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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. 2D AGO

    Building Bridges: From Developer to Developer Advocate • David Edoh-Bedi & James Beswick

    This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here David Edoh-Bedi - Developer Relations at Stripe James Beswick - Head of Developer Relations at Stripe RESOURCES David https://x.com/edohbedi_d https://www.linkedin.com/in/edohbedi https://edoh-bedi.com James https://bsky.app/profile/jbesw.bsky.social https://twitter.com/jbesw https://linkedin.com/in/jamesbeswick Links https://stripe.dev DESCRIPTION James Beswick (Head of Developer Relations at Stripe) talks with David Edoh-Bedi (Developer Advocate) about his professional journey from growing up in Togo to working at Microsoft and eventually Stripe. The conversation explores David's transition from software engineering to developer advocacy, highlighting the importance of empathy, communication skills, and technical knowledge in the role. They discuss the challenges of working with large legacy systems, the complexities of payment processing, and how the software development landscape has evolved from library-focused development to API-centric approaches. The interview provides valuable insights for developers considering a career path in developer relations and those integrating complex systems like payment processing into their applications. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Simon Brown • Software Architecture for Developers Vol. 2 David Farley • Modern Software Engineering Kim, Humble, Debois, Willis & Forsgren • The DevOps Handbook Simon Wardley • Wardley Maps Simon Wardley • Wardley Mapping, The Knowledge David Anderson, Marck McCann & Michael O'Reilly • The Value Flywheel Effect Mike Amundsen • Restful Web API Patterns & Practices Cookbook 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 at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1 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!

    42 min

  2. 6D AGO

    Balancing Coupling in Software Design • Vlad Khononov & Sheen Brisals

    This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Sheen Brisals - AWS Serverless Hero, Engineering Leader & Co-Author of "Serverless Development on AWS" Vlad Khononov - Author of "Balancing Coupling in Software Design" & "Learning Domain Driven Design" & Creator of the Balanced Coupling Model RESOURCES Vlad https://bsky.app/profile/vladikk.bsky.social https://vladikk.com https://github.com/vladikk https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladikk Sheen https://bsky.app/profile/sheenbrisals.bsky.social https://twitter.com/sheenbrisals https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheen-brisals https://sbrisals.medium.com Links https://www.informit.com https://youtu.be/6hTZXR2brWE DESCRIPTION Sheen Brisals sits down with software engineer and author Vlad Khononov to explore his latest book, "Balancing Coupling in Software Design". Vlad shares his journey from a failed microservices project to his deep dive into the principles of coupling, drawing insights from a 1970s structured design book. The duo discusses the timeless nature of coupling in software, how modern systems like microservices and cloud architectures still rely on age-old design principles, and the importance of understanding complexity for better problem decomposition and estimation. Vlad also reveals his unique approach to the book—integrating AI-generated poetry into each chapter to help readers grasp complex concepts. With a focus on modularity as the antidote to complexity, Vlad emphasizes that by managing coupling, engineers can create more maintainable, scalable systems. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Vlad Khononov • Balancing Coupling in Software Design Vlad Khononov • Learning Domain-Driven Design Sheen Brisals & Luke Hedger • Serverless Development on AWS Glenford Myers • Composite/Structured Design Vaughn Vernon • Implementing Domain-Driven Design Eric Evans • Domain-Driven Design van Kelle, Verschatse & Baas-Schwegler • Collaborative Software Design Nick Tune & Jean-Georges Perrin • Architecture Moderniza 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!

    37 min

  3. AUG 12

    Reading Code Effectively: An Overlooked Developer Skill • Marit van Dijk & Hannes Lowette

    This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here Marit van Dijk - Developer Advocate at JetBrains, Java Champion & Open Source Contributor Hannes Lowette - Principal Consultant at Axxes, Monolith Advocate, Speaker & Whiskey Lover RESOURCES Marit https://bsky.app/profile/maritvandijk.bsky.social https://linkedin.com/in/maritvandijk https://github.com/mlvandijk https://medium.com/@mlvandijk https://maritvandijk.com Hannes https://bsky.app/profile/hanneslowette.net https://twitter.com/hannes_lowette https://github.com/Belenar https://linkedin.com/in/hanneslowette Links https://www.felienne.com https://codereading.club https://github.com/neontribe/code-reading-club DESCRIPTION Reading code is a critical yet often underappreciated skill in software development. Marit van Dijk & Hannes Lowette highlight that while developers are trained to write code, they spend most of their time understanding existing codebases—often with incomplete documentation and evolving complexity. They discuss research-backed strategies, such as structured code reading exercises, participation in communities like the Code Reading Club, and leveraging modern IDE tools to navigate and comprehend unfamiliar code. The conversation underscores the importance of empathy in code reviews, writing clear commit messages, and using tests as documentation to improve collaboration and maintainability. By practicing code reading deliberately and utilizing available resources, developers can become more effective and adaptable in their work. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Felienne Hermans • The Programmer's Brain Adrienne Braganza Tacke • "Looks Good to Me": Constructive Code Reviews Duncan McGregor & Nat Pryce • Java to Kotlin Saleem Siddiqui • Learning Test-Driven Development Roy Osherove • The Art of Unit Testing Trisha Gee & Helen Scott • Getting to Know IntelliJ IDEA Jacqui Read • Communication Patt 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!

