn the cloud - BYTE it!! Stay ahead with this update on new AWS services and changes impacting the Solutions Architect Associate exam in 2025. Bonus episodes: * Fill gaps from lightly covered or complex topics (IAM, VPC, Databases). * Address high learner demand areas (security, networking, decision-making). * Provide a “meta” episode…

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#728: The Duck Talks Back - Using GENAI in Your Work 23:15

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Simon shares some tips, tricks, and experiences in how Builders can use GENAI in their work to get things done faster, and with better outcomes.Links:Amazon Q Developer CLI: https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cliPromptz: https://www.promptz.dev/AWS MCP Servers: https://github.com/awslabs/mcpBy Amazon Web Services

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Ep. 132 Bonus Ep. 3 | Decoding AWS Databases: Choosing the Right Service in Exam Questions 25:41

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Don't just learn the cloud - BYTE it!! Understand the differences between RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, and Redshift, and learn how to pick the right AWS database in exam scenarios. Bonus episodes: * Fill gaps from lightly covered or complex topics (IAM, VPC, Databases). * Address high learner demand areas (security, networking, decision-making). * Provid…

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Ep. 131 Bonus Ep. 2 | VPC Masterclass: Networking Demystified for the Solutions Architect Exam 15:55

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Don't just learn the cloud - BYTE it!! In this masterclass, we break down VPC fundamentals, subnets, route tables, and security groups to help you confidently answer tricky networking questions. Bonus episodes: * Fill gaps from lightly covered or complex topics (IAM, VPC, Databases). * Address high learner demand areas (security, networking, decisi…

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Ep. 130 Bonus Ep. 1 | Mastering IAM: The Heart of AWS Security for SAA-C03 21:37

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Don't just learn the cloud - BYTE it!! Join us in this bonus episode for an in-depth look at AWS IAM, covering users, groups, roles, policies, and permissions with exam-focused examples. Bonus episodes: * Fill gaps from lightly covered or complex topics (IAM, VPC, Databases). * Address high learner demand areas (security, networking, decision-makin…

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Why call one API when you can use GraphQL to call them all? 25:45

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Apollo GraphQL lets you orchestrate APIs with a composable, declarative, self-service model. Apollo's MCP Server is now available. Connect with Matt on LinkedIn. Today we’re shouting out a Famous Question badge winner, user jkfe, for their question How to hide/show thymeleaf fields based on controller condition?.…

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The Hour of (data) Power 47:40

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Ready for your Hour of (Data) Power with some Radioactive and Electric Feel thrown in? Ok, so hang tight, get your coffee or lemonade (depending on how your summer looks like!), as we bring you a double whammy from your newest Data-powered Innovation Jam to celebrate the anniversary launch of the 10th edition of the Data Powered Innovation Review. …

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How to Scale Data Infrastructure from Startup to Enterprise 38:12

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In this episode, David sits down with Nishant Raman, a seasoned data infrastructure expert, to explore the evolving world of data engineering, AI integration, and building scalable systems from the ground up. With experience across logistics, healthcare, and fintech, Nishant shares hard-won insights from years of building resilient, cost-conscious …

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#052 Don't Build Models, Build Systems That Build Models 59:22

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Nicolay here, Today I have the chance to talk to Charles from Modal, who went from doing a PhD on neural network optimization in the 2010s - when ML engineers could build models with a soldering iron and some sticks - to architecting serverless infrastructure for AI models. Modal is about removing barriers so anyone can spin up a hundred GPUs in se…

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Programming problems that seem easy, but aren't, featuring Jon Skeet 32:34

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Jon Skeet, for those not in the know, is legendary here at Stack Overflow. He even got his own Chuck Norris Facts-style jokes. Jon has graced the podcast before in the early days on episodes 4, 72, and 123. He’s so good at answering Stack Overflow questions that he appeared at Stack Overflow’s old NYC office and answered them in person. While he’s …

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#727: AWS News: AWS Shield Network Security Director, Amazon GuardDuty for EKS, and more 34:48

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Simon and Jillian take you through all the big security announcements from AWS re:Inforce plus a host of cool new features and price reductions!By Amazon Web Services

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You’ve got 99 problems but data shouldn’t be one 29:26

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Tobiko Data is creating a new standard in data transformation with their Cloud and SQL integrations. You can keep up with their work by joining their Slack community. Connect with Toby on LinkedIn. Connect with Iaroslav on LinkedIn. Congrats to Stellar Answer badge winner Christian C. Salvadó, whose answer to What's a quick way to comment/uncomment…

