What happens when two experienced CTOs sit down to debunk the latest tech trends? Raz Schweiger-Shuty, CTO at Aux Money, 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: ā¢ š« Why every monolith-to-microservices story ends the same way (spoiler: badly) ā¢ š° Reducing cloud costs from ā¬120k to ā¬85k through systematic waste elimination ā¢ š§ When Kubernetes complexity becomes a liability rather than an asset ā¢ š Using DORA metrics and cost-per-transaction instead of vanity metrics ā¢ šļø Building modular monoliths with domain-driven design principles ā¢ š„ Organizing engineering teams around business value streams, not technology stacks