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The GOTO podcast seeks out the brightest and boldest ideas from language creators and the world's leading experts in software development in the form of interviews and conference talks. Tune in to get the inspiration you need to bring in new technologies or gain extra evidence to support your software development plan.

  1. Tech Leadership Challenges: Communication & AI at Financial Times • Alice Bartlett & Charles Humble

    2 DAYS AGO

    Tech Leadership Challenges: Communication & AI at Financial Times • Alice Bartlett & Charles Humble

    This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/382 Alice Bartlett - Tech Director for Customer Products at Financial Times Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant RESOURCES Alice https://x.com/alicebartlett https://github.com/alicebartlett https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicebartlett https://medium.com/@alice.bartlett https://alicebartlett.co.uk Charles https://bsky.app/profile/charleshumble.bsky.social https://linkedin.com/in/charleshumble https://mastodon.social/@charleshumble https://conissaunce.com Links https://blog.container-solutions.com/wtf-happens-to-psychological-safety DESCRIPTION Alice Bartlett, Tech Director at the Financial Times, discusses her journey from principal engineer to leading a 70-person team responsible for https://www.ft.com and mobile apps. She shares insights on managing editorial stakeholders, balancing technical debt with business priorities, leading difficult conversations, and navigating the challenges of AI in software development. The conversation with Charles Humble covers her approach to architectural challenges, communication strategies, and the evolving role of technology leadership in modern media organizations. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Simon Wardley • Wardley Maps • https://amzn.to/45U8Upr Simon Wardley • Wardley Mapping, The Knowledge • https://amzn.to/3XQEeDu Sun Tzu • The Art of War • https://amzn.to/2BqDeha Mark Craddock • Wardley Mapping Doctrine • https://amzn.to/4b3jRYb Susanne Kaiser • Adaptive Systems With Domain-Driven Design, Wardley Mapping & Team Topologies • https://amzn.to/3XTmNCc David Anderson, Marck McCann & Michael O'Reilly • The Value Flywheel Effect • https://amzn.to/3VcHxC7 Erik Schön • The Art Of Strategy • https://amzn.to/2UPzXPa Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

    44 min
  2. Simplicity • Pragmatic Dave Thomas & Sarah Taraporewalla

    6 DAYS AGO

    Simplicity • Pragmatic Dave Thomas & Sarah Taraporewalla

    This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here: https://gotopia.tech/episodes/383 Pragmatic Dave Thomas - Pragmatic Programmer Turned Publisher Sarah Taraporewalla - CTO APAC at Thoughtworks RESOURCES Dave https://pragdave.me https://twitter.com/pragdave https://github.com/pragdave https://linkedin.com/in/dave-thomas-53aa1057 Sarah https://sarahtaraporewalla.com https://twitter.com/sarahtarap https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahtaraporewalla https://github.com/staraporf Links https://pragprog.com https://agilemanifesto.org DESCRIPTION Sarah Taraporewalla (CTO APAC at Thoughtworks) sits down with programming legend Dave Thomas—co-founder of The Pragmatic Programmer and co-creator of principles like DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself)—to discuss his latest book "Simplicity." Dave reveals why he believes "Agile is Dead" and shares his disillusionment with how agile practices have become rigid, corporate processes rather than the flexible, value-driven approach originally envisioned in the Agile Manifesto he helped create. The conversation centers around his new Orient-Step-Learn framework, designed to help individual developers master true simplicity through deliberate practice and feedback loops, emphasizing that real simplicity requires mastery and cannot be achieved overnight. Dave advocates for developers to take personal agency, reduce unnecessary dependencies, and focus on what they can control rather than waiting for organizational change, arguing that simplicity is ultimately about cutting away complexity to reveal elegant, minimal solutions. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Dave Thomas • simplicity • https://amzn.to/43FghBJ Dave Thomas & Andy Hunt • The Pragmatic Programmer • https://amzn.to/43QuMBj Dave Snowden & Friends • Cynefin • https://amzn.to/3FSnF3p Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

