I left in a bit more of the pre-show than usual, let me know if you enjoyed that part.  AWS Serverless hero (man that's a cool title 🤩), Yan Cui comes on to share his journey with Serverless and take on Microservices done right. We also discuss some interesting articles such as the Amazon Prime Video migration and the Hey.com article: Why we're leaving the cloud . Enjoy! 🎙 Connect with Yan Cui: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theburningmonk  https://twitter.com/theburningmonk https://theburningmonk.com  Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/TDwp4lVHFtU New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠!   Big shoutout to ⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:24 - Patrick can't handle cilantro 00:01:06 - Yan's food experience in Venice 00:03:36 - Food culture in China 00:04:50 - Best burger joint in Amsterdam 00:07:11 - Yan misses lamb meals in The Netherlands 00:09:32 - Increased food and energy prices 00:12:09 - Yan is an AWS Serverless Hero 00:16:50 - The AWS re:Invent experience 00:19:01 - Yan's experience with serverless technologies 00:22:47 - Building a social network 00:28:52 - The Prime Video switch from serverless to EC2 and ECS 00:32:13 - Vendor lock-in 00:34:27 - Different types of throughput and spiky traffic 00:39:52 - Shoutout to Ariel 00:42:08 - HEY moving off the cloud 00:44:24 - Misconceptions about micro services 00:48:27 - Starting with micro services 00:52:15 - Experience is what drives people 00:52:59 - Explaining the context 00:56:09 - Cascading failures

The more I do these AmA’s, the more privileged it feels. I get to share my experience, introspect, reminisce, laugh and hopefully add value and perspective. Thank you for making it possible :) #AmA nr. 4, counting them 😂🙌 Enjoy 🎙 Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/KOdohsC6dtk New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to ⁠Xebia⁠ for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:35 - What do you look for in a guest? 00:02:25 - How do you keep your skills up to date? 00:05:33 - What programming languages do you currently use? 00:06:22 - Balancing work and the podcast 00:08:26 - ChatGPT roasted my work 00:11:11 - From a hobby to part of a job 00:13:40 - Common misconception about software engineering 00:15:08 - Most unexpecting learnings through the podcast 00:17:39 - Paying for podcast guests 00:18:46 - Day in the life when recording an episode 00:20:10 - One of my favourite things 00:24:13 - Memorable feedback and messages 00:27:22 - personal goals 00:31:24 - Gaming and listening to PKA 00:34:23 - Listening to the Joe Rogan Experience 00:35:01 - Patrick's NYC trip 00:35:58 - Casey Neistat video inspiration 00:37:23 - Nigahiga and Internet Icon 00:38:38 - NYC trip part2 00:41:16 - This was a lot of fun

I’ve never heard someone talk bad about hackathons. Everyone loves it. The projects that’ve been built during hackathons have even been the start of a company, of something big. But what about hackathons make people like it so much. Is it the people, the format, the culture? Sashrika Kaur comes on to discuss all these things and more! Enjoy! 🎙 Connect with Sashrika Kaur: https://linkedin.com/in/sashrika-kaur https://twitter.com/sashrikakaur Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/L5TFtJet-Ic New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to ⁠Xebia⁠ for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:29 - Sashrika moving to London 00:02:37 - Friendships across the world 00:03:09 - How Sashrika got involved in Major League Hacking 00:05:51 - Innovation Days vs. hackathons 00:09:13 - People love hackathons 00:13:36 - A focus on collaboration 00:15:04 - Building things from scratch 00:18:14 - The perfect duration of a hackathon 00:20:07 - hackathon skills that translate to your career 00:23:47 - The benefit of reading code 00:25:05 - Competitiveness in developing software 00:27:01 - Personal insecurities in hackathons 00:32:21 - It's about the outcomes 00:32:57 - Good vs. great hackathons 00:37:16 - Why the term "hacker"? 00:39:57 - Optimal team sizes 00:41:49 - What do you become a hackathon coach? 00:44:04 - Why Sashrika works in big tech 00:48:23 - Balancing the workload 00:51:41 - More or less hackathons? 00:55:21 - Go to hackathons!

Andrew comes on to share his love for blogging and knowledge sharing in general. Especially with regards to teaching. Whether it’s in tech, or anywhere else, it’s incredibly rewarding and fulfilling to see people grow and overcome challenges with your guidance.  Enjoy! 🎙 Connect with Andrew:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/devhammer https://twitter.com/devhammer https://devhammer.net Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/APPp7jZMZrA New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to ⁠Xebia⁠ for sponsoring this episode!

Andreas Prins comes on to share the pivot and journey he’s gone through with StackState, a product company. My biggest takeaway is how much more effective you can be by solving one problem, and solving it really well. By maintaining focus on a single use case, things become simpler and more clear. Both from a customer perspective, as well as from the teams that build the product. “If you need 6 web pages to explain what you do, you might want to rethink your solution” One of my favourite quotes from the episode.  It was a real pleasure to learn from his journey and I hope it’s a good listen as well :) Enjoy! 🎙 Connect with Andreas Prins: https://linkedin.com/in/andreasprins https://twitter.com/andreasprins Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/ojJZ4ijWq0I New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to ⁠Xebia⁠ for making this episode possible! OUTLINE:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:28 - The day to day of Andreas00:01:14 - Market Research00:02:31 - Taking ideas from open source00:03:45 - What problem is StackState solving?00:06:45 - How has StackState evolved?00:09:46 - Building the right thing00:12:55 - Engineers adopting solutions00:16:17 - Breadth vs. depth00:17:54 - Feedback from the engineering team and customers00:20:26 - Who talks to customers?00:21:55 - Pitfalls of technical founders00:25:49 - Super focus on one problem00:27:20 - Getting great engagement at demo's00:30:30 - Processing feedback00:32:51 - Understanding the big picture00:35:56 - Entrepreneurial mindset00:37:41 - Entrepreneurial environments00:40:18 - Open core and building a community00:45:52 - Not accepting the status quo00:47:29 - Outro