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More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never met
More than a Refresh is a new podcast dedicated to learning about data and the people behind it through lively conversation, diverse topics, and engaging guest speakers. We explore professional trends within the ecosystem including trouble spots, privacy, equity, democratization, and future directions. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR T3D Sessions: Stepping away from AWS, Google and databases to explore machine learning
In this session, Command Prompt Founder JD sits down with Kevin Jernigan, Chief Product Officer at J4 Capital LLC, whose career spans decades across the…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR T3D Sessions: Experiencing the benefits of Cython to increase Python performance
Command Prompt Founder JD chats with Valerii Herman, Python Developer at Command Prompt, about Cython — a superset of Python that combines Python’s simplicity…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR T3D Sessions: Beyond CAPTCHA and honeypots, simplified layered defenses against website spam
Command Prompt Founder JD chats with Eugene Dubinin, Senior Developer & Project Lead at Command Prompt, about strategies for fighting web application…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR T3D Sessions: The Death of the Internet and What's at Stake
Command Prompt Founder JD chats with Andrew Sullivan — President of Anvil Walrus Den Holdings, Inc. and longtime Internet engineer and policy leader. Andrew…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR T3D Sessions: Thinking outside the box with infrastructure monitoring
In this episode, Command Prompt Founder JD sits down with Hunter O’Brien, Jr Sysadmin/Jr DBA at Command Prompt, to talk about why monitoring isn’t…
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MTAR T3D Sessions: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Blockchain
Command Prompt Founder JD chats with Silona Bonewald, Open Source Standards Pioneer and InnerSource Expert, about 10 things you didn’t know about blockchain…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR T3D Sessions: Scaling Postgres Without Breaking the Bank
Command Prompt Founder JD sits down with his colleague Brian Fehrle, DBA at Command Prompt, to dive into one of the toughest challenges for fast-growing…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR T3D Sessions: How Retention and Activation Metrics Drive Real Business Outcomes
Command Prompt Founder JD chats with Alan Chavez —Product Engineer specialized in Growth, and Chief Technology Officer at Torta Studios — about the practice of…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR T3D Sessions: Why not K8s (Kubernetes) and PostgreSQL
Command Prompt Founder JD chats with Greg Dostatni, DBA at Command Prompt, about the Kubernetes mantra “cattle, not pets” — and why that doesn’t always hold…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR T3D Sessions: The Power and Performance Benefits of Set-Based Processing in Relational Databases Like PostgreSQL
Command Prompt Founder JD sits down with Dr. Aaron N. Cutshall, Principal Data Architect at SQLRV, LLC., to discuss the power and performance benefits of…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR T3D Sessions: A Platform That Instantly Turns Databases Into RESTful APIs
Command Prompt Founder JD chats with Victor Olex, Founder and CEO of SlashDB — a platform that instantly turns databases into RESTful APIs with support for…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR T3D Sessions: Apache Cloudberry - A new open source, Postgres-based analytics platform designed to scale
Command Prompt Founder JD chats with Tushar Pednekar, Co-founder of Synx Data Labs, about Apache CloudBerry — a new open source, Postgres-based analytics…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 52: How government cuts affect our forests and how trees are going to save the world
Welcome to episode 52 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Patrick Broderick, Consulting Forester and Founder @ Eastside Forestry. In this episode…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 51: Buzzword compliance and solutions looking for problems
Welcome to episode 51 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Dotan Horovits, CNCF Ambassador and OpenObservability Talks Podcast Host. This episode is…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 50: Going viral on Github and observability as a fundamental to a health infrastructure
Welcome to episode 50 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Costa Tsaousis, Founder & CEO @ Netdata. This episode is part of our series with The Open…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 49: The EFF on all things ALPR, the freedom of movement, the normalization of data breaches, and the need for restorative justice.
Welcome to episode 49 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Cooper Quintin, Senior Staff Technologist @ The EFF. Listen in as they discuss all things…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 48: The value of a strong first impression, psychological profit, the role of culture fit in hiring
Welcome to Episode 48 of More Than a Refresh! Join JD as he sits down with Super Connector and T-Squared Founder, Marc Nathan, to discuss the value of a strong…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 47: Tending to databases vs tending to applications and the 80-20 rule.
Welcome to Episode 47 of More Than a Refresh! Join JD as he sits down with Peter Zaitsev, Co-Founder @ Coroot & Founder @ Percona, and Nikolay Sivko, Founder…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 46: Elizabeth McCormick, Former US ARMY Black Hawk Helicopter Pilot and the intricate relationship between confidence and self-worth, and the power of rhinestone flak jackets.
