

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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Jan 9, 2021 • 43min
#31 - Chris Gong of Flopperam
On our first episode of 2021, host Joshua Proto is joined by Chris Gong, co-founder of Flopperam. Flopperam is the name of Chris's YouTube which focuses on multiplayer game development tutorials, primarily focusing on serverless, using Unreal Engine and AWS GameLift. GameLift is an AWS dedicated server hosting platform that can handle things like matchmaking and scaling-- and with it, Chris was able to form a community of people who were trying to understand it as well, along with other aspects of multiplayer game development, whether it was Unreal Engine specifically or just with other cloud serverless platforms. In this podcast hear not only about Chris's journey, but also his experiences with game development, and if he thinks serverless has a place in its future.
If you like this podcast and want more content, 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 with the handle @Flopperam
And his youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO77KLKwplncMHLo6gLpIHw

Dec 6, 2020 • 46min
#30 - Anthony Campolo RedwoodJS Contributor
In this episode, host Joshua Proto is joined by Anthony Campolo a RedwoodJS contributor and full-stack developer. This is our 30th episode and if that wasn't exciting enough, it features a listener of this podcast who reached out to share his thoughts on Serverless! He wasn't always a developer though; his background in music education helps answer the question this episode of "how does music theory relate to programming?" Hear his thoughts on this, plus tips on how to get started with your serverless journey and insight into his personal journey with RedwoodJS.
If you like this podcast and want more content, 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 with the handle @ajcwebdev

Nov 7, 2020 • 44min
#29 - Paul Chin Jr. Developer Relations at Begin
In this episode host, Joshua Proto is joined by the incredibly fun and knowledgable guest, Paul Chin Jr.
Paul is the Head of Developer Relations at Begin.com and is passionate about making tech more accessible (with the help of Nicholas Cage). Find out in this podcast how Paul got started in his Serverless journey, how he's used his skills as a storyteller to leave an impact, and how he's able to communicate challenging concepts by using movies like National Treasure. This is one you don't want to miss!
If you like this podcast and want more content, 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 with the handle @paulchinjr

Oct 3, 2020 • 31min
#28 - Taavi Rehemägi CEO of Dashbird
In this episode, host Ryan Jones is joined by Taavi Rehemägi, CEO and Co-founder of Dashbird a next-generation monitoring platform for modern cloud environments. Hear about how Taavi got started in the serverless world and his journey in tech starting at the ripe age of 13, how he views operational excellence, and where he sees serverless heading next.
If you like this episode and want to check out more, visit our website where they are all there and always free: talkingserverless.io
And follow Taavi on twitter @rehemagi to follow what he's up to and to reach out if you have any questions!

Sep 19, 2020 • 1h 7min
#27 - Gojko Adzic Partner at Neuri Consulting
Here is our 27th episode with host Joshua Proto and guest Gojko Adzic. Gojko is a Partner at Neuri Consulting and a premier serverless author! In this episode here about:
-How Serverless can be a liberating structure
-The usefulness of multi-versioning toolkits and their enterprise use cases
-Exciting new projects like Video Puppet
-And much more! With over an hour of content, it’s our biggest podcast yet!
And if you like this episode please go to our website to hear the full catalogue where it is always free: talkingserverless.io

Sep 12, 2020 • 31min
#26 - Eric Johnson AWS Senior Developer Advocate
In this episode, Ryan Jones is joined by Eric Johnson, a Senior Developer Advocate at Amazon Web Services based out of Northern Colorado. Eric is a fanatic about serverless and helping developers understand the intricacies of Cloud Computing. Eric believes that serverless technologies introduce a major paradigm shift in building and running applications at a massive scale and the move to serverless results in less code and infrastructure overhead.
If you like this episode and want more, check out our website where it is all there and always free: talkingserverless.io

Sep 5, 2020 • 30min
#25 - James Beswick AWS Senior Developer Advocate
Welcome to our 25th episode! In it, we have a conversation with one of the most well known serverless developer advocates, James Beswick. James is a Serverless Builder, Product manager, and a 4-time AWS certified Serverless Evangelist. He is well known for his blogs, workshops, proof-of-concept applications, and whitepapers surrounding serverless, and more broadly AWS.
In this episode learn about James's journey to Amazon Web Services, his thoughts on the trajectory of Cloud Computing, and hear about Event Bridge from the expert himself!
And if you liked this episode and want more, join us at our website where it's all there and always free: talkingserverless.io

Aug 28, 2020 • 36min
#24 - Gareth McCumskey Solutions Architect at Serverless Inc.
This episode host Ryan Jones is joined by Gareth McCumskey, a Solutions Architect at Serverless Inc.
Gareth is based out of Cape Town Area, South Africa, and has spent the last 4 years building serverless applications. Before serverless, Gareth came from a more traditional PHP and Symfony web development background and has been a web developer in some form for nearly 20 years. Hear about his experiences with migrating to the cloud, the challenges he sees for serverless in the future, and the advice he'd give people jumping in themselves.
For a full list of our episodes check out talkingserverless.io it's all there and always free~*

Aug 22, 2020 • 37min
#23 - Ken Collins Principal Engineer at CustomInk
Host Ryan Jones is joined by Ken Collins; an AWS Serverless Hero and Principal Engineer at Custom Ink. Ken has been working in the software industry for more than twelve years and is a long time blogger, Open-source software advocate, and organizer for the ruby user group in Norfolk, VA.
In this episode learn more about CustomInk's devotion to the Open-source community, Ken's keys to development success, and the evolution of serverless as a whole!
For more episodes check out our full catalogue at talkingserverless.io ~ always free!

Aug 13, 2020 • 26min
#22 - Ran Ribenzaft CTO at Epsagon
This week we are joined by Ran Ribenzaft, Co-founder and CTO of Epsagon one of the most popular serverless observability companies on the market. Ran is also an AWS Serverless Hero and has been working in the software industry for more than a decade. Come listen to why he's so passionate about Applied Observability, and why you should be too!
And for the full catalog of FREE episodes go to: talkingserverless.io


