The GeekNarrator

In this episode of The GeekNarrator podcast, our host Kaivalya talks to Seeta Somagani from Volt Active Data, a low latency stream processing platform. They discuss fascinating topics about what low latency stream processing means, the different guarantees that Volt Active Data provides, and the various problems it can solve. They delve into the evolution of VoltDB to Volt Active Data, real-time data processing use cases, the high-level architecture, and how the platform effectively addresses high-concurrency challenges. This is a must-listen for anyone interested in understanding latency critical applications, data processing, and high performance computing.

In an enlightening episode of the GeekNarrator Podcast, host Kaivalya Apte and TigerBeetle's CEO, Joran, delve deep into the world of online transaction processing (OLTP). They discuss the origin, unique architecture, and innovative methodologies behind TigerBeetle, a database tailored to efficiently handle high-volume transaction systems. The podcast explores the system's key features such as efficient scalability, performance-oriented design, and optimized memory usage, demonstrating its robustness in handling business transactions and accounting. It also elucidates TigerBeetle’s adaptability to various domains beyond finance, like energy management and gaming, while highlighting the rigorous testing it undergoes for impeccable quality assurance.

In this episode, we dive deep into the world of clean coding with none other than the master and pioneer of the field, Uncle Bob. We explore the nuances and the art behind writing effective and efficient scripts. This conversation covers the nitty-gritty of writing and editing scripts, from understanding how to break down large functions, to discussing principles like 'Single Responsibility Principle', 'Dependency Inversion Principle' and how to balance the 'DRY' (Don't Repeat Yourself) principles. Uncle Bob also shares valuable insights on testing, handling errors, naming conventions and how to work with different types of duplication in coding. He shares recommended resources and books that every coder should read.

In this episode of the Geek Narrator Podcast, Kaivalya Apte engages in an invigorating discussion with Dominik Tornow, the founder and CEO of Resonate. They explore Durable Async-Await, an interesting concept in distributed systems world, along with other nuances of distributed programming. Dominik also talks about the development and execution of Resonate to simplify distributed systems with a focus on observability, usability, and it's future direction. The conversation concludes with a discussion of different concurrency models and the future of distributed systems

Join host Kaivalya Apte in this episode of The Geek Narrator Podcast as he discusses observability engineering with field CTO at Honeycomb, Liz Fong-Jones. They delve into the importance of observability for software engineers, the role of Honeycomb in popularizing this concept, and how observability has evolved over the years. Liz shares her experiences transitioning from being an SRE at Google to advocating for observability at Honeycomb and walking the journey from developer advocate to Field CTO. They discuss the definitions and misconceptions surrounding observability and elucidate on Service-Level Objectives (SLOs) & indicators (SLIs) and challenges they solve. Tune in for an informative and in-depth conversation on observability engineering.

In this video I talk about Apache Pulsar with Matteo Merli, CTO at StreamNative. This episode will provide you good insight about how Apache Pulsar works and more importantly differs with the most popular Pub/Sub and streaming platform Apache Kafka. Things like, what enables possibility of 1 million topics? Why is rebalancing not required? How does decoupled storage and compute architecture works? How it uses the concept of Subscriptions to avoid retaining data unnecessarily?

Deep Dive into Victoria Metrics with Alex and Roman

Join us on a deep dive into the intricacies of TiDB with Li Shen from PingCap. In this episode, Li Shen provides a comprehensive exploration of TiDB, its unique features, and how it tackles scalability and reliability issues commonly associated with MySQL.

In this video I discuss Database tuning and Optimisation with Andy Pavlo, OtterTune.

Deep Dive into DuckDB with CTO Mark Raasveldt