Peter Svensson is a seasoned developer, CTO and Architect with a history of organizing events, meetups and hackathons. Mostly comfortable in Google Cloud and with node.js when developing, he's secretly banging away at Smalltalk and Common Lisp at night.

You might remember him from things like the early days of the Google Developer Groups in Stockholm (then called GTUG), the programming competition 'Escape from /dev/null' or just not being quiet about the benefits of dynamic typing at any time of day.

Currently he works as an Architect at Toptracer Sweden AB with inter-team dependencies, external integrations, authentication challenges and generally very nice people.

https://toptracer.com/

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

In this Episode we have a conversation with César around the software eco- system

César Soto Valero is a software technology researcher and practitioner with over 15 years of experience. After completing his studies in Cuba, he got interested in sports analytics and pursued a Master's degree in Computer Science focused on the development of machine learning algorithms and software tools for analyzing sports data. His passion for software led him to pursue a PhD in Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, in Stockholm. During his doctoral studies, César contributed to the area of software debloating, where he developed novel tools and techniques to secure the software supply chain through the removal of unnecessary code. Currently, César works as a Data Engineer at SEB, a leading financial institution, where he actively contributes to the implementation of software solutions aimed at preventing financial crimes. With a diverse background encompassing research, machine learning, and software engineering, César is committed to pushing the boundaries of software technology and applying innovative solutions to real-world systems.
Read more about César on his personal website https://www.cesarsotovalero.net, and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cesarsotovalero.

• AWS Summit Stockholm 2023 May 11th (free to attend): https://register.awsevents.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=738407
• Purpose-Built Databases Immersion Day – Stockholm (free of charge): https://aws-experience.com/emea/nordics/e/e847f/purpose-built-databases-immersion-day---stockholm?trk=20d22dca-5151-48eb-b150-cb0494d37940&sc_channel=sm
• StartupCab: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaxFUMTx3pm6D_KkX0P2X-Q
• Baaboom MVP Hackaton: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/baaboom-mvp-hackathon
• Couchbase AWS Networking dinner: https://info.couchbase.com/mktg_field_Event_networking_event_Nordics_2023M5D10_LP.html?utm_source=marketo&utm_medium=email
• Couchbase Stockholm Meetup Group: https://www.meetup.com/couchbase-stockholm/

Peder Linder has 25 years of experience building software systems, such as a new file system at Microsoft, a satellite communications system at Stanford, a search engine and a fintech system. In this episode, we will discuss Peder's journey joining Microsoft, founding Advisa and co-founding Baaboom with Per Lange. Peder will also talk about how it feels to transition from a tech giant like Microsoft to a startup. We will also delve into his discovery of Couchbase and why he believes it is a game-changer for developers.

While studying at Stanford, he gained interest in how the brain works. He came in contact with the professor who discovered Growth Mindset and brought it back to Sweden in 2008, and coached leaders at companies like Klarna, SEB, Ericsson, Google and Apple. He was inspired by other software engineers in Silicon Valley that turned their attention to figuring out how the brain works and came up with a new model to predict human behavior. During the past 5 years, Peder has worked on designing a methodology with simple steps that founders can follow to get on track to become a unicorn, including both how to secure product-market fit and quickly building a system that scales reliably to millions of users, cost-effectively. 

Links mentioned in the episode:

Apollo on the Couch: https://www.npmjs.com/package/apollo-couch

Couchbase: https://www.couchbase.com/downloads/

Growth Mindset: https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322

Meet the Tech Chef Lars (Mårre) Mårelius, one of the ambassadors behind the https:// protocol which we all use every day.