Welcome to Episode 46 of More Than a Refresh! Join JD as he sits down with Elizabeth McCormick, a former US ARMY Black Hawk Helicopter Pilot turned…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 45: Pragmatic perfectionsim and why Machine Learning should happen in databases
Welcome to episode 45 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Montana Low, Founder and CEO @ PostgresML. Listen in as they discuss pragmatic…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 44: Differentiating between failure an opportunity and the link between advertising and UX
Welcome to episode 44 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Lindsey Simon, VP Engineering at Vercel. Listen in as they differentiate between failure…
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MTAR 43: Investing in humans, not assets wile having a fixed mindset vs a growth mindset.
Welcome to episode 43 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Leta Keane, Experienced Front End Engineering Instructor. Listen in as they discuss…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 42: SXSW, collaborative problem solving and that time Barack Obama back-channeled to speak at SXSW
Welcome to episode 42 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Hugh Forrest, Co-President & Chief Programming Officer @ SXSW. Listen in as they discuss…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 41: Production readiness, "Gutenberg moments" and Dude Bros
Welcome to episode 41 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with jack of all trades (and master of many), Silona Bonewald, Founder & President @…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 40: Privacy as a human right, mining children for data and how law enforcement violates the 4th amendment legally
Welcome to episode 40 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Cooper Quintin, Senior Staff Technologist @ The EFF. On Thursday, December 7th, Meta…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 39: Postgres vs. MySQL and maintaining "boring" but vital OSS
Welcome to episode 39 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Dave Stokes, Technology Evangelist @ Percona. Listen in as they discuss Postgres vs…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 38: The Enshitification of the Internet with Cooper Quintin, Senior Staff Technologist @ The EFF
Welcome to episode 38 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Cooper Quintin, Senior Staff Technologist at The Electronic Frontier Foundation. Listen…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 37: The Open Source Seed Initiative, the importance of food over patents, and the relationships between soil health and human health
Welcome to episode 37 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Tom Michaels, Co-Founder @ Open Source Seed Initiative and Horticultural Science…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 36: Why DEI is failing, why IDE would succeed, and white privilege vs class privilege
Welcome to Episode 36 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Dr. Lauran Star, Workforce DE&I Psychologist, Strategist, & Speaker. Listen in as they…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 35: Why private companies "owe" Open Source software and creating a culture of work that is good for employees
Welcome to Episode 35 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with his old friend, Michael Meskes, Senior Director of Cloud Products @ NetApp. Listen in as…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 34: The role of AI in Postgres deployments and simplifying vs "dumbing down" deployments
Welcome to Episode 34 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Phillip Merrick, CEO @ pgEdge, Serial Entrepreneur, and Technologist. Listen in as they…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 33: The benefits of asynchronous work and the under-celebration of Postgres Extensions
Welcome to Episode 33 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Ry Walker, Founder at Tembo. Listen in as they discuss the benefits of asynchronous work…
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MTAR 32: Change management, why you need to understand your end user and making the London Underground sing with Kafka
Welcome to Episode 32 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Kris Jenkins, Developer Advocate, Podcast Host, Hacker, Speaker, Geek. Listen in as they…
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MTAR Panel: Digital Privacy, data leaks and proposed legislation that introduces new levels of threat to everyone from CTOs to laypeople
The landscape of digital privacy is changing. While cloud adoption and ethical hacking create new opportunities for all, data leaks and proposed legislation…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 31: Day, Night and Dream jobs; the reality of technical heckling and when to rethink panel organization
Welcome to Episode 31 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with mega multi-hyphenate, Bobbie Carlton, Founder @ Innovation Women + Founder @ Carlton PR &…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 30: Independence as the crux of accessibility, social structures vs brain patterns and why accessible design is good for all users
Welcome to Episode 30 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Glenda Sims, "the good witch of accessibility" and Chief Information Accessibility…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 29: How channel sales set up Paul Kochanski to succeed in the music industry
Welcome to Episode 29 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Paul Kochanski, Founder, President, and Keyboardist @ Foreigners Journey. Listen in as…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 28: Equality vs Equity, the magic of blue paper and why the core value of diversity is diverse perspectives
Welcome to Episode 28 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Dr. Lauran Star, Workforce DE&I Psychologist, Strategist, & Speaker. Listen in as they…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 27: Products vs projects, the responsibility of cloud providers, and why Google is betting on Postgres
Welcome to Episode 27 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Ravi Murthy, Senior Director of Engineering at Google. Listen in as they discuss products…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 26: Why sovereignty is freedom + responsibility and what happy people have in common
Welcome to episode 26 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Laura DiBenedetto, Chief Executive Officer @ Sovereign Ammo. Listen in as they discuss…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 25: The intersection of cutting edge technology and the marketplace. Open Source vs Open Standards and the cloud as the reinvention of the wheel
Welcome to episode 25 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Ajay Kulkarni, Co-Founder and CEO @ Timescale. Listen in as they discuss the intersection…
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MTAR 24: The value of long-term partnership, data automation and legacy planning
Welcome to episode 24 of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Peter Zaitsev, Founder @ Percona. Listen in as they discuss the value of long-term…
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MTAR 23: Finding a tribe, maintaining company culture in the face of M&A, and the Goldilocks Rule of communication
Welcome to episode 23 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Divya Bhargov, Senior Director Of Engineering, Greenplum R&D, VMware. Listen in as they…
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MTAR 22: ethical Open Source licenses, being "addicted" to Postgres and maintaining a community in the face of war
Welcome to episode 22 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Nikolay Samokhvalov, Founder @ Postgres.ai – Database Lab. Listen in as they discuss…
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MTAR 21: AdTech as a tool for counterespionage and the humble origins of the Internet Cookie
Welcome to episode 21 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Dan Frechtling, CEO @ Boltive. Listen in as they discuss dark signals, AdTech as a tool…
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MTAR 20: EFF, Why paper is magical, International threats to privacy and the problem with never-ending emergencies.
