
Frontier Podcast by Gun.io
After over a decade of working with highly skilled developers and businesses of all sizes, we've discovered that there is some pretty good advice just waiting to be shared. We've also learned that learning is something we just can't get enough of. This season of the Frontier Podcast, we'll be talking to experts from every walk of the technical life, while also taking a peek into the tech history that has gotten the world to where it is today.Gun.io is a global talent agency that specializes in pairing the world's best software professionals with world-class companies. Interested in getting in touch? Come check us out at Gun.io. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Jun 8, 2023 • 29min
Ep. 6: TWiTH - Jurassic Park is released in theaters
For a movie that only featured dinosaurs for 15 minutes, Jurassic Park had an outsized impact on the way CGI was used in film. On This Week in Tech History, Abbey and Regis talk about the graphics, the puppetry, and how movies today are almost too real to be real. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 6, 2023 • 47min
Ep. 5: Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO and Co-founder of TIPA
Oh this week's Founder to Founder episode, Teja sits down with Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO and Co-founder of TIPA, a company that produces compostable, eco-friendly packaging. They talk about the complexities of creating a brand new product, how to grow across four continents, and how she bridged the gap between software and packaging to create something that is used by beloved brands around the world.https://tipa-corp.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 1, 2023 • 26min
Ep. 4: TWiTH - Space Shuttle Discovery docks with the ISS
While it may seem like the International Space Station has been around since the beginnings of space exploration, it was actually just a little over 24 years ago that it was built. And on This Week in Tech history, Abbey and Chris talk about the Space Shuttle Discovery's trip to the ISS, making it the first shuttle to dock there on May 29, 1999. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 30, 2023 • 1h 1min
Ep. 3: Akshita Iyer, CEO and Co-founder of Ome Kitchen
On this week's Founder to Founder episode, Teja sits down with Akshita Iyer, CEO and Co-founder of Ome Kitchen. They discuss her path from neurosurgery to kitchen hardware, the winding road to building and funding an amazing idea, and how an appearance on Shark Tank helped to build the brand to where it is today, despite not taking an offer. www.omekitchen.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 25, 2023 • 22min
Ep. 2: TWiTH - PacMan is introduced to the public
What began as one man's dream after seeing a pizza with a slice missing out of it grew into nothing short of a cultural phenomenon. On This Week in Tech History, Abbey and Grey talk about Pac-Man's introduction to the world, their favorite arcade games, and how Pac-Man changed the landscape of video games for all eternity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 23, 2023 • 51min
Ep. 1: Dylan Etkin, CEO and Founder of Sleuth
Season 4's Founder to Founder series kicks off this week with an insightful, engaging, and incredibly entertaining conversation between Gun.io's CEO and Co-founder, Teja Yenamandra, and Sleuth's CEO and Co-founder, Dylan Etkin. After years spent honing his skills as the Jira architect for Atlassian, Dylan saw plenty of opportunities to improve the efficiency of engineering teams. This led him to start Sleuth, which provides teams with actionable and extremely accurate DORA metrics, helping to improve deployment speeds and reduce errors.sleuth.io Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 11, 2023 • 20min
Ep. 30: The Mesa Lab at NCAR is opened
The building that kicked off I.M. Pei's career as a building architect also featured prominently in the city where two current staffers went to college. The NCAR Mesa Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado is the subject of This Week in Tech History, where Faith and Chris talk about the importance of the building, the design, and I.M. Pei's career. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 9, 2023 • 52min
Ep. 29: The best takeaways from Season 3
As we wind down Season 3 of the Frontier Podcast, Faith takes a look back at some of the highlights from our incredible slate of guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 4, 2023 • 23min
Ep. 28: The first SPAM message
Spam can mean quite a few things, only one of which is super tasty (spam musubi, if you're wondering), but when it comes to the dreaded emails and text messages, it all dates back to one guy flooding a message board with his marketing spiel. This Week in Tech History, Faith and Abbey discuss the sorted history of spam messaging. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 2, 2023 • 33min
Ep. 27: Improving software delivery with AI and Open Source
If you are building a product for developers, but aren't asking them for feedback via an open source option, you're missing out on some reliable data. It can help to not only improve what you're building, but also garner some goodwill among a community of people who are invested in what you're doing. This week, Faith talks to the CMO at Harness, Scott Sanchez, about how Open Source and AI have helped to deliver a better CI/CD delivery system.https://www.harness.io/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.