

Talking Serverless
Serverless Guru.
In the Talking Serverless podcast, we dive into the world of serverless and talk to people in and around the space who are making contributions to the industry at large.
Our hosts are Ryan Jones and Paul Chin Jr., this podcast brought to you in part by Serverless Guru.
Our hosts are Ryan Jones and Paul Chin Jr., this podcast brought to you in part by Serverless Guru.
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Mar 19, 2024 • 56min
(Video Episode) #56 - Richard Boyd: Crafting the best developer experiences in generative AI
Explore the fusion of serverless tech & generative AI with the incredible Richard Boyd. Uncover integration strategies with tools and projects that illustrate the impact of this work and insights into what the future holds for this technological synergy. Tune in as we Talk Serverless!
Richard Boyd is a Software Engineer with a passion for building cloud-native applications that are easy to maintain and even easier to use.
This episode features:
-The blend of serverless architectures and generative AI
-Richard's innovative approaches to overcoming integration challenges and showcasing successes blending serverless and generative AI
-Balanced perspective on the pros and cons of this cutting-edge integration
Meet Richard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-h-boyd/Meet Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulchinjr/

Feb 13, 2024 • 44min
#55 - Front to Back: Danielle Heberling's Serverless Hero Journey
In the inaugural episode of the Talking Serverless Podcast with new host Paul Chin Jr., we delve into the captivating journey of Danielle Heberling, an AWS Serverless Hero and software engineer extraordinaire.
Danielle's background includes being a musician and
teaching at a K-8 public school. She got her start in the Serverless world through her work at Stackery. Stackery was acquired by AWS and was relaunched as AWS Application Composer. In 2023 she was named an AWS Serverless Hero. Overall she’s passionate about building things that make the world a better place, whether that be through social change or a good laugh. When she’s not coding, you can often find her reaching back to her teaching roots by mentoring folks from underrepresented groups who would like to make a career switch into tech.
This episode features:
-Danielle’s multifaceted background and pivotal role in serverless cloud engineering.
-The evolving landscape of front-end and back-end architectures to the burgeoning opportunities and challenges within the realm of serverless technology.
-Intricacies of career transitions, the significance of community support, and the perpetual pursuit of knowledge in the dynamic domain of cloud technology.
Join us on this illuminating journey through the world of serverless technology, only on the Talking Serverless Podcast!

Jan 28, 2023 • 1h 13min
(Video Episode) #54 - Vadym Kazulkin Head of Development @ ip.labs GmbH
Ryan Jones is joined by Vadym Kazulkin!
Vadym Kazulkin is Head of Development at ip.labs GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of the FUJIFILM Group, based in Bonn, Germany. ip.labs is the world's leading white-label e-commerce software imaging company.
Vadym has been involved with the Java ecosystem for over twenty years. His focus and interests currently include the design and implementation of highly scalable and available applications, Serverless and AWS Cloud. Vadym is the co-organizer of the Java User Group Bonn meetup and AWS Community Builder in the Serverless category and a frequent speaker at various Meetups and conferences.
More about Vadym:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VKazulkin
GitHub: https://github.com/Vadym79/
Last article of his series about AWS SnapStart: https://dev.to/aws-builders/measuring-java-11-lambda-cold-starts-with-snapstart-part-6-priming-the-request-invocation-30od

Jan 27, 2023 • 1h 13min
#54 - Vadym Kazulkin Head of Development @ ip.labs GmbH
Ryan Jones is joined by Vadym Kazulkin!
Vadym Kazulkin is Head of Development at ip.labs GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of the FUJIFILM Group, based in Bonn, Germany. ip.labs is the world's leading white-label e-commerce software imaging company.
Vadym has been involved with the Java ecosystem for over twenty years. His focus and interests currently include the design and implementation of highly scalable and available applications, Serverless and AWS Cloud. Vadym is the co-organizer of the Java User Group Bonn meetup and AWS Community Builder in the Serverless category and a frequent speaker at various Meetups and conferences.
More about Vadym:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VKazulkin
GitHub: https://github.com/Vadym79/
Last article of his series about AWS SnapStart: https://dev.to/aws-builders/measuring-java-11-lambda-cold-starts-with-snapstart-part-6-priming-the-request-invocation-30od

Oct 15, 2022 • 1h
#53 - Sam Williams Serverless Obsessive and Teacher @Complete Coding
Joshua Proto is joined today by Sam Williams, a Serverless Obsessive and Teacher who runs @Complete Coding, which helps companies and developers learn and utilize Serverless. He's honed his Serverless experience over five years on projects, including:
- Designing a chat platform that resolves over 250,000 customer inquiries a month for international retailers and local government
- Architecting a backend system to support a 3D clothing visualization tool
- Building a solution to manage millions of dollars of communication software
He has also taught serverless development to thousands of people for the last four years. The Complete Coding Youtube channel now has over 12k subscribers and 1 million views!