    33 min

  4. AUG 8

    Optimizing Cloud Native Java • Ben Evans & Holly Cummins

    This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Ben Evans - Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat & Co-Author of "Optimizing Cloud Native Java" and many more Books Holly Cummins - Senior Principal Software Engineer on the Red Hat Quarkus Team RESOURCES Ben https://mastodon.social/@kittylyst https://www.linkedin.com/in/kittylyst https://www.kittylyst.com Holly https://hollycummins.com https://bsky.app/profile/hollycummins.com https://hachyderm.io/@holly_cummins https://linkedin.com/in/holly-k-cummins DESCRIPTION Holly Cummins talks with Ben Evans about his latest book "Optimizing Cloud Native Java", which updates his previous work "Optimizing Java" to reflect the realities of cloud native environments. Ben explains that performance engineering is not just technical but also psychological, emphasizing the importance of user expectations and defining clear performance goals. They discuss how modern Java performance must account for cloud native architectures, with applications running across distributed microservices and containerized, single-core environments. The book focuses on the importance of measuring relevant data, warns against relying on misleading micro-benchmarks, and highlights how system-level benchmarks offer a clearer picture. Ben also delves into the JVM's hidden complexities, such as changes in Java 17 and the impact of virtual threads. Practical, real-world examples in the book, like the "fighting animals" microservices application, help developers learn how to optimize Java performance in real network environments. Finally, Ben touches on the future of Java concurrency, with virtual threads and structured concurrency offering new ways to handle performance challenges in cloud native systems. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Ben Evans & Jim Gough • Optimizing Cloud Native Java Ben Evans, Jason Clark & David Flanagan • Java in a Nutshell Ben Evans, Martijn Verburg & Jason Clark • The Well-Grounded Java Developer Ben Evans, Jim Gough & Chris Newland • Optimizing Java Ben Evans & Martijn Verburg • The Well-Grounded Java Developer 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

  5. AUG 5

    The Cloud Native Attitude • Anne Currie & Sarah Wells

    This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Anne Currie - Co-Author of "The Cloud Native Attitude" & "Building Green Software" Sarah Wells - Independent Consultant & Author & Author of "Enabling Microservice Success" RESOURCES Anne https://bsky.app/profile/annecurrie.bsky.social https://www.strategically.green Sarah https://bsky.app/profile/sarahjwells.bsky.social https://www.sarahwells.dev https://linkedin.com/in/sarahjwells1 DESCRIPTION Sarah Wells and Anne Currie dive into “The Cloud Native Attitude” and uncover why it’s more than just using cloud infrastructure. It’s about breaking bottlenecks, embracing rapid change, and aligning the entire organization. Anne reflects on how Kubernetes has risen since the book’s first edition, but the core principles remain. They discuss why CI/CD is key, how cloud native supports sustainability, and why true transformation demands more than just a lift-and-shift. The conversation wraps up with practical advice on identifying real bottlenecks and securing buy-in for a successful cloud native journey. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Anne Currie & Jamie Dobson • The Cloud Native Attitude Anne Currie, Sarah Hsu, & Sara Bergman • Building Green Software Sarah Wells • Enabling Microservice Success Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Liz Rice • Container Security Burns, Beda & Hightower • Kubernetes: Up & Running Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies 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

