In this episode, I spoke with Aniket Mitra, founder of CW, to learn more about knowledge graphs and how they are making a comeback in the era of AI and LLMs.Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.

In this episode, I spoke with Alex Bouchard, co-founder and CTO of Hookdeck, to learn more about Hookdeck and how it differs from Amazon EventBridge.This episode contains a live demo of Hookdeck, for the best viewing experience, please watch the recording on YouTube here.Alex gave me a demo of Hookdeck, which has some nice features for addressing common developer experience problems with EventBridge. For example:Deliver events to local targetsAudit history of event deliveriesIssues page of failed event deliveriesReplay failed eventsLinks from the episode: Check out HookdeckOpening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.

In this episode, I spoke with David Boyne, the creator of EventCatalog, to learn more about the most common challenges with Event-Driven Architectures and how EventCatalog can solve the governance problem - how events are versioned, schema'd, discovered and tested.This episode includes a short demo of EventCatalog, if you want to see the demo in action, then check out the video version on YouTube here.Links from the episode:EventCatalogWinglangOpening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.

Thank you to Momento for supporting this episode. Momento's real-time data platform empowers developers to build innovative products faster and more reliably than ever before. Visit gomomento.co/theburningmonk for more information.In this episode, I spoke with Matthieu Napoli about the Bref framework for developing serverless applications in PHP - how it works, why PHP and how it compares with Laravel Vapor.This episode includes a short demo of Bref, if you want to see the demo in action, then check out the video version on YouTube here.Links from the episode:Bref frameworkOpening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.

Thank you to Hookdeck for sponsoring this episode. If you're looking to level-up your event-driven architecture, then check out their serverless event gateway at hookdeck.com/theburningmonk and help support this channel.James Eastham is a developer advocate at Datadog and co-author of "Crafting Lambda Functions in Rust". In this episode, we dive into writing Lambda functions in Rust and why you should invest in learning Rust.Links from the episode:NSA whitepaper on memory safetyJulian Wood’s Lambda internals talk at re:Invent 2022Jame's YouTube channelCrafting Lambda Functions in RustEp106 on middy with Luciano MamminoEp97 on LLRT (the superfast JavaScript runtime for Lambda)Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.

Thank you to Momento for supporting this episode. Momento's real-time data platform empowers developers to build innovative products faster and more reliably than ever before. Visit gomomento.co/theburningmonk for more information.I spoke with Andrew Brown, renowned educator in the cloud space, to get his take on how cloud learners can break into the cloud and forge a successful career.Links from the episode:Andrew's paid coursesAndrew's free coursesAndrew's AWS examplesOpening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Thank you to Hookdeck for sponsoring this episode. If you're looking to level-up your event-driven architecture, then check out their serverless event gateway at hookdeck.com/theburningmonk and help support this channel.AWS Serverless Hero Luciano Mammino shares the history of Middy, the popular middleware engine for AWS Lambda functions; why he's sold on writing Lambda functions in Rust and why you should too!Links from the episode:AWS Bites channelMiddyHow to sponsor MiddyCrafting Lambda Functions in RustEasy mode RustUsing Node.js ES modules and top-level await in AWS LambdaUsing Middy with TypescriptEp97 on LLRT (the superfast JavaScript runtime for Lambda)Opening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

David Behroozi, a 15-year veteran at Amazon and creator of Speedrun, shares the fascinating inception story of Amazon Cognito. He discusses its role in identity management and mobile app security. David also introduces Speedrun, a tool transforming GitHub markdown into executable code. The conversation dives into navigating AWS, strategies for developer success, and the importance of user feedback in cloud development. Listeners will gain valuable insights into simplifying workflows and enhancing user experiences in technology.

Thank you to Hookdeck for sponsoring this episode. If you're looking to level-up your event-driven architecture, then check out their serverless event gateway at hookdeck.com/theburningmonk and help support this podcast.Thomas Nixon, CTO of Baseline, shares stories from the trenches about the challenges of adopting serverless technologies.He gave us a demo of Baseline.js, a new serverless development framework that captures the many hard-learned lessons his team has made in the last six years.Think Amplify, but you own the source code and can easily customize things to suit your needs. I recommend watching the episode on YouTube so you can see the full demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6r8M8E_5n4Links from the episode:Getting started with Baseline.jsBaseline's Github repoThomas' LinkedIn profileOpening theme song:Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-mondayLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Allen Helton discusses the relevance of serverless technology, emphasizing community building and being an enabler. The conversation covers the evolution of serverless, challenges in event-driven architectures, and the importance of understanding problems before providing solutions. The episode also explores domain-driven design, transitioning in software development, and personal updates on daughter's treatment.