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Meet Tibo, cofounder of Tweet Hunter and Taplio. Couple years ago Tibo joined forces with his co-founder, and started to build stuff together. They did this crazy thing and launched new project every week. After shipping more than 10 products, eventually 1 took off, and got acquired for 10 million dollars. Currently working on a startup revid.ai which let's you create viral AI TikTok videos in minutes.
EPISODE LINKS:
- Viral AI TikTok Videos in minutes, revid.ai: https://www.revid.ai/
- Tweet Hunter: https://tweethunter.io/
- Taplio: https://taplio.com/
- Tibo's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thibaultll/
- Tibo's Twitter: https://x.com/tibo_maker
- Archil's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/
OUTLINE:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Starting in Entrepreneurship
04:18 Quitting Job
05:40 Power of Co-Founders
06:53 Shipping 1 Product a Week
08:35 Creating Tweet Hunter
11:38 Partnering with Twitter Influencer
14:22 Surviving Twitter API Blocked Access
19:02 Working on Taplio
23:26 Talking to Users
25:45 No Need for Investments
26:52 Time Management
28:20 Exiting Tweet Hunter and Taplio
33:45 Leaving Tweet Hunter and Taplio
34:48 Acquiring Typeframes, Creating revid.ai
37:08 Validating Ideas On Twitter
39:52 Newsletter Platform
41:30 Acquiring VS Building from scratch
42:52 Outro -
Meet Mirian Khomeriki, Head of Engineering at Clientela. Over the years Mirian has occupied different project management positions at various companies. Besides managing engineers, he is an active educator. Constantly giving lectures and mentoring young entrepreneurs.
EPISODE LINKS:
- Mirian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miro-khomeriki-66618558/
- Archil's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/
OUTLINE:
00:00 Intro
01:30 What Makes a Successful Digital Product
08:28 What is Agile?
25:50 The Role of Project Managers
37:38 Managing Stress as Project Managers
46:05 Head of Engineering at Clientela
49:12 Dealing with People, Importance of Empathy
58:36 Outro -
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Meet Beka, a software engineer at Google. Beka’s had an amazing journey before google. He started from the academy of arts, followed by major in economics. After that he switched to data science and eventually ended up writing his first line of code at the age of 29.
EPISODE LINKS:
- Beka's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmodebadze/
- Archil's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/
OUTLINE:
00:00 Intro
00:48 From Arts to Software Engineering, journey
05:09 Skills and Experiences for Software Engineering
06:32 Software Engineering as Problem Solving
09:00 Enjoyment in Software Engineering
11:20 Setting Goals and Making Plans
15:32 Applying and Getting at Google
18:08 Google Interview Story
21:47 Working at Google
26:42 Team Switching
29:17 Stress at Google
33:57 Handling Stress
37:23 Failure Culture at Google
44:34 Balancing Work and Personal Life
46:50 Feedback and Performance Evaluation at Google
50:58 Collaboration and Networking
56:00 Learning and Side-Projects
58:29 Non-Tech Interests and Hobbies
01:02:53 Outro -
Meet Joe and Stopa, best friends and software engineers with true hacker mentality. After years in big tech they both left Airbnb and decided to build staff together. Currently they are working on a startup called Instant a modern firebase which aims to revolutionize the idea of databases inside browsers. In 2022 Instant joined Y Combinator and is already available to build your next application on it.
EPISODE LINKS:
- Joe's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeaverbukh/
- Stopa's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stepan-parunashvili-65698932/
- Stopa's Essays: https://stopa.io/
- Job Search Course: https://www.jobsearch.dev/
- Stopa's Zeneca: https://www.zeneca.io/stopa
- Joe's Zeneca: https://www.zeneca.io/joe
- Instant: https://www.instantdb.com/
- Database in the Browser essay: https://stopa.io/post/279
OUTLINE:
00:00 Intro
00:54 How Joe and Stopa Met
03:05 How to Make Close Friends?
08:18 Doing Hard Things Together, Building Projects
12:28 Building jobsearch.dev
15:47 Balancing Full-Time Job and Side Projects
19:25 Decision of Leaving Airbnb
25:22 Meeting Brian Chesky
29:04 Building Staff After Airbnb
33:21 How to Launch Projects?
36:18 How to Get Project/Startup Ideas?
46:30 What is Database In Browser?
50:56 What is Instant?
52:42 Experience at Y Combinator
57:35 Current State of Instant
01:08:09 Outro -
Mark Richards and Neal Ford, two legendary software architects. If you're familiar with literature on software architecture, there's a high chance you've come across books authored by Mark and Neal.
Together, they have co-authored three outstanding books: "Fundamentals of Software Architecture", "Software Architecture: The Hard Parts", and their latest work, "Head First Software Architecture", which is set to release this April.
