Tech League
Claim This Podcastby Toby Sears & Krisztian Fischer
Podcast Overview
<p>Tech League is a podcast by engineers who've been around long enough to know when something is genuinely useful and when it's just hype. Hosted by Toby Sears and Krisztian Fisher, two senior engineers with decades of experience across startups, scale-ups and enterprise, each episode tackles a real topic: architecture decisions, career growth, the tools everyone's using, and the mistakes nobody talks about.<br /><br />No sponsored segments. No thought leadership waffle. Just two people who've shipped software, run teams and broken production, telling you what they actually think.<br /><br />New episodes every week.<br /><br /><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.techleaguepodcast.com" target="_blank">https://www.techleaguepodcast.com</a></p>
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Recent Episodes
April 3, 2026
#18 EuroStack
<p>In this episode, Toby and Krisztian dive into EuroStack, an industry-led lobby initiative pushing for European digital sovereignty. Krisztian breaks down what EuroStack is, what it proposes, and why it matters now. They cover the scale of Europe's dependency on non-European tech (260 billion euros per year flowing out), what it actually means to be a "European" company, how public procurement could bootstrap a European tech ecosystem, and why trust in US hyperscalers has finally broken. They also explore the companion site <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://euro-stack.com" target="_blank">euro-stach.com</a>, a directory of 1620+ European alternatives across 64 categories.</p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://techleaguepodcast.com/" target="_blank">https://techleaguepodcast.com/</a></p><p></p><p>LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/techleague-podcast/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/techleague-podcast/</a></p><p>Instagram: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/techleaguepodcast/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/techleaguepodcast/</a></p><p>Apple Podcasts: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-league/id1852602975" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-league/id1852602975</a></p><p>Spotify: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1zx8UIe2EjawuVU3I31fdP" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/1zx8UIe2EjawuVU3I31fdP</a></p><p></p><p>Chapters</p><p>0:00 Introduction</p><p>1:30 What is EuroStack and why Krisztian is excited about it</p><p>4:00 The scale of the problem: 260 billion euros/year leaving Europe</p><p>7:00 Europe as a fragmented market vs the US and China</p><p>10:00 The three pillars: Buy European, Sell European, Fund European</p><p>13:00 How public procurement can generate demand and bootstrap growth</p><p>17:00 The 1-to-10 ratio: every public euro attracting 10 private</p><p>20:00 Risk of government focus pulling cloud providers away from innovation</p><p>24:00 Startup acquisition culture: why European exits go to US companies</p><p>28:00 Defining "European": jurisdiction, control, supply chain, no extra-EU restrictions</p><p>33:00 AWS sovereign cloud: smoke and mirrors</p><p>37:00 Timeline to 2030 and the gradual transition approach</p><p>40:00 Geopolitical risk: Ukraine, Starlink, and the dependency reality</p><p>44:00 European openness vs American/Chinese protectionism</p><p>48:00 Why trust in US tech has finally broken</p><p>52:00 Opportunities for European engineers and companies</p><p>55:00 Wrap-up</p><p></p><p>Technologies and Initiatives Mentioned<br />EuroStack initiative: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eurostack.eu/" target="_blank">https://eurostack.eu/</a></p><p>Solution directory: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://euro-stack.com" target="_blank">https://euro-stack.com</a></p><p>Scaleway - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.scaleway.com" target="_blank">https://www.scaleway.com</a></p><p>OVH Cloud - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.ovhcloud.com" target="_blank">https://www.ovhcloud.com</a></p>
March 27, 2026
#17 Testing in the AI era
<p>In this episode, Toby and Krisztian welcome their first proper guest: Alan Richardson, a 30-year software veteran and testing specialist known as Evil Tester. They dig into testing in the AI era: how to test AI-generated code, whether TDD still makes sense with AI, why self-healing tests are a red flag, and how AI is opening up security and adversarial testing. Alan makes the case for architecture-first development as the key to getting good test output from AI agents.</p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://techleaguepodcast.com/" target="_blank">https://techleaguepodcast.com/</a></p><p></p><p>LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/techleague-podcast/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/techleague-podcast/</a></p><p>Instagram: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/techleaguepodcast/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/techleaguepodcast/</a></p><p>Apple Podcasts: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-league/id1852602975" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-league/id1852602975</a></p><p>Spotify: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1zx8UIe2EjawuVU3I31fdP" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/1zx8UIe2EjawuVU3I31fdP</a></p><p></p><p>Chapters</p><p>0:00 Introduction and guest intro: Alan Richardson (<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://eviltester.com" target="_blank">eviltester.com</a>)</p><p>2:00 Why testing matters more in the AI code generation era</p><p>5:30 Architecture-first: good code leads to good tests</p><p>10:00 Does TDD work with AI? Why it mostly doesn't</p><p>14:30 Playwright and UI tests: the abstraction problem</p><p>23:00 Information theory and what testing actually is</p><p>27:00 Adversarial AI testing: using AI to exploit your own CVEs</p><p>33:00 Security scanning tools vs penetration testing with AI</p><p>38:30 Domain expertise still matters</p><p>43:00 Generalist vs specialist in the AI era</p><p>47:00 The junior developer pipeline problem</p><p>51:00 Will AI homogenise software and design?