Welcome to episode 20 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Jon Callas, Director of Public Interest Technology at Electronic Frontier Foundation…
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MTAR19: Debian, why competition yields better software, the difference between free and open source and how to attract the next generation of developers to Postgres.
Welcome to episode 19 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with old friend and Senior Director Cloud Products @ credativ, Dr. Michael Meskes. Listen in…
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MTAR 17.01: Industrial hemp: legislation and economics, how hemp could save the U.S. water system and why it is always important to have a fire extinguisher on your combine
Welcome to the second episode in our AgData series of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down for a second time with Tom Michaels, Co-Founder @ Open Source…
More than a refresh: Conversations with the most interesting people you've never metMTAR 17: copyleft, the hallmarks of healthy Open Source communities, the value of diversity and DNA as source code
Welcome to episode 17 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Tom Michaels, Co-Founder @ Open Source Seed Initiative and Horticultural Science…
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MTAR 16: Solving real problems for real people, idea validation and why ideas without passion will lead to failure
Welcome to episode 16 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Jeff Mains, five-time founder and current CEO @ Intelligent Contacts and CEO @ Champion…
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MTAR 13.01: the price of convenience and the complexities of children being online
Welcome to a bonus episode of More than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Andrés Arrieta, Director Consumer Privacy Engineering @ EFF. Listen in as they pick…
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MTAR 15: The closed source giant, why Postgres is the Linux of databases and the politics of the rental housing market
Welcome to episode 15 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Jacque Istok, Vice President, Data at VMware. Listen in as they discuss closed source…
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MTAR 14: ERP innovation vs. acquisition as a growth strategy
Welcome to episode 14 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Ned Lilly, President & CEO of xTuple. Listen in as they discuss ERPs, innovation vs…
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MTAR 13: The EFF and the role of anti-trust policy in mitigating threats, finding a healthy balance with technology in a contemporary society and why Facebook is not actually free.
Welcome to episode 13 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Andrés Arrieta, Director of Consumer Privacy Engineering at Electronic Frontier…
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MTAR 12: Proactive health management and the line between user privacy and the effective wearable
Welcome to episode 12 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Geoffrey Gill, President, Shimmer Americas and Co-Founder at The Open Wearables…
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MTAR 11: User friendliness vs. engineering correctness, and why any organization's greatest asset is its people
Welcome to episode 11 of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Altinity CEO, Robert Hodges. Listen in as they discuss user friendliness vs. engineering…
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MTAR 10: VC Funding, why databases must evolve and why community is vital to the Open Source Ecosystem
Welcome to episode ten of More Than a Refresh, where JD sits down with Jim Mlodgenski, Principal Engineer at Amazon Web Services. Listen in as these two old…
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MTAR 09.01: The foundation of a strong organization, management vs. leadership and the value of leaving your ego at the door
Welcome to our second bonus episode of More Than a Refresh, where we revisit the topic of engineering culture with Mark Porter, CTO at MongoDB. Listen in as he…
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MTAR 09: The importance of persistence software , the beauty of the ah ha moment, and why organizations need to be built according to Dunbar's Number and Conway's Law
Welcome to episode nine of More than a Refresh, with Joshua "JD" Drake. Listen in as he and Mark Porter discuss the importance of persistence software, the…
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MTAR 08: Cockroach Labs, and what drives a successful OSS project.
Welcome to episode eight of More than a Refresh, with Joshua "JD" Drake. Listen in as he and Jordan Lewis, Director of Engineering, SQL at Cockroach Labs…