Episode 094 – Better Developer Productivity in the Cloud Using Winglang with Elad Ben-Israel

Aug 25, 2023

Elad Ben-Israel, CEO at Wing Cloud and original creator of the AWS CDK, discusses the birth of CDK, benefits of open source, and the balance between open source and commercial interests. Explore the concept of eliminating scarcity and fostering community, and the evolution of cloud development with the introduction of Wing Lang.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Building Complex Systems with Cloud Formation

01:35 • 13min

Building Something People Use: The Power of Open Source and Intentional Communities

14:39 • 3min

Eliminating Scarcity and Promoting Generosity

17:57 • 1min

Exploring the Balance Between Open Source and Commercial Interests

19:02 • 5min

Standing in One's Purpose and the Evolution of Cloud Development

24:17 • 23min

In this episode, Dave and Emily catch up with Elad Ben-Israel, CEO at Wing Cloud and original creator of the AWS CDK. Winglang is new programming language and toolchain designed for the cloud from the ground up. It gives developers a unified way of accessing their cloud infrastructure and code using a single language, while still being able to run and test inside a local simulator for high speed iterations. Elad takes on a historical journey to the original creation of the AWS CDK, the shift from coding for single machines to modern distributed cloud-based systems, the power of open source, and the continued evolution of writing software. There may even be an analogy to burning man and building software as a community. Elad on Twitter: https://twitter.com/emeshbi Winglang on Twitter: https://twitter.com/winglangio Winglang Slack: https://t.winglang.io/slack Winglang GitHub: https://github.com/winglang/wing Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/editingemily Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedavedev Dave on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidisbitski/ [BOOK] The CDK Book Forward by Elad - https://www.thecdkbook.com/foreword.html [DOCS] What is AWS CloudFormation? - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html [PODCAST] Alexa Developers Podcast - Episode 004 - Cloud Development Kit with Elad Ben-Israel: https://open.spotify.com/episode/55P0F7lWxRBCoDTK7xVhCX [PODCAST] Alexa Developers Podcast - Episode 005 - Future of Cloud Development Kit with Elad Ben-Israel: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6G0R9H2S7VPBxdJI81FJQV [PORTAL] AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) - https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/ [PORTAL] Winglang.io - https://www.winglang.io/ [PORTAL] Wing Cloud - https://www.wing.cloud/ [YOUTUBE] A Quick Intro to Winglang with Elad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzqCXrsKWbo [WIKIPEDIA] POSIX - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX Subscribe: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/1065378 Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/PC:1001065378 TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:994363549/sounds.rss