Learn how Thomas builds fast WordPress plugins that solve user's problems
Thomas talks about challenges he faced writing plugins and how he overcame them. We also go over his WordPress core contributions. To wrap up, we go over his workflow (how he tackles big coding...
View ArticleMichael walks us through MVC frameworks with CakePHP and Backbone.js, and...
Tired of messy jQuery code? Michael shows on screen how Backbone.js solves that issue, and how to speed up development with CakePHP and Vagrant. To wrap up, Michael easily deploys using Capistrano.
View ArticleScaling expert and former CTO of Twitpic teaches us how to scale our web apps
Steve Corona explains how to scale from a few users to millions. He also shares his personal story and college advice. This is the interview I wish I could have watched 5 years ago.
View ArticleServers for Hackers author Chris Fidao on securing servers and deploying to them
Chris shares his config files to secure and configure his servers, and he explains why Vagrant is useful to learn server configuration and to create development environments. He also explains how Nginx...
View ArticlePhil Sturgeon on building APIs in any language and PHP 7
Have you ever built or used an API before? APIs either save you a lot of time or give you nightmares. Take your skills to the next level and learn how to build APIs the right way with Phil.
View ArticleAutomate and scale your infrastructure with Chef
How much time have you spent configuring your server just to forget all the details? Forget it all and let Chef manage your infrastructure. Nathen walks us through the first steps in getting started...
View ArticleCodeship CTO explains Continuous Integration and the technology behind it,...
Florian explains how they are able to quickly boot up containers to build, run, and deploy applications. We also talk about the company's experience at Techstars, what it's like to be CTO, and why CI...
View ArticleJavaScript best practices, Node.js, and ending poverty with Eric Elliott
Whether you are new or experienced with JS, Eric explains how to make your apps more scalable. We talk about performance, what we can do with Node.js, and how Eric is working to end poverty with code.
View ArticleHow CodePen handles 32M page views a month
CodePen's server master tells us everything about their stack and how they handle 12,000 requests per minute.
View ArticleJeff Atwood on building Discourse, Stack Exchange, and Coding Horror
Building great products requires great developers and community building skills. Jeff Atwood explains how he finds talent and how he builds massive communities like Coding Horror and Stack Exchange. He...
View ArticleHow Netflix handles 36% of the U.S. bandwidth, and how reddit handles 160M users
Netflix accounts for over 36% of North America's downstream traffic during peak hours. Reddit has over 160M unique visitors a month and billions of page views. Jeremy teaches us how they've scaled to...
View ArticleDocker, The Art of Monitoring, and Kickstarter Engineering with James Turnbull
Get a sneak peak into his upcoming book The Art of Monitoring and answers to what you should be monitoring (and how). We also talk about Docker in production and how Kickstarter monitors to give users...
View ArticleHow to Easily Setup and Manage Live Infrastructure with Chef's Own, Nathen...
Push your infrastructure live and manage your nodes with a special guest from Chef's team. This is a sequel to the first popular Chef episode with Nathen Harvey. If you've ever watched Nathen's work,...
View ArticleHow Shopify handles 300M uniques a month running Rails, Docker, and MySQL
Simon explains how Shopify handles flash sales where thousands of people rush in at the same time. He talks about scaling databases, making apps resilient, and tips for companies looking to run Docker...
View ArticleHow to automate the right tasks so you can focus on development
From a better onboarding process to making your life easier, automating is an investment that makes a big difference. Kate shares how she automates with one-click deploy and one-click test environment...
View ArticleScaling Basecamp and making it insanely fast with CTO and Rails Founder,...
From serving 2,000 reqs/second and thwarting DDoS attacks, to techniques used in making Basecamp insanely fast and adapting Rails to thicker JS clients, David drops knowledge you do not want to miss.
View ArticleHandling trillions of events daily and conquering scaling issues with Keen CTO
Dan knows a thing or two about scaling APIs. This episode teaches how to avoid outages and how Keen processes a lot of critical data using queues, stream processing, and scalable storage
View ArticleMillions of requests per hour and processing rich video analytics at Wistia
Streaming videos is difficult enough, but it gets even more complicated when you start collecting very detailed stats. See how Wistia's different layers handle intense processing. Max also gives us a...
View ArticleHow to optimize images for faster load times with Kelly Sutton
Optimizing images can result in the largest byte savings and performance improvements for your websites. This interview answers the big question: "How do you optimize images?"
View ArticleSpeed up your web apps with Google web performance engineer, Ilya Grigorik
This episode explains: what developers should know to speed up their web apps, how to read the Chrome DevTools waterfall, and how HTTP/2 works.
