Simplifying Developers’ Lives with Ivar Østhus

07/10/24 • 44 min

Today, we’re joined by Ivar Østhus, CTO and co-founder of Unleash. He talks to us about the inspiration behind Unleash, why they have two different APIs in their platform, and more.

Chapters

(00:33) - What is Unleash?
(01:05) - Tall tale about the inspiration behind Unleash
(02:37) - How Ivar learned about continuous delivery
(10:04) - The two APIs in Unleash
(16:33) - Backward compatibility and deprecation strategy
(22:51) - Users, permissions, and roles
(31:25) - How Unleash gets enterprise customers
(39:29) - Ivar’s data model tip

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Around the same time, Captain Ola bought a Macintosh SE for his high school with the proceeds from the school newspaper he started.

These days, you’ll find them building web apps live on stream and doing developer marketing work for clients. They are both passionate about the web as a platform and the joy of creating your own thing.

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Today, we’re joined by Ivar Østhus, CTO and co-founder of Unleash. He talks to us about the inspiration behind Unleash, why they have two different APIs in their platform, and more.

Chapters

(00:33) - What is Unleash?
(01:05) - Tall tale about the inspiration behind Unleash
(02:37) - How Ivar learned about continuous delivery
(10:04) - The two APIs in Unleash
(16:33) - Backward compatibility and deprecation strategy
(22:51) - Users, permissions, and roles
(31:25) - How Unleash gets enterprise customers
(39:29) - Ivar’s data model tip

Sponsor

This show is brought to you by Xata, the only serverless data platform for PostgreSQL. Develop applications faster, knowing your data layer is ready to evolve and scale with your needs.

About the Hosts

Queen Raae wrote her first HTML in 1997 after her Norwegian teachers encouraged her to take the new elective class.

Around the same time, Captain Ola bought a Macintosh SE for his high school with the proceeds from the school newspaper he started.

Visit queen.raae.codes to learn more.

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Demystifying DNS with Anthony Eden

Today, we’re joined by Anthony Eden, co-founder of DNSimple. He talks to us about the difference between DNS and domain registration, what ephemeral data is, and more.

Chapters

(00:35) - What is DNSimple?

(01:24) - DNS versus domain registration

(02:44) - DNSimple’s tech stack

(04:05) - Example of ephemeral data

(10:06) - Tall tale about the missing model

(32:19) - Anthony’s data modeling tip

(36:35) - Tall tale about the server that almost caught fire

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About the Hosts

Queen Raae wrote her first HTML in 1997 after her Norwegian teachers encouraged her to take the new elective class.

Around the same time, Captain Ola bought a Macintosh SE for his high school with the proceeds from the school newspaper he started.

Visit queen.raae.codes to learn more.

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The What, Why, & How of Data Modeling with Dan Singerman

Today, we’re joined by Dan Singerman, founder and director of Reason Factory. He talks to us about why you should consider the user’s mental model when creating software, why it’s important to have consistent vernacular across your system, and more.

Chapters

(00:36) - Dan’s background and what his consultancy does

(04:03) - What is a model?

(06:45) - The challenges with modeling

(11:03) - Tall tale about the issue encountered with a music streaming platform’s data model

(23:25) - Tips on effective data modeling

(38:36) - The importance of consistent vernacular

(44:41) - Why you should fix your domain model before launch

Sponsor

This show is brought to you by Xata, the only serverless data platform for PostgreSQL. Develop applications faster, knowing your data layer is ready to evolve and scale with your needs.

About the Hosts

Queen Raae wrote her first HTML in 1997 after her Norwegian teachers encouraged her to take the new elective class.

Around the same time, Captain Ola bought a Macintosh SE for his high school with the proceeds from the school newspaper he started.

Visit queen.raae.codes to learn more.