RedCircle VERIFY_TOKEN_219a81af-c9e1-494e-ad70-fce0165b9983 -- Rendered At Fri, 22 May 2026 21:16:03 +0000 Rocket to the Cloud https://redcircle.com/shows/rocket-to-the-cloud en-US All rights reserved. Embrace the cloud and boost your innovation The Agile Monkeys Rocket to the Cloud is a new interview series, presented by the Booster platform, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys, where hosts Nick and Mario interview leaders and decision-makers in software development from many different organizations. Our guests share their experiences and what went into their decision-making process when innovating and dealing with complex business and technology problems, focusing on modern web technologies and cloud architectures. This interview series aims to inspire senior software engineers to embrace the cloud and boost their innovation. 219a81af-c9e1-494e-ad70-fce0165b9983 Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️ is a new interview series, presented by the Booster platform, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys, where hosts Nick and Mario interview leaders and decision-makers in software development from many different organizations.


Our guests share their experiences and what went into their decision-making process when innovating and dealing with complex business and technology problems, focusing on modern web technologies and cloud architectures.


This interview series aims to inspire senior software engineers to embrace the cloud and boost their innovation.

]]> episodic no The Agile Monkeys mario@theagilemonkeys.com no full Eduardo Laureano Eduardo Laureano 7 1 The Agile Monkeys In episode 7 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, Mario had a chat with Eduardo Laureano, Group TPM Manager at Facebook. Eduardo shared his experiences at Microsoft and Facebook, the evolution of the cloud in the past twenty years, the challenges faced when dealing with infrastructure at Facebook’s level, and more. Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️ is presented by Booster, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys. --- Follow Eduardo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eduardolaureano​ Follow Mario on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0​ --- The Agile Monkeys website: https://www.theagilemonkeys.com Booster website: https://www.booster.cloud​ Booster's GitHub: https://github.com/boostercloud/booster Follow Booster on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boostthecloud​ Join the Booster Discord: https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx​ In episode 7 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, Mario Mario had a chat with Eduardo Laureano, Group TPM Manager at Facebook.

Eduardo shared his experiences at Microsoft and Facebook, the evolution of the cloud in the past twenty years, the challenges faced when dealing with infrastructure at Facebook’s level, and more.

Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️ is presented by Booster, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys.


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]]> <p>In episode 7 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, Mario Mario had a chat with Eduardo Laureano, Group TPM Manager at Facebook.</p><p>Eduardo shared his experiences at Microsoft and Facebook, the evolution of the cloud in the past twenty years, the challenges faced when dealing with infrastructure at Facebook’s level, and more.</p><p>Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️ is presented by Booster, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys.</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Eduardo on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/eduardolaureano%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">@eduardolaureano​</a></p><p>Follow Mario on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0" rel="nofollow">@MarcAstr0</a></p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.theagilemonkeys.com" rel="nofollow">The Agile Monkeys website</a></p><p><a href="https://www.booster.cloud%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">Booster website</a></p><p><a href="https://github.com/boostercloud/booster" rel="nofollow">Booster&#39;s GitHub</a></p><p>Follow Booster on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/boostthecloud%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">@boostthecloud​</a></p><p>Join the <a href="https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">Booster Discord</a></p> a7f90db6-3a60-4f23-84cd-4cec8c8de777 https://redcircle.com/shows/219a81af-c9e1-494e-ad70-fce0165b9983/episodes/ca7af4a6-5f7f-401a-b15b-d20c021462df Mon, 20 Sep 2021 03:00:00 +0000 3353 no full Mark Harding Mark Harding 6 1 The Agile Monkeys In episode 6 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, Mario and Nick sat down to talk with Mark Harding, CTO of the alternative social network Minds. Mark described the technical challenges involved in running a decentralized, open-source social network. He also talked about how Minds uses crypto to reward its users, and other things that set Minds apart from mainstream social networks. Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️ is presented by Booster, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys. --- Follow Minds on Twitter: https://twitter.com/minds Follow Mario on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0​ Follow Nick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickSeagull​ --- The Agile Monkeys website: https://www.theagilemonkeys.com Booster website: https://www.booster.cloud​ Booster's GitHub: https://github.com/boostercloud/booster Follow Booster on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boostthecloud​ Join the Booster Discord: https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx​ In episode 6 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, Mario and Nick sat down to talk with Mark Harding, CTO of the alternative social network Minds.

