Podcast log - February 2024

Go Time: Ep. 297: Event-Driven Systems & Architecture

Chris Richardson, Indu Alagarsamy, and Viktor Stanchev join Angelica Hill to delve into event-driven architecture, examining its benefits, challenges, and practical applications.

• Defining event-driven architecture and its core principles
• Problems addressed by event-driven systems
• Challenges in implementing and maintaining such architectures
• Trade-offs between orchestration and choreography
• Real-world examples and best practices for adopting event-driven approaches

Go Time: Ep. 283: The Solo Gopher

Ben Johnson joins Kris Brandow and Ian Lopshire to discuss the experiences and strategies of solo developers working on Go projects, whether as side endeavors or widely-used applications.

• Defining solo projects and their scope
• Managing time and resources as a solo developer
• Deciding between open-source and closed-source for solo projects
• Handling support and user feedback independently
• Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
• Advice for aspiring solo developers

Go Time: Ep. 299: All about Kafka

In this episode, Matthew Boyle from Cloudflare joins Kris Brandow and Jon Calhoun to discuss Kafka, exploring its applications, complexities, and integration with Go.

• The problems Kafka addresses and appropriate scenarios for its use
• Considerations for adopting Kafka within a company's infrastructure
• Challenges and complexities associated with implementing Kafka
• Managing payload schemas effectively
• Insights into the Sarama library for Go
• Real-world experiences of using Kafka at Cloudflare