Episode #127: Supporting Women in Tech with Kristi Perreault

March 7, 2022 • 54 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Kristi Perreault about how to support women in tech, the benefits of "squeaky clean code", how her team helps enable serverless developers at Liberty Mutual, and a whole lot more!

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Episode #126: Teaching What You Learn with Tomasz Łakomy

February 28, 2022 • 58 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Tomasz Łakomy about his work at Cloudash and Stedi, why continuous learning is such an important part of your continued growth as an engineer, how teaching to your former self can help others on their journeys, and so much more.

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Episode #125: Configuration over Code with Eric Johnson

February 21, 2022 • 57 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Eric Johnson about the emergence of Step Functions within our serverless applications, bringing the developer to the cloud versus the cloud to the developer, the importance of serverless advocacy and teaching, and so much more.

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Episode #124: Self-Provisioning Runtimes with Shawn "swyx" Wang

February 14, 2022 • 65 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Shawn "swyx" Wang about workflows as code with Temporal, self-provisioning runtimes, the intersection of cloud and serverless, the need for developer experience roles, and so much more.

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Episode #123: APIs and the Evolution of Serverless with Dorian Smiley

February 7, 2022 • 60 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Dorian Smiley about how Brainly used serverless to turn 4 developers into 50, how the API economy could reshape cloud architecture, what the next evolution of serverless and cloud development looks like, and so much more.

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Episode #122: Live from AWS re:Invent 2021 with Ajay Nair and Talia Nassi

December 6, 2021 • 52 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Ajay Nair and Talia Nassi live from AWS re:Invent about the latest serverless announcements, what serverless "phase 2" looks like now that people have accepted the operational model, the developer experience improvements being made with things like SAM Accelerate, and much more.

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Episode #121: Educating Serverless Developers with Ivonne Roberts

November 29, 2021 • 55 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Ivonne Roberts about her new role at Bill.com, how she transitioned into tech and became an AWS Serverless Hero, what drew her to serverless in the first place, why making content is so important for your career, and much more.

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Episode #120: Mastering AWS Freelancing with Adam Elmore

November 22, 2021 • 51 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca talk to Adam Elmore about his journey to become an AWS freelancer, the value of achieving all 12 AWS certifications, how starting the AWS FM podcast may have changed his perspective on the AWS CDK (as well as other things), and much more.

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Episode #119: Scaling your Startup with Brian Scanlan

November 15, 2021 • 59 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Brian Scanlan about the technical strategies you should avoid (and embrace) when scaling your startup, why you probably shouldn't go multi-region, how fixing your on-call processes can improve company culture and reduce developer burnout, and so much more.

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Episode #118: Deploying on Fridays with Charity Majors

November 8, 2021 • 48 minutes

On this episode, Rebecca and Jeremy chat with Charity Majors about the role of ops in a serverless world, why deploying on Fridays shouldn't be a source of anxiety, the importance of single merge deploys for fast feedback loops, her new book on Observability Engineering, and so much more.

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Episode #117: Serverless Cloud with Doug Moscrop, Eslam Hefnawy, and Ben Miner

November 1, 2021 • 58 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Doug Moscrop, Eslam Hefnawy, and Ben Miner from Serverless, Inc. about the launch of Serverless Cloud, how serverless shifts developer responsibility, the limitations and advantages of abstractions, the importance of developer experience, and so much more.

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Episode #116: Infinite Serverless Workflows with Sam Dengler and Justin Callison

October 25, 2021 • 52 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Sam Dengler and Justin Callison about Step Functions support for 200+ AWS services, what developers should think about when building their serverless workflows, the role of orchestration across bounded contexts, and so much more.

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Episode #115: Serverless Complexity with Ant Stanley

October 18, 2021 • 68 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Ant Stanley about whether the early promises of serverless have lived up to expectations, what complexities might be preventing or slowing down adoption, how internal competition at AWS might produce better products, the value of transferrable skills, and much more.

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Episode #114: Serverless for Salary Transparency with Kesha Williams

October 11, 2021 • 45 minutes

On this episode, Rebecca and Jeremy chat with Kesha Williams about her 26 year journey in tech, how the cloud enabled her path to becoming an AWS Machine Learning Hero, her motivations behind building Salary Overflow, how serverless made it easier, and much more.

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Episode #113: Serverless for Startups with Chris Munns

October 4, 2021 • 58 minutes

On this episode, Jeremy and Rebecca chat with Chris Munns about the evolution of serverless over the last few years, how the learning curve affects adoption, what goes into building an effective developer advocacy team, and advice for startups looking to get started with the cloud.

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