Mark described the technical challenges involved in running a decentralized, open-source social network. He also talked about how Minds uses crypto to reward its users and other things that set Minds apart from mainstream social networks.

Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️ is presented by Booster, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys.


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]]> <p>In episode 6 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, Mario and Nick sat down to talk with Mark Harding, CTO of the alternative social network Minds.</p><p>Mark described the technical challenges involved in running a decentralized, open-source social network. He also talked about how Minds uses crypto to reward its users and other things that set Minds apart from mainstream social networks.</p><p>Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️ is presented by Booster, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys.</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Minds on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/minds" rel="nofollow">@minds</a></p><p>Follow Mario on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">@MarcAstr0​</a></p><p>Follow Nick on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/NickSeagull%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">@NickSeagull​</a></p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.theagilemonkeys.com" rel="nofollow">The Agile Monkeys website</a></p><p><a href="https://www.booster.cloud%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">Booster website</a></p><p><a href="https://github.com/boostercloud/booster" rel="nofollow">Booster&#39;s GitHub</a></p><p>Follow Booster on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/boostthecloud" rel="nofollow">@boostthecloud</a></p><p>Join the <a href="https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">Booster Discord</a></p> 3d16794c-eb58-4a21-a4b6-e691ade662c9 https://redcircle.com/shows/219a81af-c9e1-494e-ad70-fce0165b9983/episodes/3ec9855d-727d-4baa-85ab-93570156a33f Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:00:00 +0000 2814 no full Felipe Hoffa Felipe Hoffa The Agile Monkeys In episode 5 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, Mario sat down to talk with Felipe Hoffa, Data Cloud Advocate at Snowflake.


Among other things, Felipe shared his views on all things related to Cloud and Data, how platforms like Snowflake contribute to improving the experience of software developers, data engineers, data scientists, and so on.


Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️ is presented by Booster, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys.


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]]> <p>In episode 5 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, Mario sat down to talk with Felipe Hoffa, Data Cloud Advocate at Snowflake.</p><p><br></p><p>Among other things, Felipe shared his views on all things related to Cloud and Data, how platforms like Snowflake contribute to improving the experience of software developers, data engineers, data scientists, and so on.</p><p><br></p><p>Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️ is presented by Booster, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys.</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Felipe on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/felipehoffa" rel="nofollow">@felipehoffa</a></p><p>Follow Mario on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">@MarcAstr0​</a></p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.theagilemonkeys.com" rel="nofollow">The Agile Monkeys website</a></p><p><a href="https://www.booster.cloud%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">Booster website</a></p><p><a href="https://github.com/boostercloud/booster" rel="nofollow">Booster&#39;s GitHub</a></p><p>Follow Booster on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/boostthecloud%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">@boostthecloud​</a></p><p>Join the <a href="https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">Booster Discord</a></p> acc78cf7-c122-4623-b6c9-77794a1bd181 https://redcircle.com/shows/219a81af-c9e1-494e-ad70-fce0165b9983/episodes/150e2069-ea66-4923-9f8a-0925b8fdbb02 Mon, 24 May 2021 23:00:00 +0000 3037 no full Taylor Dolezal Taylor Dolezal The Agile Monkeys In episode 4 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, Mario sat down to talk with Taylor Dolezal, Senior Developer Advocate at HashiCorp.


Taylor spoke at length about what it was like being a Systems Engineer at Disney Studios, his role as Developer Advocate at HashiCorp, as well as his role as CNCF Ambassador and Kubernetes Release Lead, and more.


Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️ is presented by Booster, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys.


