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GOTO - The Brightest Minds in Tech

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 274

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.

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JVM Performance Engineering • Monica Beckwith & Kirk Pepperdine

Season 5 · Episode 3

Friday, January 17, 2025 • Duration 51:04

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.
http://gotopia.tech/bookclub

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Monica Beckwith - Performance Engineer at Microsoft & Author of "JVM Performance Engineering"
Kirk Pepperdine - Principal Java Engineer at Microsoft

RESOURCES
Monica
https://x.com/mon_beck
https://github.com/mo-beck
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicabeckwith
https://www.codekaram.com

Kirk
https://x.com/javaperftuning
https://github.com/kcpeppe
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirk-pepperdine
https://www.kodewerk.com

DESCRIPTION
Kirk Pepperdine and Monica Beckwith delve into the evolving world of performance engineering, focusing on Monica's book, JVM Performance Engineering.

They discuss key advancements in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) since JDK 8, including garbage collection and cloud-native applications. The conversation underscores the significance of experimental design and benchmarking, advocating for a collaborative approach that blends theoretical knowledge with practical application.

Monica emphasizes the future of performance engineering lies in automation, AI, and machine learning, urging engineers from various disciplines to work together to navigate the complexities of distributed systems effectively.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Monica Beckwith • JVM Performance Engineering • https://amzn.to/3BkRoiO
Venkat Subramaniam • Cruising Along with Java • https://amzn.to/4dFuBwU
Markus Eisele & Natale Vinto • Modernizing Enterprise Java • https://amzn.to/3EsEtZ3
Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/3kiTwJJ
Dave Thomas & Andy Hunt • The Pragmatic Programmer • https://amzn.to/3azvUy3
Joshua Bloch • Effective Java • https://amzn.to/3ygmQJt
Diana Montalion • Learning Systems Thinking • https://amzn.to/3ZpycdJ

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Software Architecture for Tomorrow: Expert Talk • Sam Newman & Julian Wood

Season 5 · Episode 2

Friday, January 10, 2025 • Duration 43:09

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted.
https://gotopia.tech

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Sam Newman - Microservices Expert & Author of "Monolith to Microservices" & "Building Resilient Distributed Systems"
Julian Wood - Serverless Developer Advocate at AWS

RESOURCES
Sam
https://twitter.com/samnewman
https://hachyderm.io/@samnewman
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samnewman
http://samnewman.io
http://samnewman.io/blog
https://github.com/snewman

Julian
https://bsky.app/profile/julianwood.com
https://twitter.com/julian_wood
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianrwood

DESCRIPTION
Julian Wood and Sam Newman delve into the complexities of software architecture, focusing on critical concepts such as microservices, asynchronous communication, and the importance of architectural decision-making.
Sam emphasizes the need for clear definitions in computing, particularly around terms like asynchronicity, advocating for an understanding of communication styles—event-driven versus request-response—as pivotal for effective system design. They discuss the value of architectural decision records (ADRs) as tools for fostering collaboration and documenting trade-offs in decision-making.Additionally, the conversation highlights the evolving role of AI in software development, stressing that while AI can assist in understanding and maintaining existing codebases, the human element of critical thinking remains essential in navigating the complexities of modern software systems.RECOMMENDED BOOKSSam Newman • Building Resilient Distributed Systems • Sam Newman • Monolith to Microservices • Sam Newman • Building Microservices • Ronnie Mitra & Irakli Nadareishvili • Microservices: Up and Running• Mitra, Nadareishvili, McLarty & Amundsen • Microservice Architecture •

Intro to Product Thinking: Building Human-Centric Tools • Flavia Naezer & Julian Wood

Season 4 · Episode 47

Friday, November 15, 2024 • Duration 32:41

This interview was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam for GOTO Unscripted.
http://gotopia.tech

Read the full transcription of this interview here:
https://gotopia.tech/articles/329

Flavia Naezer - Product Thinker, Public Speaker, Artist
Julian Wood - Serverless Developer Advocate at AWS

RESOURCES
Flavia
https://github.com/flavianaezer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/flavia-naezer-449b285
https://x.com/flaviasomething

Julian
https://twitter.com/julian_wood
http://www.wooditwork.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianrwood

Links
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3595878
https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-resources/the-double-diamond

DESCRIPTION
Explore the evolving relationship between technology and product management with Julian Wood and Flavia Naezer. Discover how Flavia’s tech and product expertise highlights the need for user-centric design thinking and thorough research in developing internal tools and platforms.

