The Databased Podcast
Episodes
Convex Still Sucks
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Databased is back! In this episode Jamie Turner and James Cowling revisit “Convex sucks” and break down the biggest gaps in Convex today, what’s...
Why Most Tech Content Doesn't Work ft. Web Dev Cody
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Databased, Jamie speaks with Web Dev Cody, a prominent technical content creator with almost 250,000 YouTube subscribers, a...
What You Missed in 2024 in the World of Databases, with Prof. Andrew Pavlo
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Databased, James speaks with Andrew Pavlo, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, about the dramati...
The Inside Story of Google Photos: From Startup Acquisition to 2 Billion Users
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Databased, Jamie rounds up the team who gave us Google Photos, Dave Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator; Indy Khare, Head of Prod...
How Local-First Software Empowers Users Through Client-Side Innovation
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Databased, Tom Redman, welcomes two guests to the show: Johannes Schickling, Founder of Overtone and Co-founder of Prisma, and Suja...
Database Isolation Levels’ Impact on App Performance
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Databased, Tom Redman speaks with Jamie Turner and James Cowling about the complexities of database isolation levels and their impl...
Five Principles for Good Systems Design
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Databased, Jamie Turner and James Cowling explore critical principles of systems design, emphasizing the importance of preparing fo...
Chief Scientist Sujay Jayakar on Local First and Its Implications in Async Technologies
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Databased, James Cowling and Tom Redman, are joined by Sujay Jayakar, Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Convex, to walk through the...
The Future of Junior Developers in an AI-Driven World
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Databased, Tom Redman engages Jamie Turner and James Cowling in exploring the transformative impact of AI on software development, ...
Why Convex Sucks — For Now
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Databased, Jamie Turner and James Cowling grapple with some bad news… they think each other’s product sucks…? Jamie and James...
AI Reality TV’s Edgar Haond on the Future of Storytelling in the Age of AI
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode of the Fullstack Founder: Special Series, Tom chats with Edgar Haond, Founder of AI Reality TV. Together, they explore the inters...
Scaling SQL Databases for Modern Applications
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Databased, Tom Redman speaks with Jamie Turner and James Cowling about the historical context that necessitated the invention of SQ...
The Life and Death — and Life? — of Single-Page Apps
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of Databased, Tom Redman speaks with Jamie Turner and James Cowling about the evolution of single-page applications (SPAs) and t...
The Edge: Hype vs. Reality
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode of Databased, Tom Redman speaks with Jamie Turner and James Cowling as they dive deep into the world of edge computing and i...