EPISODE LINKS:
- Mark's YouTube Channel: @markrichards5014
- Mark's Personal Page: https://www.developertoarchitect.com/mark-richards.html
- Neal's Personal Page: https://nealford.com/
OUTLINE:
00:00 Intro
00:47 Definition Of Software Architecture
05:28 Building Metaphor
12:49 Monolithic vs Distributed Architectures: Tradeoffs
19:34 Software Architecture vs Software Design
26:30 Why Is Software Architecture Important?
33:27 Bookcase Analogy
40:30 Evolution Of Software Architecture
46:23 Bad Architecture and Refactoring
53:40 Outro -
Laur is one of the most amazing Java enthusiasts in the community. Public speaker and Lecturer. Author of the famous books "Spring Security in Action", "Troubleshooting Java" and "Spring Start Here". Laur is widely famous for his youtube channel, where he shares his enormous experience in Java, Spring technologies and Software Engineering in general.
EPISODE LINKS:
- Laur's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@laurspilca
- Laur's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren%C5%A3iu-spilc%C4%83-01a931107/
- Laur's Personal Page: https://laurspilca.com/
OUTLINE:
00:00 Intro
01:34 Why Still Choose Java?
05:57 Java Evolution
09:18 Java Distributions
11:51 Virtual Threads, Project Loom
20:22 Java Community
22:50 Java Use Cases
25:30 Definition Of Framework
30:48 Spring Framework
34:54 Writing Book “Spring Start Here”
40:01 Book Writing Process
45:38 Sharing Knowledge, Educating
48:32 Youtube Channel
54:28 Laur’s Primary Job
56:36 Outro
🔗 CONNECT WITH ME:
- Archil Sharashenidze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/ -
Franck has been in database industry for about 30 years now. He's worked at places like IBM, Air France and CERN. Currently Franck is a developer advocate at Yugabyte, a company behind YugabyteDB, the open source, distributed SQL database for mission-critical applications.
OUTLINE:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Database Evolution
02:10 Databases 20 Years Ago
06:30 How Postgres Stores Data
10:10 How Select Works In Postgres
13:20 How Select Works With Index
15:15 Atomicity In ACID
19:32 Consistency In ACID
20:46 Isolation In ACID
21:35 Durability In ACID
22:26 ACID Real Example, Optimistic And Pessimistic
25:37 Transactions, Redo Logs
31:35 Relational vs NoSql
38:01 How NoSql Stores Data
41:50 ACID In NoSql
44:32 What Are Distributed Databases?
48:05 Use Cases Of Distributed Databases
54:30 Multi-Region Distributed Database
56:50 Architecture Of YugabyteDB
01:01:46 Raft Consensus, Leader Election
01:04:22 Indexes In YugabyteDB
01:09:07 Summary
🔗 CONNECT WITH US:
- Archil Sharashenidze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/
- Franck Pachot on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franckpachot/ -
Shota’s a mastermind behind Computer Science And Mathematics school at Free University of Tbilisi. Associated dean for about 8 years now. Lecturer and one of the most enthusiastic educators I’ve ever met. An outstanding software engineer and technology geek. Founder of startup Vitsi.ai, which aims to revolutionise the whole process of learning.
OUTLINE:
00:00 Intro
01:01 First Programming Language
02:35 Software Architecture and Design
05:42 When To Care About Scalability?
08:55 Software Development Process
13:31 Working At Mattermost
17:03 How Open Source Platforms Operate?
22:07 Benefits Of Open Source For The Company?
25:25 Becoming Dean Of Computer Science School
27:40 What Does Dean Do?
28:32 Motivation Behind Staying At University
30:02 Software Engineering VS Computer Science
32:39 Do We Need CS Degree To Become Software Engineers?
34:12 Computer Science State Of Art
37:14 Programming Paradigms, OOP, Decomposition
44:37 How University Education Works, Pros and Cons
51:54 Problems With Universities
57:00 Learning How To Learn
58:58 How Vitsi.ai Works?
01:04:33 How To Learn New Things?
01:05:58 Problems Vitsi.ai Solves
01:08:43 Content Creation In Vitsi.ai
01:10:47 Current State Of Vitsi.ai
01:13:40 Outro
🔗 CONNECT WITH US:
- Archil Sharashenidze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/
- Shota Gvinepadze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shota-gvinepadze-3a9259112/ -
Meet John Crickett. John has been in software engineering for about 30 years now. His experience includes different seniority levels from Engineering Management as well as software architecture.
He's the founder of the popular 'Coding Challenges' newsletter, boasting over 70,000 subscribers. Each week, John offers practical coding challenges to help software engineers enhance their skills through building real-world applications.
He’s also known for being active on LinkedIn and sharing his enormous experience with the community.