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You've vibe coded an app. Now what? 26:12

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SPONSORED BY HEROKU Heroku is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for deploying, scaling, and managing apps. Connect with Vish on X and LinkedIn. Congrats to Populist badge winner AmaDaden for their answer to How to generate a legend with colors in PlantUML?.By Stack Overflow

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How to build your prototypes without a 35% tariff 22:24

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Ryan and Ben welcome Alex Malcoci, CEO and founder of MiniProto, to talk innovations in hardware prototyping, the evolving complexities of the global supply chain, the impact of the US-China trade war on manufacturing, and how automation in production could lead to new training programs for future engineers. Episode notes: MiniProto is a US-based p…

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#726: Single region, zero excuses: Mastering AWS resilience 45:33

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Dive into single-region resilience with AWS experts John Formento and Tarik Makota as they debunk common misconceptions and share practical strategies for building robust applications. Learn why multi-AZ isn't enough on its own, discover key AWS services for resilience, and get actionable tips for identifying and mitigating failure modes.Learn More…

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Defending the realm: Trust and safety at Stack Overflow 37:25

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The Trust and Safety team is using aliases in this episode. Learn more about who the Community Management team is at Stack Overflow. Explore how we keep our community safe in our Code of Conduct. Congratulations to Lifeboat badge recipient Arvin Yorro, who won it for their helpful answer to the question Docker Desktop - WSL update failed.…

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"My job is going to change in a dramatic way”: Exploring the future of the internet with Cloudflare 23:09

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Dane shares his excitement about the Model Context Protocol (MCP), exploring its potential impact on the future of technology. The discussion turns to the growing need for sustainable content monetization and fair compensation for creators in an AI-driven world, and how this connects to Cloudflare’s mission to build a better internet. The conversat…

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#051 Build systems that can be debugged at 4am by tired humans with no context 1:05:51

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Nicolay here, Today I have the chance to talk to Charity Majors, CEO and co-founder of Honeycomb, who recently has been writing about the cost crisis in observability. "Your source of truth is production, not your IDE - and if you can't understand your code there, you're flying blind." The key insight is architecturally simple but operationally tra…

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After 30 years, Java is still brewing up new features 27:31

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Connect with Georges on LinkedIn and see his work on inside.java. Listen to our previous episode with Georges, a celebration of Java’s 25th anniversary. Today we’re shouting out the age-old question What is a NullPointerException, and how do I fix it?, which was answered 31 times as a community effort.…

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#725: AWS News: FSx for Lustre introduces cost-saving storage tiers, MCP servers enhance AI development tools, and more 39:59

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Explore FSx for Lustre's new intelligent storage tiering that delivers cost savings and unlimited scalability for file storage in the cloud. Plus, discover how the new Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers are revolutionizing AI-assisted development across ECS, EKS, and serverless platforms with real-time contextual responses and automated resource …

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“We’re not worried about compute anymore”: The future of AI models 25:51

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Together AI is a platform for building with open-source and specialized multimodal models. Check out their docs. Connect with Jamie on LinkedIn. Shoutout to user aryaxt who earned a Stellar Question badge by wondering about MySQL Data - Best way to implement paging?.By Ryan Donovan, Ben, Jamie de Guerre

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Better vibes and vibe coding with Gemini 2.5 33:03

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Gemini 2.5 is DeepMind’s most advanced model yet, with strong reasoning and coding capabilities. Connect with Tulsee on LinkedIn. Connect with Logan on LinkedIn and Stack Overflow. Check out our previous episode with Logan, we discussed his unique path from coding to AI to product, the challenges of non-determinism in AI models, and surprising less…

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#724: Accelerated computing: From fraud detection to AI innovation 41:25

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Join host Shruthi to discover how organizations use GPU-accelerated computing on AWS. Container Specialist Re Alvarez Parmar shows how Rivian optimizes GPU usage for autonomous vehicles with Amazon EKS. AWS Financial Services expert Sudhir Kalidindi explains real-time fraud detection processing 100B+ events annually. Learn architectural patterns an…

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Banking on a serverless world 23:28

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Explore how Capital One is using tech to innovate the banking experience here. Connect with Kathleen on LinkedIn and visit her blog. Shoutout to user Theraot for answering the questions How to connect a signal with extra arguments in Godot 4, which won them a Lifeboat badge.By Ryan Donovan, Kathleen Vignos

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If an attacker can edit your mobile code, how do you defend your app? 28:31