</p><p>54:00 Wrap-up</p><p></p><p>Links:</p><p>Evil Tester <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eviltester.com" target="_blank">https://eviltester.com</a></p><p></p><p>Playwright: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://playwright.dev/" target="_blank">https://playwright.dev/</a></p><p>Agentic EQ: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://agentic-qe.dev/" target="_blank">https://agentic-qe.dev/</a></p><p>Vite: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://vite.dev/" target="_blank">https://vite.dev/</a></p><p>Claude : <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://claude.com/" target="_blank">https://claude.com/</a></p><p>Snyk: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://snyk.io/" target="_blank">https://snyk.io/</a></p><p>Aikido: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.aikido.dev" target="_blank">https://www.aikido.dev</a></p><p>Hacker One: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.hackerone.com/" target="_blank">https://www.hackerone.com/</a></p><p>Wiz: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.wiz.io/" target="_blank">https://www.wiz.io/</a></p><p><br /></p>
March 20, 2026
#16 Bunny CDN
<p>In this episode, Toby and Krisztian continue their EU cloud deep dive with a hands-on look at Bunny CDN (bunny.net). Toby used it to launch the new TechLeague podcast website on a static Astro site in under 10 minutes, with Terraform infrastructure, built-in DNS, automatic SSL, and GitHub Actions deployment. They cover the full product offering including CDN, object storage, video streaming with free transcoding, edge scripts, magic containers, and BunnyShield security. They also touch on Tangled.sh, a Helsinki-based distributed git platform built on the AT Protocol that recently raised 3 million euros.</p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://techleaguepodcast.com/" target="_blank">https://techleaguepodcast.com/</a></p><p></p><p>LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/techleague-podcast/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/techleague-podcast/</a></p><p>Instagram: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/techleaguepodcast/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/techleaguepodcast/</a></p><p>Apple Podcasts: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-league/id1852602975" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-league/id1852602975</a></p><p>Spotify: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1zx8UIe2EjawuVU3I31fdP" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/1zx8UIe2EjawuVU3I31fdP</a></p><p></p><p><b>Chapters</b></p><p>0:00 Introduction</p><p>1:21 Building the TechLeague website with Astro and Bunny CDN</p><p>2:57 Built-in DNS and automatic SSL</p><p>4:46 Deploying static files: FTP now, S3 compatibility coming</p><p>5:28 Sign-up experience and free credits</p><p>6:00 Standard vs Volume network tiers</p><p>7:00 Company background: Slovenian, EU-based, 120+ PoPs globally</p><p>8:28 Full product overview: storage, stream, DNS, edge, containers</p><p>10:18 Video streaming with free transcoding</p><p>11:00 Pricing: $0.01/GB storage, $0.01/GB egress</p><p>12:27 Limitations: not a full cloud provider</p><p>14:30 Magic containers: serverless with anycast IP</p><p>17:00 BunnyShield: WAF, DDoS protection, rate limiting</p><p>18:49 BunnyOptimizer: on-the-fly image resizing via URL params</p><p>19:46 SLA and EU sovereignty</p><p>22:00 Can it replace CloudFront?</p><p>23:00 getdeploying.com for comparing CDN providers</p><p>24:00 Could we host podcast videos on Bunny?</p><p>26:50 Reflection: EU cloud is better than we thought</p><p>28:05 Tangled.sh: a distributed EU git platform on the AT Protocol</p><p>31:14 Wrap-up</p><p></p><p><b>Technologies Mentioned</b></p><p>Bunny CDN - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bunny.net?ref=v8cfwfmh3r" target="_blank">https://bunny.net?ref=v8cfwfmh3r</a></p><p>Astro - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://astro.build" target="_blank">https://astro.build</a></p><p>Terraform - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.terraform.io" target="_blank">https://www.terraform.io</a></p><p>Tangled.sh - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://tangled.sh" target="_blank">https://tangled.sh</a></p><p>getdeploying.com - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://getdeploying.com" target="_blank">https://getdeploying.com</a></p><p>Scaleway - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.scaleway.com" target="_blank">https://www.scaleway.com</a></p><p>AT Protocol - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://atproto.com" target="_blank">https://atproto.com</a></p>
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- What is Tech League?
<p>Tech League is a podcast by engineers who've been around long enough to know when something is genuinely useful and when it's just hype. Hosted by Toby Sears and Krisztian Fisher, two senior engineers with decades of experience across startups, scale-ups and enterprise, each episode tackles a real topic: architecture decisions, career growth, the tools everyone's using, and the mistakes nobody talks about.<br /><br />No sponsored segments. No thought leadership waffle. Just two people who've shipped software, run teams and broken production, telling you what they actually think.<br /><br />New episodes every week.<br /><br /><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.techleaguepodcast.com" target="_blank">https://www.techleaguepodcast.com</a></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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