Best Mike Vogel Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 0045 - Thanksgiving Special 2025 50:23

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It’s a pie-stravaganza and our second annual Thanksgiving Special! In this episode, we talk about the town that canceled the holiday, the woman responsible for everyone's favorite Thanksgiving dish, the best post-banquet libation - plus stabbing parade floats, Roger's pumpkin pie woes, Dan doubles down on cranberry sauce, and so much more! Happy Th…

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The Power of the Right Who: Rethinking Talent, Leadership, and Growth with Kasim Aslam 54:06

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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, host Marc Koehler sits down with Kasim Aslam, an entrepreneur who has built six, seven, and eight-figure businesses, including two successful exits. Kasim is the co-founder of Driven Mastermind, creator of DigitalMarketer’s Paid Traffic Certification, former CEO of Solutions 8—one of the world’s top…

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Drone Warfare in Ukraine with Simon Shuster 54:45

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Simon Shuster is a journalist who has reported on Russia and Ukraine for over 15 years, most of that time as a staff correspondent for TIME Magazine. He was born in Moscow, and he and his family came to the United States as refugees from the Soviet Union when he was six years old. After graduating from Stanford University in 2005, Simon returned to…

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Radix UI with Chance Strickland 56:47

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Radix UI is an open-source library of React components. Its “headless” primitives handle the complex logic and accessibility concerns—like dialogs, dropdowns, and tabs—while leaving styling completely up to the developer. The project emphasizes usability, accessibility, and composability and has become a vital part of modern web dev, in part becaus…

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The 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey with Jody Bailey and Erin Yepis 40:13

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The Stack Overflow Developer Survey is an annual survey conducted by Stack Overflow that gathers comprehensive insights from developers around the world. It offers a valuable snapshot of the global developer community, covering a wide range of topics such as preferred programming languages, tools, and technologies. Jody Bailey is the Chief Product …

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Quick Hit 0019 - No More Yelling at the TV w/ Mike Morgan 41:30

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For this Quick Hit, we're talking with Mr. Mike Morgan, the founder of Flags of the Fallen and Thirteen Heroes, about what stirred his passion for veterans and first responders, why the spirits business is fueling his charitable works, and his outrageous belief that you can do great things for others and have fun doing it! https://flagsofthefallen.…

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Building an Open-Source Laptop with Byran Huang 53:56

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Byran Huang is a full stack developer who recently made headlines in the hacker space when he created the anyon_e, which is a highly integrated, open source laptop. The effort was a massive undertaking and showcased great design, hardware, and software. In this episode, Byran joins the show with Gregor Vand to talk about his work on the anyon_e lap…

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Episode 0044 - Joseph Campbell 2:47:58

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We're back in the Tracer Burnout studio and sit down with Army veteran, Mr. Joe Campbell. He started his career in the National Guard watching over bunkers in the Utah desert and then decided to go active Army so the fun could really begin! From Idaho to Germany, to saving lives as a flight medic in combat zones; from surviving a MEDEVAC helicopter…

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Unbreakable Leadership: What Business Can Learn from SEAL Teams with Mike Sarraille 59:18

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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, host Marc Koehler sits down with Mike Sarraille, retired U.S. Navy SEAL, three-time best-selling author, and one of the world’s top keynote speakers on leadership and performance. Drawing on two decades of experience leading elite teams in combat and in business, Mike shares powerful lessons on how …

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The Architecture of the Internet with Erik Seidel 51:20

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The modern internet is a vast web of independent networks bound together by billions of routing decisions made every second. It’s an architecture so reliable we mostly take it for granted, but behind the scenes it represents one of humanity’s greatest engineering achievements. Today’s internet is also dramatically more complex and capable than in i…

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SED News: AMD’s Big OpenAI Deal, Intel’s Struggles, and Apple’s AI Long Game 49:02

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SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this episode, they cover the $1.7B acquisition of Security AI, LangChain’s massive valuation, and the surprise $300M funding” round for Per…

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Building AI Agents on the Frontend with Sam Bhagwat and Abhi Aiyer 57:04

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Most AI agent frameworks are backend-focused and written in Python, which introduces complexity when building full-stack AI applications with JavaScript or TypeScript frontends. This gap makes it harder for frontend developers to prototype, integrate, and iterate on AI-powered features. Mastra is an open-source TypeScript framework focused on build…

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The X-Plane Flight Simulator with Ben Supnik 56:26

