Talking Serverless

In this episode, we sit down with Sushanth Mangalore, Architect & Technology Leader at AWS, to explore complexity and it's silent tax on progress. Organizations crave innovation, but too often get buried under layers of tools, processes, and decisions that slow them down. Sushanth shares a forward-looking perspective on where simplification is heading next and how today’s teams can prepare for the next wave of evolution in cloud architecture.

This conversation dives deep into:

-The hidden costs of complexity in modern organizations

-How leaders can bridge the gap between engineering and business priorities

-Principles for keeping systems, teams, and culture aligned as you grow

Whether you’re an architect, engineer, or executive, this episode will help you rethink how you approach complexity and inspire you to design for clarity and focus.

In this episode, we sit down with Sushanth Mangalore, Architect & Technology Leader at AWS, to explore complexity and it's silent tax on progress. Organizations crave innovation, but too often get buried under layers of tools, processes, and decisions that slow them down. Sushanth shares a forward-looking perspective on where simplification is heading next and how today’s teams can prepare for the next wave of evolution in cloud architecture!

This conversation dives deep into:

-The hidden costs of complexity in modern organizations

-How leaders can bridge the gap between engineering and business priorities

-Principles for keeping systems, teams, and culture aligned as you grow

Whether you’re an architect, engineer, or executive, this episode will help you rethink how you approach complexity and inspire you to design for clarity and focus.

The creator of the Gothic Framework, Felipe Gené de Faria, joins Paul on this episode of the Talking Serverless Podcast to discuss his incredible open source project.

A true love letter to Next.js, Gothic simplifies fullstack Go development with great DX, strong SEO performance, and repeatable, infrastructure-as-code deployments.

It’s a full-stack, cloud-native framework that brings modern features like file-based routing, hot reloads, image optimization, and co-located API routes to Go developers without sacrificing performance or infrastructure control.

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Gothic Framework: gothicframework.com

Felipe's Github: github.com/felipegenef/gothic-cli

The creator of the Gothic Framework, Felipe Gené de Faria, joins Paul on this episode of the Talking Serverless Podcast to discuss his incredible open source project.

A true love letter to Next.js, Gothic simplifies fullstack Go development with great DX, strong SEO performance, and repeatable, infrastructure-as-code deployments.

It’s a full-stack, cloud-native framework that brings modern features like file-based routing, hot reloads, image optimization, and co-located API routes to Go developers without sacrificing performance or infrastructure control.

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Gothic Framework: gothicframework.com

Felipe's Github: github.com/felipegenef/gothic-cli

What happens when two cloud-native developers; one experienced in Azure, the other fluent in AWS, compare notes? No cloud war or platform pitches just a conversation about patterns, mindset, and the shared language of event-driven architecture.

Join AL Rodriguez and Paul as they explore:

-The surprising similarities between cloud-native systems

-The unspoken rules every cloud developer ends up following

-How developer experience (not tooling) shapes intuition

-And of course, which Infinity Stone you'd choose

Whether you're building with Functions, Lambdas, Logic Apps, or Step Functions-- the cloud isn't about where you build, but how!

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AL Rodriguez is a developer, cloud enthusiast, sometimes-blogger, international speaker, and definitely NOT 3 kids in a trench coat. With a background in .NET he'll do whatever he can to use C# for any project. Whether it’s a ASP.NET Core backend, Blazor frontend, Playwright UI testing, CI/CD DevOps, or even Infrastructure as Code -- he reaches for C# to develop those high quality solutions. Principal Software Engineer.

What happens when two cloud-native developers; one experienced in Azure, the other fluent in AWS, compare notes? No cloud war or platform pitches just a conversation about patterns, mindset, and the shared language of event-driven architecture.

Join AL Rodriguez and Paul as they explore:

-The surprising similarities between cloud-native systems

-The unspoken rules every cloud developer ends up following

-How developer experience (not tooling) shapes intuition

-And of course, which Infinity Stone you'd choose

Whether you're building with Functions, Lambdas, Logic Apps, or Step Functions-- the cloud isn't about where you build, but how!

