Hosts new and old gather together for this special episode of the podcast! We’ll talk about our favorite episodes of the year, the coolest things from 2019, and wrap up another great year together doing what we love! Happy Holidays to all of our listeners, and we’ll see you in the new year!

Top episodes of the year

• GCP Podcast Episode 173: Cloud Run with Steren Giannini and Ryan Gregg podcast
• GCP Podcast Episode 165: Python with Dustin Ingram podcast
• GCP Podcast Episode 175: MongoDB with Andrew Davidson podcast
• GCP Podcast Episode 160: Knative with Mark Chmarny and Ville Aikas podcast
• GCP Podcast Episode 180: Firebase with Jen Person podcast
• GCP Podcast Episode 164: Node.js with Myles Borins podcast
• GCP Podcast Episode 174: Professional Services with Ann Wallace and Michael Wallman podcast
• GCP Podcast Episode 176: Human-Centered AI with Di Dang podcast
• GCP Podcast Episode 168: NVIDIA T4 with Ian Buck and Kari Briski podcast
• GCP Podcast Episode 163: Cloud SQL with Amy Krishnamohan podcast

Favorite episodes of the year

• Mark Mirchandani’s Favorites:
  • GCP Podcast Episode 193: Devoted Health and Data Science with Chris Albon podcast
  • GCP Podcast Episode 177: Primer with John Bohannon podcast
  • GCP Podcast Episode 202: Supersolid with Kami May podcast
• Mark Mandel’s Favorites:
  • GCP Podcast Episode 186: Blockchain with Allen Day podcast
  • GCP Podcast Episode 196: Phoenix Labs with Jesse Houston podcast
• Jon’s Favorites:
  • GCP Podcast Episode 199: Data Visualization with Manuel Lima podcast
  • GCP Podcast Episode 196: Phoenix Labs with Jesse Houston podcast
  • GCP Podcast Episode 206: ML/AI with Zack Akil podcast
  • GCP Podcast Episode 201: FACEIT with Maria Laura Scuri podcast
• Gabi’s Favorites:
  • GCP Podcast Episode 199: Data Visualization with Manuel Lima podcast
  • GCP Podcast Episode 167: World Pi Day with Emma Haruka Iwao podcast
  • GCP Podcast Episode 206: ML/AI with Zack Akil podcast
  • GCP Podcast Episode 198: SeMI Technologies with Laura Ham podcast

Favorite things of the year

• Mark Mirchandani’s Favorites:
  • Cloud Run
• Mark Mandel’s Favorites:
  • Stadia
  • Samurai Shodown available on Stadia
  • All the new podcast hosts!
• Jon’s Favorites:
  • First time doing the podcast at NEXT and it was quite the experience.
  • Going to Nvidia offices to do an episode
  • Getting to talk to guests in the gaming industry and hear how passionate they are about the things they are building
  • Joining the podcast
  • Podcast outtakes!
• Gabi’s Favorites:
  • Visited a bunch of offices!
  • Joining the podcast
  • Cloud NEXT talk, where my demo failed but I recovered!
  • Spreading the love and joy of databases

Where can you find us next?

Mark Mirch’ will be sleeping as much as possible!

Mandel will be working on plans for Next, GDC, and I/O 2020!

Gabi will be running away to warm weather for her winter vacation!

Jon will be home! He’ll also be planning gaming content for next year and wrapping up this year with some deep dives into multiplayer games and some possible content!

Sound Effects Attribution

• “Small Group Laugh 4, 5 & 6” by Tim.Kahn of Freesound.org
• “Incorrect” by RicherLandTV of Freesound.org
• “Correct” by Epon of Freesound.org
• “Fireworks 3 Bursts” by AtomWrath of Freesound.org
• “Jingle Romantic” by Jay_You of Freesound.org
• “Dark Cinematic” by Michael-DB of Freesound.org
• “Bossa Loop” by Reinsamba of Freesound.org