    39 min
  3. Writing for Developers • Piotr Sarna & Glauber Costa

    7 OCT

    Writing for Developers • Piotr Sarna & Glauber Costa

    This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Piotr Sarna - Co-Author of "Writing for Developers" & Founding Engineer at poolside Glauber Costa - Founder & CEO at Turso RESOURCES Piotr https://bsky.app/profile/sarna.dev https://github.com/psarna https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarna-dev https://bio.sarna.dev Glauber https://bsky.app/profile/glaubercosta.bsky.social https://github.com/glommer https://www.linkedin.com/in/glommer https://glaubercosta-11125.medium.com Links Get 45% discount with code: *GOTOdunlop*: http://mng.bz/Y7oK https://writethat.blog https://writethat.blog/?year=2025&month=3 https://turso.tech/blog/zig-helped-us-move-data-to-the-edge-here-are-our-impressions-67d3a9c45af4 https://www.scylladb.com/2021/09/28/hunting-a-numa-performance-bug https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/typescript-native-port https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42378843 DESCRIPTION Glauber Costa interviews engineer Piotr Sarna about his evolution from a reluctant writer to a successful technical book author. They discuss writing as an engineering discipline, common engineering blog post patterns, and why even introverted non-native English speakers should be blogging. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Piotr Sarna & Cynthia Dunlop • Writing for Developers • https://amzn.to/3Z3rzgf Cardeneti Mendes, Sarna, Emelyanov & Dunlop • Database Performance at Scale • https://amzn.to/3ZNBqqJ Nicole Foster • How To Write In Plain English • https://amzn.to/3XaTWHf Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

    49 min
  4. Incremental Design, DevOps, Microservices & CICD • Michael Nygard & Dave Farley

    3 OCT

    Incremental Design, DevOps, Microservices & CICD • Michael Nygard & Dave Farley

    This interview was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2024. https://gotocph.com Michael Nygard - General Manager of Data at Nubank Dave Farley - Continuous Delivery & DevOps Pioneer, Award-winning Author, Founder & Director of Continuous Delivery Ltd. RESOURCES Michael https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtnygard https://twitter.com/mtnygard http://www.michaelnygard.com Dave https://bsky.app/profile/davefarley77.bsky.social https://www.continuous-delivery.co.uk https://linkedin.com/in/dave-farley-a67927 https://twitter.com/davefarley77 http://www.davefarley.net Read the full abstract here RECOMMENDED BOOKS David Deutsch • The Beginning of Infinity Michael Nygard • Release It! 2nd Edition Michael Nygard • Release It! 1st Edition Zhamak Dehghani • Data Mesh Dave Farley • Modern Software Engineering Dave Farley • Continuous Delivery Pipelines Dave Farley & Jez Humble • Continuous Delivery Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

    32 min
  5. The Blind Spots of Platform Engineering • Matt McLarty & Erik Wilde

    30 SEPT

    The Blind Spots of Platform Engineering • Matt McLarty & Erik Wilde

    This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here Matt McLarty - CTO at Boomi & Co-Author of "Unbundling the Enterprise" Erik Wilde - Principal Consultant at INNOQ RESOURCES Matt https://bsky.app/profile/mattmclartybc.bsky.social https://x.com/MattMcLartyBC https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattmclartybc Erik https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikwilde https://github.com/dret Links https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6417 https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/richard-seroter-on-shifting-down-vs-shifting-left https://platformengineering.org/blog DESCRIPTION Matt McLarty and Erik Wilde explore the nuanced world of platform engineering, challenging conventional approaches and highlighting the critical importance of aligning technological capabilities with business outcomes. They discuss the evolution from DevOps, the role of APIs, and the need to create flexible, reusable technological building blocks that drive true organizational innovation. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Stephen Fishman & Matt McLarty • Unbundling the Enterprise Carliss Y. Baldwin • Design Rules, Vol. 2 Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies Forsgren, Humble & Kim • Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps Kim, Humble, Debois, Willis & Forsgren • The DevOps Handbook Gene Kim, Kevin Behr & George Spafford • The Phoenix Project Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

    38 min
  6. Early Days of Agile Development & Is Design Dead? • Martin Fowler & James Lewis

