Ardan Labs Podcast

Joonas Bergius is currently a co-founder at Statype and an early employee of Digital Ocean. We talk about the experience of attending multiple schools in different countries, military service, technology consulting, containers, Kubernetes, and advice for technical entrepreneurs.  Connect with Joonas:Twitter: https://twitter.com/joonasGitHub: https://github.com/joonasMentioned in today’s episode:Digital Ocean: https://www.digitalocean.com/VMware: https://www.vmware.com/Heptio: https://github.com/heptioWant more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpLive Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpBlog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blogGithub: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Ishuah Kariuki is a software engineer at Microsoft. We talk about what it was like growing up in Kenya, the struggle of learning about computers with limited access to them, changing jobs as a means for career advancement, and more. Connect with Ishuah:Website: https://ishuah.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ishuah_LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishuah/Mentioned in today’s episode:Microsoft Expanding in Africa: https://news.microsoft.com/en-xm/features/furthering-our-investment-in-africa-microsoft-opens-first-africa-development-centre-in-kenya-and-nigeria/Windows 3.0: https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/Windows_3.0Radio Africa Group: https://radioafricagroup.co.ke/BRCK: https://brck.com/Want more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpLive Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpBlog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blogGithub: https://github.com/ardanlabs 

Tim Boring is a senior software engineer at Voltus and author of the book “Build an Orchestrator in Go.” Tim’s story shows us that many programming careers are far from linear. We learn about his struggles with Fortran in college, getting a masters in literature, a career pivot to programming, working at Google, and how things came full circle with his new book on orchestration in Go. Manning is offering our listeners 35% off any of their products! Use the code: podardan22Get Tim’s book: https://www.manning.com/books/build-an-orchestrator-in-goConnect with Tim:Website: https://timboring.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timboring/GitHub: https://github.com/timboringEmail: me@timboring.comMentioned in today’s episode:Fortran: http://fortran-lang.orgWant more from Ardan Labs? You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!Online Courses: https://ardanlabs.com/education/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpLive Events: https://www.ardanlabs.com/live-training-events/?utm_source=YTpodcast&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=alpBlog: https://www.ardanlabs.com/blogGithub: https://github.com/ardanlabs

Blain Smith is a senior software engineer at Subspace. From a young age, Blain knew he wanted to pursue a career in tech. We hear about his tough decision to leave university, working for Harvard, using Go for IoT wearables, entrepreneurship, and much more.Connect with Blain:Twitter: https://twitter.com/blainsmith LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blainsmith/Website: https://blainsmith.com Mentioned in today’s episode:Subspace: https://subspace.com Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: https://rpi.edu Want more from Ardan Labs?You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Melissa Trebell is a full stack engineer for Punchcard Systems (Previously at TrustBix).  Although she had an affinity for computers in high school, Melissa wasn’t sure if this was something she wanted to pursue in university. By a stroke of luck, she was introduced to a woman that worked for HP and encouraged her to get into the field. We learn about Melissa’s journey from C++ to Go, the agrifood industry, and the importance of mentorship.Connect with Melissa:https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-trebell-46a0a746/Mentioned in today’s episode:TrustBix: https://www.trustbix.comGirl Guides: https://www.girlguides.caProlog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrologLisp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_%28programming_language%29Golang Resources:Computing History: https://github.com/ardanlabs/gotraining/blob/master/reading/README.md#historyGoBridge: https://golangbridge.orgGoTime Podcast: https://changelog.com/gotimeGophercises: https://gophercises.comGolang Playground: https://play.golang.comExercism: https://exercism.org/tracks/goWant more from Ardan Labs?You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Ehioje Henry Erabor is a senior software engineer at BFREE. Growing up in Nigeria in the 1990’s, programming was not common in schools. Henry recalls a memory of his class being brought to the computer lab but they were instructed NOT to touch, only look. From that moment he wanted to know how these "TV’s with keyboards" operated. We learn about the school system in Nigeria, programming on paper, the National Youth Service Corps, and Henry’s path to becoming a software engineer.Connect with Henry:https://twitter.com/eRaBxEshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/erabxes/erabxes@gmail.comMentioned in today’s episode:Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board: https://jamb.gov.ngUniversity of Lagos: https://unilag.edu.ngFortran (programming language): https://fortran-lang.orgPDP-11: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11National Youth Service Corps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Youth_Service_CorpsWant more from Ardan Labs?You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Jeff Levin is a software engineer, entrepreneur, and the former director of the Alaska Developer’s Alliance. Growing up in Alaska, Jeff was constantly drawn to computers. Going so far as to memorize the DOS commands to boot windows by the age of 4. We learn about life in Alaska, his unique high school experience, finding dev work from remote areas, and how the Alaska Developers Alliance is building a community for software professionals.Connect with Jeff:https://twitter.com/JeffLevin3https://www.linkedin.com/in/levinology/https://levinology.comMentioned in today’s episode:Alaska Developers Alliance: https://www.akdevalliance.comMS-DOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOSMicrosoft Frontpage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_FrontPageWant more from Ardan Labs?You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Alex Ellis is the Founder of OpenFaaS, an open-source project focused on making it simple to deploy serverless functions with containers. Alex tells stories of breaking the family computer with Linux, hacking his school and the challenges he faced as a teenage programmer. We learn all about what led him to create OpenFaaS and the barriers you encounter when trying to grow an open-source project.Connect with Alex:https://www.openfaas.comhttps://www.alexellis.iohttps://twitter.com/alexellisuk/Mentioned in today’s episode:Camino De Santiago: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/expeditions/destinations/europe/land/spain-walking-el-camino/Everyday Go (Book by Alex Ellis): https://openfaas.gumroad.com/l/everyday-golangServerless for Everyone Else (Book by Alex Ellis): https://openfaas.gumroad.com/l/serverless-for-everyone-elseZero to OpenFaas in 60 months (GopherCon Talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzwBmHkP-rQWant more from Ardan Labs?You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Martin Gallagher is a specialist Go recruiter, matching developers with interesting companies across Europe. Many people out there may have a negative impression of recruiters, but every so-often you find one like Martin. Someone who genuinely cares about you, your family, and your livelihood. We hear about Martin’s experience growing up in Northern Ireland during social unrest, moving to the big city, his love for music, and how he found himself working with Go developers!Connect with Martin:martin@vistasrecruitment.comhttps://www.vistasrecruitment.comhttps://twitter.com/MGallagher2010https://www.linkedin.com/in/martingallaghervistas/Gopher Slack: @martin_gallagherMentioned in today’s episode:Input Magazine: https://archive.org/details/computerinputmagazineConflict in Northern Ireland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_TroublesBlack-Sholes - Book: https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Black-Scholes-Pricing-Trading-Revised/dp/0994138687Want more from Ardan Labs?You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!

Matt Holt is the creator of popular open source projects like Caddy Web Server, CertMagic, PapaParse, & others. If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to maintain open source projects full-time, Matt is the man to speak with. We learn how he came up with the idea for Caddy, how it works, and the pro’s and con’s of building a sustainable an open source project. Want to show your support for Caddy? Become a sponsor on GitHub!Connect with Matt:https://twitter.com/mholt6https://github.com/mholtMentioned in today’s episode:https://github.com/caddyserver/caddyhttps://caddy.community https://www.amazon.com/PHP-MySQL-Development-Luke-Welling/dp/0672317842https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Certificate_Management_Environment https://github.com/mholt/timelinerWant more from Ardan Labs?You can learn Go, Kubernetes, Docker & more through our video training, live events, or through our blog!