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The Reconfigured Podcast#27 - Yan Cui: Serverless on AWSToday's episode is with Yan Cui, Principle consultant at TheBurningMonk Limited. We have covered several topics related to serverless in terms of adoption, architecture, security, tooling and frameworks, testing and monitoring, and much more
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction and Background
02:54 Running a Consultancy Company
07:59 Self-Publishing vs. Working with a Publishing Company
11:25 The Value of Workshops and Courses
22:02 Working in different settings
25:43 Adopting serverless
39:13 Typical Serverless Architecture
44:37 Serverless Frameworks
57:28 Security Considerations in Serverless Architectures
01:00:28 Challenges and Limitations...
2024-04-121h 39The Reconfigured Podcast#26 - Christophe Zoghbi: AI Education in MENAToday's episode is with Christophe Zoghbi, founder at Zaka AI and Beirut AI. We have covered several topics related to AI from its impact on daily activities, trends, challenges and bias regarding AI, and much more
00:00 Intro
00:23 Christophe's intro
00:57 Christophe's journey into the world of AI
06:32 Challenges educating in the AI space
12:00 Significant ways AI is impacting society and culture
14:53 Using AI as a buzzword in business proposals
18:20 Decision between in-house AI or externally hosted AI
24:52 Data privacy around AI
28:05 Bias in AI
32:38 Social challenges in AI
34:43 Emerging trends in AI
39:15 Is academia preparing students for the market or is...
2024-03-221h 03The Reconfigured Podcast#25 - Patrick Samy: Reaching your peak performanceToday's episode is with Patrick Samy. Patrick is currently working on Peak (https://www.joinpeak.co/), co-founder and CEO of Span (acquired by Eight Sleep). We have talked about several topics from working in big corps, starting your own company, providing market fit, and much more
00:00 Intro
00:23 Patrick Intro
01:08 Peak
09:57 Span (from start till Eight Sleep acquisition)
23:16 Providing market fit
24:48 Perspective on entrepreneurship and product development after acquisition
26:53 Intersection of modern technology on fitness and wellness industry (Artificial Intelligence)
35:45 The influence of Patrick's technical expertise on his approach towards product development
42:02 Working in a big corp (Microsoft)
45:09 The 30 year...
2024-03-011h 36The Reconfigured Podcast#24 - Shane Afsar: how to be an effective engineering managerToday's episode is with Shane Afsar, Senior Engineering Manager at Algolia. We have talked about several topics including engineering management, remote team management, dealing with legacy systems, getting involved in the business of things, how to know if someone fits your team, and much more
00:00 Intro
00:41 Shane's intro
01:05 Shane's role at Algolia
02:55 Developer experience, how does it work?
04:42 Algolia's crawler and how it functions
05:44 Shane's experience working at LinkedIn for 8 years
20:15 Dealing with legacy systems
21:47 Shifting from writing code to getting involved into...
2023-12-151h 46The Reconfigured Podcast#23 - Fadi Boulos: Hiring right and supporting local in companiesToday's episode is with Fadi Boulous, founder and CEO of Supportful. We have discussed several topics from supporting local talent, decreasing the brain drain, supporting companies efficiently, dealing with remote teams, hiring the right talent, and much more
00:00 Intro
00:44 Fadi's intro
01:13 Fadi's journey switching from academia to entrepreneurship
03:15 Lebanon's 2019 crisis
04:11 Key takeaway from entrepreneurship
04:38 Formal education is no longer critical
06:38 How Supportful started as a side hustle
09: 11 Creating connections with people
11:38 Supportful's mission
13:47 Maintaining strong remote teams
15:46...
2023-12-081h 02The Reconfigured Podcast#22- Jonathan Gottfried: empowering hackers, launching impactful hackathonsToday's episode is with Jonathan Gottfried, co-founder of Major League Hacking (MLH). We have discussed several topics from organizing hackathons to fostering diverse events and building the next generation
00:00 Intro
00:41 Jon's intro
00:51 Rewarding aspect of building and growing MLH over the years
02:19 MLH's role of documenting stories of student hackers
05:34 MLH's impact on participants career
08:58 MLH's contribution to foster a sense of inclusivity and diversity
12:32 Organizing events of people from different skill levels
14:50 First time hackathon experience
16:26 Challenges that aspiring software...
2023-07-211h 07The Reconfigured Podcast#21 - Karl Swanepoel: empowering freelancers, building impactful startupsToday's episode is with Karl Swanepoel, CEO of Revolancer. We have discussed multiple topics ranging from how freelancer websites are doing things wrong, how Revolancer empowers freelancers, starting your own business, connecting with the right people, and much more!
