Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak & Viktor Gamov How Viktor Gamov Stays Curious as Tech Rapidly Evolves | Ep. 3
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Oct 6, 2025 Viktor Gamov, a Developer Advocate and streaming-systems expert, shares his fascinating journey from apple picking to tech innovation. He discusses key challenges, like designing in-memory data grid solutions with Hazelcast and implementing ultra-low-latency systems for financial trading. Viktor emphasizes the importance of curiosity and a non-judgmental approach in a rapidly changing landscape. He also highlights the significance of event-driven architectures and shares valuable career insights centered around mastery, purpose, and autonomy.
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Early Tech Work And Apple Picking
- Viktor Gamov's first professional role was writing automation software for electrical switches in 2003.
- He also picked apples during university and used earnings to buy a cell phone and sweater.
Discovering Hazelcast And In-Memory Grids
- Viktor discovered Hazelcast at JavaOne when a co-founder showed data in memory across two machines.
- He joined Hazelcast and helped customers implement in-memory data grids and WAN synchronization solutions.
Streaming Solves Cache Freshness
- Life doesn't happen in batch mode, so caches must handle external changes to databases.
- Moving from batch refreshes to streaming change capture improves freshness and reduces stale reads.
