Tailored Tech Talk

Ep. 18 - Founder Story

In this week's episode, Ben and Chris discuss the Surton founder story. They've been building Surton for two and a half years and have learned a ton of lessons. They discuss their both unique perspectives as first and second-time founders and share their wisdom gained throughout the process. Intro and Outro music is https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lazy_Salon/Invisible_Like_Peace/07_Chips_Folly by LAZY SALON and is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Ep. 17 - Devs and Deadlines

In this week's episode, Ben and Chris discuss the role of deadlines in engineering. Often feared and often missed, but deadlines play a crucial role in business and delivering value to customers. They talk about how to marry the needs of the engineering team to the needs of the executive team in a business and strategies for both sides. Intro and Outro music is https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lazy_Salon/Invisible_Like_Peace/07_Chips_Folly [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lazy_Salon/Invisible_Like_Peace/07_Chips_Folly] by LAZY SALON and is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/]

Ep. 16 - Going Serverless

In this week's episode, Ben and Chris share their opinions and experience building with full serverless technologies in AWS. They talk through the pros, cons and learnings from using the latest in-vogue tech stack. Intro and Outro music is https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lazy_Salon/Invisible_Like_Peace/07_Chips_Folly by LAZY SALON and is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Ep. 15 - The Rewrite

In this week's episode, Ben and Chris discuss the rewrite. Typically, as a software solution finds business success, technical debt stacks up over time and eventually the concept of "We just need to start over" comes up as a dream, and potentially in some companies a reality. The problem is that it often turns into a nightmare. Things You Should Never Do, Part I - Joel on Software - https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ Intro and Outro music is https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lazy_Salon/Invisible_Like_Peace/07_Chips_Folly by LAZY SALON and is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Ep. 14 - Internal Documentation

In this week's episode, Ben and Chris discuss internal company documentation at Surton and how they have found success building a company wiki using Microsoft's Loop. They also discuss other popular tools in this space such as Notion and Confluence. Intro and Outro music is ⁠“Chip’s Folly”⁠ [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lazy_Salon/Invisible_Like_Peace/07_Chips_Folly] by LAZY SALON and is licensed under ⁠CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/]