Aug 26, 2022 • 44min
#52 - Matthieu Napoli Senior Product Manager at Serverless Framework
Welcome to the Talking Serverless podcast, our host Ryan Jones is joined today by Matthieu Napoli, product manager for Serverless Framework and an AWS serverless hero!
He open-sourced his first code in 2003, built his first website in 2007, and hasn’t been able to stop since. After years of setting up servers, learning Ansible, and finally Docker, Matthieu moved to serverless. He now creates serverless applications for clients as well as his own amazing projects. For example, he helps maintain Bref, a serverless PHP framework for AWS Lambda that has been installed more than 1 million times!
Besides coding, Matthieu is an avid blogger, Twitter user, and loves to discuss Serverless at conferences and meet-ups. You can follow the links to learn more about his open-source projects, serverless training course, blog, and much more!

Jun 3, 2022 • 46min
#51 - Kristi Perreault Principal Software Engineer at Liberty Mutual Insurance
Ryan Jones is joined by NEWLY MINTED AWS Hero Kristi Perreault! Kristi is a Principal Software Engineer working on a serverless DevOps team at Liberty Mutual Insurance— enabling serverless for over 5000 developers across the company. On top of that, Kristi is very involved in the “Women in Tech” efforts at Liberty Mutual and the larger tech community through the non-profit “Women Who Code”.
Kristi has a Master's degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Boston University where she specialized in Cloud Computing, Robotics, and Data Analytics. You can learn more about her independent study project focusing on cyber-physical systems in her blog; which you can find here: https://kristiperreault.medium.com/serverless-robotics-vr-oh-my-9d0799f40d19
Follow Kristi on Twitter @kperreault95, and while you're at it, might as well follow us too @talkingsls to keep up with our latest news and episode releases.

May 12, 2022 • 36min
(Video Episode) #39 - Michael Liendo AWS Sr. Developer Advocate
They say seeing is believing, and in this case, it's literal.
On this episode of the Talking Serverless podcast host, Ryan Jones is joined by the incredible Michael Liendo. Michael is a self-driven developer with a passion for knowledge; he is an AWS Community Builder, Frontend & Serverless instructor, consultant, and recently became a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS!
In this episode hear Michael's wild story of how he got into tech, his experience as an AWS Community Builder, and much more. If you like this podcast and want, visit our website where it is all there and always free: talkingserverless.io
And if you want to follow this guest on social media you can find him here on Twitter @mtliendo and visit his Github: https://github.com/mtliendo

May 10, 2022 • 56min
(Video Episode) #38 - Anthony Campolo Returns!
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On this episode of the Talking Serverless podcast host, Josh Proto is delighted to be joined by Mr. Anthony Campolo for another exciting session! A Developer Advocate at StepZen, Anthony, has worked extensively on many Open-Source projects. He is the Lead Developer Advocate on the RedwoodJS Core team, where he contributes articles, podcasts, and presentations about the framework. Moreover, he is a well-experienced techie with experience in different frontend, backend, and deployment technologies.
Hear Josh and Anthony discuss different value propositions around AWS CDK, AWS SAM, SLS framework and how those topics and accessibility are being considered on RedwoodJS! Also, hear how to pick a good coding bootcamp, and more in this JAMstacked episode!
If you like this podcast and want, visit our website where it is all there and always free: talkingserverless.io
And if you want to follow this guest on social media you can find him here on Twitter @ajcwebdev

May 5, 2022 • 1h 6min
(Video Episode) #50 - Alex Lee VP of Engineering at Serverless Guru
If you thought listening was fun, just wait until you see this:
The Talking Serverless Podcast is turning 50 (episodes old!)
To celebrate Ryan jones is joined by Alex Lee, VP of Engineering at Serverless Guru, and a close friend. In this episode hear Alex break down his serverless journey, from code school to Nike, and into his role at SG. Find out the aspects of software development that interest Alex the most, and his perspective on things like team structure, organizational efficiency, project management, and much more.
For more Alex Lee content watch the Leadership Rocks video series on Serverless Guru's Youtube Channel.
And as always, follow us on Twitter (@talkingsls) to keep up with our latest news and episode releases.


