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In this episode of the podcast, we talk with Josh Aas, and Sarah Gran of the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) to learn about their mission to secure the Internet through projects like <a href="https://letsencrypt.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Let's Encrypt</a>, the automated digital certificate authority, and <a href="https://www.memorysafety.org/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Prossimo</a>, which focuses on transforming risks around memory safety in popular open source projects.

Sarah Gran (Saline)

VP, Communications at ISRG and Let's Encrypt

Co-founded Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) in order to build ISRG's Let's Encrypt certificate authority. Built the service from the ground up as Executive Director overseeing technical strategy, finances, partnerships, hiring, legal strategy, and compliance.

Josh Aas

Executive Director, ISRG

In this episode of the podcast, we talk with Josh Aas, and Sarah Gran of the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) to learn about their mission to secure the internet through projects like Let's Encrypt, the automated digital certificate authority, and Prossimo, which focuses on transforming risks around memory safety in popular open source projects.

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Ep. 106 Securing the Internet with Josh Aas, Sarah Gran of ISRG

Securing the Internet with Josh Aas, Sarah Gran of ISRG

In this episode of the podcast, we talk with Josh Aas, and Sarah Gran of the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) to learn about their mission to secure the Internet through projects like Let's Encrypt, the automated digital certificate authority, and Prossimo, which focuses on transforming risks around memory safety in popular open source projects.


Today on the show we're talking about streaming data and streaming applications with Apache Kafka. We're joined by Kris Jenkins, Developer Advocate from Confluent, and Rob Walters, Product Manager at MongoDB, who will discuss how you can leverage this technology to your benefit and use it in your applications. Kafka is traditionally used for building real time streaming data pipelines and real time streaming applications. It began its life in 2010 at LinkedIn and made its way to the public open-source space through a relationship with Apache, the Apache Foundation, in 2011. Since then, the use of Kafka has grown massively and it's estimated that approximately 30% of all Fortune 500 companies are already using Kafka in one way or another. A great example for why you might want to use Kafka would be perhaps capturing all of the user activity that happens on your website. As users visit your website, they're interacting with links on the page and scrolling up and down. This is potentially large volumes of data. You may want to store this to understand how users are interacting with your website in real time. Kafka will aid in this process by ingesting and storing all of this activity data while serving up reads for applications on the other side. Conversation highlights include:<ul><li>[03:38] What is Kafka?</li><li>[05:29] At the heart of every database</li><li>[08:03] The difference between Kafka and a database</li><li>[09:03] What Kafka's architecture looks like</li><li>[12:03] Kafka as a data backbone of system architecture</li><li>[14:06] MongoDB and Kafka working together</li><li>[15:40] What are "Topics" in Kafka?</li><li>[17:53] Chain stream events</li><li>[19:58] Kafka's history</li><li>[22:07] MongoDB Connector, and Kafka via Confluent Cloud</li><li>[25:53] Popular use cases using Kafka and MongoDB</li><li>[27:48] Kafka and stream processing with games and event data</li><li>[29:13] KSQL and processing against the stream of data</li><li>[30:59] Developer.Confluence.io, a place to learn everything about Kafka</li></ul>

Rob Walters

Senior Product Manager, Connector and Things at Confluent

In 2003 I co-founded BullionVault, an online service for trading gold and silver bullion. From a technical standpoint BullionVault is a stock exchange dedicated to precious metals. The Java-based system included the realtime exchange itself, plus trade settlement, double-entry accounting, and account-management facilities.

After 10 years as CTO I decided to move on and return to being a full-time developer. Since then I've been a contractor for a wide variety of companies in the startup and/or finance space, ranging from fledgling retail platforms to blockchain companies and large banks.

I've been told by many people that I'm good at explaining technology to non-­technical people; at pulling a great product out of a loosely-­formed requirement; and building software to a high degree of polish.

Outside of contracting I have run several regular coding events in London, with a mix of hackathons and educational events. I am a regular speaker at technical conferences* and an occasional writer of technical articles and open-source software.