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SPONSORED BY GUARDSQUARE Learn more about mobile application security and how to protect your app. Congrats to Lifeboat badge winner Chitrakshi for rescuing TypeScript Error: No overload matches this call in Express route handler.By Stack Overflow

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Every doc you take 43:30

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From punk rock to process automation, from Blondie to BSON — it’s a genre-defying episode of the Data-Powered Innovation Jam where we grab a virtual bench in Central Park with Andrew Davidson, SVP of Products at MongoDB, and let the data conversation run wild. What follows is an improvisational jam session on the evolution of data, the art of distr…

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In a deterministic simulation, you can debug with time travel 28:20

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Antithesis is an autonomous testing platform that finds bugs in your software with perfect reproducibility. Connect with Will Wilson on Linkedin. Congrats to user hannes neukermans whose question How can I do tag wrapping in Visual Studio Code? won them a Stellar Question badge. Our 2025 Developer Survey is live! We want to know what your developer…

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#723: AWS News: Claude 4 Opus comes to Bedrock, AWS Transform accelerates modernization, and more 39:45

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Claude 4 Opus and Sonnet, the most powerful models from Anthropic for coding and advanced reasoning, are now available on Amazon Bedrock. Plus, AWS Transform can now accelerate your Mainframe, .NET and VMWare workload modernization. Learn about these updates and more with your hosts Shruthi and Jillian. 00:00 - Intro, 00:21 - Amazon Bedrock, 03:40 …

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Getting rid of the pain for developers on Shopify 30:05

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Check out Shopify’s newest updates on their editions page, including Horizons and their new AI capabilities with Sidekick. Connect with Glen Coates on LinkedIn and X. Shoutout to Stellar Question badge winner nouptime for asking Converting string to byte array in C#.By Ryan Donovan, Glen Coates

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Understanding the limitations of AI is crucial for enterprise success 32:03

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The discussion also: Touches on the role, evolution, and adoption of AI agents, emphasizing their growing integration into systems, while addressing key safeguarding measures to ensure AI agents can accurately use data to reason effectively. Explores how Abnormal AI utilizes AI to detect and protect against cybersecurity threats, and how Dan and hi…

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#050 Bringing LLMs to Production: Delete Frameworks, Avoid Finetuning, Ship Faster 1:06:57

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Nicolay here, Most AI developers are drowning in frameworks and hype. This conversation is about cutting through the noise and actually getting something into production. Today I have the chance to talk to Paul Iusztin, who's spent 8 years in AI - from writing CUDA kernels in C++ to building modern LLM applications. He currently writes about produc…

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#050 TAKEAWAYS Bringing LLMs to Production: Delete Frameworks, Avoid Finetuning, Ship Faster 11:00

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Nicolay here, Most AI developers are drowning in frameworks and hype. This conversation is about cutting through the noise and actually getting something into production. Today I have the chance to talk to Paul Iusztin, who's spent 8 years in AI - from writing CUDA kernels in C++ to building modern LLM applications. He currently writes about produc…

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Code, Cloud and Karate: The Unlikely Path to Cloud Architecture 40:21

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In this episode, David sits down with Masaru Hoshi, a cloud architect at Qlik, to explore his unexpected journey into cloud architecture, the cultural influences that shaped his career, and the evolving disciplines transforming enterprise technology today. Join as we discuss: Masaru’s path from developer to cloud architect and his open-source contr…

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“The future is agents”: Building a platform for RAG agents 32:29

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Contextual AI offers a platform for building RAG agents. Get started with their docs here. Connect with Douwe on LinkedIn. Congrats to Stack Overflow user Smrutiranjan Sahu, who earned a Stellar Question badge by asking How to define type for a function callback (as any function type, not universal any) used in a method parameter.…

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#722: The Frugal Architect w/Werner Vogels: How Warner Bros. Discovery keeps streaming seamless 48:45

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With only nine months to launch Max, Tom Leaman, VP of Site Reliability Engineering at Warner Bros. Discovery had to move fast to keep millions of viewers streaming smoothly. Learn about their innovative approach to measuring efficiency, managing global operations, and building resilient systems at massive scale with your hosts Simon Elisha and Dr.…

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WBIT #8: Typescript for gut biomes 44:40

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Jona provides an AI-powered gut biome test for clinicians and patients alike. Connect with Tyler on Twitter.By Stack Overflow

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Can a dev environment spark joy? The Android team thinks so. 37:02

