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#125 - Two CTO Dinosaurs vs. Today's Tech Hype with Raz Shuty // CTO @ auxmoney
10 Jul 2025
What happens when two experienced CTOs sit down to debunk the latest tech trends? Raz Schweiger-Shuty, CTO at auxmoney, joins Tobi for an unfiltered discussion about the hypes, myths, and wastes of resources that plague modern tech companies. After taking over a 17-year-old fintech platform with no prior CTO, Raz made controversial decisions that flew in the face of conventional wisdom: stopping a microservices migration, questioning Kubernetes adoption, and focusing on measurable business value over engineering trends. His ""dinosaur CTO"" perspective offers a refreshing antidote to tech hype. This conversation cuts through the noise with practical insights on: β’ π« Why every monolith-to-microservices story ends the same way (spoiler: badly) β’ π° Reducing cloud costs from β¬120k to β¬85k through systematic waste elimination β’ π§ When Kubernetes complexity becomes a liability rather than an asset β’ π Using DORA metrics and cost-per-transaction instead of vanity metrics β’ ποΈ Building modular monoliths with domain-driven design principles β’ π₯ Organizing engineering teams around business value streams, not technology stacks
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