Software Huddle

Our special episode is here, and it's all about the latest news. Join Sean and Alex for an in-depth discussion.Follow Alex: https://twitter.com/alexbdebrieFollow Sean: https://twitter.com/seanfalconerSoftware Huddle ⤵︎X: https://twitter.com/SoftwareHuddleLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/softwarehuddleSubstack: https://softwarehuddle.substack.com/

Startups can be a ton of fun. Also, it is sometimes very stressful and ultimately a very different experience than working at a company like Google, Meta Apple and so on.Benjamin Popper is the Senior Director of Content at Stack Overflow and is our guest on the show today.The background on today's episode is that both Ben and Sean have worked for startups as well as in Big Tech, and they have lots of friends and former colleagues who have struggled with navigating and thinking through the transition from big tech to startups, particularly for engineering roles.In today's show, we walk through the choices faced while making such a transition. We focus on what are the options you have and how can you align these options with the ultimate goal of becoming the best software engineer you could be.Follow Ben: https://twitter.com/benpopperFollow Sean: https://twitter.com/seanfalconerSoftware Huddle ⤵︎X: https://twitter.com/SoftwareHuddleLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/softwarehuddle/Substack: https://softwarehuddle.substack.com/

Amazon's DynamoDB serves some of the highest workloads on the planet with predictable, single-digit millisecond latency regardless of data size or concurrent operations. Like many NoSQL databases, DynamoDB did not offer support for transactions at first but added support for ACID transactions in 2018. Akshat Vig and Somu Perianayagam are two Senior Principal Engineers on the DynamoDB team and are here to talk about the team's Usenix research paper describing how they implemented support for transactions while maintaining the core performance characteristics of DynamoDB.In this show, we talk about DynamoDB transaction internals, performing user research to focus on core user needs, and staying on top of cutting-edge research as a Principal Engineer.

Over the past couple of months, Generative AI has taken the world by storm. OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT was a turning point. With each iteration, the Transformer has improved its capabilities while the underlying compute power needed to do the same task has seen massive efficiency gains. This trend has fueled a rise in the series of apps powered by Generative AI.Hassan is a Senior Developer Advocate at Vercel, the company behind the famous Next.js framework. In this episode, we discuss interesting AI projects that Hassan has worked on. We talk about the future of generative AI, the impact it will have on developers, and Hassan shares his advice for newcomers in this space.

What would it look like if databases were built for developers rather than operators? Sam Lambert is the CEO of PlanetScale, a company that provides a managed MySQL database solution. PlanetScale uses Vitess, a database clustering system that allows for horizontal scaling of MySQL. MySQL powers an incredible amount of the internet, and Vitess is behind enormous MySQL installs at YouTube, Slack, GitHub, and more. In this show, we talk about the architecture of Vitess, what it's like to manage upgrades and releases of high-scale databases, and how to maintain a high-performance culture.

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