Backend Banter

Lane chats with Trash, a Netflix engineer and code streamer on Twitch. They break down Trash's story: how he got into coding, from being a mainframe developer all the way through his days as a backend engineer to a frontend developer at Netflix.Learn back-end development - https://boot.devTrash Twitter: https://twitter.com/trashh_devTrash Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/trash_devTrash YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trash_dev

Lane chats with Jonathan Hall, a long time Go developer, host of the cup o' go podcast, and prolific DevOps guy. They discuss what DevOps is, what it isn't and why Go is such a good option for backend and devops work.Learn back-end development - https://boot.devListen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.comJonathan on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhallio/Cup o Go Podcast: https://cupogo.dev/Boldly Go YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@boldlygo

In this podcast episode, Lane chats with Kyle Simpson, principal software engineer at Socket Supply, about distributed web apps and the evolution of the web. They discuss the origins of the web, the shift from decentralized gaming to centralized servers, running web applications on mobile devices using native wrappers, decentralizing data storage, the difference between TCP and UDP protocols, efficient transfer of video and files, and the use cases for distributed web apps.

Lane and Brian talk about scaling databases, particularly MySQL, Vitess, and the PlanetScale platform. Brian is a developer educator at PlanetScale, and he breaks down how you can think about scaling databases for your own projects, or for the companies you work for. PlanetScale is used for cloud MySQL deployments in the new CI/CD course on Boot.dev that just dropped!Brian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianmmdevPlanetScale: https://planetscale.com/

Lane and Charles talk about how you can get ahead in your coding career, and move up more quickly from junior to senior developer. Charles is the founder of topenddevs.com and hosts myriad tech podcasts, and has spoken prolifically about how to level up your career as a developer.Charles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cmaxwTopenddevs: https://topenddevs.com/

Bill Kennedy, a full-time Go developer, shares his journey transitioning from the Microsoft .NET stack to Go. He humorously reflects on the challenges of changing his online identity and the financial benefits of switching languages. The discussion also covers the evolution of Arden Labs, emphasizing hands-on project experience for aspiring developers by recommending local nonprofits. Bill advocates for depth of knowledge in a rapidly changing tech landscape, highlighting the importance of practical coding skills and educational accessibility.

I chat with Melkey,  a senior Go developer at Twitch about how he would reverse engineer his successful backend software engineering career at FAANG if he were starting over.Learn back-end development -  https://boot.devMelkey Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelkeyDevMelkey Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/melkey

Lane chats with Glauber Costa, a founder of Turso DB, maintainer of the Linux kernel, and ex-Scylla DB developer. If you're curious how databases scale up to trillions of records, or how they scale out to geographic edge platforms, this conversation is for you.Learn back-end development -  https://boot.devGlauber on Twitter: https://twitter.com/glcstTurso DB: https://turso.tech/Leave a review and subscribe in your podcast player if you enjoyed the episode!

Lane chats with Simon B,  a PHD in electrical engineering from the UK who has founded startups, worked as a CTO, and publishes educational coding content under the alias "All the Code"! They talk about Simon's experience breaking into the software development industry.Learn back-end development -  https://boot.devListen to the podcast: https://backendbanter.fmFind Simon: https://allthecode.co/podcast

Adam Elmore, cofounder of StatMuse, shares his expertise in scalable B2C backend infrastructure. He dives into the intricacies of serverless technologies and their impact on legacy systems. The discussion also covers the evolution of technologies like Astro and the complexities of the JavaScript ecosystem. Adam shares insights on navigating the chaos of tech choices and emphasizes the importance of adaptability for developers. His reflections on personal development and innovative tools provide a fresh perspective for anyone in the backend development space.