00:00 Intro
00:42 Karl's introduction
01:00 What is Revolancer and what they offer?
01:43 What is the role of a CEO?
02:47 Cultural difference between a startup and a company
03:46 Finding the right people to work at your startup
07:10 Advice on starting your own startup for someone entering...
2023-06-091h 02The Reconfigured Podcast#20 - Jillian Funes: from software development to product managementToday's episode is with Jillian Funes, Technical product manager at Canopy Servicings. We have discussed several topics from how to get into product management, transitioning from software development to product management, difference between project management and product management, and much more!
00:00 Intro
00:42 Jillian Intro
00:55 What is Canopy and what they offer
02:13 What is the role of a technical product manager
03:13 What is the flow to take a product from planning to development
10:27 Utilizing developer advocates for product ideas + Jillian's experience working with the development team
12:18...
2023-04-291h 21
The Reconfigured Podcast#19 - Liz Acosta: Skyflow, Twilio, From coding bootcamp to Dev AdvocacyToday's episode is with Liz Acosta, Developer Advocate at Skyflow. We have discussed several topics from how to get into developer advocacy, getting into a bootcamp from a non-tech background, and much more.
00:00 Intro
00:42 Liz's introduction
01:49 Liz's current position at Skyflow
03:50 What Skyflow offers
05:44 Use case of handling something on your own versus using a managed service
10:54 Role of a developer advocate
16:07 Advocating a product based on needs
21:28 Authenticity when advocating for a product and knowing your audience
28:01...
2023-03-211h 44
The Reconfigured Podcast#18 - Wesley Faulkner: AWS, Community Management, DevRelToday's episode is with Wesley Faulkner, Senior Community Manager at AWS. We have discussed several topics ranging from community management, community ops, becoming a devrel, and much more!
(0:00) Podcast intro
(0:41) Wesley's intro
(1:19) Being a 1st generation American
(3:33) Role of a Community Manager at AWS
(7:36) Being a board member at The Experience Firm
(11:01) Head of Community at SingleStore
(13:06) Fostering internal communities within a company
(19:44) Developer advocacy in a startup and corporate (IBM and Dailyco)
(23:47) MongoDB Community Management
(26:12) CommunityOps: operations for maintainin...
2023-01-281h 23
The Reconfigured Podcast#17 - Tiffany Jachja: Engineering Management, Career CoachingToday's episode is with Tiffany Jachja, Engineering Manager at Vox News and Career Success Coach at Correlation One. We have discussed the following:
- What is the role of a Career Success Coach
- What is the role of an Engineering Manager
- Difference between Engineering Manager and other roles like Tech Lead
- The role and responsibilities of being hired as a consultant
- Hierarchies within companies and how roles are structured
- and much more
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Website: https://www.reconfig...
2023-01-031h 44
The Reconfigured Podcast#16 - Karl Hughes: Draft.dev, Writing, CTO, Content MarketingToday's episode is with Karl Hughes, Founder and CEO of Draft.dev. We have discussed the following:
- What Draft provide
- Marketing content with a content marketing engine
- His adventures of being a CTO
- Difference between Tech Lead and Head of Engineering
- The feeling of being the first employee twice in two different startups
- and much more
Follow us on:
Website: https://www.reconfigured.co
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/reconfiguredco
Instagra...