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X-Plane is a popular flight simulator developed by Laminar Research. It features a first-principles physics engine, realistic aircraft systems, and a wide variety of aircraft. We wanted to understand the engineering that goes into creating a flight simulator so we invited Ben Supnik on the show. Ben is a software engineer at Laminar and he’s been w…

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Episode 0043 - Sarah George 1:54:21

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“When you do find the tribe and the right help, boy does it open up doors!” Marine Corps veteran, Ms. Sarah George, joins us in our virtual studio and tells us about her two attempts at boot camp, being part of the initial push of the Iraq War, some of the personal difficulties that ultimately led her to leave the Corps, and the ups and downs of li…

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Listening, Virtues & Harmony: The Music of Leadership with Pianist Felipe Gomez 1:07:36

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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders’ podcast, host Marc Koehler has a captivating conversation with Felipe Gomez, an accomplished pianist, global keynote speaker, and leadership expert. Felipe shares how his lifelong passion for music has shaped his understanding of leadership, teamwork, and the pursuit of excellence. Drawing from his signatur…

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Turning Agent Autonomy into Productivity with Chris Weichel 1:01:22

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A common challenge in software development is creating and maintaining robust development environments. The rise of AI agents has amplified this complexity by adding new demands around permission controls, environment isolation, and resource management. Ona is a platform for AI-native software development and engineering agents. The platform combin…

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Homebrew and macOS Package Management with Mike McQuaid 1:05:46

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Homebrew is a widely used package manager that simplifies the installation of open-source software on macOS. It was created in response to the growing demand for a lightweight, developer-friendly tool suited to an increasingly Mac-centric development ecosystem. Today, Homebrew is a near-essential part of the macOS software development toolkit. Mike…

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Engineering in the Age of Agents with Yechezkel Rabinovich 50:05

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Modern software platforms are increasingly composed of diverse microservices, third-party APIs, and cloud resources. The distributed nature of these systems makes it difficult for engineers to gain a clear view of how their systems behave, which can slow down troubleshooting and increase operational risk. groundcover is an observability platform th…

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Static Analysis for Ruby with Jake Zimmerman 47:13

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Dynamic languages like Ruby, Python, and JavaScript determine the types of variables at runtime rather than at compile time. This flexibility allows for rapid development and concise code, but it also makes it harder to catch certain classes of bugs before execution. Type checkers for dynamic languages add structure and safety without compromising …

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Episode 0042 - Cassidy Nolan 2:29:49

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“When it hits you, it is such an intense experience.” Marine Corps veteran and entrepreneur, Mr. Cassidy Nolan, joins us in our virtual studio and tells us how he got hooked by the Marine Corps' awesome commercials, how a trip to Colombia (the country) nearly ended his dreams early, the completely different reasons that both of his tours in Afghani…

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Directing Leadership: The Legendary USC Spirit of Troy Marching Band with Dr. Jacob Vogel 1:23:16

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In this episode of the Surfacing Leader’s podcast, host Marc Koehler has an engaging conversation with Dr. Jacob Vogel, Director of the Spirit of Troy, otherwise known as “the greatest marching band in the history of the universe, “ at the University of Southern California. They explore the leadership lessons behind one of the most iconic collegiat…

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Scaling AI in Enterprise Codebases with Guy Gur-Ari 52:05

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The rise of language-model coding assistants has led to the creation of the vibe coding paradigm. In this mode of software development, AI agents take a plain language prompt and generate entire applications, which dramatically lowers the barriers to entry and democratizes access to software creation. However, many enterprise environments have larg…

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SED News: NVIDIA Bets on Intel, Meta’s Demo Crash, and Anthropic’s Explosive Growth 53:23

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SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this episode, they cover NVIDIA‘s $5B investment in Intel and $100M stake in OpenAI, Meta’s stumble with its AR glasses demo, and the surpr…

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Quick Hit 0018 - It's a Brewery, Not a Daycare! w/ Adam Terry 35:21

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Little Heathen’s Brewery founder and owner, Mr. Adam Terry, joins us in the studio for this Quick Hit to tell us about how a home brewing kit sparked his passion for craft beer, some of the challenges he faced getting started, and how some brews only a brewer can love. Support the show https://tracerburnout.com/…

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Orkes and Agentic Workflow Orchestration with Viren Baraiya 46:44

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Modern software systems are composed of many independent microservices spanning frontends, backends, APIs, and AI models, and coordinating and scaling them reliably is a constant challenge. A workflow orchestration platform addresses this by providing a structured framework to define, execute, and monitor complex workflows with resilience and clari…