Kris Jenkins

Senior Developer Advocate at Confluent

Today on the show we're talking about streaming data and streaming applications with Apache Kafka. We're joined by Kris Jenkins, Developer Advocate from Confluent, and Rob Walters, Product Manager at MongoDB, who will discuss how you can leverage this technology to your benefit and use it in your applications.


Ep. 115 Exploring Kafka with Kris Jenkins and Rob Walters

Chris Smith and Ivana Ivanovic of Retool drop by The MongoDB Podcast to discuss the State of Engineering Time report. How are developers spending their time, what tools are aiding them to be more productive and efficient, and why does it matter? All this and more in their conversation with host and MongoDB Principal Developer Advocate, Mike Lynn. Highlights of the conversation include: <ul><li>[1:51] Ivana talks about the State of Engineering Time report</li><li>[3:09] Chris Smith's involvement in the creation of the report</li><li>[4:42] Understanding the consequences of administrative overlay to people's time</li><li>[6:40] Surprise learnings from the report</li><li>[9:20] Chris' experience as a developer advocate and where he spends his time in engineering</li><li>[10:44] Does Chris agree with the results of the survey?</li><li>[13:00] The report structure and its assertions</li><li>[14:59] How long it took to produce the report</li><li>[15:40] Assertions around remote work life and productivity compared to pre-COVID</li></ul>

Chris Smith

Developer Advocate at Retool

Ivana Ivanovic

Head of Content at Retool

Chris Smith and Ivana Ivanovic of Retool drop by The MongoDB Podcast to discuss the State of Engineering Time report. How are developers spending their time, what tools are aiding them to be more productive and efficient, and why does it matter? All this and more in their conversation with host and MongoDB Principal Developer Advocate, Mike Lynn.


Ep. 114 Retool - State of Engineering Time with Chris Smith & Ivana Ivanovic

MongoDB Developer Advocate and host of The MongoDB Podcast Michael Lynn discusses best practices for attending your first tech conference. He also talks to guests including Mark Porter, CTO of MongoDB about MongoDB World happening this coming June 7-9 in NYC. Speakers in order of appearance: <ul><li>[1:14] Mark Porter, Keynote - Developers Build the Future <a href="https://app.swapcard.com/widget/event/mongodb-world-2022/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfODY0NjE3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agenda Link</a></li><li>[8:20] Ian Massingham, How Developer Relations Contributes to MongoDB World</li><li>[16:28] Abhishek Agarwal, Build Your Back End with the MongoDB Application Data Platform. <a href="https://app.swapcard.com/widget/event/mongodb-world-2022/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfODYxNjkw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agenda Link</a></li><li>[19:28] David Bradford, Explore Your Git History with MongoDB <a href="https://app.swapcard.com/widget/event/mongodb-world-2022/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfOTE0NzM2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agenda Link</a></li><li>[21:29] Jesse Hall, The MongoDB Atlas Data API in the Jamstack, the Serverless Dream <a href="https://app.swapcard.com/widget/event/mongodb-world-2022/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfODYxNzM3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agenda Link</a></li><li>[25:23] Kenny Gorman, Going Real-Time, Event Driven Apps with MongoDB Atlas <a href="https://app.swapcard.com/widget/event/mongodb-world-2022/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfODc0OTgz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agenda Link</a></li><li>[29:48] Steve Walsh, Securing Your Applications Data in the Public Cloud <a href="https://app.swapcard.com/widget/event/mongodb-world-2022/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfODYxNzMw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agenda Link</a></li><li>[34:09] Xiaochen Wu &amp; Ger Hartnett, 12 Patterns for Extreme MongoDB Performance Scalability <a href="https://app.swapcard.com/widget/event/mongodb-world-2022/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfODYxNjgx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agenda Link</a></li><li>[40:16] Rob Walters, Discussing the Kafka Connector <a href="https://app.swapcard.com/widget/event/mongodb-world-2022/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfOTE0NzM2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agenda Link</a></li><li>[45:27] Anna Kowalczuk, Be Nice, But Not Too Nice <a href="https://app.swapcard.com/widget/event/mongodb-world-2022/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfODYxNjg4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agenda Link</a></li><li>[50:55] Snehal Bhatia, Designing Sustainable Architectures with MongoDB <a href="https://app.swapcard.com/widget/event/mongodb-world-2022/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfODYxNjk2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agenda Link</a></li></ul> MongoDB World 2022 - Tickets are still available!- Visit https://www.mongodb.com/world- Use the code "PODCAST" for a 25% discount and some extra SWAG!