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Get the whole rundown of what’s new in this version of Android Developer’s Studio. Google I/O just happened, and the Android team announced a bunch of things. Connect with Matthew on LinkedIn. Congrats to Populist badge winner chudo xl for their answer to Android app stuck at "Launching on Devices" or 'device 'DEVICEID' not found' error.…

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The six pistols of technology trends 1:18:45

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Ready for the remix? You might have already listened to one of the most recent episodes of the Cloud Realities podcast, where six dynamic voices from two podcast teams came together to unpack Capgemini’s TechnoVision 2025. From infrastructure and applications to collaboration, user experience, automation, and — naturally — a heavy dose of data and …

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#049 BAML: The Programming Language That Turns LLMs into Predictable Functions 1:02:38

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Nicolay here, I think by now we are done with marveling at the latest benchmark scores of the models. It doesn’t tell us much anymore that the latest generation outscores the previous by a few basis points. If you don’t know how the LLM performs on your task, you are just duct taping LLMs into your systems. If your LLM-powered app can’t survive a m…

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#049 TAKEAWAYS BAML: The Programming Language That Turns LLMs into Predictable Functions 1:12:34

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Nicolay here, I think by now we are done with marveling at the latest benchmark scores of the models. It doesn’t tell us much anymore that the latest generation outscores the previous by a few basis points. If you don’t know how the LLM performs on your task, you are just duct taping LLMs into your systems. If your LLM-powered app can’t survive a m…

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Durable execution: autosave for your microservices 22:35

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DBOS Transact is a lightweight, open-source library that makes durable execution simple so you no longer need to worry about manually coding retries and recovery procedures. Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn. Connect with Qian on LinkedIn. Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Vanita L., whose answer to What does the Swift 'mutating' keyword mean? earned t…

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#721: AWS News: Amazon Nova Premier takes on complex tasks and model distillation, and more 28:42

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Nova Premier is our most advanced AI model yet, featuring a million-token context window and enhanced capabilities at nearly half the cost of competitors. Dive into this update and more with hosts Simon and Jillian.00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Amazon Nova Premier 02:56 - Analytics 04:46 - Artificial Intelligence 11:02 - Business Applications 11:38 - Cloud…

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Salesforce wants to do for agentic AI what they did for SaaS 29:17

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The new Salesforce Developer Edition includes access to Data Cloud and Agentforce, Salesforce’s platform for building, customizing, and deploying autonomous AI agents. Developers can sign up here to start building. Connect with Christophe on LinkedIn. Instead of a badge, we have a question for you: If you are a developer who is working with AI age…

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Next-level observability: live breakpoint debugging 26:27

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Dynatrace is an AI-powered observability platform. It empowers today’s AI-enabled digital enterprises to understand their systems and data so they can analyze, automate, and innovate faster. Learn more about Dynatrace’s Live Debugger. Connect with Henrik Rexed on LinkedIn or check out Is it Observable on YouTube.…

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How to Build an AI-Native Organization 43:06

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In this episode, David sits down with Peter Mattis, co-founder, CTO, and CPO of Cockroach Labs, to dive into the world of resilient databases, the evolution of AI in tech, and the journey of building a company that’s transforming how engineers approach scalability and performance. Peter shares insights from Cockroach Labs’ mission to create Cockroa…

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#048 TAKEAWAYS Why Your AI Agents Need Permission to Act, Not Just Read 7:06

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Nicolay here, most AI conversations obsess over capabilities. This one focuses on constraints - the right ones that make AI actually useful rather than just impressive demos. Today I have the chance to talk to Dexter Horthy, who recently put out a long piece called the “12-factor agents”. It’s like the 10 commandments, but for building agents. One …

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Is the enterprise (actually) ready for AI? 29:08

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watsonx.ai is an enterprise-grade AI studio. Developers can get started in the watsonx Developer Hub. We published a technical behind-the-scenes look at watsonx, as well as a Q&A on why it’s business-ready. Find Maryam on LinkedIn. Congrats to Stack Overflow user Michael Kolber, who earned a Lifeboat badge with a straightforward and effective answe…

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#720: Hooked on CloudFormation: GoDaddy stays proactive with AWS CloudFormation Hooks 25:44

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Discover how GoDaddy manages cloud security at speed for hundreds of developers as Cloud Governance Engineer James Kelley of GoDaddy pulls back the curtain on their transformation using AWS CloudFormation Hooks. Join your host Simon and AWS Product Manager Stella Hie as they dive into the new features that help GoDaddy balance developer freedom wit…