How do I tell a one year old we can’t go to the playground? "Why can't we go outside, Dad?!" He's got an excellent vocabulary for his age – he can ask for food, milk, tell me when there's a crime scene in his pants – but we haven't mastered baby sign language for “the … Continue reading #56 – What a toddler taught me about quarantine
#55 – Remote Working: #StayCarm
In these troublesome times its super important we all look out for each other and #StayCarm Please watch and share this important Public Service Announcement for the good of the nathan nation. https://youtu.be/fBDICMLAdYY
#54 – Remote Working: Frame Your Day
For those used to commuting you may not have realized how much that commute was helping you frame your day and maintain a healthy separation between work and personal life. In addition to enforcing a healthy separation, traveling to work also allows for transition into the right mindset to be effective the moment you reach … Continue reading #54 – Remote Working: Frame Your Day
#53 – Remote Working: Practice Empathy
The enforcement of social distancing doesn't require emotional distancing. In this first episode after the relaunch of REDtalks.live I'm kicking off a 'remote working' mini series with the topic of practicing empathy. In testing times we need to double-down on patience and empathy if we want to get through this without losing our minds, and … Continue reading #53 – Remote Working: Practice Empathy
#52 – REDtalks.live 2020 REBOOT
It's been truly humbling to hear all the positive encouragement when I shared that I was considering a relaunch of the REDtalks.live show. Thank you! I'm really excited about this 2020 REBOOT and, with the Shelter at home orders, I've decided to start out with a mini series on working from home. Many people have … Continue reading #52 – REDtalks.live 2020 REBOOT
REDtalks.live #51 – Raising $US80M in 1 day on Serverless
Huge Charity running on Serverless for 1 MASSIVE nights donations.
REDtalks.live #50 – Serverless Observability w/ IOpipe
Episode #50. Wooohooo! And for this landmark 50th episode we're delighted to have super-popular Serverless observability company, IOpipe, on the show. In this episode (video below) I'm joined by IOpipe founder and CTO, Erica Windisch. "Unless you set your concurrency for the lambda to '1', right, which you could do [LAUGHS], you're opting into building … Continue reading REDtalks.live #50 – Serverless Observability w/ IOpipe
REDtalks.live #49 – Imperative vs Declarative APIs /w Kin Lane
My good pal, Kin Lane, is back on the show for his third appearance to discuss the much debated topic of Imperative vs Declarative APIs. Key discussion points on this topic: One is not necessarily better than the other. One persons declarative is another persons imperative, so think about the 'system' of orchestration, and not … Continue reading REDtalks.live #49 – Imperative vs Declarative APIs /w Kin Lane
REDtalks.live #48 – Deep API Monitoring w/ resurface.io
With the evolution of application architecture – from monolith to distributed, microservice – comes the need for modern 'architecture appropriate' monitoring and visibility solutions. Traditional 'packet sniffer' tooling falls short in terms of the requirements developers need to transition from best-effort, educated guesses to detailed usage logging and traceability. To help realize these deep API monitoring … Continue reading REDtalks.live #48 – Deep API Monitoring w/ resurface.io
REDtalks.live #47 – POSTMAN API client w/ creator & CEO, Abhinav Asthana
Very excited about today's episode where I'm joined by Abhinav Ashtana, the creator and CEO of world renowned API client, POSTMAN. In this episode, hear Abhinav explain how POSTMAN started – how a personal frustration with API interactions presented an opportunity to create something cool. Learn about the journey POSTMAN took and the use … Continue reading REDtalks.live #47 – POSTMAN API client w/ creator & CEO, Abhinav Asthana