    26 SEPT

    Early Days of Agile Development & Is Design Dead? • Martin Fowler & James Lewis

    This interview was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2024. https://gotocph.com Martin Fowler - Pioneer of Various Topics around Object-Oriented Technology & Agile Methods James Lewis - Software Architect & Director at Thoughtworks  @thoughtworks  RESOURCES Martin https://x.com/martinfowler https://www.martinfowler.com https://toot.thoughtworks.com/@mfowler https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-fowler-com James https://bsky.app/profile/boicy.bovon.org https://twitter.com/boicy https://linkedin.com/in/james-lewis-microservices https://github.com/boicy https://www.bovon.org Links https://agilemanifesto.org https://martinfowler.com/articles/designDead.html https://martinfowler.com/articles/on-pair-programming.html Read the full abstract here RECOMMENDED BOOKS Martin Fowler • Refactoring Scott W. Ambler & Pramod Sadalage • Refactoring Databases Martin Fowler & Pramod Sadalage • NoSQL Distilled Martin Fowler • Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture Martin Fowler • Domain-Specific Languages Martin Fowler • UML Distilled Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

    44 min
  7. Serverless Apps on Cloudflare • Ashley Peacock & Ricky Robinett

    23 SEPT

    Serverless Apps on Cloudflare • Ashley Peacock & Ricky Robinett

    This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Ashley Peacock - Staff Software Engineer at Simply Business & Author of "Serverless Apps on Cloudflare" & "Creating Software with Modern Diagramming Techniques" Ricky Robinett - VP Developer Relations & Community at Cloudflare RESOURCES Ashley https://twitter.com/_ashleypeacock https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-peacock-133749120 https://medium.com/@ashley-peacock https://github.com/apeacock1991 Ricky https://twitter.com/rickyrobinett https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickyrobinett https://about.me/rickyrobinett https://github.com/rickyrobinett Links https://www.cursor.com DESCRIPTION Ricky Robinett interviews Ashley Peacock, author of "Serverless Apps on Cloudflare", about the developer platform side of Cloudflare. Ashley explains how Cloudflare has evolved from primarily a security company to a full-fledged developer platform with global deployment capabilities, databases, caching solutions, and AI tools. They discuss the unique aspects of Cloudflare's architecture, including global deployment by default, bindings that simplify resource connections without requiring secrets management, and excellent local development experience. Ashley highlights several Cloudflare products including Workers (serverless functions), D1 (SQLite database), KV (key-value store), R2 (object storage), Durable Objects, and AI offerings like Workers AI and AI Gateway. The conversation covers developer experience, using AI assistants for coding, and the benefits of Cloudflare's approach to simplifying cloud development. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Ashley Peacock • Serverless Apps on Cloudflare Ashley Peacock • Creating Software with Modern Diagramming Techniques Jeroen Mulder • Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

    38 min
  8. Building a Debugger • Sy Brand & Tim Misiak

    19 SEPT

    Building a Debugger • Sy Brand & Tim Misiak

    This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Sy Brand - Author of "Building a Debugger" and C++ Developer Advocate at Microsoft Tim Misiak - Systems Engineer at Datadog and Co-Founder of Augmend RESOURCES Sy https://bsky.app/profile/tartanllama.xyz https://x.com/tartanllama https://github.com/TartanLLama https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sy-brand-36520857 https://sybrand.ink https://blog.tartanllama.xyz Tim https://bsky.app/profile/timdbg.com https://x.com/timmisiak https://github.com/timmisiak https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-misiak https://www.timdbg.com Links https://dwarfstd.org https://lldb.llvm.org https://rr-project.org https://undo.io DESCRIPTION Tim Misiak interviews Sy Brand about their book "Building a Debugger". Sy, who has a background in GPU compilers and debuggers, discusses how implementing a debugger offers profound insights into computer systems. The conversation explores the unexpected complexities of debugging fundamentals like stack unwinding and code stepping. They examine how debugging interfaces have evolved and the challenges posed by backward compatibility and language evolution. Sy highlights areas for future advancement in debugging, particularly time travel debugging for non-deterministic issues and better tools for debugging optimized code. Throughout the interview, both experts share fascinating technical details that reveal why debugger implementation serves as an excellent path to deeper understanding of operating systems and hardware. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Sy Brand • Building a Debugger Cathy O'Neil • Weapons of Math Destruction Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

    36 min
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