The InfoQ Podcast

This episode provides an overview of the real-world technologies involved in the umbrella phrase Artificial Intelligence. Anthony Alford explains just enough about machine learning, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and other AI terms which today’s software architects need to be able to discuss.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3TnfbVI

Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies:

www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter

Upcoming Events:

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Sept 26-27, 2024)

Practical learnings from senior software practitioners navigating Generative AI, security, modern web applications, and more.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/munich2024

QCon San Francisco (November 18-22, 2024)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

qconsf.com/

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI

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In this podcast episode, speakers from the InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2024 discuss the recent CrowdStrike incident, which triggered widespread outages and highlighted vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure. The panel shares personal experiences and emphasizes the importance of resilience in IT systems, the implications of cloud dependency, and the lessons learned about risk management and automation in organizations.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4gbCew8

Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies:

www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter

Upcoming Events:

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Sept 26-27, 2024)

Practical learnings from senior software practitioners navigating Generative AI, security, modern web applications, and more.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/munich2024

QCon San Francisco (November 18-22, 2024)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

qconsf.com/

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI

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- Instagram: @infoqdotcom

- Youtube: www.youtube.com/infoq

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In this episode of the podcast, members of the InfoQ editorial staff and friends of InfoQ will be discussing the current trends in the domain of AI, ML and Data Engineering.

One of the regular features of InfoQ are the trends reports, which each focus on a different aspect of software development. These reports provide the InfoQ readers and listeners with a high-level overview of the topics to pay attention to this year.

InfoQ AI, ML and Data Engineering editorial team met with external guests to discuss the trends in AI and ML areas, and what to watch out for the next 12 months. This podcast is a recording of this discussion where panelists discuss how the innovative AI technologies are disrupting the industry.

Read a transcript of this podcast panel: https://bit.ly/3LXMcUk

Find the written report and trends graph on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/3Z8Z5CF

Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies:

www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter

Upcoming Events:

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Sept 26-27, 2024)

Practical learnings from senior software practitioners navigating Generative AI, security, modern web applications, and more.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/munich2024

QCon San Francisco (November 18-22, 2024)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

qconsf.com/

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI

Follow InfoQ:

- Mastodon: techhub.social/@infoq

- Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq

- Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8

- Instagram: @infoqdotcom

- Youtube: www.youtube.com/infoq

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In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Jacqui Read about communication patterns. Similar to software and architecture patterns, these provide guidance for how to improve communication by knowing your audience and what you need to explain to them.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4cRJ6gc

Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies:

www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter

Upcoming Events:

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Sept 26-27, 2024)

Practical learnings from senior software practitioners navigating Generative AI, security, modern web applications, and more.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/munich2024

QCon San Francisco (November 18-22, 2024)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

qconsf.com/

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI

Follow InfoQ:

- Mastodon: techhub.social/@infoq

- Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq

- Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8

- Instagram: @infoqdotcom

- Youtube: www.youtube.com/infoq

Write for InfoQ:

Learn and share the changes and innovations in professional software development.

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At the recent InfoQ Dev Summit Boston, Justin Sheehy of Akamai delivered an insightful opening keynote on being a responsible developer in the age of artificial intelligence hype. The talk was aimed at software practitioners who might be feeling overwhelmed by the rapid developments and inflated expectations surrounding AI.

We’re sharing Justin’s full talk in this special episode of the InfoQ Podcast. We hope you enjoy it.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3VZiHpo

Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies:

www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter

Upcoming Events:

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Sept 26-27, 2024)

Practical learnings from senior software practitioners navigating Generative AI, security, modern web applications, and more.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/munich2024

QCon San Francisco (November 18-22, 2024)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

qconsf.com/

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI

Follow InfoQ:

- Mastodon: techhub.social/@infoq

- Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq

- Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8

- Instagram: @infoqdotcom

- Youtube: www.youtube.com/infoq

Write for InfoQ:

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In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Shawna Martell and Dan Fike, about the Navigators program at Carta and how they are finding ways to decentralize decisions and empower individual contributors. The quality of technical decisions is improved, and decisions are reached more quickly because the people involved are close to the relevant context.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/45jfXHZ

Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies:

www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter

Upcoming Events:

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 24-25, 2024)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2024

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Sept 26-27, 2024)

Practical learnings from senior software practitioners navigating Generative AI, security, modern web applications, and more.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/munich2024

