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Cloud & Deployment

Should you avoid the hype around cloud adoption?

Cloud computing refers to several technologies in a multi-cloud reality delivering on-demand computing services over the internet.
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Company & Culture

Inside Toro: Office life in the midst of a pandemic

In the middle of a global health crisis, Toro Cloud continues to grow.
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API Development

Lack of time, knowledge cited as biggest obstacles in API production

API Evangelist Kin Lane shares how organizations can overcome these challenges.
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Company & Culture

Interview Series: The Vision for Toro

Wayne Bucklar interviews David Brown, Founder & CEO of Toro Cloud in which Brown explains what drove him to create Toro Cloud and his mission to create accessible enterprise software.
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Digital Transformation

CIOs to prioritize digital transformation

CIOs are now at the forefront of businesses, battling the complexities and challenges brought by the pandemic.
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Digital Transformation

You should catch up with digital transformation — here’s how and why

Isaac Sacolick shares how to navigate a successful digital transformation in today’s business setting and the things that could set them up for failure as well.
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Microservices

Ex-Amazon IT manager shares how they migrated from a monolith to SOA

Lee Atchison talks about his time at Amazon, their migration from a monolith architecture to SOA and the lessons they’ve learned.
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Podcast Episodes

Managing your software team's growing pains with Pete Hodgson

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In this episode, former ThoughtWorker and independent software consultant Pete Hodgson talks about addressing pain points in software development teams and cross-team collaboration. He also educates on code-ownership, technical debt and better product engagement in developing internal platforms.

From US Marine to Hacker: A story on cybersecurity with Bryan Seely

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Going from a Marine into a hacker is quite the story, and world-renowned cybersecurity expert Bryan Seely joins us in this episode to tell us what it's like. He also tackles various issues in hacking and cybersecurity, and what companies can do to protect themselves against attacks.

Explaining how Kafka works with Robin Moffatt

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In this episode, Confluent Senior Developer Advocate Robin Moffat talks about Apache Kafka and the advantages it offers, the future of the event-streaming space, and his role in the community as a developer advocate.

Defining technical debt with George Fairbanks

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In this episode, "Just Enough Software Architecture" author and Google Software Engineer George Fairbanks educates us on technical debt and how it's a natural part of the software development process. He also gives practical advice on dealing with technical debt and the philosophies that have changed along with the evolution of software architecture.

Taking a proactive approach to cybersecurity with Laurie Williams

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How safe are your security mechanisms for a potential cyberattack? In this episode we talk to Laurie Williams, Distinguished University Professor from North Carolina State University about cybersecurity, taking a proactive stance on it, and how organisations can get started on building more secure software products.

Practical Process Automation with Bernd Ruecker

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Author of Practical Process Automation, Bernd Ruecker, talks about the relationship of automation and workflow engines, how we can implement process automation effectively and the relevance of isolation and boundaries in automation. He also gives his thoughts on robotic process automation and explains why he considers it a "short-term painkiller" for organisations.

97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know with Kevlin Henney

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Joining us in this episode is Kevlin Henney, the author of 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know, where he shares an overview of this collection of thoughts and pieces from different experts and champions in Java programming. He also sets the record straight on why programming languages, including Java, will never die.

Changing your approach to testing with Alan Richardson

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In this episode of Cocktails, "The Evil Tester" Alan Richardson discusses how we can change our approach towards testing, as well as the important qualities that a good tester should have. He also talks about Agile Testing in relation to development, as well as various models on testing that we're seeing today.

Getting to know our digital identities with Kaliya Young

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"Identity Woman" expert Kaliya Young joins us on this episode and discusses the value of a self-sovereign identity on the internet and how it works. She also talks about identity management and why advocating for our digital selves is important.

How to get your microservices up-and-running with Ronnie Mitra

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Publicis Sapient Director of Technology and microservices expert Ronnie Mitra joins us in this episode to give some practical advise on how to get your microservice architecture up-and-running.