Beyond Coding

Connect with Raphael de Lio: 

⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaeldelio⁠ 

⁠https://raphaeldelio.medium.com⁠ ⁠

https://www.youtube.com/c/raphaeldelio⁠

Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/aF7Pcvn0CdI

New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  

Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode!

OUTLINE:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:23 - YouTube channels and making videos
00:03:10 - Giving advice and downsides
00:06:43 - How Raphael got into content creation
00:09:11 - Sibling Influence
00:09:41 - Pivoting to tech content
00:13:20 - Making videos vs. writing
00:14:40 - Interaction on Medium and YouTube
00:17:46 - Medium is changing their monetisation model
00:20:10 - Tech newsletters
00:23:16 - How Raphael got into Redis
00:25:51 - Show Your Work
00:27:58 - Learning through content creation
00:30:24 - Focussing on different technologies
00:33:06 - Saying goodbye to Redis
00:34:11 - Raphael is always working on something
00:35:46 - Drive and productivity
00:37:42 - Retirement and fulfilment
00:40:03 - The 4-Hour Workweek
00:43:09 - Burnout and creating routines
00:44:39 - Unlimited holidays the right way
00:46:25 - Creating a mobile app to learn physics
00:49:02 - An app that translates any word to any language
00:50:30 - Accountability and expectations
00:52:04 - Opportunities and awkward situations
00:54:22 - Rounding off

Connect with Alessandro Vozza:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessandrovozza

https://twitter.com/bongo

https://www.meetup.com/nl-NL/dutch-kubernetes-meetup

Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/6_-AUxn-99E

New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  

Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode!

OUTLINE:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:25 - Puglia vacations
00:05:24 - Moving to Amsterdam for love
00:07:21 - Bulletin board system
00:09:30 - Alessandro's origin story
00:11:18 - Love for open source
00:13:11 - Sustainable open source
00:15:29 - Giving back to the community
00:18:25 - The rise of foundations
00:19:54 - The rise of AI
00:21:00 - Improving lives everywhere
00:22:24 - Taking a stand as engineers
00:25:24 - Alessandro starting a DevOps meetup
00:26:49 - Stoicism
00:27:12 - Back to DevOps meetup Amsterdam
00:29:07 - Learning public speaking at a meetup
00:31:22 - Maintaining connections
00:34:17 - Be authentically yourself
00:36:30 - The perspective of success
00:38:08 - Marcus Aurelius
00:39:29 - The rise of Developer Relations
00:41:00 - The qualities of a good DevRel
00:42:23 - Next steps in Patrick's career
00:43:58 - Storytelling connects people
00:45:20 - Social budget
00:46:21 - It's about the people
00:48:05 - Public speaking and respect
00:50:15 - The world is smaller but bigger
00:50:47 - Dutch Kubernetes Meetup shoutout!

Connect with Victoria Ous:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriaous

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgiron

https://www.codam.nl/en

https://tumo.org

Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/5lo6atmVjWQ

New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  

Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode!

OUTLINE:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:37 - Codam has no teachers
00:01:29 - How Victoria got involved with Codam
00:02:11 - David and the 42 Network
00:03:42 - Codam's educational model
00:05:57 - What if students get stuck?
00:06:59 - Feedback from graduates
00:08:47 - Learning to learn
00:10:29 - What is the role of education?
00:12:19 - Knowledge, soft skills and mental health
00:14:51 - Fail as many times as you need
00:16:23 - Educational choices have consequences
00:17:33 - The Dutch educational system filters people
00:18:49 - The impact of teachers
00:19:50 - Patrick's cousin studies dentistry in Armenia
00:21:03 - Onboarding in Codam College
00:24:27 - How the educational model works
00:28:19 - The final project: The Internship
00:31:58 - Student performance after Codam
00:34:17 - The challenges of not being accredited
00:38:05 - Free education
00:39:44 - How long is the educational journey?
00:41:01 - Alumni
00:42:56 - Working with organisations
00:45:34 - Applying the model to other topics
00:48:19 - Lowering the age requirement
00:50:05 - Tumo and dream based education
00:52:23 - AI disruption and the future of education
00:55:58 - ChatGPT and Codam
00:57:33 - Rounding off

Connect with Rustam:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rustama

Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/gmcmBJOAzXI

New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  

Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode!

OUTLINE:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:20 - Twice as Fit
00:03:04 - Saints & Stars gym
00:04:45 - Best time to work out
00:06:43 - Nervous in front of camera's
00:09:45 - Progress over perfection
00:10:45 - What makes a great team lead
00:13:58 - The most stressful weekend in Russtam's life
00:16:10 - Everyone makes mistakes
00:17:51 - The importance of leadership
00:18:44 - Code monkeys
00:20:51 - People problems
00:21:28 - Rustam is creating team lead case study videos
00:22:28 - Patrick's biggest career fuck-up
00:25:08 - Safe environments to learn and make mistakes
00:26:15 - Big feeling of relief
00:27:07 - High sense of ownership and responsibility
00:28:05 - Worry, dread and shame
00:29:49 - Rustam is a perfectionist
00:30:48 - Mistakes make better software engineers
00:32:22 - Leadership and perspective
00:34:08 - Combining leadership and technology
00:36:09 - Great tech/team leads
00:38:19 - Brilliant jerks
00:42:28 - Never split the difference
00:45:05 - Negotiating with familiy
00:47:19 - Finding common ground
00:48:45 - The safest environment
00:51:53 - Digesting audio books
00:54:13 - Books have similar concepts
00:56:34 - Rounding off

Connect with Sabyasachi: 

https://sabyasachisengupta.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabyasachi-sengupta-6505b5b

Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/CZSJrCBge74

New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!  

Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode!

OUTLINE:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:30 - How Saby got into public speaking
00:05:27 - Brother dynamics
00:07:41 - Learning from mistakes
00:09:44 - Upbringing and how it affects us
00:11:36 - Alex's magic power
00:12:20 - Joining Toastmasters
00:14:42 - Patrick has trouble starting
00:15:24 - A typical Toastmasters journey
00:16:19 - First time on a big stage
00:18:29 - Preparing so much, you look unprepared
00:19:56 - Reviewing your own work
00:22:49 - Factors you can't control
00:25:54 - Master of ceremonies
00:28:40 - Being really good on stage
00:32:49 - Patrick's thoughts on great speakers
00:33:54 - Alone time after public speaking
00:37:40 - What makes a great public speaker
00:41:07 - How to move an audience
00:44:30 - Leadership and public speaking
00:46:12 - Rounding off

Connect with William Rizzo: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-rizzo

https://github.com/wrkode

Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/7-HKy1D7iso

New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠!  

Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode!

OUTLINE:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:28 - Listening to learn
00:03:28 - System 1 and system 2 explained
00:06:17 - Texting and driving
00:08:52 - Learning with mental boxes
00:11:34 - Complex systems
00:13:59 - Power in complexity?
00:16:06 - What William did before working with Kubernetes
00:18:44 - William's background in physics
00:20:48 - How physics helps in tech
00:23:43 - High performance clusters
00:27:25 - Maintaining open source software
00:30:51 - The open core model
00:33:59 - Building trust
00:35:55 - Being involved in communities
00:38:42 - How interactions have changed
00:40:14 - People that are great at networking
00:42:03 - The social part vs. the technical part
00:43:30 - Final thoughts

My friend and colleague Abdullah Zaiter joins us for this episode today 🙌 

Enjoy! 🎙

Connect with Abdullah Zaiter: 

https://zaitech.dev

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaitera

https://adplist.org/mentors/abdullah-zaiter

Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/pS8Psy5DPv4

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 - Abdullah and Patrick worked on the same project
00:03:19 - Calling Hernani
00:04:08 - Abdullah is using Go
00:06:22 - When not to use Go
00:10:44 - Market adoption and time to market
00:13:57 - New programming language adoption
00:16:55 - Using reddit to get the latest info
00:17:58 - Why facebook is not like reddit
00:20:11 - Reddit blackout
00:21:13 - Interactions on reddit
00:22:55 - Abdullah got locked down in Jordan
00:25:39 - Work cultures abroad
00:28:07 - Different amounts of work holidays
00:30:41 - Abdullah built robots
00:32:46 - It's all about perspective
00:33:39 - How Abdullah transitioned to different roles
00:35:34 - The value of ideas
00:37:08 - Achievements and fulfillment
00:38:27 - The process vs. the numbers
00:41:52 - Podcasting as an introvert
00:43:01 - Improving and iterating
00:43:59 - Habbits that add value
00:47:01 - The joy of podcasting
00:48:31 - Rounding off

This episode with Nilguin van Raad is one of my favourites. 

Be sure to check it out and let me know what you think 🎙

A few quotes that stuck with me:

References: 

Connect with Nilguin van Raad:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilguin-van-raad

Full episode on YouTube ▶️

https://youtu.be/HemtS77T9T0

New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠!  

Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode!

OUTLINE:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:26 - First impressions

00:02:40 - Observe what happens

00:03:30 - Analysing root causes

00:05:53 - Trusting your intuition

00:08:32 - Pure intentions

00:09:12 - Leadership and feedback

00:11:12 - Moving without boundaries

00:13:06 - Difficult conversations

00:14:20 - Rose of Leary

00:16:23 - Building relationships in an instant

00:18:58 - Conversation mismatch

00:21:30 - Choosing how to deal with life

00:24:40 - People that are grounded

00:25:51 - Patrick's hardships

00:28:34 - People act like the people around them

00:30:03 - Organisational systems and patterns

00:32:39 - Systemic change and cross the line

00:35:25 - Inclusion and forming a team

00:36:22 - Nilguin's experience with interventions

00:39:47 - The trust equation

00:41:28 - Leadership teams vs. leadership groups

00:44:36 - Goals derive from the strategy

00:46:49 - Rounding off - check out Nilguin van Raad

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 Q&A'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 :)

#Q&A 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