In the 22nd episode of the StackToHeap podcast, we talk with Raju Kandaswamy from ThoughtWorks about his experience with Reinforcement Learning (RL), XR (eXtended Reality) and Robotics.  

We focus on what reinforcement learning is, how it fits in the overall ML landscape and what the practical challenges with RL are.

Raju Kandaswamy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajukandasamy/

In the 21st episode of the StackToHeap Podcast, we talk with Kushal Pandya who is a Senior Frontend Engineer at Gitlab. We talk about the general Frontend landscape at Gitlab and how they balance internal priorities and open source contributions from the community. We also talk about the remote work culture at Gitlab. Kushal also provides detailed info on the release process at Gitlab and even the plans for upgrading to Vue 3.

Kushal Pandya on LinkdedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kushalpandya/  

In the 20th Episode of the StackToHeap podcast, we talk with TamizhVendhan S from Ajira Tech about the Computer Science Lessons he has been publishing in Tamil. We talk about his motivations for doing the lessons in Tamil, what topics he intends to cover in the lessons and where he sees this initiative evolving towards.

TamizhVendhan S on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamizhvendan/

Learn CS in Tamil Initiative - https://www.learncsintamil.com/

In the 19th Episode of the StackToHeap podcast, Srikanth Nutigattu, Principal Consultant at ThoughtWorks, talks to us about his experiences with and thoughts about Pair Programming and whether it can work for every organization and team. We also talk about the relevance of pair programming in remote organizations, be it because of current situations or if the organization was already remote.

Srikanth on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikanthnutigattu/

In the 18th Episode of the StackToHeap podcast, we talk to Nivedha Senthil from ThoughtWorks about Taiko - a Node.js based web application testing library with some nifty features like proximity selectors. We talk about how Taiko came to be, the challenges while developing a library adhering to some lofty design principles and where the Taiko is headed.

Show Notes

Nivedha on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nivedha-senthil/

Taiko - https://github.com/getgauge/taiko

In the 17th Episode of the StackToHeap podcast, we talk with Mithun Shanbhag about his product CloudSkew. 

CloudSkew is a tool for creating cloud architecture diagrams. It comes with a huge set of cloud icons, built-in documentation editor and support for looking up information on cloud resources like documentation, SLAs and pricing.

Show Notes

Mithun on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mithunshanbhag/

CloudSkew - https://www.cloudskew.com/

CloudSkew Architecture details - https://www.cloudskew.com/about/cloudskew-architecture.html

In the 16th Episode of the StackToHeap podcast, we talk with Magesh S from Sedin Technologies on his initiative around training, mentoring and running boot camps for Software Developers, especially junior developers.

Magesh is also an organizer and active participant in developer communities like the Facebook Developer Circle: Chennai Chapter and Chennai Geeks. We also talk about how community efforts like meetups can help students and junior developers get better at their jobs.

Show Notes

Magesh on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/imagesh/

Facebook Developer Circle: Chennai Chapter - https://www.facebook.com/groups/DevC.Chennai

ChennaiGeeks - https://www.facebook.com/groups/chennaigeeks

In the 15th episode of the StackToHeap podcast, I would like to introduce a new series covering books that developers read - be it technical, non-fiction or fiction. 

In the Part 1 of this series, we talk with six developers about their favourite books. 

Developers in Part 1 - 

Anushree Subramani - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anushreesubramani/

Archanaa Ravikumar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravikumar-archanaa/

Matild Reema - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matild-reema/

Shreya Chakraborty - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrechak/

Suganthi Krishnavathi - https://www.linkedin.com/in/suganthik/

Varadharajan Mukundan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/varadharajan-mukundan-621b5417/

In the 14th Episode of the StackToHeap Podcast, we talk with Tarun Pothulapati from BuoyantIO. We talk about what Service Meshes are, what's the need for them and who should and shouldn't be using them. BuoyantIO are the creators and the primary sponsors of Linkerd, one of the big names in the service mesh space.

Tarun on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tpothulapati/

In the 13th Episode of the StackToHeap podcast, we talk with Gaurav Agarwal from Agarwal Consulting on GitOps, how it differs from the more prevalent methods of doing deployments and infrastructure as code and where we can see GitOps going in the future.

Gaurav Agarwal on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/algogrit/