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]]> <p>In episode 4 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, Mario sat down to talk with Taylor Dolezal, Senior Developer Advocate at HashiCorp.</p><p><br></p><p>Taylor spoke at length about what it was like being a Systems Engineer at Disney Studios, his role as Developer Advocate at HashiCorp, as well as his role as CNCF Ambassador and Kubernetes Release Lead, and more.</p><p><br></p><p>Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️ is presented by Booster, an open-source initiative by The Agile Monkeys.</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Taylor on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/onlydole%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">@onlydole​</a></p><p>Follow Mario on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0" rel="nofollow">@MarcAstr0​</a></p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><a href="https://www.theagilemonkeys.com" rel="nofollow">The Agile Monkeys website</a></p><p><a href="https://www.booster.cloud%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">Booster website</a></p><p>Follow Booster on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/boostthecloud" rel="nofollow">@boostthecloud​</a></p><p>Join the <a href="https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">Booster Discord</a></p> 7f3ee370-227b-44d6-ad35-6a81c6eefbf7 https://redcircle.com/shows/219a81af-c9e1-494e-ad70-fce0165b9983/episodes/cc290e4a-daa1-424e-9316-175e26900112 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 03:00:00 +0000 3447 no full Kelsey Hightower Kelsey Hightower 3 1 The Agile Monkeys Principal Developer Advocate at Google Cloud In episode 3 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, presented by Booster, Mario sat down to talk with Kelsey Hightower, Principal Developer Advocate at Google. Kelsey shared his views on Kubernetes, the Cloud, and DevOps ecosystems, open-source projects, as well as thoughts on leadership, mentoring, and team building. --- Follow Kelsey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower​ Follow Mario on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0​ --- Booster website: https://www.booster.cloud​ Follow Booster on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boostthecloud​ Join the Booster Discord: https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx​ In episode 3 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, presented by Booster, Mario sat down to talk with Kelsey Hightower, Principal Developer Advocate at Google.


Kelsey shared his views on Kubernetes, the Cloud, and DevOps ecosystems, open-source projects, as well as thoughts on leadership, mentoring, and team building.


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]]> <p>In episode 3 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, presented by Booster, Mario sat down to talk with Kelsey Hightower, Principal Developer Advocate at Google.</p><p><br></p><p>Kelsey shared his views on Kubernetes, the Cloud, and DevOps ecosystems, open-source projects, as well as thoughts on leadership, mentoring, and team building.</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Kelsey on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">@kelseyhightower​</a></p><p>Follow Mario on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">@MarcAstr0​</a></p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.booster.cloud%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">Booster website</a></p><p>Follow Booster on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/boostthecloud%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">@boostthecloud​</a></p><p>Join the <a href="https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx%E2%80%8B" rel="nofollow">Booster Discord</a></p> 8acd88b1-ac8b-4826-94ff-421d1df53189 https://redcircle.com/shows/219a81af-c9e1-494e-ad70-fce0165b9983/episodes/be83d864-6b7c-4e24-8bd6-6a33da37db2f Fri, 12 Feb 2021 03:00:00 +0000 3432 no full Leo Gorodinski Leo Gorodinski 2 1 The Agile Monkeys Co-founder and CTO of ALVYS In episode 2 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, presented by Booster, Nick and Mario sat down to talk with Leo Gorodinski, Co-founder and CTO of ALVYS. Leo shared his thoughts on Domain-Driven Design, Event Sourcing, Functional Programming, how he was able to apply them during his tenure as VP of Engineering at Jet.com, and the kind of engineering culture he wants to instill at ALVYS. --- Follow Leo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eulerfx Follow Nick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickSeagull Follow Mario on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0 ALVYS website: https://alvys.io --- Booster website: https://www.booster.cloud Follow Booster on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boostthecloud Join the Booster Discord: https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx In episode 2 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, presented by Booster, Nick and Mario sat down to talk with Leo Gorodinski, Co-founder and CTO of ALVYS.


