Ardan Labs Podcast
This podcast features intimate conversations with engineers who are in the forefront of building or teaching technology. Join us as we learn how our guests got started in tech, the type and level of education they've obtained, their work history, and personal stories about their journey. We publish the show on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and the Web biweekly on Wednesdays at 12pm US Eastern Time. Subscribe and STAY TUNED!
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 84 minutes
- Episodes
- 134
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Orchestration in Go with Tim Boring
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 str…
Calculated Risk Taking with Blain Smith
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, us…
The Value of Mentorship with Melissa Trebell
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 want…
Programming on Paper with Henry Erabor
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 comput…
Connecting Developers in Alaska with Jeff Levin
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 …
Finding a Model for Open-Source with Alex Ellis
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…
Music, Dot-com Websites, and Helping Others with Martin Gallagher
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…
Open Source, Internet Security, and Nature with Matt Holt
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-tim…
Work Ethic, Entrepreneurship, and Engineering with Kelsey Hightower
Kelsey Hightower is a Principal Engineer at Google Cloud, open-source advocate, and one of our favorite speakers in tech. We hear about his early experiences with computers, thoughts on CS degree vs …
Music, Mentorship, and Programming with Mark Bates
Mark Bates is the co-founder at Gopher Guides, papercall.io, and gobuffalo.io. Many of us know Mark for his programming expertise but much of this episode is focused around his passion for music. Mus…
Facing Fears, Growth Mindset, and Kubernetes with Gergely Brautigam
Gergely Brautigam is a software developer at Weaveworks working with Go & Kubernetes. As he describes it, Gergely knew he wanted to work with computers from the first time his mother brought home a Z…
Telnet Games, Baghdad, and Silicon Valley with Sarah Murphy
Sarah Murphy is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at WePay. Sarah’s curiosity and willingness to take leaps took her all over the world, from being a journalist in Baghdad to working with top Silico…
Don’t Walk, Sprint! with Miriah Peterson
Miriah Peterson is a data engineer at Weave, a founder of the Forge Foundation, and the founder for the Women Who Go Utah. If you think she’s busy now, just tune in to hear about her childhood. Miria…
Part 2: Persistence, Goals, and a Growth Mindset with Steve Hoffman
In this episode, we pick up where we left off with Steve Hoffman. Last we heard, he had just launched a few successful video games in the mid-90’s. Steve then started a new company focused on interac…
Part 1: Persistence, Goals, and a Growth Mindset with Steve Hoffman
Steve Hoffman is a CEO, author, angel investor, and above all a creator. Steve currently runs a global startup incubator called Founders Space but his life has taken many turns to reach this place. S…
Computer Science by Accident with Ronna Steinberg
Ronna Steinberg is currently the Chapter Lead for Women Who Go Berlin and Senior Software Engineer for Delivery Hero. In this episode, we hear how many unexpected events led Ronna into tech and even …
Foreign Languages, Pharmaceuticals, and Pascal with Renee Richards
Renee Richards is a Programmer Analyst for Carepoint, Inc. Renee has been a software developer for two years after spending most of her life as a pharmacy technician. We hear about how she made the t…
Sharing Knowledge to Level Up Society with Nic Jackson
Nic Jackson is a Principal Developer Advocate for HashiCorp. He’s also the author of the book Building Microservices with Go and an avid speaker on all things microservices. We learn about his first …
Using Your Powers for Good with John Reese
John Reese is a Senior Software Engineer at Yubico. He is also an active contributor to the open source projects Konstraint and Conftest. John’s foray into programming started a bit earlier than most…
Coffee, Code, and Career Transitions with Jessica Greene
Jessica Greene is a Backend Developer with Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees. We talk about film, the science of coffee, and what caused her to pivot her career into tech. Jessica shares in…