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Ardan Labs Podcast
Ardan Labs PodcastAPIs, Wundergraph, and Resilience with Jens NeuseIn this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Ale Kennedy talks with Jens Neuse, CEO and co-founder of WunderGraph, about his unconventional path into technology and entrepreneurship. After a life-altering accident ended his carpentry career, Jens taught himself to code during recovery and eventually built WunderGraph to solve modern API challenges.Jens shares the evolution of WunderGraph from an early-stage startup to a successful open-source platform, including pivotal moments like securing eBay as a customer. The conversation highlights the importance of resilience, community-driven development, and balancing startup life with family, offering insight into what...
2026-02-251h 16The Good Thing
The Good ThingHow to Make Your APIs Work for AI | Erik Wilde (Jentic)Learn more hereTalk to a WunderGraph expert hereErik Wilde is a legend in the API space. He's had a monumental impact on how many of us think about API design, governance, and digital evolution today.Erik spent many years at Axway where he worked closely with some of the largest organizations in the world on API strategy and governance. Today, he is an OAI Ambassador at the OpenAPI Initiative, runs his own YouTube channel “Getting APIs to Work”, and continues to help organizations align APIs, business capabilities, and real-world outcomes.At J...
2026-02-041h 01Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech LeadersSeason Favorite - Jens Neuse, WundergraphJens Neuse grew up in Germany, originally planning to be a carpenter. In his 2nd year as an apprentice, he was in a motorcycle wreck that thrust him into a process of surgery and healing. Eventually, he decided he wouldn't be doing carpentry, and got into sysadmin work. Once he got bored with this, he moved into startups, learned how to code, and starting digging into programming, API's and eventually - GraphQL federation. Outside of tech, he is married with 3 young kids. He loves to sit ski on the mountain - which is the coolest carbon fiber chair on...
2025-12-3032 minThe Good Thing
The Good ThingResponding to the RumorsNo, we’re NOT abandoning Federation. We’re taking it to the next level.This week on The Good Thing podcast, Stefan Avram (CCO) and Jens Neuse (CEO) break down how Federation reshapes collaboration, scales developer velocity, and sets the stage for the next era of intelligent systems. From GraphQL to REST, gRPC, and beyond, they explain why a “Federation Layer” is now essential infrastructure for modern engineering teams.We’ll start with the basics: what Federation actually is, what problems it solves, and why it’s central to WunderGraph’s vision, before diving deep in...
2025-10-161h 04The Good Thing
The Good ThingScaling Support Without Burning Out Engineers (ft. Viola Marku)Is great customer support as important as a great product?Viola Marku is the Customer Success Manager at WunderGraph, where she partners closely with engineering-led teams to drive successful adoption of federated architecture across complex organisations. With nearly a decade of experience in technical startups, she brings both empathy and precision to every customer engagement, translating abstract challenges into clear, actionable paths forward.Viola's cross-functional work with engineering and sales has helped reduce time to value while elevating the role of customer success as a strategic growth function. She's focused on creating the...
2025-09-201h 01Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech LeadersS11 E17: Jens Neuse, WundergraphJens Neuse grew up in Germany, originally planning to be a carpenter. In his 2nd year as an apprentice, he was in a motorcycle wreck that thrust him into a process of surgery and healing. Eventually, he decided he wouldn't be doing carpentry, and got into sysadmin work. Once he got bored with this, he moved into startups, learned how to code, and starting digging into programming, API's and eventually - GraphQL federation. Outside of tech, he is married with 3 young kids. He loves to sit ski on the mountain - which is the coolest carbon fiber chair on...
2025-09-1632 minThe Good Thing
The Good ThingSam Lambert (CEO @ PlanetScale) on building tools developers actually trustWhat defines a truly great developer experience?Sam Lambert is the CEO at PlanetScale, building the next-generation cloud database. Previously Sam was Vice President of Engineering at GitHub, where he was responsible for scaling the company and culture to the world's largest platform for developers with over 100 million users. He was also responsible for creating GitHub Actions, the popular workflow automation tool. Prior to GitHub, Sam led the traffic and video infrastructure teams at Facebook. He is passionate about developer experience and delivering high quality software at scale.Sam joins us this week for an...
