Compiled Conversations

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Edd Mann

13 episodes

1 day ago

In-depth conversations with the people shaping software and technology. Each episode explores real-world experiences, technical challenges, and the thinking behind the tools, systems, and decisions that drive modern development. From engineering practices to architectural choices, this is a show for developers who care about how software is built - and who's building it.

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Episodes (13/13)

Compiled Conversations

Building on the BEAM: Exploring Erlang and Elixir, Part 2 with Shawn McCool

We continue our conversation with Shawn McCool, exploring the Elixir ecosystem including Phoenix's LiveView, Ecto's composable queries, Nerves for IoT, and LiveBook. We discuss when to use built-in BEAM capabilities versus external services, and dive into AI integration with Tidewave.

1 day ago

40 minutes

Compiled Conversations

Building on the BEAM: Exploring Erlang and Elixir, Part 1 with Shawn McCool

Shawn McCool shares his journey from class-oriented programming to discovering the power of Erlang and Elixir. We explore the BEAM virtual machine, process isolation, message passing, and how Erlang's unique approach to fault tolerance and concurrency enables building more resilient systems.

1 week ago

1 hour 12 minutes

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The Life of a PostgreSQL Table, Part 2 with Bruce Momjian

Bruce Momjian returns to complete our journey through a PostgreSQL table's lifecycle. We explore how Postgres handles updates, table alterations, row deletions, and table drops - diving deep into MVCC, vacuuming, and the Write-Ahead Log.

3 weeks ago

42 minutes

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The Life of a PostgreSQL Table, Part 1 with Bruce Momjian

Bruce Momjian takes us on a deep dive into the lifecycle of a PostgreSQL table. We explore how tables are created, how data is inserted and stored, and how queries work - from physical storage and MVCC to constraints and query planning.

1 month ago

1 hour 25 minutes

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Domain Modeling Made Functional, Part 2 with Scott Wlaschin

In this episode, Scott Wlaschin shows how functional programming concepts can enhance domain-driven design, sharing practical techniques for building more expressive, testable domain models using functional approaches.

1 month ago

1 hour 9 minutes

Compiled Conversations

Domain Modeling Made Functional, Part 1 with Scott Wlaschin

Scott Wlaschin, author of "Domain Modeling Made Functional" and creator of F# for Fun and Profit, joins us to discuss the powerful pairing of DDD and functional programming. In Part 1 we focus on DDD, covering strategic vs. tactical DDD, (sub)domains, bounded contexts, and the critical importance of listening and communication in software design.

1 month ago

1 hour 21 minutes

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Boosting Laravel Through AI with Ashley Hindle

Ashley Hindle, creator of Laravel Boost, joins us to demystify AI terminology, explore practical AI development workflows, and discuss how Laravel Boost accelerates AI-assisted development with structured guidelines, MCP tools, and version-specific documentation.

1 month ago

1 hour 49 minutes

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All Aboard the PostgreSQL Train with Bruce Momjian

Bruce Momjian traces Postgres's 39-year journey from Berkeley to today, why extensibility (PostGIS, JSON, pgvector) became its superpower, and how the community sustains momentum. We cover TDE trade-offs in core, scaling and storage realities, and decoupled storage/compute in the cloud (Aurora, Neon) - plus what it means to stay 'on the train'.

2 months ago

1 hour 24 minutes

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Learning Domain-Driven Design, Part 2 with Vlad Khononov

In Part 2, Vlad Khononov applies DDD in practice - covering context-mapping patterns, EventStorming, fit-for-purpose architecture, testing, team ownership, pragmatic adoption, plus AI's impact on modeling.

2 months ago

49 minutes

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Learning Domain-Driven Design, Part 1 with Vlad Khononov

Author and trainer Vlad Khononov joins us for Part 1 of a deep dive into Domain-Driven Design (DDD). We cover what DDD is really for, why strategic DDD matters more than patterns, how to identify subdomains, the relationship between subdomains and bounded contexts, and how to make pragmatic architecture choices that align with your business.

2 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

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Serverless PHP with Matthieu Napoli

Matthieu Napoli, creator of Bref, shares how PHP found its place in serverless through AWS Lambda - and what it takes to run modern applications without managing infrastructure. We cover Bref's architecture, Laravel/Symfony support, Bref Cloud, and trade-offs with containers and Kubernetes.

2 months ago

1 hour 6 minutes

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Thinking in Events: Principles of Event-Driven Architecture, Part 2 with James Eastham

In Part 2, James Eastham returns to tackle the practical side of event-driven architecture - covering failure recovery, orchestration vs. choreography, testing strategies, handling sensitive data, and how to migrate from a monolith using real-world patterns.

3 months ago

46 minutes

Compiled Conversations

Thinking in Events: Principles of Event-Driven Architecture, Part 1 with James Eastham

Developer advocate James Eastham joins us for Part 1 of a deep dive into the core principles of event-driven architecture (EDA), including types of coupling, asynchronous communication, event design, and real-world trade-offs in building distributed systems.

3 months ago

56 minutes