Andrew Volkov (Workfusion) - CTOcast#25

Pavel Kirpikau is a co-founder of independent community online radio - Radio plato OUTLINE: (00:00) - Introduction (01:44) - Independent Community Radio in 2022. Technologies and team behind Radio Plato (37:14) - Monetization of Independent Online radio (40:47) - Distribution and promotion for Online radio stations (46:09) - intelectual property rights management for online radio (49:48) - Emanate - music distribution for Web3 EPISODE LINKS: guest contacts: https://radioplato.by/ - Independent community-focused Online Radio https://www.instagram.com/radio_plato/ - Radio plato Instagram https://www.facebook.com/radioplato.by/ - Radio Plato Facebook https://www.mixcloud.com/radioplato/ - Radio Plato Mixcloud https://radioplato.bandcamp.com/ - Radio Plato BandCamp https://t.me/radioplato - Radio Plato inside podcast links: https://www.azuracast.com/ - AzuraCast open source e2e solution for online radio https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/azuracast - AzuraCast at DigitalOcean https://www.shoutcast.com/ - SaaS service for running online raadio https://www.chatbro.com/en/ - online chat used by Radioplato https://icecast.org/ - media streaming server side https://danielnoethen.de/butt/ - tool for live broadcasting https://www.undergroundradiodirectory.com/ - Directory of independent online radio http://radio.garden/ - Map-based directory of online radio https://info.emanate.live/ - new generation independent music distribution for Web3 SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: Podcast website: https://ctocast.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2L0vXtv Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmZlZWRidXJuZXIuY29tL0NUT2Nhc3Q= Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5senHSpuQcslHL33FVNfYM Telegram: https://t.me/Ctocast Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ctocast?refid=stpr RSS: hhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/CTOcast CONNECT: – Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaliaksandr – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alxct0cst – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr/ – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astapenka Email: ctcst –> protonmail.com

Slava Akhmechet (Alias, ex-RethinkDB) is a founder of new social network Alias. OUTLINE: (00:00) - Introduction (02:10) - RethinkDB story (06:30) - Stripe (07:44) - RethinkDB Team (10:40) - Shutting down companies (13:04) - Moder social networks (17:06) - Alias (pro-social social network) (22:13) - Alias (prestige instead of likes) (30:20) - Alias (people may make mistakes and change opinon) (33:19) - Alias (content ranking) (37:15) - Alias (from burnout to flow) (39:41) - Alias (how you build social network) (42:03) - Alias (Tech stack) (44:55) - Decentralized technologies (49:25) - Peer to peer technologies (55:23) - Future culture of Alias as a company (57:42) - 44 guiding principles of engineering management (58:46) - Approaching writing (01:01:08) - Reading in clusters of 5 EPISODE LINKS: https://joinalias.com/ https://twitter.com/spakhm](https://twitter.com/spakhm https://www.spakhm.com/ - Zero credibility Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification - [https://www.amazon.com/Private-Truths-Public-Lies-Falsification/dp/0674707583] Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World - [https://www.amazon.com/Reality-Broken-Games-Better-Change/dp/0143120611](https://www.amazon.com/Reality-Broken-Games-Better-Change/dp/0143120611 The Psychology of Video Games (The Psychology of Everything) - https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Video-Games-Everything/dp/0367493136 The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses - https://www.amazon.com/Art-Game-Design-Book-Lenses/dp/0123694965 CTOcast #17 with Slava Akhmechet (In Russian and from December 2015) https://soundcloud.com/ctocastcom/slava-akhmechet-rethinkdb-ctocast-17-russian SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: Podcast website: https://ctocast.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2L0vXtv Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmZlZWRidXJuZXIuY29tL0NUT2Nhc3Q= Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5senHSpuQcslHL33FVNfYM Telegram: https://t.me/Ctocast Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ctocast?refid=stpr RSS: hhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/CTOcast CONNECT: Clubhouse https://www.joinclubhouse.com/club/ctocast-podcast-live – Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaliaksandr – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alxct0cst – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr/ – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astapenka Email: ctcst –> protonmail.com

- How CaptainAI started - What are autonomous vessels - Which sensors are used at self-driving ships - How Captains use CaptainAI on their boats - How innovative is a maritime industry - Future of autonomous vessels https://www.captainai.com/

- How a strong academic background contributes to the CTO role - Picnic: the modern milkman transforming urban distribution with technology - Why did Picnic start in the Netherlands? - A journey from MVP to platform at scale - Route optimization to minimize food miles - Growing from a small team to agile a scale - Data as enabler, driver and for continuous optimization - Picnic coins to incentivize tech team collaboration - Open source as a part of engineering culture - Recruitment as an engineering discipline Picnic Tech Blog: https://blog.picnic.nl/ Picnic Tech Stack: https://stackshare.io/companies/picnic-technologies Picnic Tech Team: https://join.picnic.app/ Picnic Open Source: http://picnic.tech/

- Samuel’s experience working for Formula 1 teams - Admix: non-intrusive advertising for VR/AR, Mobile and PC/Console - Advertising technology market in VR and AR - AR and VR ads bring back value of brand and gives new opportunities for “call to action” in contextual advertising. - “Shoppable” transactional ads via connecting different VR/AR environments - AR/VR technologies enable new data insights about users for marketers - How Admix works with development community - Augmented Reality advertisement in real world *Admix links*: https://admix.in/ https://vrarpioneers.com/ https://www.vrfocus.com/ https://blog.admix.in/

Blockchain 101 App coins, protocol coins, equity coins ICOs Ambisafe (history, team, services, customers) Blockchain real life applications Future of Blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies

- Path from Software Developer to CTO and then CEO - Ways to learn for startups founders - N26 – the mobile bank competitive advantages - Main challenges and trends for fintech startups - NLU and NLP technologies

Andrew studied in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 2001-2003 worked as Principal and Senior Software Engineer in such companies as Leapstone Systems and Telcordia Technologies Topics: history, competitors, advantages, delivery model, team Crowdsourcing as data source for AI New generation of business process automation ML/AI brings new opportunities for software engineers.

Bio Fabian studied in Erasmus University Rotterdam and Rotterdam School of Management. During studies he had internships at Volkswagen AG and Microsoft and launched his first startup Effortless-Housing, sort of airbnb for international students. In 2014 started Nestpick.com, but left the company in 2016.

Андрей закончил факультет компьютерных наук в Национальной металургической академии Украины. Карьеру начинал как программист, проработав более 3 лет в разных компаниях. С 2006 года трудился на менеджерских позициях в Krendls, Ciklum и Inlead Holding. В последней также занимал позицию главы центра разработки в Украине. С октября 2010 по январь 2016 — рукводитель сервиса поиска по изображениям в «Яндексе». В январе 2016 присоединился к команде Chatfuel, где занимает должность исполнительного директора и руководителя продукта. Вместе с Chatfuel прошел Y Combinator. Карьера до Chatfuel («Яндекс»). Chatfuel: продукт, компания, технологии и команда. Обзор рынка мессенджеров с точки зрения бизнеса и возможностей. Типы ботов. Дистрибуция ботов. AI/ML/NLP в ботах