2025-08-041h 11The Good Thing
The Good ThingHow APIs silently power EVERYTHING (ft. Kevin Swiber, CEO of Layered System)What’s the future of API’s in an AI-powered world?Kevin Swiber is an API strategy advisor with 15+ years of experience in standards and startups. They have a history of working in leading roles through software engineering, infrastructure operations, and enterprise architecture. In addition to their experience working at API companies like Apigee and Postman, Kevin is a member of the OpenAPI Initiative. Kevin is the CEO of Layered System, where they consult on the intersection of AI and APIs.Kevin joins Stefan Avram and Jens Neuse to talk APIs, MCP, Federation, coll...
2025-07-261h 07The Good Thing
The Good ThingWho are we? THE GOOD THING #1 The Good Thing – Episode #1 “The Good Thing” is a podcast by Stefan and Jens, focusing on APIs, software development, GraphQL, and the trade-offs in engineering. Inspired by our startup journey at WunderGraph, The Good Thing comes from a phrase we often use to find the positives in any situation, no matter the challenges. We also apply this phrase when building, because any choice in engineering requires trade-offs. With a casual chat format, the podcast dives into real-world challenges, lessons, and insights, blending humor and expertise. Special guests occasionally join the conversation to explore the ever-evolving world...
2025-06-061h 10Software Engineering Radio - The Podcast for Professional Software Developers
Software Engineering Radio - The Podcast for Professional Software DevelopersSE Radio 576: Jens Neuse on Back Ends for Front EndsJens Neuse, founder of Wundergraph, joins SE Radio host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about back ends for front ends, or BFF. Jens begins by explaining how a heavy integration burden is often placed on front-end development teams. When multiple APIs must be integrated, it can be challenging for client development in web, mobile, and desktop environments. Explaining how APIs should be treated as dependencies, just like packages, the episode explores BFF patterns and use cases, as well as the future potential emergence of a "git for APIs" standard. This episode is sponsored by ClickSend. 
2023-08-0959 minSoftware Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers
Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developersSE Radio 576: Jens Neuse on Back Ends for Front EndsJens Neuse, founder of Wundergraph, joins SE Radio host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about back ends for front ends, or BFF. Jens begins by explaining how a heavy integration burden is often placed on front-end development teams. When multiple APIs must be integrated, it can be challenging for client development in web, mobile, and desktop environments. Explaining how APIs should be treated as dependencies, just like packages, the episode explores BFF patterns and use cases, as well as the future potential emergence of a "git for APIs" standard. This episode is sponsored by ClickSend. 
2023-08-0959 minSoftware Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers
Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developersSE Radio 576: Jens Neuse on Back Ends for Front EndsJens Neuse, founder of Wundergraph, joins SE Radio host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about back ends for front ends, or BFF. Jens begins by explaining how a heavy integration burden is often placed on front-end development teams. When multiple APIs must be integrated, it can be challenging for client development in web, mobile, and desktop environments. Explaining how APIs should be treated as dependencies, just like packages, the episode explores BFF patterns and use cases, as well as the future potential emergence of a "git for APIs" standard. This episode is sponsored by ClickSend. 
2023-08-0959 min$100M Exits with Jason Kirby
$100M Exits with Jason KirbyEp - 9 What is Venture-Market Fit? - Jens Neuse, Founder, WunderGraphI'm excited to announce the release of episode 9 of Fundraising Demystified, featuring an insightful conversation with Jens Neuse, co-founder of Wundergraph, a next-generation framework to optimize frontend, backend, & full-stack developer workflow. They've recently raised a $3MM Seed round. We talk about how founders need to understand the VC game, why cold emails won’t work & why founders should focus on building a brand instead, & why he thinks the pitch deck isn’t as important as most think it should be. Here's what we discussed: - The journey of Wundergraph, from a self-taught software engineer to starting a successful company. - Th...
2023-08-0143 min