View ArticleBuilding SaaS apps that scale, and building great teams with Heroku co-founder
This episode covers principles to build SaaS apps that scale. We also talk about building strong teams with hiring, onboarding, and culture tips.
View ArticleBuilding an API for many devices and choosing native vs. web apps at Plex.tv
Should you still build apps natively, or can you use web apps? What about building an API that can support all of these different devices? Schuyler from Plex.tv joins us to explain their decision making.
View ArticleLarge scale image processing on the fly in 25ms with Google's first Network...
We talk about his experience at Google, ImageShack, and how his engine can process images in 25ms on the cloud.
View ArticleBuilding and scaling Code School with Docker and a service-oriented architecture
In this interview with Thomas Meeks, Code School's CTO, we learn about how they use a service-oriented architecture to spread around the load. We also talk about Docker, which they use in their newer...
View ArticleA look inside Etsy's scale and engineering culture
This episode gives us unique insight into Etsy's engineering culture, thanks to Jon Cowie's remote work experience as a Staff Operations Engineer. In addition to that, we peek inside their architecture...
View ArticleBuilding epic open source tools the HashiCorp way, with Seth Vargo
Take a look at how HashiCorp's engineering culture promotes building well-polished open source tools. We also go over each tool to see how they simplify infrastructure and development.
View ArticleBuilding a data analytics engine on AWS, the Simple way
Whether you are a new startup or a larger and established company, data analytics can give you unique answers to business and engineering questions. How can you build an engine with limited resources...
View ArticleJavaScript and its role in Artificial Intelligence, AR, and VR
Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality are all popular topics right now, but what can we expect from them and what role will JavaScript play in this future? We talk about these...
View ArticleBuilding APIs, the Cloud Elements way
Learn how to build scalable APIs with features like performance analytics, from a company that focuses on building API integrations. Also learn about their development pipeline, culture, and...
View ArticleError and performance tracking with JD Trask from Raygun
Tracking errors and performance issues in production environments and in real time can help drastically improve user experience. This episode not only talks about implementing exactly that, but it also...
View ArticleStack Exchange Engineering with Nick Craver
What keeps the Stack Exchange suite of websites running under massive load? This episode covers the infrastructure and engineering ingenuity powering our favorite platform.
View ArticleMaking Artificial Intelligence easy for developers with Keen Browne
If implementing artificial intelligence sounds as intimidating to you as it does to me, then this may peak your interest. We met up with Keen Browne, the co-founder and Head of Product at Bons.ai,...
View ArticleBuilding a Data Analytics Pipeline from Scratch on AWS with Manisha Sule
Imagine you were put in charge of building a data analytics platform for one of your products in a matter of weeks or months. How would you pull that off? Manisha was put in that position, and her team...
View ArticleBuilding, learning, and growing startups with Steve Corona
As Chief Architect at BigCommerce and CTO at TwitPic, Steve has grown engineering teams from two to 100+ and has learned a great deal along the way. Now, he's diving headfirst into cryptocurrency and...
View ArticleInterview with Anthony James – Founder of Linux Academy, and new co-host!
Please help me welcome Anthony James, our new co-host! Anthony built Linux Academy from the ground up into what's become one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. on the Inc 500 list....
View ArticleSimplicity at scale with Simon Eskildsen of Shopify
Shopify is an impressive platform for a number of reasons. It runs a heavy load for customers that rely on uptime for their businesses to survive and thrive, it was one of the first large production...
View ArticleUsing peer-to-peer technology to change the CDN industry
Peer-to-peer possibilities are now embedded in modern browsers thanks to technology like WebRTC. It enables browsers to talk with each other without needing any middlemen, like servers, to relay...
View ArticleHow blockchain is helping sell unused cpu cycles and creating opportunities
Blockchain is probably the single hottest technology right now, and our guest today is using it for something you might not expect (hint: it’s not another cryptocurrency). A repeat guest shares a new...
View ArticleGoing from a monolithic app to microservices and building engineering teams
How do you go from having a monolithic application to microservices and how do you build teams and processes around increasing development velocity? In this episode, we find out with James Judd from...
View ArticleWorking on the Red Hat Ansible Core team and the power of open source community
Adam got a Red Hat tattoo on his forearm even before working there because of his passion for the open source community. This episode explores why he fell in love with the open source community, as...
View ArticleKubernetes co-founder on the container revolution and the future of VMs
Containers have exploded in popularity in recent years. To help with the deploying, scaling, and managing of containerized applications, Brendan Burns co-founded Kubernetes - a production-grade...
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