  6. AUG 1

    Prompt Engineering for Generative AI • James Phoenix, Mike Taylor & Phil Winder

    This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here James Phoenix - Co-Author of "Prompt Engineering for Generative AI" Mike Taylor - Co-Author of "Prompt Engineering for Generative AI" Phil Winder - Author of "Reinforcement Learning" & CEO of Winder.AI RESOURCES James https://x.com/jamesaphoenix12 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesphoenix https://understandingdata.com Mike http://saxifrage.xyz https://twitter.com/hammer_mt https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjt145 Phil https://twitter.com/DrPhilWinder https://linkedin.com/in/drphilwinder https://winder.ai Links https://brightpool.dev https://karpathy.ai https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6654000 https://gemini.google.com https://dreambooth.github.io https://github.com/microsoft/LoRA https://claude.ai https://www.langchain.com/langgraph DESCRIPTION Large language models (LLMs) and diffusion models such as ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion have unprecedented potential. Because they have been trained on all the public text and images on the internet, they can make useful contributions to a wide variety of tasks. And with the barrier to entry greatly reduced today, practically any developer can harness LLMs and diffusion models to tackle problems previously unsuitable for automation. With this book, you'll gain a solid foundation in generative AI, including how to apply these models in practice. When first integrating LLMs and diffusion models into their workflows, most developers struggle to coax reliable enough results from them to use in automated systems. * Book description: © O'Reilly RECOMMENDED BOOKS James Phoenix & Mike Taylor • Prompt Engineering for Generative AI Phil Wi 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!

    54 min

  7. JUL 29

    Privacy-First Research with OpenSAFELY • Eli Holderness & Hannes Lowette

    This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here Eli Holderness - Research Software Advocate at Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Speaker & Professional Nerd Hannes Lowette - Principal Consultant at Axxes, Monolith Advocate, Speaker & Whiskey Lover RESOURCES Eli https://bsky.app/profile/eli.holderness.dev https://twitter.com/eliholderness https://hachyderm.io/@eli https://linkedin.com/in/eli-holderness-4890b886 https://github.com/eli-miriam https://eli.holderness.dev Hannes https://bsky.app/profile/hanneslowette.net https://twitter.com/hannes_lowette https://github.com/Belenar https://linkedin.com/in/hanneslowette Links https://www.opensafely.org https://docs.opensafely.org/ehrql https://github.com/opensafely-core/ehrql DESCRIPTION OpenSAFELY represents a revolutionary approach to medical research that prioritizes patient privacy while enabling valuable insights from healthcare data. Rather than giving researchers direct access to sensitive GP records, it allows them to submit code that runs in a secure environment, with only privacy-checked aggregated results returned. Hannes Lowette talks to Eli Holderness about how the system works, its benefits for ensuring reproducible science, the challenges of working with data not collected for research purposes, and its potential applications beyond healthcare. The approach balances the need for medical research with strict privacy protections, ensuring patients maintain trust in how their sensitive data is used. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Ben Goldacre • Bad Science Ben Goldacre • Bad Pharma Aaron Parecki • OAuth 2.0 Simplified Aaron Parecki • OAuth 2.0 Servers Erdal Ozkaya • Cybersecurity: The Beginner's Guide Saleem Siddiqui • Learning Test-Driven Development Jacqui Read • Communication Patterns 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!

    28 min

  8. JUL 25

    Building Modern Software at Scale: Architectural Principles • Randy Shoup & Charles Humble

    This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here Randy Shoup - SVP Engineering at Thrive Market Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant RESOURCES Randy https://bsky.app/profile/randyshoup.bsky.social https://medium.com/@randyshoup https://x.com/randyshoup https://github.com/randyshoup-thrive https://www.linkedin.com/in/randyshoup Charles https://bsky.app/profile/charleshumble.bsky.social https://linkedin.com/in/charleshumble https://mastodon.social/@charleshumble https://conissaunce.com Links https://se-radio.net/2008/09/episode-109-ebays-architecture-principles-with-randy-shoup DESCRIPTION Charles Humble sits down with veteran tech leader Randy Shoup, now SVP of Engineering at Thrive Market. Randy discusses Thrive Market’s evolution from a 10-year-old monolith to a microservices architecture, emphasizing domain-driven design and agile scaling. Drawing on his experiences at eBay and other tech giants, he explains when to adopt microservices and the importance of continuous delivery and platform engineering for boosting productivity. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Sam Newman • Monolith to Microservices Sam Newman • Building Resilient Distributed Systems Dave Farley & Jez Humble • Continuous Delivery Forsgren, Humble & Kim • Accelerate Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Nicole Forsgren, Patrick Debois & John Willis • The DevOps Handbook Gregor Hohpe • Platform Strategy Ford, Parsons, Kua & Sadalage • Building Evolutionary Architectures 2nd Edition Simon Brown • Software Architecture for Developers Vol. 2 Michael Feathers • Working Effectively with Legacy Code Michael Nygard • Release It! 2nd Edition 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!

    51 min
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