Lessons from Production brings you real-world stories from tech leaders who’ve been in the trenches. Each episode dives into the challenges, hard-earned lessons, and behind-the-scenes insights from building and scaling technology in production. No fluff, just practical takeaways from experts who’ve lived it.
Grafana's CTO on Open Source, Observability & Building Real Value
Tom Wilkie, CTO of Grafana, explores the challenges and lessons of scaling open source projects while building a commercial company, in an interview with Kunal Kushwaha.
26 May 2025
Scaling Open Source Databases
Bhanu from TiDB and Nikhil from ElasticRun discuss the intricacies of operating open source databases at scale, addressing architecture, reliability, and performance, in an interview with the host.
29 Apr 2025
How to Achieve Cloud Cost Observability?
Observability has been the buzzword across the stack, and businesses are toiling hard to achieve end-to-end visibility. While tech observability is fairly mature, cloud cost observability remains a missing link. In this episode of Lessons from Production, I spoke with Ananth from Zoho (sponsoring this episode) as we dive into what cloud cost observability really means, how it's different from tech-stack observability, best practices to achieve it, and real-world case studies that show how it...
22 Apr 2025
Making DevSecOps Work by Balancing Speed, Security & Scale
In this episode of Lessons from Production, I sit down with Mark Mishaev, Chief Architect at Checkmarx (shoutout for sponsoring this episode), to talk about what it really takes to make DevSecOps work. We dive into the ongoing challenge of balancing speed, security, and scale; and why getting that balance right is key to building software that can grow and evolve safely. From culture to tooling to team alignment, this conversation offers practical insights for anyone working to embed s...
13 Apr 2025
Designing AI That Gets Out of Your Way
Sanskar started his journey as an open source contributor in India, moved to London to work at Bloomberg, and recently quit his job to move to San Francisco and build his own AI startup, Amurex. In this episode, we talk about that journey; and what it takes to build an AI assistant that’s actually helpful, personal, and respectful of your space. We also chat about how to make AI more transparent, how to deal with messy data, and how they keep up with the fast-changing AI world. If you're curi...
10 Apr 2025
Building the Spreadsheet of the Future
Google Sheets and Excel have been the default for decades. But why haven’t spreadsheets really evolved, even though millions rely on them every day? And what does it actually take to build a better one in 2025? In this first episode of Lessons from Production, I speak to David Kircos, founder of Quadratic (shoutout for sponsoring this episode), a modern spreadsheet tool, about the real challenges behind rethinking such a deeply embedded product. From scaling real-time collaboration to ch...
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