Stackd 80: Checkmate, magic man!

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with magician and software architect Michael Carducci about various tech topics including IBM's acquisition of Confluent.

Overview The whole gang is back with special guest magician, software architect, and YouTuber Michael Carducci! They have an extensive, lively discussion about #IBM buying #Confluent, the job market, #agent #skills, #JakartaEE 12, #omnihai, #openrouter, #gastown, #java 26, #kotlin 2.3, #Oracle Database 26a. Then it gets realy interesting as they dive into Michael’s background as […]

People in this episode

Hosts: Kito Mann, Daniel Hinojosa, Ian Hlavats

Guest: Michael Carducci

Topics covered

• IBM acquisition
• job market
• software architecture
• magician
• Java
• Kotlin
• technology news

Keywords

• IBM
• Confluent
• Java
• Kotlin
• software architecture
• magician
• technology news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IBM, Confluent, Oracle Database

Products: JakartaEE 12, Java 26, Kotlin 2.3, Omnihai, OpenRouter

Places: Gastown

More episodes of The Stackd Podcast

• Stackd 79 : Carb Discipline vs CES Robots for Children youtube · March 24, 2026 · 1h 29m
• Stackd 78: Pair Programming with a Mechanical Bull · October 17, 2025 · 1h 32m
• Stackd 77: “I Haven’t Been Fired Yet” · July 15, 2025 · 1h 54m
• Stackd 76: Shiny Objects that People Like to Chase · April 22, 2025 · 1h 44m
• Stackd 75: He’s a mystery man · December 4, 2024
• Stackd 74: But it’s soup · October 9, 2024