Discover how Julian and Flavia explore the intersection of tech and product management, highlighting the importance of user-centric design and thorough research in developing internal tools and platforms.RECOMMENDED BOOKSMarty Cagan • Inspired • Anthony W. Ulwick • Jobs to Be Done • Gregor Hohpe • Enterprise Integration Patterns, Vol 2 • Gregor Hohpe • Platform Strategy • Stephanie Stimac • Design for Developers • Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis & Nicole Forsgren • The DevOps Handbook • Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • Gene Kim, Nicole Forsgren & Jez Humble • Accelerate • Marty Cagan • Empowered •

Agile is Dead – Long Live DevOps? • Lars Kruse, Malte Foegen & Klaus Bucka-Lassen

Season 3 · Episode 9

Friday, March 3, 2023 • Duration 36:21

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted at GOTO Aarhus.
gotopia.tech

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Lars Kruse - Technology Counselor & Rainmaker at Inc Inc
Malte Foegen - COO at wibas
Klaus Bucka-Lassen - Free Radical at Netcetera & Agile Coach, Trainer & Keynote Speaker

DESCRIPTION
Agile, Lean, and DevOps are more than buzzwords even though they have taken over the world at different times. The processes and technologies they employed have helped improve the entire world, not just the software world. Klaus Bucka-Lassen, Lars Kruse, and Malte Foegen debate the intersection and cross-pollination between the three worlds with a focus on applying them on all levels in practice in large organizations.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Joshua Kerievsky • Joy of Agility
Aino Vonge Corry • Retrospectives Antipatterns
Lee, Wickens, Liu & Boyle • Designing for People
Stone, Chaparro, Keebler, Chaparro & McConnell • Introduction to Human Factors
Derby, Larsen & Schwaber • Agile Retrospectives
Jeff Sutherland • Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
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Release It! • Michael Nygard & Trisha Gee

Season 3 · Episode 8

Friday, February 24, 2023 • Duration 37:28

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.
gotopia.tech/bookclub

Read the full transcription of the interview here

Michael Nygard - Innovative technology leader & Author of "Release It!"
Trisha Gee - Java Champion & Co-Editor of "97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know"

DESCRIPTION
Despite the widespread adoption of DevOps and CICD, some companies still rely on manual deployments in 2023. Michael Nygard, author of "Release It!" examines new patterns and anti-patterns that have emerged since the first edition of his book was released in 2007.
Mike and Trisha Gee explore why companies using current best practices continue to encounter challenges.
Come along to hear from the trenches of the DevOps movement.

The interview is based on Mike's book "Release It! (2nd Edition)"

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Michael Nygard • Release It! 2nd Edition
Michael Nygard • Release It! 1st Edition
Kim, Humble, Debois, Forsgren & Willis • The DevOps Handbook
James Higginbotham • Principles of Web API Design
Vlad Khononov • Balancing Coupling in Software Design
Eoin Woods, Murat Erder & Pierre Pureur • Continuous Architecture in Practice

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Better Tests at GitHub & Commodore 64 Music • Ole Friis Østergaard & Hannes Lowette

Season 3 · Episode 7

Friday, February 17, 2023 • Duration 29:09

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted at GOTO Aarhus.
gotopia.tech

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Ole Friis Østergaard - Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
Hannes Lowette - Head of Learning & Development at Axxes, Monolith Advocate, Speaker & Whiskey Lover

RESOURCES
hanselminutes.com
hvsc.c64.org

DESCRIPTION
The engineering culture, core functionalities and it’s monolithic architecture are just some of the factors behind GitHub’s success. Ole Friis Østergaard talks about the special division for analyzing tests that are not behaving as expected. In such a complex environment, their work has a big impact on the entire system. Discover how their engineering culture, approach to software overall, and some Commodore 64 love have inspired all this.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Saleem Siddiqui • Learning Test-Driven Development
David Farley • Modern Software Engineering
Dave Farley & Jez Humble • Continuous Delivery
Roy Osherove • The Art of Unit Testing
Kent Beck • Test Driven Development
Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble & Gene Kim • Accelerate

Simplicity & Complexity: The Beauty & the Beast? • Sander Hoogendoorn & Kevlin Henney

