<![CDATA[Bit by bit]]>Conversations about software with people in the industry.

In a way, just an excuse to talk to interesting people, have a good time, and learn something along the way.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:06:25 GMTSat, 25 Apr 2026 11:47:41 GMT60Francisco Lopez-Sancho<p>Conversations about software with people in the industry.</p><p></p><p>In a way, just an excuse to talk to interesting people, have a good time, and learn something along the way.</p>episodicFrancisco Lopez-Sanchofranciscolopezsancho@gmail.comno<![CDATA[Architecture with Matt Erman]]>I had an interview with Matt Erman, author of Grokking Software Architecture. A software engineer, consultant, and mentor with a few decades of experience under his belt. Fun guy to talk to, and wise. It was a pleasure.

]]>0aba23be-08f7-4851-a02e-169180691effTue, 07 Jul 2026 06:15:52 GMT<p>I had an interview with Matt Erman, author of Grokking Software Architecture. A software engineer, consultant, and mentor with a few decades of experience under his belt. Fun guy to talk to, and wise. It was a pleasure. </p>no00:53:44Architecture with Matt Ermanfull<![CDATA[Managing at Scale with Ajinkya Kher]]>A chat with Ajinkya Kher an engineering leader at Meta working on youth safety and experiences.

Prior to Meta, he spent nearly a decade at Microsoft working on distributed systems and real-time communication infrastructure powering Microsoft Teams at global scale.

With over 14 years of industry experience, his work has focused on distributed systems, reliability engineering, large-scale messaging platforms, and engineering leadership, with a particular interest in how systems, teams, and decision-making evolve under scale.
Ajinkya is a Senior Member of the IEEE and the author of 'TypeScript High Performance

]]>6ffb1902-716a-42b7-9e99-c2c7dc0739cdTue, 12 May 2026 06:56:56 GMT<p>A chat with Ajinkya Kher an engineering leader at Meta working on youth safety and experiences.</p><p></p><p>Prior to Meta, he spent nearly a decade at Microsoft working on distributed systems and real-time communication infrastructure powering Microsoft Teams at global scale.<br /></p><p>With over 14 years of industry experience, his work has focused on distributed systems, reliability engineering, large-scale messaging platforms, and engineering leadership, with a particular interest in how systems, teams, and decision-making evolve under scale.<br />Ajinkya is a Senior Member of the IEEE and the author of 'TypeScript High Performance</p>no00:44:13Managing at Scale with Ajinkya Kherfull<![CDATA[Kafka for Architects with Katya Gorshkova]]>A chat with Kayta Gorshkova about Kafka, as she’s just published Kafka for Architects with Manning.

You can get her book here: https://hubs.la/Q049jj640 and use the promo code "gorshkovaapr" for a discount.

The conversation covers a wide range of topics related to Kafka for Architects, including data governance, messaging, streams, and data integration with Kafka Connect.

Katya shares insights on schema evolution, rebalancing, data retention, compacted topics, batching, and Kafka Streams. The discussion provides valuable information for architects and developers working with Kafka.

]]>aeb291ac-8dcb-41c5-a500-09c5b7ee2aa3Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:49:06 GMT<p>A chat with Kayta Gorshkova about Kafka, as she’s just published Kafka for Architects with Manning.</p><p></p><p>You can get her book here: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hubs.la/Q049jj640" target="_blank">https://hubs.la/Q049jj640</a> and use the promo code "gorshkovaapr" for a discount.</p><p></p><p>The conversation covers a wide range of topics related to Kafka for Architects, including data governance, messaging, streams, and data integration with Kafka Connect.</p><p></p><p>Katya shares insights on schema evolution, rebalancing, data retention, compacted topics, batching, and Kafka Streams. The discussion provides valuable information for architects and developers working with Kafka.</p><p></p><p></p>no00:36:08Kafka for Architects with Katya Gorshkovafull