Natural Born Breaker

An airhacks.fm conversation with Francesco Nigro (@forked_franz)
about: starting with a used Commodore 64 without display,
breakdancing as a hobby and its influence on his learning approach,
studying computer science at university with a focus on AI and
compilers, pursuing a PhD in reinforcement learning, transitioning
to IoT and embedded system work, discovering high-performance
computing and concurrency patterns like the Disruptor, contributing
to open-source projects, persistence in joining Red Hat despite
initial rejection, rewriting ActiveMQ Artemis journal, considering
Hazelcast before ultimately choosing Red Hat, working on messaging
and performance optimization at Red Hat, becoming the performance
expert for quarkus, journey from assembly and C programming to Java
performance optimization, the importance of understanding low-level
details in high-level languages, the impact of container resources
on Java JVM performance, the value of deep technical knowledge in
the age of AI and LLMs, Francesco's current role at Red Hat
focusing on Quarkus performance and scalability issues

Francesco Nigro on twitter: @forked_franz