2022-12-201h 01
The Reconfigured PodcastPodcast rebranding + announcement of two projectsThis episode is not a guest episode, it is just an announcement about the rebranding of the podcast (nothing major, it became part of a project) plus the announcement of two projects that I am working on which is the "Reconfigured" branding and my own startup that I am going to launch in the future
2022-12-1322 min
The Reconfigured Podcast#15 - Alexandra-Irina Nicolae: Product Management, Ideas, Axel SpringerToday's episode is with Alexandra-Irina Nicolae, Senior Product Owner at Axel Springer. We have discussed the following:
- What Axel Springer is
- What Axel Springer offers
- What is Product Ownership
- Her shift from English and History and Academia towards Product Management as Product Owner
- The Ideas Engineering Division at Axel Springer
- The Ideas Council Initiative at Axel Springer
- and much more
Video version: https://youtu.be/aBuWOsBG9lU
Audio version: https://www.reconfigured.stream
2022-10-2548 min
The Reconfigured Podcast#14 - Virginia Zuloaga: Digital Marketing, B2B, MentoringToday's episode is with Virginia Zuloaga, Founder of Brieffin Consulting and Co-Founder of CreaGeen. We have discussed the following topics:
- Being a Career Mentor at Westminster University
- What Brieffin offer when it comes to digital marketing
- How Virginia cooperate with her co-founder digitally while she never met her co-founder in person
- Setbacks of digital marketing
- and much more
Video version: https://youtu.be/C67vuYupXXc
Audio version: https://www.reconfigured.stream
2022-10-1937 min
The Reconfigured Podcast#13 - Eddie Hinkle: Management, Glassdoor, Empathy | The Reconfigured PodcastToday's episode is with Eddie Hinkle, Engineering Manager of the Design Systems & Front-End Foundations Team at Glassdoor and host of the WebJoy Podcast. We have discussed the following:
- What Glassdoor provides
- Role of an Engineering Manager
- Frontend Foundations and management
- User Experience
- People management in small and big teams
- His core values
- and much more
Video version: https://youtu.be/Y26XMpviXDQ
Audio version: https://www.reconfigured.stream
2022-09-271h 33
The Reconfigured Podcast#12 - Jason St-Cyr: Developer Relations, Advocacy, Sitecore | The Reconfigured PodcastToday’s episode is with Jason St-Cyr, Director of Developer Relations at Sitecore. In this episode we have discussed the following:
What is Sitecore and what it offers
Role of a Director of Developer Relations
What is Developer Relations all about
Similarities and differences between Developer Relations, Advocacy, Technical Evangelism
Being a Solution Architect
And much more
Video: https://youtu.be/ctSpFvkR_0w
Audio: https://www.reconfigured.stream
2022-09-201h 47
The Reconfigured Podcast#11 - Dan Moore: Developer Relation, CTO, Founder | The Reconfigured PodcastToday’s episode is with Dan Moore, Head of Developer Relations at FusionAuth and author of the book “Letters to a New Developer” which is published by Apress . In this episode we have discussed the following:
What is FusionAuth and what it offers
Difference between implementing your own auth and using an existing service
Role of a Solutions Architect
His experience working in the consultancy world
And much more
Video: https://youtu.be/anOYzU3On4A
Audio: https://www.reconfigured.stream
2022-08-301h 07
The Reconfigured Podcast#10 - Luciano Mammino: Senior Architect, CTO, Writer, SpeakerToday’s episode is with Luciano Mammino, Senior Architect at fourTheorem and co-author of the well known book “Nodejs Design Patterns” that is published by Packt. In this episode we have discussed the following:
What fourTheorem offers (and why they chose AWS as cloud provider of choice)
Transitioning from just writing code to adopting the cloud
Challenges being a CTO
The challenges of co-writing a book
Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program
And much more
Video version of the episode: https://youtu.be/23bKVdY0gp8
Audio version of the episode: https://www.reconfigured.stream
Sh...
2022-07-051h 13
The Reconfigured Podcast#9 - Jackson Gabbard: CTO, Facebook, Refactorer, and MentorToday’s episode is with Jackson Gabbard, CTO at Cord and ex-Facebook employee who started the engineering team for Facebook in the UK. In this episode we have discussed the follow:
What Cord offers
Requirements for someone to be qualified as a CTO
Challenges coordinating a team of developers
Refactoring code and real life examples of refactoring in production
Hiring process of developers from high profile companies
Facebook’s timeline implementation
Facebook’s data capturing implementation + patent registry
Facebook UK engineering team story
Facebook’s Integrity and Safety measures
And much more
Video version of the episode: https...
2022-06-243h 26
The Reconfigured Podcast#9 - Jackson Gabbard: CTO, Facebook, Refactorer, and MentorToday’s episode is with Jackson Gabbard, CTO at Cord and ex-Facebook employee who started the engineering team for Facebook in the UK. In this episode we have discussed the follow: What Cord offers Requirements for someone to be qualified as a CTO Challenges coordinating a team of developers Refactoring code and real life examples of refactoring in production Hiring process of developers from high profile companies Facebook’s timeline implementation Facebook’s data capturing implementation + patent registry Facebook UK engineering team story Facebook’s Integrity and Safety measures And much moreVideo version of the episode: https...
2022-06-233h 29
The Reconfigured Podcast#8 - Rawad Assaf: Founder, CTO, Mentor, and Clojure | The Reconfigured PodcastToday’s episode is with Rawad Assaf, Founding Partner at RAMS services and CTO of UK Tech Hub Lebanon. In this episode we have discussed the following topics:
What RAMS offers
When it is time to start your own business
Picking the right partners for your startup
Why RAMS chose Clojure as programming language of choice
Common issues startups faced when starting out when he was a CTO at UK Tech Hub
Finding suitable candidates to hire for your company/startup
Requirements for becoming a mentor/coach
Interview processes and should companies adopt the typical interview process
His ad...
