Hello Reader, In this episode, I'm doing a mega-recap, focused on SBOMs (Software Bills of Materials). Over three podcast episodes, I've been honored to talk to some of the biggest names in the SBOM community about why SBOMs matter, what’s driving interest right now, and how they can help us make software safer and more trustworthy “Software Bill of Materials is the radical notion that we should actually know what’s in our software.” - Allan Friedman of CISA, known as the father of SBOM I...
9 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, When we featured Earthly last week, we never imagined they’d unveil a major pivot just days later. This week we’re diving into the startup world with my good friend Kevin Henrikson, talking about how to build and scale engineering teams. We cover everything from the early days of open‑source at Zimbra, to successful exits, to designing systems that last. Why does this matter? Kevin has founded and sold several companies, including Accompli, later rebranded as Outlook Mobile after...
16 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, The CI/CD landscape is changing. This week we're unpacking this with the founder of Earthly. Why This Matters In my latest episode, I sit down with Vlad A Ionescu, the founder of Earthly. Earthly is changing how teams build and deliver code. They have almost 12,000 stars on GitHub, plus customers like Adobe, Intel, VMWare, and Zapier. That tells me they're onto something big. Why Now There's a major shift happening in CI/CD. Tools like Earthly and Dagger let developers run entire...
23 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, Welcome to the Nerding out with Viktor newsletter. In today's episode we'll dive into the hot bed that is tech sovereignty. Why This MattersThis episode is on why digital sovereignty is so important. Europe relies on foreign tech companies for cloud, data, and software. That can be risky if a big provider ever shuts off access or raises prices. By focusing on local startups, stricter EU laws like the Digital Markets Act, and homegrown cloud services, Europe can stay in control and...
29 days ago • 1 min read