QCon San Francisco (November 18-22, 2024)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

qconsf.com/

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI

Follow InfoQ:

- Mastodon: techhub.social/@infoq

- Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq

- Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8

- Instagram: @infoqdotcom

- Youtube: www.youtube.com/infoq

Write for InfoQ:

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In this podcast, Meryem Arik, Co-founder/CEO at TitanML, discusses the innovations in Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM) technologies including current state of large language models, LLM Deployment, state-of-the-art Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) apps, and inference architecture stack for LLM applications.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3X5ZVPu

Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies:

www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter

Upcoming Events:

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 24-25, 2024)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2024

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Sept 26-27, 2024)

Practical learnings from senior software practitioners navigating Generative AI, security, modern web applications, and more.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/munich2024

QCon San Francisco (November 18-22, 2024)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

qconsf.com/

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI

Follow InfoQ:

- Mastodon: techhub.social/@infoq

- Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq

- Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8

- Instagram: @infoqdotcom

- Youtube: www.youtube.com/infoq

Write for InfoQ:

Learn and share the changes and innovations in professional software development.

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In this podcast, Edo Liberty, Founder and CEO at Pinecone, discusses the importance of vector databases in the successful adoption of Generative AI and LLM based applications and how vector databases are different from traditional data stores.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4aHaVGi

Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies:

www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter

Upcoming Events:

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 24-25, 2024)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2024

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Sept 26-27, 2024)

Practical learnings from senior software practitioners navigating Generative AI, security, modern web applications, and more.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/munich2024

QCon San Francisco (November 18-22, 2024)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

qconsf.com/

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI

Follow InfoQ:

- Mastodon: techhub.social/@infoq

- Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq

- Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8

- Instagram: @infoqdotcom

- Youtube: www.youtube.com/infoq

Write for InfoQ:

Learn and share the changes and innovations in professional software development.

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In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Nick Tune, co-author of the book Architecture Modernization - Socio-technical Alignment of Software, Strategy, and Structure. The discussion includes how to know if it makes sense to invest in an architecture modernization journey, how to get started, what benefits you can expect to achieve and how to measure the improvements.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/4ayqBeR

Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies:

www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter

Upcoming Events:

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 24-25, 2024)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2024

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Sept 26-27, 2024)

Practical learnings from senior software practitioners navigating Generative AI, security, modern web applications, and more.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/munich2024

QCon San Francisco (November 18-22, 2024)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

qconsf.com/

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI

Follow InfoQ:

- Mastodon: techhub.social/@infoq

- Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq

- Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8

- Instagram: @infoqdotcom

- Youtube: www.youtube.com/infoq

Write for InfoQ:

Learn and share the changes and innovations in professional software development.

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In this podcast, Vitess CNCF project technical lead Deepthi Sigireddi discusses the architecture of cloud native distributed databases, sharding, replication, and failover. She also talks about what DB developers should consider when choosing distributed databases.

Read a transcript of this interview: https://bit.ly/3JWNJbT

Subscribe to the Software Architects’ Newsletter for your monthly guide to the essential news and experience from industry peers on emerging patterns and technologies:

www.infoq.com/software-architects-newsletter

Upcoming Events:

InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 24-25, 2024)

Actionable insights on today’s critical dev priorities.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/boston2024

InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Sept 26-27, 2024)

Practical learnings from senior software practitioners navigating Generative AI, security, modern web applications, and more.

devsummit.infoq.com/conference/munich2024

QCon San Francisco (November 18-22, 2024)

Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

qconsf.com/

QCon London (April 7-9, 2025)

Discover new ideas and insights from senior practitioners driving change and innovation in software development.

qconlondon.com/

The InfoQ Podcasts:

Weekly inspiration to drive innovation and build great teams from senior software leaders. Listen to all our podcasts and read interview transcripts:

- The InfoQ Podcast www.infoq.com/podcasts/

- Engineering Culture Podcast by InfoQ www.infoq.com/podcasts/#engineering_culture

- Generally AI

Follow InfoQ:

- Mastodon: techhub.social/@infoq

- Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ

- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq

- Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8

- Instagram: @infoqdotcom

- Youtube: www.youtube.com/infoq

Write for InfoQ:

Learn and share the changes and innovations in professional software development.

- Join a community of experts.

- Increase your visibility.

- Grow your career.

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