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⁠AL Rodriguez⁠ is a developer, cloud enthusiast, sometimes-blogger, international speaker, and definitely NOT 3 kids in a trench coat. With a background in .NET he'll do whatever he can to use C# for any project. Whether it’s a ASP.NET Core backend, Blazor frontend, Playwright UI testing, CI/CD DevOps, or even Infrastructure as Code -- he reaches for C# to develop those high quality solutions. Principal Software Engineer.

In this episode of Talking Serverless, we sit down with Jack Pertschuk, Principal Engineer of Algorithms and Platforms at Pinecone, to explore the ever-evolving landscape of LLM-centric architectures and vector databases.

Jack shares his journey from data science to building cutting-edge infrastructure at Pinecone, and walks us through what it really means to architect apps in a world where large language models are at the center.

💡 In this episode:

-What it takes to build reliable, scalable LLM applications

-How to think about infrastructure when your “data” lives in high-dimensional space

-What makes Pinecone tick behind the scenes

Connect with Jack:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-pertschuk-833196114/

X: https://x.com/jack_pertschuk

About Pinecone:

Pinecone is the leading vector database for building accurate and performant AI applications at scale in production.

Pinecone was created to provide the critical storage and retrieval infrastructure needed for building and running state-of-the-art AI applications. The founding principle was to make the solution accessible to engineering teams of all sizes and levels of AI expertise, which led to the fully managed service and ease of use that Pinecone is known for today.

In this episode of Talking Serverless, we sit down with Jack Pertschuk, Principal Engineer of Algorithms and Platforms at Pinecone, to explore the ever-evolving landscape of LLM-centric architectures and vector databases.

Jack shares his journey from data science to building cutting-edge infrastructure at Pinecone, and walks us through what it really means to architect apps in a world where large language models are at the center.

💡 In this episode:

-What it takes to build reliable, scalable LLM applications

-How to think about infrastructure when your “data” lives in high-dimensional space

-What makes Pinecone tick behind the scenes

Connect with Jack:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-pertschuk-833196114/

X: https://x.com/jack_pertschuk

About Pinecone:

Pinecone is the leading vector database for building accurate and performant AI applications at scale in production.

Pinecone was created to provide the critical storage and retrieval infrastructure needed for building and running state-of-the-art AI applications. The founding principle was to make the solution accessible to engineering teams of all sizes and levels of AI expertise, which led to the fully managed service and ease of use that Pinecone is known for today.

In this episode, Paul Chin Jr. sits down with the inspiring Rejoice Mucheri— Technical Lead @ Intellergy, AWS Community Builder, speaker, and cloud enthusiast—who shares her powerful journey from a non-technical background to becoming a recognized voice in the AWS ecosystem.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

-Rejoice’s transition from sales and customer success into the world of cloud computing.

-Leveraging soft skills to thrive in tech roles and serverless projects.

-Her approach to earning AWS certifications—and what being named an AWS “New Voice” meant to her

-Candid stories and key takeaways from attending AWS re:Invent 2024, including the value of peer talks, networking, and connecting face-to-face with the cloud community.

Whether you're a cloud beginner or experienced professional, Rejoice’s journey is full of actionable advice, personal insight, and inspiration on how to reinvent yourself in tech.

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Connect with Rejoice: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rejoiceymucheri/

In this episode, Paul Chin Jr. sits down with the inspiring Rejoice Mucheri— Technical Lead @ Intellergy, AWS Community Builder, speaker, and cloud enthusiast—who shares her powerful journey from a non-technical background to becoming a recognized voice in the AWS ecosystem.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

-Rejoice’s transition from sales and customer success into the world of cloud computing.

-Leveraging soft skills to thrive in tech roles and serverless projects.

-Her approach to earning AWS certifications—and what being named an AWS “New Voice” meant to her

-Candid stories and key takeaways from attending AWS re:Invent 2024, including the value of peer talks, networking, and connecting face-to-face with the cloud community.

Whether you're a cloud beginner or experienced professional, Rejoice’s journey is full of actionable advice, personal insight, and inspiration on how to reinvent yourself in tech.---Connect with Rejoice Mucheri: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rejoiceymucheri/