Podcasts

Managing Tech Debt with Glenn Engstrand

In this episode, Glenn Engstrand discusses a structured approach to managing tech debt in a microservices architecture. By taking a proactive, long-term approach, all stakeholders are able to talk about, plan for, and safely reduce technical debt.

Seven Ways to Fail at Microservices with Holly Cummins

Implementing microservices is really challenging, and there are many ways to fail. Holly Cummins has identified seven ways to fail at microservices, and on this episode of the podcast Thomas Betts asks her to describe them, and how they can be avoided.

Liz Rice on Programming the Linux Kernel with eBPF, Cilium and Service Meshes

Charles Humble and Liz Rice discuss eBPF, a way of making the Linux kernel programmable. They talk about why it exists, how it works under the hood, and what you can and can’t do with it. They also talk about Cilium, an open source library for observing network connectivity between container workloads, and the new Cilium-based service mesh currently in beta.

API Lifecycles, Specifications, and Standards with Kin Lane

On this episode of the podcast, Thomas Betts talks with Kin Lane about managing your API lifecycle using standards and specifications, including OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and JSON Schema. These specifications and the tooling based on them can help reduce communication problems, by creating documentation, generating code, and automating testing.