Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak & Viktor Gamov
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About this podcast
Hi, we’re Tim Berglund, Adi Polak, and Viktor Gamov and we’re excited to bring you the Confluent Developer podcast (formerly “Streaming Audio.”) Our hand-crafted weekly episodes feature in-depth interviews with our community of software developers (actual human beings - not AI) talking about some of the most interesting challenges they’ve faced in their careers. We aim to explore the conditions that gave rise to each person’s technical hurdles, as well as how their experiences transformed their understanding and approach to building systems.
Whether you’re a seasoned open source data streaming engineer, or just someone who’s interested in learning more about Apache Kafka®, Apache Flink® and real-time data, we hope you’ll appreciate the stories, the discussion, and our effort to bring you a high-quality show worth your time.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 299 episodes
- 155 Contributors Later: Where Kafka Is Headed ft. Andrew Schofield | Ep. 34 · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 34Tim Berglund talks to Andrew Schofield (Confluent) about his career in Apache Kafka. Andrew’s first job: working on queuing systems in 1991. His challenge: working at Confluent…
- Agent Mesh: A Microservice With a Brain ft John Miller & Eric Broda | Ep. 33 · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 33Tim Berglund talks to John Miller (Enid Technologies) and Eric Broda (Agentic Mesh Company) about their work on agent mesh and enterprise agents. Their challenge: rethinking…
- 10 Years of Kafka Streams with Matthias J. Sax | Ep. 32 · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 32Tim Berglund talks to Matthias J. Sax (Confluent) about 10 whole years of Kafka Streams! Matthias’ first job: electrician-in-training on BMW’s assembly lines. His challenge…
- Gunnar Morling Built a New Parquet Engine with AI | Ep. 31 · 43 minTim Berglund talks to Gunnar Morling (Confluent) about his career in open source Java and data infrastructure. Gunnar’s first job: a student PHP developer in AMD’s e-learning…
- How AI Is Changing Apache Iceberg with Russell Spitzer | Ep. 30 · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 30Adi Polak talks to Russell Spitzer (Snowflake) about his career in open source data infrastructure. Russell’s first job: software engineer in test at DataStax. His challenge…
- Being Wrong in the Right Direction with Caleb Grillo | Ep. 29 · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 29Tim Berglund talks to Caleb Grillo (Confluent / WarpStream) about his career in data streaming product management. Caleb’s first job: washing windows. Their challenge: reshaping…
- Building Banking Systems with Kafka Streams with Mateo Rojas | Ep. 28 · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 28Adi Polak talks to Mateo Rojas (LittleHorse) about his career working with Kafka Streams. Mateo’s first job: building a real-money policy management platform on early Kafka…
- The AI Impact on the Developer Future with Joseph Morais | Ep. 27 · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 27Tim Berglund talks to Joseph Marais (Confluent) about his career in data streaming. Joseph’s first job: SAN administrator. His challenge: AI radically changing how developers…
- Tech vs. People: The Hardest Problem with Will LaForest | Ep. 26 · 29 minTim Berglund talks to Will LaForest (Confluent) about his career in software and data streaming. Will’s first job: a high school internship at DARPA. His challenge: turning…
- How Maven Changed Java Forever with Baruch Sadogursky | Ep. 25 · 38 minViktor Gamov talks to Baruch Sudakurski (TuxCare) about his career in developer advocacy. Baruch's first job: fixing electric kettles. His challenge: figuring out how to map a…
- Inside OpenAI’s Streaming Backbone with Aravind Suresh | Ep. 24 · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 24Adi Polak talks to Aravind Suresh (OpenAI) about his career in distributed systems and real-time streaming. Arvind’s first job: coding at school. His challenge: turning OpenAI’s…
- The 1 Billion Row Challenge with Gunnar Morling | Ep. 23 · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 23Tim Berglund talks to Gunnar Morling (Confluent) about his career in open source Java and data streaming. Gunnar’s first job: a student PHP developer in AMD’s e-learning group…
- From Git Blame to Principal Engineer with Sage Pierce | Ep. 22 · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 22Adi Polak talks to Sage Pierce (Indeed) about his career in software engineering and event-driven architectures. Sage’s first job: Java Swing development at a Department of…
- From Coding Machines to Leading Humans ft. Leonid Igolnik | Ep. 21 · 37 minViktor Gamov talks to Leonid Igolnik (Former CTO at Clari) about his career in B2B SaaS engineering leadership. Leonid’s first job: teaching kids Pascal. His challenge: changing…
- Killing Clusters & Orchestrating Chaos with Colt McNealy | Ep. 20 · 38 minTim Berglund talks to Colt McNealy (LittleHorse Enterprises) about his career in distributed systems. Colt’s first job: software engineer at a real estate company. His challenge…
- Deleting Architecture for Better Systems ft. Daniel Doubrovkine | Ep. 19 · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 19Adi Polak talks to Daniel Doubrovkine (Shopify) about his career building data‑intensive systems. Daniel’s first job: delivering pharmacy medications by bike. His challenge…
- Fail Fast & Ship It with Jeremy Custenborder | Ep. 18 · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 18Viktor Gamov talks to Jeremy Custenborder (Confluent) about his career in large-scale systems. Jeremy’s first job: paper boy. His challenge: keeping MySpace running at a massive…
- From “This May Never Work” to WarpStream with Richie Artoul | Ep. 17 · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 17Tim Berglund talks to Richie Artoul (WarpStream/Confluent) about his career in data infrastructure. Richie’s first job: working at Howie’s Game Shack, a walk‑in LAN gaming cafe…
- Inside $3M GPU Racks: Powering Modern AI with Bryan Oliver | Ep. 16 · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 16Adi Polak talks to Bryan Oliver (Thoughtworks) about his career in platform engineering and large-scale AI infrastructure. Bryan’s first job: building pools and teaching swimming…
- Hacking Kafka Streams with Sophie Blee‑Goldman | Ep. 15 · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 15Tim Berglund talks to Sophie Blee-Goldman (Responsive) about her career in container orchestration and Kafka Streams. Sophie’s first job: interning at Google. Her challenge…