EPISODE LINKS:
Coding Challenges: https://codingchallenges.fyi/
OUTLINE:
00:00 Intro
00:57 Software Engineering Evolution
10:40 Mastering Different Programming Languages
14:03 Learning By Doing
17:54 Coding Challenges Newsletter
24:58 LeetCode in Practice
25:58 How To Land First Job?
29:08 Power Of Networking
31:32 Building Personal Brand
35:40 Joy Of Criticism
38:05 Conducting Interviews
43:20 Software Engineering Levels
45:19 “Engineering Manager or Hardcore Tech” Dilemma
49:58 Outro
🔗 CONNECT WITH US:
- Archil Sharashenidze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/
- John Crickett on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncrickett/ -
Meet Zaal and Rafo.
Zaal's a remarkable entrepreneur and tech enthusiast. His co-founded AI startup, Pulsar AI, not only achieved a successful exit in the US market but also stands out as the first Georgian startup to have such a success story.
Rafo's an exceptional Machine Learning engineer with years of experience. Currently involved in data science masters degree. Besides learning, he’s deeply engaged in scientific research bringing unique expertise on the table.
OUTLINE:
00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Learnings From Entrepreneurship
08:06 - Definition of AI Startup
10:52 - Research in AI Startups
13:50 - ML Engineer doing research
15:12 - What are AI and Machine Learning?
23:02 - What is Model and Model Training?
25:47 - What are Language Models?
38:09 - How ChatGPT works?
46:38 - Building Georgian LLM
52:16 - Demo Announcement
53:32 - Main Challenges building Georgian LLM
56:25 - Other "competitors"
1:02:51 - Next Plans
1:08:08 - Georgian LLM Demo
🔗 CONNECT WITH US:
- Archil Sharashenidze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/
- Zaal Gachechiladze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaalgachechiladze/
- Rafo Kalandadze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-kalandadze-ab9623142/ -
Meet Sandro and Dudu amazing software engineers and JS enthusiasts. Sandro’s been a software engineer for about 7 years. Ex-Googler, currently working at a small Series A startup, based in London. Dudu has been in the field of software engineering for around 5 years. He is currently working at a recently exited Silicon Valley-based startup.
EPISODE LINKS:
Javascript Runtime Blog: https://deno.com/blog/roll-your-own-javascript-runtime
Event Loop Doc: https://nodejs.org/en/guides/event-loop-timers-and-nexttick
Static Hermes: https://youtu.be/q-xKYA0EO-c?si=Lsr0o4_ad8b92cKV
React Fiber: https://github.com/acdlite/react-fiber-architecture
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:30 - What is a browser
3:38 - Domain Object Model - DOM
10:30 - Search Engine Internals
15:12 - Mobile vs Web browsers
18:42 - What is Javascript
23:58 - Typescript
29:47 - Javascript Execution, Runtime, Engines
37:50 - Event Loop
45:05 - Why React?
49:42 - React rendering, Virtual DOM
55:27 - Mistakes using React
1:02:00 - Project Complexity
1:04:58 - React Native
1:10:18 - Outro
🔗 CONNECT WITH US:
- Archil Sharashenidze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/
- Dudu Popkhadze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davit-popkhadze-a267a6199/
- Sandro Dolidze: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdolidze/ -
Merab Tato Kutalia is a Software Engineer specializing in Android. Google Developer Expert for Android and a fan of all things in software engineering. Tato maintains an active podcast about work ethics and career growth and writes tech blogs. He is a GDG organizer and speaker at international conferences (DroidCon, DevFest, OWASP). Community builder. Does 1:1 mentoring. Alongside his technological pursuits, he is an amateur cyclist and runner.
EPISODE LINKS:
Advent of Code: https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2023/11/advent-of-code-2023-with-kotlin/?utm_campaign=aoc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube.com
The Making of a Manager: https://www.juliezhuo.com/book/manager.html
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - How Android App Runs
8:00 - Google Play
9:52 - Android Security
18:40 - Android Devices
25:20 - Android Development Tech Stack
28:00 - Kotlin Multiplatform
31:20 - Cross-Platform Development
39:40 - Becoming Android Engineer
44:45 - Side Hustling, Community
50:50 - Google Developer Expert
55:08 - DevFest
58:15 - Open Source
1:06:40 - Leading Teams
🔗 CONNECT WITH US:
- Archil Sharashenidze on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archil-sharashenidze/
- Merab Tato Kutalia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatocaster/
- Merab Tato Kutalia on X(twitter): https://twitter.com/TatoKutalia -
Giorgi Lekveishvili is a software engineer for over 15 years now. Spent almost a decade at google, engineering distributed and machine learning systems. Currently involved in academic activities at Free University of Tbilisi as an assistant professor.
EPISODE LINKS:
Paxos
Raft
MIT Distributed Systems Course
Supersonic
Pcloud
