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Werner Vogels predicts the future (Interview)
Dec 4, 2025 · 1 hr 30 min · 87.3 MB
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Amazon CTO, Werner Vogels, stops by to help us explore his tech predictions for 2026 and beyond. Will companionship be redefined by consumer robots? Will quantum-safe become the only safe worth talking about? Is this the dawn of the renaissance developer? We’re infinitely curious why Werner came to this particular set of conclusions. Are you?
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Featuring:
- Werner Vogels – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- NoSQL Smackdown! (#18)
- Tech predictions for 2026 and beyond
- Jim Gray (computer scientist)
- Leave us a state of the “log” voicemail!
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- 0:00Welcome to The Changelog
- 1:11Sponsor: Tiger Data
- 2:50Start the show!
- 4:00Being Amazon CTO
- 10:19Why predict the future
- 14:53Companionship redefined
- 27:12Sponsor: Namespace
- 28:54Quantum-safe
- 39:08Much ado about quantum
- 43:08Props to S3
- 47:21Remain curious
- 1:00:29Sponsor: Notion
- 1:02:01Sponsor: NordLayer
- 1:03:32The renaissance dev
- 1:19:45On code review
- 1:23:47Take it slow
- 1:26:27Bonus prediction
- 1:28:15Wrapping up
- 1:29:00Closing thoughts (sotl!)