Ger Hartnett

Lead Performance Engineer at MongoDB

Ian Massingham

VP, Developer Relations & Community at MongoDB

Steve Walsh

Solutions Architect at MongoDB

Abhishek Agarwal

Consulting Engineer at MongoDB

Snehal Bhatia

David Bradford

Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity at MongoDB

Kenny Gorman

Principal Product Manager, Streaming at MongoDB

Xiaochen Wu

Senior Product Manager at MongoDB

Senior Product Manager Connectors and Things at MongoDB

Jesse Hall

Senior Developer Advocate at MongoDB

Anna Kowalczuk

VP of Governance, Risk, & Compliance at MongoDB

Mark Porter

CTO at MongoDB

MongoDB Developer Advocate and host of The MongoDB Podcast Michael Lynn discusses best practices for attending your first tech conference. He also talks to guests including Mark Porter, CTO of MongoDB about MongoDB World happening this coming June 7-9 in NYC. Tickets are still available! Visit https://www.mongodb.com/world and use the code "PODCAST" for a 25% discount and some extra SWAG!


Ep. 113 MongoDB World 2022 - Know Before you Go

MongoDB Developer Advocate and host of The MongoDB Podcast Michael Lynn discusses best practices for attending your first tech conference. He also talks to guests about their upcoming presentations at MongoDB World this coming June 7-9 in NYC. Tickets are still available! Visit https://www.mongodb.com/world and use the code "PODCAST" for a 25% discount and some extra SWAG!


At MongoDB, we're constantly searching for ways to ensure that the database is as efficient as possible. This means exploring all sorts of new technologies to stay on the forefront of the cutting edge. Dr. Sasha Fedorova works as a consultant in MongoDB Labs, focusing on and exploring ways that the database, specifically the storage engine can leverage new storage and memory technologies. On today's show, Michael spends time chatting in depth about Dr. Fedorova's research into these areas and they cover discussions on RAM, DIM, and Intel's Optane Memory technology which offers vastly lower latencies than conventional SSDs. Highlights of the conversation include: <ul><li>Dr. Sasha Fedorova introduces herself and her work</li><li>How Sasha became interested in systems</li><li>Non-volatile memory and reducing latency</li><li>Adopting non-volatile memory, and changes that need to occur to take advantage of the technology</li><li>The application of non-volatile memory, and new solutions it can offer</li><li>Larger scale adoption and effects with MongoDB</li><li>Solving throughput, and technical aspects of building cache on RAM</li><li>What's next on the roadmap</li><li>What Sasha does outside of working on systems</li></ul>

I research computer systems, raise young scientists and consult in the area of systems performance. I am a professor at the University of British Columbia.



Dr. Sasha Fedorova

Professor at The University of British Columbia

Working with MongoDB Labs, Dr. Sasha Fedorova brings her many years of Teaching Systems as a Professor at UBC to bare on real-world, modern day problems that database engineers face. In this episode, Dr. Fedorova discusses the work she does with MongoDB labs to investigate how MongoDB's WiredTiger storage engine can be optimized for the latest hardware and firmware becoming available in the disk storage space.


Ep. 112 Dr. Sasha Fedorova of MongoDB Labs

Dr. Sasha Fedorova talks about Non-volatile Memory, WiredTiger and MongoDB

At MongoDB, we're constantly searching for ways to ensure that the database is as efficient as possible. This means exploring all sorts of new technologies to stay on the forefront of the cutting edge. Dr. Sasha Fedorova works as a consultant in MongoDB Labs, focusing on and exploring ways that the database, specifically the storage engine can leverage new storage and memory technologies. On today's show, Michael spends time chatting in depth about Dr. Fedorova's research into these areas and they cover discussions on RAM, DIM, and Intel's Optane Memory technology which offers vastly lower latencies than conventional SSDs.


