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Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak & Viktor Gamov

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak & Viktor Gamov

By: Confluent
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Hi, we’re Tim Berglund, Adi Polak, and Viktor Gamov and we’re excited to bring you the Confluent Developer podcast (formerly “Streaming Audio.”) Our hand-crafted weekly episodes feature in-depth interviews with our community of software developers (actual human beings - not AI) talking about some of the most interesting challenges they’ve faced in their careers. We aim to explore the conditions that gave rise to each person’s technical hurdles, as well as how their experiences transformed their understanding and approach to building systems.


Whether you’re a seasoned open source data streaming engineer, or just someone who’s interested in learning more about Apache Kafka®, Apache Flink® and real-time data, we hope you’ll appreciate the stories, the discussion, and our effort to bring you a high-quality show worth your time.

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Episodes
  • Inside $3M GPU Racks: Powering Modern AI with Bryan Oliver | Ep. 16

    Inside $3M GPU Racks: Powering Modern AI with Bryan Oliver | Ep. 16
    Jan 26 2026

    Adi Polak talks to Bryan Oliver (Thoughtworks) about his career in platform engineering and large-scale AI infrastructure. Bryan’s first job: building pools and teaching swimming lessons. His challenge: running large-scale GPU data centers while keeping AI workloads predictable and reliable.

    SEASON 2
    Hosted by Tim Berglund, Adi Polak and Viktor Gamov
    Produced and Edited by Noelle Gallagher, Peter Furia and Nurie Mohamed
    Music by Coastal Kites
    Artwork by Phil Vo

    • 🎧 Subscribe to Confluent Developer wherever you listen to podcasts.
    • ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube, and hit the 🔔 to catch new episodes.
    • 👍 If you enjoyed this, please leave us a rating.
    • 🎧 Confluent also has a podcast for tech leaders: "Life Is But A Stream" hosted by our friend, Joseph Morais.
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    30 mins
  • Hacking Kafka Streams with Sophie Blee‑Goldman | Ep. 15

    Hacking Kafka Streams with Sophie Blee‑Goldman | Ep. 15
    Jan 19 2026

    Tim Berglund talks to Sophie Blee-Goldman (Responsive) about her career in container orchestration and Kafka Streams. Sophie’s first job: interning at Google. Her challenge: helping a hyper-growth customer whose Kafka Streams app was about to hit partition-based scalability limits.


    SEASON 2
    Hosted by Tim Berglund, Adi Polak and Viktor Gamov
    Produced and Edited by Noelle Gallagher, Peter Furia and Nurie Mohamed
    Music by Coastal Kites
    Artwork by Phil Vo

    • 🎧 Subscribe to Confluent Developer wherever you listen to podcasts.
    • ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube, and hit the 🔔 to catch new episodes.
    • 👍 If you enjoyed this, please leave us a rating.
    • 🎧 Confluent also has a podcast for tech leaders: "Life Is But A Stream" hosted by our friend, Joseph Morais.
    Show More Show Less
    35 mins
  • Turning Chaos into Push-Button Provisioning with Dhiraj Suri| Ep. 14

    Turning Chaos into Push-Button Provisioning with Dhiraj Suri| Ep. 14
    Jan 12 2026

    Viktor Gamov talks to Dhiraj Suri (Confluent) about his career in systems engineering and stream governance. Dhiraj’s first job: software developer at NetApp. His challenge: working at Splunk to stitch together disparate systems into an event-driven provisioning platform.

    SEASON 2
    Hosted by Tim Berglund, Adi Polak and Viktor Gamov
    Produced and Edited by Noelle Gallagher, Peter Furia and Nurie Mohamed
    Music by Coastal Kites
    Artwork by Phil Vo

    • 🎧 Subscribe to Confluent Developer wherever you listen to podcasts.
    • ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube, and hit the 🔔 to catch new episodes.
    • 👍 If you enjoyed this, please leave us a rating.
    • 🎧 Confluent also has a podcast for tech leaders: "Life Is But A Stream" hosted by our friend, Joseph Morais.
    Show More Show Less
    21 mins
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