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Turbopuffer with Simon Hørup Eskildsen 50:36

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Vector search has become a foundational technology for AI applications, enabling everything from semantic code search to contextual retrieval for large language models. However, a major challenge with vector databases has been the cost as data storage scales. Turbopuffer is a vector database that focuses on speed, cost and scalability. It was creat…

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Episode 0041 - Nicholas Allen 2:03:26

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“What do I do with this second chance?” In this episode, we welcome Army veteran and fellow podcaster, Mr. Nicholas Allen. He shares his journey, recounting how his rejection from the Marine Corps for having “too many tattoos” led him to the Army. He explains that Army doctors were so incompetent that they nearly killed him, his determination to jo…

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Compassionate Leadership in High-Stakes Medicine with Dr. Paula Ferrada 50:09

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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, host Marc Koehler has a compelling conversation with Dr. Paula Ferrada, a pioneering trauma and acute care surgeon and Chair of Surgery at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus. They explore what it means to lead when lives hang in the balance. Paula shares her journey from Colombia to becoming the first Col…

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Building an Indie Hit in Godot with Jay Baylis and Tom Coxon 42:22

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Cassette Beasts is a turn-based monster-battling RPG that lets players record creatures onto cassette tapes and transform into them during battle. The game was an indie hit, and is also one of the most successful games built with the open source Godot Engine. Jay Baylis and Tom Coxon are the creators of Cassette Beasts at Bytten Studio. They join t…

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Rethinking GraphQL Frontends with Robert Balicki 38:00

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A challenge in modern frontend application design is efficiently fetching and managing GraphQL data while keeping UI components responsive and maintainable. Developers often face issues like over-fetching, under-fetching, and handling complex query dependencies, which can lead to performance bottlenecks and increased development effort. Relay is a …

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Quick Hit 0017 - Loans, Lies, and Myth Busting w/ Steven Ton 40:27

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The founder/owner of Aviator Home Loans, Mr. Steven Ton, is with us in the virtual studio to talk to us about VA loans, dispel some common myths, reveal a few secrets that banks would prefer you didn't know, fill us in on an important policy change, and his mission to help a veteran every day! Theme song by EduardBykovets via Pixabay. Support the s…

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pnpm with Zoltan Kochan 36:23

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Traditional package management systems for JavaScript have faced several inefficiencies related to dependency storage, resolution, and project performance. pnpm is a fast, disk-efficient package manager for JavaScript and TypeScript projects, serving as an alternative to npm and Yarn. Due to its efficiency and reliability, pnpm is increasingly popu…

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SurrealDB 3.0 and Building Event-Driven AI Applications with Tobie Morgan Hitchcock 55:18

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Modern application development often involves juggling multiple types of databases to handle diverse data models. The lack of unification can lead to complex architectures with attendant security concerns and fragmented development workflows. SurrealDB is an open-source, multi-model database developed in Rust and integrates functionalities of many …

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Episode 40 - C. Marsh Bull 1:54:03

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“You never give up.” In the virtual studio with us is Army veteran, author, and poet, Mr. C. Marsh Bull. He tells us about being sent to Saudi Arabia instead of Vietnam, how the military prepared him to succeed in various business environments, the many tragedies he's endured, and how he has remained so positive and resilient in his second bout wit…

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Listening as a Leadership Superpower with Jeffrey Yip 48:04

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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, host Marc Koehler sits down with Jeffrey Yip, a leadership professor at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business and creator of the “Listen and Build” framework. They explore why listening, not speaking, is a leader’s most powerful tool. Drawing on years of research, Jeff explains how gen…

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Angular with Jessica Janiuk 51:03

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Modern web development faces several challenges, particularly when building scalable, maintainable, and high-performance applications. As applications grow, managing complex user interfaces, and ensuring efficient data handling and modular code structures, becomes increasingly difficult. Angular is a TypeScript-based web framework developed by Goog…

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SED News: Perplexity’s Chrome Play, Meta’s AI Freeze, and Intel Becomes Too Big to Fail 48:45

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SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this episode, they discuss Perplexity’s headline-grabbing offer to buy Google Chrome, the U.S. government’s large stake in Intel, Meta’s ab…

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Quick Hit 0016 - 300k Strong and Growing w/ Mike "Sully" Sullivan of Team RWB 34:00

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For this episode, one of Team RWB's original members joins us in our virtual studio. Mike "Sully" Sullivan is here to tell us about how Team RWB was started, how it's grown to massive membership across all services, why the Team's mission is important, and how he's going to lead the way when he officially takes charge in October! Support the show h…

