Podcasts

AI, ML & Data Engineering

49:11

Generally AI Episode 4: Sold out!

In this episode of Generally AI, Meertens and Alford explore the theme of "sold out" and delve into the world of GPUs, hot sauce, and beer. The hosts cover CUDA-enabled GPUs and parallel programming patterns, then explore the parallels between the scarcity of GPUs and Sriracha hot sauce; the historical context of GPU shortages; and how beer and college students can model supply chain dynamics.

AI, ML & Data Engineering

50:25

Generally AI Episode 3: the Founders of CS and AI

In this podcast episode, Roland and Anthony delve into the lives and contributions of two legendary programmers, Alan Turing and Claude Shannon. While the two men met only once, their careers contain many parallels: both did foundational work in computer science, cryptography, and AI.

Architecting Reactive Systems: Insights on Modern Approaches with Tyler Jewell

Tyler Jewell, CEO of Lightbend, explores the evolution of responsive, distributed applications and the challenges in achieving elasticity, resilience, and scalability.

AI, ML & Data Engineering

43:53

Generally AI Episode 2: AI-Generated Speech and Music

In this podcast episode, Roland and Anthony explore the world of AI-generated voices and music. The discussion begins with Stephen Hawking and the topic of artificially generated voices. Moving on to music, they discuss the generation of musical scores then conclude with a live demonstration of AI-generated music.

AI, ML & Data Engineering

32:15

Sam Partee on Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

In this podcast, Sam Partee shares his insights on Redis' vector database offering, different approaches to embeddings, how to enhance large language models by adding a search component for retrieval augmented generation, and the use of hybrid search in Redis.

AI, ML & Data Engineering

50:00

Generally AI Episode 1: Large Language Models

In this podcast episode of Generally AI, Roland Meertens and Anthony Alford explore the world of large language models, focusing on their vulnerabilities and security measures. Additionally, they delve into the history of the transformer architecture and Google's role in its development, along with the basics of LLM inference.

Culture & Methods

33:20

Dojo Coaching for Building Technical Skills

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Dion Stewart and Joel Tosi about their book "Coaching for Learning" and the Dojo model of experiential and immersive learning.

Culture & Methods

33:20

Emergence of a Chief Developer Experience Role

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Alessandro Cauduro about his role as CDXO – Chief Developer Experience Officer.

Reimagining the concept of responsive apps

Responsiveness is much more than a front-end web app issue. Tyler Jewell will challenge you to think differently about how to achieve elasticity, agility, and resilience.

Culture & Methods

33:20

Crisis Management, Black Swans and Resilience

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Sharon Robson about crisis management and business resilience, particularly in the context of technology and software supply chains.

Culture & Methods

33:20

Teams, Teamwork and Generative AI as a Team Member

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Jeremiah Stone, CTO of SnapLogic about creating great teams, AI as a development partner and ethical challenges facing the technology industry.

Culture & Methods

32:19

Development Using Data Lakes and Large Language Models

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Davit Buniatyan, the CEO and founder of Activeloop about developing with large language models and AI.