Leo shared his thoughts on Domain-Driven Design, Event Sourcing, Functional Programming, how he was able to apply them during his tenure as VP of Engineering at Jet.com, and the kind of engineering culture he wants to instill at ALVYS.


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]]> <p>In episode 2 of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, presented by Booster, Nick and Mario sat down to talk with Leo Gorodinski, Co-founder and CTO of ALVYS.</p><p><br></p><p>Leo shared his thoughts on Domain-Driven Design, Event Sourcing, Functional Programming, how he was able to apply them during his tenure as VP of Engineering at Jet.com, and the kind of engineering culture he wants to instill at ALVYS.</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Leo on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/eulerfx" rel="nofollow">@eulerfx</a></p><p>Follow Nick on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/NickSeagull" rel="nofollow">@NickSeagull</a></p><p>Follow Mario on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0" rel="nofollow">@MarcAstr0</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://alvys.io" rel="nofollow">ALVYS website</a></p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.booster.cloud" rel="nofollow">Booster website</a></p><p>Follow Booster on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/boostthecloud" rel="nofollow">@boostthecloud</a></p><p>Join the <a href="https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx" rel="nofollow">Booster Discord</a></p> 35aa254c-e9a8-4449-a056-cc4b72589e86 https://redcircle.com/shows/219a81af-c9e1-494e-ad70-fce0165b9983/episodes/f4a6caef-78a7-47cb-b483-f27540a26869 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 03:00:00 +0000 3403 no full Hampton Lintorn-Catlin Hampton Lintorn-Catlin 1 1 The Agile Monkeys Co-founder and CEO of Veue, creator of SASS and HAML In the premiere episode of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, presented by Booster, Nick and Mario sat down to talk with Hampton Lintorn-Catlin, Co-founder and CEO of Veue. Hampton shared his experience in the invention of SASS and HAML, his time at the Wikimedia Foundation, Moovweb, and Rent the Runway, and what he's currently up to with Veue. --- Follow Hampton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HamptonMakes Follow Veue on Twitter: https://twitter.com/veuelive Follow Nick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickSeagull Follow Mario on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0 Veue website: https://www.veuelive.com --- Booster website: https://www.booster.cloud Follow Booster on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boostthecloud Join the Booster Discord: https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx In the premiere episode of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, presented by Booster, Nick and Mario sat down to talk with Hampton Lintorn-Catlin, Co-founder and CEO of Veue.


Hampton shared his experience in the invention of SASS and HAML, his time at the Wikimedia Foundation, Moovweb, and Rent the Runway, and what he's currently up to with Veue.


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Follow Veue on Twitter: @veuelive

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]]> <p>In the premiere episode of Rocket to the Cloud 🚀☁️, presented by Booster, Nick and Mario sat down to talk with Hampton Lintorn-Catlin, Co-founder and CEO of Veue.</p><p><br></p><p>Hampton shared his experience in the invention of SASS and HAML, his time at the Wikimedia Foundation, Moovweb, and Rent the Runway, and what he&#39;s currently up to with Veue.</p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Hampton on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/HamptonMakes" rel="nofollow">@HamptonMakes</a></p><p>Follow Veue on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/veuelive" rel="nofollow">@veuelive</a></p><p>Follow Nick on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/NickSeagull" rel="nofollow">@NickSeagull</a></p><p>Follow Mario on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcAstr0" rel="nofollow">@MarcAstr0</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.veuelive.com" rel="nofollow">Veue website</a></p><p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.booster.cloud" rel="nofollow">Booster website</a></p><p>Follow Booster on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/boostthecloud" rel="nofollow">@boostthecloud</a></p><p>Join the <a href="https://discord.gg/bDY8MKx" rel="nofollow">Booster Discord</a></p> e7dfe296-2553-4b9e-902b-fad2733f8488 https://redcircle.com/shows/219a81af-c9e1-494e-ad70-fce0165b9983/episodes/123a7323-d1fa-4dd9-9fa8-28c4c7f4b22d Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:00:00 +0000 4337 no