Season 3 · Episode 6

Friday, February 10, 2023 • Duration 44:26

This interview was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2022 for GOTO Unscripted. gotopia.tech

Read the full transcription of this interview here

Sander Hoogendoorn - CTO at iBood.com
Kevlin Henney - Consultant, Programmer, Keynote Speaker, Technologist, Trainer & Writer

DESCRIPTION
In most cases, there is more than one way to solve a problem. Based on our evolution, however, we are tempted to solve problems by adding features, code, and complexity.
There is an alternative to that, though. Kevlin Henney and Sander Hoogendoorn discuss these attempts in this GOTO Unscripted episode recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2022. A good starting point is to reevaluate the way in which we do things and try to eliminate the complexity that software developers are attracted to.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Sander Hoogendoorn • This is Agile
Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know
Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
Henney & Monson-Haefel • 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know
Gerald M. Weinberg • Becoming a Technical Leader
Lee, Wickens, Liu & Boyle • Designing for People

Beyond the Code: Deploying Empathy • Michele Hansen & Hannes Lowette

Season 3 · Episode 5

Friday, February 3, 2023 • Duration 30:07

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted at GOTO Aarhus.
gotopia.tech

Read the full transcription of this interview here

Michele Hansen - Author or "Deploy Empathy" and Co-Founder of Geocodio
Hannes Lowette - Head of Learning & Development at Axxes, Monolith Advocate, Speaker & Whiskey Lover

RESOURCES
deployempathy.com
brenebrown.com

DESCRIPTION
Code is always a means to an end rather than the end product itself. It’s extremely important to understand the broader picture and see what the code that you or your team are going to write is helping to solve.

Michele Hansen, author of Deploy Empathy and co-founder of Geocodio, reveals some of the best practices around understanding your users and responding to their needs. Join Michele and Hannes Lowette, head of learning & development at Axxes, while they dive into how to run successful and useful customer interviews.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Michele Hansen • Deploy Empathy
Jim Kalbach • The Jobs to be Done Playbook
Brené Brown • The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown • I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't)
Brené Brown • Dare to Lead

Domain Storytelling • Stefan Hofer, Henning Schwentner & Avraham Poupko

Season 3 · Episode 4

Friday, January 27, 2023 • Duration 44:13

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.
gotopia.tech/bookclub

Read the full transcription of the interview here

Stefan Hofer - Co-Author of "Domain Storytelling" & Requirements & DDD Expert at WPS
Henning Schwentner - Co-Author of "Domain Storytelling" & Coder, Coach, Consultant at WPS
Avraham Poupko - Head of Product Security and Compliance at Forescout Technologies

DESCRIPTION
"Some things must be told that cannot be written, so that storytelling is deeply, deeply human."
Stories are the backbone of our culture as humankind. They can be successfully used as agile, collaborative ways to not only view but understand the various domains that software projects touch upon. Avraham Poupko explores how you can better understand and visualize this, in a domain-driven way, with the authors of the "Domain Storytelling: A Collaborative, Visual & Agile Way to Build Domain-Driven Software", Stefan Hofer and Henning Schwentner.

The interview is based on Stefan's & Henning's book "Domain Storytelling":

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Stefan Hofer & Henning Schwentner • Domain Storytelling
James Higginbotham • Principles of Web API Design
Vlad Khononov • Balancing Coupling in Software Design
Eoin Woods, Murat Erder & Pierre Pureur • Continuous Architecture in Practice

Is Machine Learning a Black Box? • Dean Wampler & Preben Thorø

Season 3 · Episode 3

Friday, January 20, 2023 • Duration 15:57

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted 2021.
gotopia.tech

Read the full transcription of this interview here

Dean Wampler - Principal Software Engineer at Domino Data Lab
Preben Thorø - CTO at Trifork Switzerland

DESCRIPTION
Data science has become a bigger part of software engineering. Where does the path lead? What have the changes been over the last couple of years and where are we heading? In this unscripted episode, Dean Wampler takes you on a journey through data science.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Dean Wampler • Programming Scala
Dean Wampler • Functional Programming for Java Developers
Dean Wampler, Edward Capriolo & Jason Rutherglen • Programming Hive
Holden Karau, Trevor Grant, Boris Lublinsky, Richard Liu & Ilan Filonenko • Kubeflow for Machine Learning
Phil Winder • Reinforcement Learning

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