Kunal Lanjewar, a senior software engineer, joins host Michael Lynn to discuss how thatgamecompany is making use of MongoDB to support the video game "Sky." Conversation highlights include: <ul><li>Kunal talks about his role as a senior software engineer at thatgamecompany</li><li>Using MongoDB to store terabytes worth of customer gameplay data</li><li>How Kunal became interested in game and software development</li><li>The people, games, and creativity of thatgamecompany</li><li>Using MongoDB and Atlas to automatically scale</li></ul>

Kunal Lanjewar

Lead Engineer, Microservices and Cloud Native Platform

Kunal Lanjewar, a senior software engineer, joins host Michael Lynn to discuss how thatgamecompany is making use of MongoDB to support the video game "Sky." 


Ep. 111 Kunal Lanjewar of That Game Company at GDC

Kunal Lanjewar of That Game Company at GDC

Kunal Lanjewar, a senior software engineer, joins host Michael Lynn to discuss how thatgamecompany is making use of MongoDB to support the video game "Sky."


Matt Beecher and Matt Almeida from banking startup Neocova speak with The MongoDB Podcast host, and Developer Advocate, Michael Lynn. Neocova helps banks utilize their customer data through its data and data analytics solutions, and these help banks to utilize data in ways that offer customers better outcomes. Highlights from the conversation include: <ul><li>The difference between community and larger corporate banks</li><li>Why Neocova's solutions are strictly data and data analytics-focused</li><li>Operational efficiency and a platform built for scale</li><li>Why Neocova chose MongoDB, and the architectures of its solutions</li><li>ROI and metrics Neocova looks for</li><li>Parsing and processing data from customer data sources</li><li>Unleashing the power and value of data banks already have</li><li>How Atlas, Charts, and MongoDB tools help Neocova's business</li></ul> More about Neocova:<ul><li><a href="https://neocova.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://neocova.com</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/neocovacorp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/neocovacorp</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/neocova/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/neocova/</a></li><li><a href="https://neocova.com/solutions/fineuron/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://neocova.com/solutions/fineuron/</a></li><li><a href="https://neocova.com/solutions/spotlight-ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://neocova.com/solutions/spotlight-ai/</a></li></ul>

Matt is an entrepreneur, business-builder, and investor with a 30-year track record of success in both public and private markets. From founding and driving growth and scale in fintech and financial services to leading companies that have realized returns of $1 billion. Prior to Neocova, Beecher served as CEO of Austin-based fintech, Vault. Before Vault, Beecher was co-founder and President of Redstar Ventures, a venture capital firm that pioneered the venture studio model by taking business ideas from conception through early-stages of funding.

Matt Beecher

Chief Executive Officer at Neocova

I've spent most of my career navigating the intersection between modern data and distributed cloud architectures. Presently, my focus is on delivering a state of the art data platform to small and mid-sized community banks to build new insights into their business and drive opportunities they would otherwise miss.

At the end of the day though, I just like making things work.

Matt Almeida

VP of Engineering at Neocova

Matt Beecher and Matt Almeida from banking startup Neocova speak with The MongoDB Podcast host Michael Lynn. Neocova helps banks utilize their customer data through its data and data analytics solutions, and these help banks to utilize data in ways that offer customers better outcomes.


Ep. 110 Better Banking with Neocova and MongoDB

Better Banking with Neocova and MongoDB

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Ep. 115 Exploring Kafka with Kris Jenkins and Rob Walters

Ep. 114 Retool - State of Engineering Time with Chris Smith & Ivana Ivanovic

Ep. 113 MongoDB World 2022 - Know Before you Go

Ep. 112 Dr. Sasha Fedorova of MongoDB Labs

Ep. 111 Kunal Lanjewar of That Game Company at GDC

Ep. 110 Better Banking with Neocova and MongoDB