Redpanda with Christina Lin

The Developers' Bakery

We keep on exploring the world of data with another amazing guest: Christina Lin, Developer Advocate at RedPanda.

RedPanda is a data streaming platform, entirely built with C++ that aims to be faster and more efficient than Kafka. In this episode, Christina tells us all about RedPanda, its features, and how it’s different from other streaming platforms.

Christina also shares her journey into Developer Advocacy, and share some of her tips to create engaging content for developers.

Enjoy the show 👨‍🍳

Show Notes

• 00.00 Intro
• 00.46 Episode Start
• 01.10 Christina’s Introduction
• 02.01 What is RedPanda?
• 03.04 RedPanda in action
• 05.46 RedPanda features
• 09.53 Picking C++
• 13.41 Attracting C++ contributors
• 15.20 How faster is RedPanda?
• 17.10 Self-hosting vs Cloud
• 20.11 Single binary architecutre
• 22.29 The history of RedPanda
• 24.59 Who’s maintaining RedPanda?
• 26.35 How Christina got involved in RedPanda
• 28.29 Being a DevRel
• 31.18 The best way to reach developers
• 33.39 The art of drawings
• 35.42 DevRel success metrics
• 37.38 From SWE to DevRel
• 39.21 Further reading
• 40.42 Where people can find you online?

Resources

• redpanda-data/redpanda on GitHub
• Redpanda Official Website
• Mentioned Resources:
  • Redpanda Youtube Channel
  • Redpanda University
• @weimeilin79 on GitHub
• @Christina_wm on Twitter
• Christina Lin on Linkedin

Show links

• Podcast Website
• The Developers’ Bakery on Spotify
• The Developers’ Bakery on Apple Podcasts
• The Developers’ Bakery on Google Podcasts
• @thebakerydev on Twitter
• @cortinico on Twitter