Going Serverless using WebTask with Glenn Block
There are more ways to go serverless! Carl and Richard talk to Glenn Block about his work with WebTask. WebTask uses nodeJS to build services that are unique units of work with their own scalability. Glenn also talks about using WebTask as a Webhook, allowing you to do call backs based on an activity - it's this tooling that can help you automated builds and deployments and more. Using the Webhook approach, Glenn digs into techniques for building custom commands for Slack and a bunch of other environments - WebTask can become cloud-driven glue for your apps!
Guests:
Glenn Block
Glenn Block is a seasoned leader with 20 years+ experience in software engineering and product management. He currently works at Microsoft on the Core Ecosystem Team where his team is responsible for Microsoft Graph and several services in M365. In the past Glenn has been a big supporter of the developer and open source community and was an early adopter of Open Source at Microsoft. He is passionate about moving the ball forward for creating a more inclusive and safe environment in tech. He invests a large amount of his energy in mentoring and advising in particular for black women / folks from marginalized groups, and is actively working to change the status quo. He is a lifelong learner and is currently pursuing his Exec MBA at Seattle University. Glenn lives with his wife and 16 year old daughter in Seattle.
Links:
- WebTask https://webtask.io?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=webtask&utm_source=dotnetrocks
- Slash WebTask https://webtask.io/slack?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=slashwebtask&utm_source=dotnetrocks
- Auth0 https://auth0.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=webtask&utm_source=dotnetrocks
- Comma.ai https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/30/geohot-open-sources-semi-autonomous-technology/
- ScriptCS http://scriptcs.net/
- JewelBots http://www.jewelbots.com/
- Cloud9 https://c9.io/
- Visual Studio Code https://code.visualstudio.com/
- Splunk https://www.splunk.com/
- Intercom https://www.intercom.com/
- ZenDesk https://www.zendesk.com/
- Zapier https://zapier.com/
- HipChat https://www.hipchat.com/
- Slack https://slack.com/
- Heroku https://www.heroku.com/