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Context-Aware SQL and Metadata with Shinji Kim 41:38

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A common challenge in data-rich organizations is that critical context about the data is often hard to capture and even harder to keep up to date. As more people across the organization use data and data models get more complex, simply finding the right dataset can be slow and create bottlenecks. Select Star is a data discovery and metadata platfor…

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Modern Data Visualization with Robert Kosara 49:22

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Data visualization is increasingly important as organizations prioritize data-driven decision-making. Tools that transform complex datasets into intuitive, interpretable visualizations are arguably just as critical as the data itself. Robert Kosara is a Data Visualization Developer at Observable which is a platform for creating interactive data vis…

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Episode 0039 - Tyler Pollard 2:42:49

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“There’s a reason why I am here today.” In this episode, we are joined in the studio by Army National Guard veteran, Mr. Tyler Pollard. He tells us about how his mom prepared him for joining the military, being made the platoon leader because he was in ROTC, scuffles with the 82nd in Kuwait, and the joy of being in Officer Candidate School (OCS) du…

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Hacking the Brain for Better Leadership with Dr. Paul J. Zak 1:03:00

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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, host Marc Koehler has a fascinating conversation with Dr. Paul J. Zak, a pioneering neuroscientist and leading expert on trust, purpose, and human connection. They dive into the science of leadership, exploring how oxytocin, stress, and shared purpose shape stronger teams and higher performance. Pau…

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A Conversation with Amazon CTO Werner Vogels 48:15

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Werner Vogels is the Chief Technology Officer at Amazon, where he has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s technology vision for over two decades. Before joining Amazon in 2004, Werner was a research scientist at Cornell University where he focused on distributed systems and scalability, both of which are concepts that would later influen…

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Redis and AI Agent Memory with Andrew Brookins 48:36

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A key challenge with designing AI agents is that large language models are stateless and have limited context windows. This requires careful engineering to maintain continuity and reliability across sequential LLM interactions. To perform well, agents need fast systems for storing and retrieving short-term conversations, summaries, and long-term fa…

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Quick Hit 0015 - Ninja Photo Shoots w/ Alyssa Michelle 34:44

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In this Quick Hit, we speak with Army veteran, photographer, fitness coach, and football mom, Ms. Alyssa Michelle. She tells us about starting her business LFP Creative, her sneaky ninja photo shoots, fitness competitions that don’t require rolling around in the mud, her reading interests, and more! https://lfpcreativeinc.mypixieset.com/ Theme song…

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Complex Workload Deployment with Will Stewart 39:25

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Deploying and managing cloud workloads is a complex task that requires developers to handle infrastructure, scaling, CI/CD pipelines, and database hosting. Configuring and maintaining Kubernetes, ensuring smooth deployments, and integrating various services efficiently is a common challenge. Will Stewart is the co-founder and CEO of Northflank, whi…

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Empowering Cross-Functional Product Teams with Tobias Dunn-Krahn and Doug Peete 46:28

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Modern software teams typically rely on a patchwork of tools to manage planning, development, feature rollout, and post-release analysis. This fragmentation is a known challenge that can create friction and slow down software development iteration. It’s especially problematic for cross-functional teams, where differences in roles, expertise, and wo…

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Episode 0038 - Joe "Bulldog" Adcox 2:20:41

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“Life is a sport; be good at it." In this episode, Marine Corps veteran, Mr. Joe "Bulldog" Adcox, joins us in our virtual studio to tell us about a couple of years of hard living after high school leading him to 20 years in the Corps, how he knew he was in it for the long haul very early on, why wearing "the hat" doesn't make you a Drill Instructor…

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The AAA Framework for Overcoming Life’s Setbacks and Leading Yourself with Dan MacQueen 41:04

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In this episode of the Surfacing Leaders podcast, host Marc Koehler has an inspiring conversation with Dan MacQueen, a keynote speaker and resilience expert who rebuilt his life after surviving two brain hemorrhages and years of grueling recovery. They explore the mindset shifts and daily habits that empower individuals to overcome even the toughes…

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Carbon and Modernizing C++ with Chandler Carruth 1:02:13

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Carbon is a programming language developed by Google as a successor to C++, and it aims to provide modern safety features while maintaining high performance. It’s designed to offer seamless interoperability with C++ while addressing shortcomings of C++ such as slow compilation times and lack of memory safety. Carbon also introduces features like a …