Optimize All The Things
Claim This Podcastby Bartłomiej Płotka & Ivan Valkov
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<p>Welcome to <strong>OAT</strong>!</p><p> Join us to discuss ideas and tools that make our software and development processes faster, more efficient, and healthy! We talk about performance improvements and valuable optimizations to software development processes like testing, debugging, running in production, open-sourcing or collaborating. Learn from experts how they improved their products, engineering processes or life habits and apply those in your work!</p><p>Hosted in the UK by two software engineers: Ivan Valkov, the aspiring fantasy writer/chef/entrepreneur and Bartek Płotka, the OSS maintainer (you might know him from the CNCF Prometheus project) and “Efficient Go” book author.</p><p>Want to ask a question or give feedback? Use this form: <a href="https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9">https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9</a></p>
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September 27, 2024
Tom Wilkie’s Path to CTO at Grafana Labs: Startups, Pivots, and Perseverance
<p>Tom Wilkie, the CTO of Grafana Labs, talks to us about his professional journey. We cover how he got into software engineering, his first startup, working as an EM at Google, and what motivated him to go back to an IC role. We talk about his time at Grafana from when they were only 25 people to now when Grafana Labs has more than a thousand employees. Tom’s journey cannot be told without diving deeper into the technical side of things - we discuss observability, distributed systems, and hard technical problems.</p><p></p><p>Where to find more about Tom and Grafana Labs:</p><p>- LinkedIn -<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicasarbu"> </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomwilkie">https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomwilkie</a></p><p>- X -<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/monicasarbu"> </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/tom_wilkie">https://x.com/tom_wilkie</a></p><p>- Grafana Labs -<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://xata.io/"> </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://grafana.com/">https://grafana.com/</a></p><p>- Grafana Labs events -<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/xataio/pgroll"> </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://grafana.com/events/">https://grafana.com/events/</a></p><p></p><p>Where to find Bartek:</p><p>- LinkedIn -<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwplotka/"> https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwplotka/</a></p><p>- X -<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/bwplotka"> https://x.com/bwplotka</a></p><p></p><p>Where to find Ivan:</p><p>- LinkedIn -<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-valkov/"> https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-valkov/</a></p><p>- X -<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/ivvalkov"> https://x.com/ivvalkov</a></p><p></p><p>As always, feedback and questions are welcome! You can use this form -<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9">https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9</a></p><p></p><p>0:00 - Tom’s intro</p><p>7:09 - How Tom got into software engineering</p><p>15:05 - Tom’s first startup 21:25 - Tom’s experience as EM at Google</p><p>28:04 - Joining Weaveworks as employee number 7</p><p>38:51 - Tom joining Grafana</p><p>45:32 - Grafana’s Third Act</p><p>53:12 - Startup advice</p><p>59:41 - Perseverance and motivation</p><p>1:04:35 - How Grafana acquires startups</p><p>1:10:25 - Where to find out more</p>
July 23, 2024
Databases, Drive, and Diversity - Lessons from Xata's CEO Monica Sarbu
<p>Monica Sarbu, the CEO and founder of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://Xata.io">Xata.io</a>, talks to us about her inspiring journey from getting into tech to building Xata - the serverless database platform for modern apps. We chat about the founding of her first company, Packetbeat, its acquisition by Elastic, and her time as a director there. We talk about mentoring, diversity, and hiring engineers that have high agency. We also cover some of the technical decisions at Xata - we even chat a bit about the Zig programming language :)</p><p></p><p>Where to find more about Monica and Xata:</p><p>- LinkedIn - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicasarbu">https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicasarbu</a></p><p>- X - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/monicasarbu">https://x.com/monicasarbu</a></p><p>- Xata - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://xata.io/">https://xata.io/</a></p><p>- pgroll - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/xataio/pgroll">https://github.com/xataio/pgroll</a></p><p>- Tupu - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.tupu.io/">https://www.tupu.io/</a></p><p></p><p>Where to find Bartek:</p><p>- LinkedIn - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwplotka/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwplotka/</a></p><p>- X - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/bwplotka">https://x.com/bwplotka</a></p><p></p><p>Where to find Ivan:</p><p>- LinkedIn - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-valkov/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-valkov/</a></p><p>- X - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/ivvalkov">https://x.com/ivvalkov</a></p><p></p><p>As always, feedback and questions are welcome! You can use this form - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9">https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9</a></p><p></p><p>Episode breakdown:</p><p>0:00 - Episode intro</p><p>2:25 - Monica's introduction</p><p>4:00 - Monica's software engineering background</p><p>5:52 - Founding her first company Packetbeat</p><p>15:30 - Elastic acquisition and being a director there</p><p>25:34 - The role of managers </p><p>28:38 - Founding Tupu and diversity in tech</p><p>38:44 - The founding story of Xata</p><p>44:35 - Open source, serverless, and Zig vs Go</p><p>51:17 - Hiring high-agency engineers</p><p>1:00:37 - Where to find out more</p>
July 10, 2024
Building a Global Scale Authorization Startup: The Story of AuthZed's Co-Founder Jimmy Zelinskie
<p>In this episode, we talk with Jimmy Zelinskie, co-founder and CPO of AuthZed, about his journey in building a global scale OSS authorization startup. Jimmy shares insights into the creation and evolution of SpiceDB, an open-source database optimized for authorization decisions. We chat about Jimmy’s story of transitioning from an engineer to a product manager, the importance of open-source in building the business, and the strategies that helped AuthZed find its first customers. Jimmy also discusses the inspiration behind AuthZed, Google’s Zanzibar paper, and the unique challenges of building a startup grounded in cutting-edge research.</p><p></p><p>Where to find more about Jimmy and AuthZed:</p><p>- LinkedIn - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jzelinskie/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jzelinskie/</a></p><p>- X - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/jimmyzelinskie">https://x.com/jimmyzelinskie</a> </p><p>- Jimmy’s Github - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/jzelinskie">https://github.com/jzelinskie</a> </p><p>- AuthZed - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://authzed.com/">https://authzed.com/</a></p><p>- SpiceDB on Github - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/authzed/spicedb">https://github.com/authzed/spicedb</a></p><p>- The Zanzibar Paper annotated by AuthZed - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://authzed.com/zanzibar">https://authzed.com/zanzibar</a></p><p>- Discord - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://authzed.com/discord">https://authzed.com/discord</a> </p><p></p><p>Where to find Bartek:</p><p>- LinkedIn - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwplotka/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/bwplotka/</a></p><p>- X - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/bwplotka">https://x.com/bwplotka</a></p><p></p><p>Where to find Ivan:</p><p>- LinkedIn - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-valkov/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-valkov/</a></p><p>- X - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/ivvalkov">https://x.com/ivvalkov</a></p><p></p><p>As always, feedback and questions are welcome! You can use this form - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9">https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9</a></p><p></p><p>Episode breakdown:</p><p>0:00 Episode intro</p><p>2:05 Jimmy’s introduction</p><p>3:53 Jimmy’s software engineering background</p><p>9:06 On becoming a founder</p><p>14:47 Experimenting with different startup ideas</p><p>20:41 The Zanzibar paper and using research in startups</p><p>26:44 Finding your first customers</p><p>31:56 Building SpiceDB</p><p>38:11 Monetization in an OSS startup</p><p>42:34 Authorization deep-dive</p><p>52:19 Product management in a startup</p><p>1:01:47 Where to find out more</p>
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<p>Welcome to <strong>OAT</strong>!</p><p> Join us to discuss ideas and tools that make our software and development processes faster, more efficient, and healthy! We talk about performance improvements and valuable optimizations to software development processes like testing, debugging, running in production, open-sourcing or collaborating. Learn from experts how they improved their products, engineering processes or life habits and apply those in your work!</p><p>Hosted in the UK by two software engineers: Ivan Valkov, the aspiring fantasy writer/chef/entrepreneur and Bartek Płotka, the OSS maintainer (you might know him from the CNCF Prometheus project) and “Efficient Go” book author.</p><p>Want to ask a question or give feedback? Use this form: <a href="https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9">https://forms.gle/NmUGeqMtyP6H6mMP9</a></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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