Data Engineering

Presenters Abhishek Varshney Source Gophercon India 2025 Scaling Database Maintenance with Go: A Tale of Hundreds of Databases 🚀 Hey Gophers! 👋 Ever wrestled with database maintenance? It’s a necessary evil, but can quickly become a massive headache, especially when dealing with a microservices architecture. That’s what Abhishek, Software Architect at Cred, explored at GopherCon, and we’re breaking down the journey to a more scalable and less painful process. The Challenge: Database Maintenance at Scale 💾 Cred, a leading payments platform in India, processes a huge volume of transactions – over one-third of all credit card bill payments in India! This is powered by a sprawling network of over 800 microservices and 150+ databases. Imagine the complexity of maintaining all of that! ...

Presenters Sagar Sonwane Source Gophercon India 2025 Decoding Go’s Quirks: A Journey Through Unexpected Behaviors 🤯 Hey Gophers! 👋 Ever felt like Go was acting a little… weird? You’re not alone! Sometimes, the language throws curveballs that challenge your assumptions and leave you scratching your head. That’s what Sager, a seasoned Go developer, explored in his presentation at GopherCon 2025 - “Broken Go.” This wasn’ll just a talk; it was an interactive quiz designed to expose some of Go’s most delightfully quirky behaviors. Let’s dive in! ...

Presenters Kshitij Pratihast Source Gophercon India 2025 Scaling Citizen Payments: Lessons from Building a System for 20 Billion Transactions a Month 🚀 Ever wondered how a payment system can handle billions of transactions every month, reliably and securely? The recent presentation on the journey of UPI (Unified Payments Interface) and its underlying infrastructure provided a fascinating deep dive into the architecture, evolution, and key principles behind a system designed for citizen-scale impact. Let’s explore the key takeaways! ...

Presenters Varuni H K Source Gophercon India 2025 🚀 Level Up Your Authorization: A Deep Dive into Google Zanzibar & SpiceDB 🌐 Authorization checks. They’re the gatekeepers of your application, deciding who sees what. But what happens when those gatekeepers become a bottleneck, slowing everything down? That’s the problem Vuni, a Couchbase engineer, tackled in a fascinating presentation at the conference, and we’re breaking it down for you! 👨‍💻 🎯 The Millisecond Matters: Why Authorization Speed is Critical Vuni started with a stark truth: latency is king. A study by Deoid showed that even a mere 0.1-second improvement in load time can lead to an 8x increase in user retention. Think about that! Slow authorization checks directly impact user experience and, ultimately, your bottom line. 💰 ...

Presenters Elaine Brown Ross Cockburn Gaël Duez Source Green IO podcast ♻️ From Waste to Wonder: Building a Circular Future for IT 🌐 We live in a world obsessed with the latest gadgets. But what happens to all those old laptops, phones, and tablets when they’re replaced? Too often, they end up as e-waste, contributing to environmental damage and social inequality. But there’s a growing movement to change that, and it’s incredibly exciting! Let’s dive into how we can transform the way we think about and manage IT equipment, moving from a linear “take-make-dispose” model to a circular economy where technology serves people and the planet. 🚀 ...