Big Ideas in App Architecture

Cockroach Labs

Cockroach Lab’s Big Ideas in App Architecture is a podcast for architects and engineers building modern data-intensive applications and systems. In every weekly episode, an innovator joins the show to share useful insights from their experiences building reliable, scalable, maintainable systems.

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September 16 · 36 min
Introducing Cockroach Continuum | A Big Ideas in App Architecture Exclusive
This episode marks a big moment for Cockroach Labs, a refreshed brand and the introduction of Cockroach Continuum! David Joy sits down with Tara Jana (TJ), who joined Cockroach Labs earlier this year and has been deep in the work behind everything...
August 19 · 45 min
A Love Letter to the Database: Industry Shifts, Lessons Learned, and What's Next with Perry Krug
Perry Krug has been close to databases his entire career — from Couchbase in the NoSQL era to three years at Pinecone working on vector search. In this conversation with David Joy, the two database industry experts discuss the shifts they’ve...
July 22 · 47 min
The Everything Trap: Building AI Software That Lasts with Sam Hilsman
Generating working software with AI has never been easier, but every shortcut a team takes today is a debt it pays back later. In this episode, David talks with Sam Hilsman, co-founder and CEO ofhttps://cloudfruit.com/, a studio that builds ERPs,...
June 17 · 51 min
Why Inference Engineering Is the Next Big Role in AI with Philip Kiely
Most teams moving AI into production quickly discover that generating an output is the easy part; running it reliably, efficiently, and at scale is a discipline of its own.In this episode, David talks with Philip Kiely, engineer...
May 20 · 45 min
Distributed Systems, Linkerd, and the Cost of Network Calls with William Morgan from Buoyant
In Kubernetes environments, concerns like retries, security, observability, and traffic control often end up scattered across application code, leading to duplicated logic, inconsistent behavior, and systems that are harder to operate and debug. The...
April 15 · 43 min
Making Software as Durable as Data with Peter Kraft from DBOS
Most workflow and orchestration tools rely on external systems and fragile state management, making it hard for applications, especially AI agents to recover from failures or long running interruptions. In this episode, David talks with Peter Kraft,...
March 18 · 50 min
Breaking the Pillars: Rethinking Observability with Charity Majors
Most observability platforms are built around siloed signals, metrics, logs, and traces; not the rich context engineers actually need. The architecture of observability tooling hasn’t kept pace with the architecture of today’s distributed systems. ...
February 18 · 34 min
How to Transform Dev Workflows with CI/CS and AI Agents with Tomer Karin
Most CI/CD pipelines are built to detect failure, not to resolve it. As software systems grow more distributed and complex, that limitation is becoming a bottleneck for resilience. In this episode, David sits down with Tomer Karin, a seasoned...
January 21 · 1 hr 1 min
AI, Market Cycles, and the Systems Built to Outlast Them with Cockroach Labs CEO & Co-founder Spencer Kimball
Most databases are designed for success cases. Real systems fail– the difference is whether they’re built and tested for it. In this episode, David sits down with Spencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs, to explore the architectural...
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Jul 1, 2025 · 38 min
How to Scale Data Infrastructure from Startup to Enterprise
In this episode, David sits down with https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramannishant/, a seasoned data infrastructure expert, to explore the evolving world of data engineering, AI integration, and building scalable systems from the ground up. With...
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May 27, 2025 · 40 min
Code, Cloud and Karate: The Unlikely Path to Cloud Architecture
In this episode, David sits down with https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhoshi/, a cloud architect at Qlik, to explore his unexpected journey into cloud architecture, the cultural influences that shaped his career, and the evolving disciplines transforming...
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May 13, 2025 · 43 min
How to Build an AI-Native Organization
In this episode, David sits down with https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-mattis-46549144/, co-founder, CTO, and CPO of https://www.cockroachlabs.com/, to dive into the world of resilient databases, the evolution of AI in tech, and the journey of...
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Feb 11, 2025 · 43 min
Inside Infrastructure as Code with Pulumi’s Founder & CEO
In this episode, David sits down with https://www.linkedin.com/in/joejduffy/, CEO ofhttps://www.pulumi.com/, to explore the revolutionary changes in cloud infrastructure and the power of Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Pulumi is redefining how...
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Jan 28, 2025 · 53 min
Inside Ericsson: How AI and Automation Are Shaping Telecom
Connectivity has become as essential as power and water—without it, our modern world would grind to a halt. In this episode, David sits down with https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandkumarbajaj/, Chief Architect at https://www.ericsson.com/en, to explore...
Jan 14, 2025 · 54 min
Unboxing the Cloud: AI, Microservices, and Resilient Databases
What does it take to build systems that thrive in today’s fast-evolving tech landscape? In this episode, we talk withhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jihatcher/, Solutions Engineer at https://www.cockroachlabs.com/, about the future of application...
Oct 29, 2024 · 39 min
Strategic AI and Cloud Solutions: GitHub’s Blueprint for Modern Development Success
In this episode, David welcomes https://www.linkedin.com/in/arilivigni/, Senior Cloud Solutions Architect at https://github.com/, for an engaging conversation about cloud infrastructure, cloud adoption, AI, and security. Join us as we discuss: - The...
Oct 15, 2024 · 1 hr 3 min
Cloud Architecture in the Public Sector: Balancing Innovation and Security
Ever wondered how cloud architecture works in the public sector? In this episode, David Joy is joined by https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolasmayer/, Principal Cloud Architect at https://maximus.com/, a company that partners with state, federal and...
Oct 1, 2024 · 50 min
GenAI Meets Celebrity: Inside Cameo’s Journey from Startup to Stardom
This week, David is joined by https://www.linkedin.com/in/dom-scandinaro, CTO at https://www.cameo.com/, the platform that allows users to send personalized videos from celebrities and creators. Scandinaro gives an in-depth overview of Cameo’s rapid...
Sep 17, 2024 · 56 min
The Journey From Mainframe to Adopting Generative AI With Equifax’s Senior Network Architect
In this episode, our host David Joy speaks with Samarth Shah, Senior Network Architect at https://www.equifax.com/ to learn about the steps they took to modernize from the mainframe to the cloud, as well as the impact AI has on the industry. Join as...
Aug 6, 2024 · 46 min
Modernizing Your Cloud Strategy with OneStream’s Senior VP of Cloud Architecture
In this episode, we dive into the heart of cloud architecture, disaster recovery, observability, and more with https://www.onestream.com/ Senior VP of Cloud Architecture, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryantberry. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or...

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