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Big Ideas in App Architecture

Cockroach Labs
Artificial Intelligence
Cockroachdb
DBOS
Cloud Computing
Cockroach Labs
Ci-Cs
Honeycomb
Linkerd
Observability
Service Mesh
Kubernetes
SRE
Spanner
IBM
Multi-Cloud
Economic Impacts Of AI
Automation
Durable Workflows
Buoyant
Open Source

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. Welcome to Big Ideas in App Architecture!

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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 ... more

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,... more

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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.

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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 softwa... more

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William Morgan
CEO and co-founder of Buoyant (Linkerd)
Buoyant
Episode: Distributed Systems, Linkerd, and the Cost of Network Calls with William Morgan from Buoyant
Peter Kraft
Co-founder of DBOS
DBOS
Episode: Making Software as Durable as Data with Peter Kraft from DBOS
Charity Majors
CTO and co-founder of Honeycomb.io; author of Observability Engineering
Honeycomb
Episode: Breaking the Pillars: Rethinking Observability with Charity Majors
Tomer Karin
Software architect with automotive software experience
Embedded Software Architect
Episode: How to Transform Dev Workflows with CI/CS and AI Agents with Tomer Karin
Spencer Kimball
CEO and co-founder of Cockroach Labs
Cockroach Labs
Episode: AI, Market Cycles, and the Systems Built to Outlast Them with Cockroach Labs CEO & Co-founder Spencer Kimball
Nishant Raman
Data infrastructure leader with experience in high-growth startups
Former/Current data infrastructure leader at multiple startups
Episode: How to Scale Data Infrastructure from Startup to Enterprise
Masaru Hoshi
Cloud Architect at Qlik
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Episode: Code, Cloud and Karate: The Unlikely Path to Cloud Architecture
Peter Mattis
Co-founder, CTO, CPO of Cockroach Labs
Cockroach Labs
Episode: How to Build an AI-Native Organization

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David Joy
Host of the show and interviewer

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 60 ratings
  • Looking forward to more

    What a great concept. I love hearing from these tech minds straight out of SV. The audio quality can be a little hit or miss, but that seems to be true of many early podcasts. Hoping they figure that out in the next few episodes.

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    5
    easy with a good purpose
    United States3 years ago
  • big ideas

    l learned so much just in episode 1. tim is a great host, and I am looking forward to hear the next few guests!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    smuhawieh
    United States3 years ago
  • Enjoyable and Easy Listen

    Easily digestible topics. Great way to stay on top of tech trends while driving to work. Tim Veil effortlessly inserts his charm and humor and guides his guest through an informative and thought-provoking interview.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jhatch999
    United States3 years ago
  • Fantastic podcast for architects

    Love the format of this new podcast. It’s so valuable to hear from other IT leaders on problems they’re solving and how.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ayaden21
    United States3 years ago
  • A great listen!

    The show has a very interesting style! Loved being able to get inside another company’s infrastructure and hear about the challenges they faced, decisions made and why, and where they plan on going. It was very insightful and i’ll be back to hear more!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    KayMD24
    United States3 years ago

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The show is praised for practical, real-world insights for architects and engineers.
Audio quality is occasionally inconsistent but the host keeps interviews engaging.
Listeners appreciate the depth and candid conversations with tech leaders.
Guests bring valuable perspectives on reliability, observability, and data infra.

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Distributed Systems, Linkerd, and the Cost of Network Calls with William Morgan from Buoyant
Q: How do you view open-source sustainability for a project like Linkerd in the Kubernetes ecosystem?
Open-source sustainability requires a funding model where a company (Buoyant) pays maintainers and offers a commercial product around the project, ensuring long-term maintenance beyond volunteer contributions. This creates a self-sustaining ecosystem where the project solves real enterprise needs while being openly available to the community.
Distributed Systems, Linkerd, and the Cost of Network Calls with William Morgan from Buoyant
Q: Why did you decide to take Linkerd in a Rust-based proxy direction and focus on simplicity?
The design philosophy centers on simplicity by using small, composable building blocks to prevent complex, cascading effects across a distributed system. The Rust-based proxy enables high performance, which helps keep latency low and predictable, while the composable model keeps the system understandable for operators.
Making Software as Durable as Data with Peter Kraft from DBOS
Q: What makes DBOS valuable for AI agents at scale?
For long-running agents, DBOS provides infrastructure resilience and reproducibility through checkpoints, enabling recovery after server upgrades or crashes and allowing developers to reproduce and debug unexpected agent behaviors by replaying exact execution states.
Making Software as Durable as Data with Peter Kraft from DBOS
Q: How does DBOS differ from traditional workflow orchestration systems?
DBOS minimizes complexity by removing the need for an external orchestrator, instead embedding the workflow state within the application's process and a database, allowing for easier adoption, non-intrusive integration, and straightforward recovery and observability.
Making Software as Durable as Data with Peter Kraft from DBOS
Q: What is DBOS?
DBOS is a lightweight, database-backed library that enables durable workflows by regularly checkpointing an application's state to a database, so programs—whether AI agents or normal code—can recover and resume after failures without a heavy external orchestrator.

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This show centers on building reliable, scalable data-intensive systems, with guests who are builders and operators at the forefront of distributed databases, observability, and AI-driven workloads. Conversations blend practical architecture guidance with real-world challenges—ranging from service meshes and durable workflows to autonomous CI/CD workflows and multi-cloud data platforms. Listeners can expect deep dives into open-source sustainability, production-grade tooling, and the evolving role of platform engineering in modern software. A noteworthy strength is the consistent emphasis on outcomes-based instrumentation, cost considerations, and tangible lessons from leading engineering teams and vendor ecosystems.

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1. William Morgan
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4. Tomer Karin
5. Spencer Kimball
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7. Masaru Hoshi
8. Peter Mattis

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