In Episode 14 of the Unapologetically Technical Podcast Scanner CEO, Cliff Crosland, sits down with host Jesse Anderson to discuss his early experiences with distributed systems, including his work on creating graphs and entity resolution. They also discussed the implications of Generative AI and LLMs for current and future coders.

Cliff highlights the challenges of using batch systems in security and the need for real-time actions. He also shared his views on containerization and Kubernetes consolidation and how this led to the microservices paradigm.

Lastly, they go in-depth into Scanner.dev, covering what it is and how it works  discussing file formats and the ways that logging brings unique challenges to system creation. The two also discuss how Scanner.dev uses lambda functions to create a map/reduce-style distributed system that is performant yet cost-efficient.

Watch the full episode here

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