2022-06-1348 min
The Reconfigured Podcast#7 - William Collins: Cloud Architect, Multi Cloud, and Automation | The Reconfigured PodcastToday’s episode is with William Collins, Principal Cloud Architect at Alkira. In this episode we have discussed the following:
His role at Alkira
Multi Cloud connections and how Alkira provides a reliable solution
Multi Cloud in companies that adopt a one cloud provider
When to use a monolith and when to use micro services
Hybrid Cloud and how it operates (through his experience in Humana)
Automating cloud resources with Terraform
Certifications
And much more
Video version: https://youtu.be/zhpIoPtRaQE
2022-06-071h 32
The Reconfigured Podcast#6 - Sean Falconer: Developer Relation, CTO, Founder, ex-Google, and more | The Reconfigured PodcastToday’s episode is with Sean Falconer, head of developer relations at Skyflow. In this episode we have discussed the following:
His role as Head of Developer at Skyflow
What Skyflow offers and how it can impact businesses on a large scale
His adventures at Google
The benefits Google provides to its employees
His position being a CTO and founder to a startup
His experience being a Postdoc at Stanford
And much more
Video version of the episode: https://youtu.be/58TnzeeHgW8
2022-05-141h 09
The Reconfigured Podcast#5 - Startups in Lebanon with Maysaa AjjanToday’s episode is with Maysaa Ajjan, a journalist at Arab News. We have discussed the following topics:
Her contributions to Al Annahar on the “Startup City” segment
How Arabnet had the ability to track some startups in details
Funding mechanism for startups from BDL (circular 331), bootcamps, competitions, and angel investing
Lebanese startups conditions before the 2019 economic crisis (failed, operating, exited, migrated)
Lebanese startups conditions after the 2019 economic crisis
Fundings
Migration of talents and startups
The rising new economy of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin being used in current Lebanese startups
Audio version of the episode is available on: https...
2022-05-041h 10
The Reconfigured Podcast#4 - Advocating on AWS with FazToday's podcast episode is with Faz, a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS. We have discussed some interesting topics ranging from:
- how AWS supports developers to adopt the cloud
- his experience being a Senior Solution Architect at AWS
- the challenges he faced when iterating and optimizing software at Randstad (a 24.5 billion dollar scale company that has multiple high scaled clients and offices all over the world)
- his shift from corporate to independent consulting on his own then back to the corporate world
- his experience acquiring...
2022-04-192h 03
The Reconfigured Podcast#3 - Startups on AWS with Nicolas DavidThis is my interview with Nicolas David, Senior Startup Solutions Architect Middle East at Amazon Web Services. We have discussed some interesting topics ranging from:
How startups receive guidance and support from AWS
His role on the Cloud Innovation Centers (CIC) program: a program provides opportunities for non profits, education institutions, and government agencies to collaborate with other public sectors utilizing AWS
His adventures on being a Technical Trainer for AWS
His shift from software develop and IT towards business management and consulting
and much more
I really enjoyed recording this episode with Nicolas and hope it...
2022-04-121h 23The Reconfigured Podcast#2 - FearWe fear from a lot of things in our lives and that is something we will constantly face in our lives, in this episode Mohamad tries to deconstruct fear and recommend using a method called "Fear Setting" which is created by Tim Ferris that utilizes the Stoic's premeditatio malorum—the premeditation of the evils and troubles that might lie ahead
2022-04-0719 minThe Reconfigured Podcast#1 - Web3: The Good, The Scams, and The HypeThis episode we will dive deep into web3 in various aspects. We are going to talk about the advantages, the disadvantages, as well as the scams and hype around certain aspects of web3 even though the technology behind of it is pretty interesting.
We will also talk about why do people buy some of those scams and how it is related to the metaverse in a certain way. I have decided to talk about web3 because it is the most hyped topic on the internet and I have received multiple messages and offers to work on web3...
2022-03-211h 06The Reconfigured PodcastIntroduction to the podcastHello there! I'm Mohamad Kalaaji and I am an AWS Community Builder and Software Engineer. I've decided to launch my podcast "The Reconfigured Podcast" as a way to spread zero cost information to the general public through sharing my experience as a software engineer ever since I entered the field at the age of 17 years old.
The podcast will also host guests where they will share their knowledge and wisdom as well! I would be grateful if you subscribed to the podcast to stay up-to-date for upcoming episodes in the near future.
2022-03-0303 min